§ 25-1 — Purpose
Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2026 (Recodification codified through Ordinance No. 2025-207, adopted October 14, 2025) · Richmond, Va., City Code § 25-1
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Sec. 25-1. - Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Adopt comprehensive subdivision regulations designed to promote public health, safety and welfare; (2) Improve the orderly layout and use of land; (3) Avoid undue concentration of population and overcrowding of land; (4) Lessen congestion in streets and highways; (5) Provide for proper ingress and egress; (6) Ensure proper legal description and monumenting of subdivided land; (7) Provide for adequate light and air; (8) Provide for transportation, water, sewage facilities, drainage, schools, parks, playgrounds and other public needs; (9) Increase safety from fire, flood and other dangers; (10) Facilitate proper resubdivision of lots or parcels of land; (11) Protect and improve the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; and (12) Promote development in accordance with the comprehensive plan, pursuant to Code of Virginia, Title 15.2, Ch. 22, Art. 6 (Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2240 et seq.).
(Code 1993, § 26-1; Code 2004, § 94-1; Code 2015, § 25-1; Code 2020, § 25-1)