Sec. 741-102. - Purpose.
The purpose of these regulations is to ensure that the division of land will serve the public interest and to protect and provide for the public health, safety, comfort, morals and general welfare of Marion County. Land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood, or other menace, and land shall not be subdivided until the provision has been made for adequate public facilities, drainage, water, sewerage, and capital improvements such as schools, parks, recreational facilities, transportation facilities and accessories. Since the allocation and arrangement of parcels of land for both private uses and public uses influences the health, safety, economy, livability, and amenities of an area, these regulations are adopted, designed, intended and should be administered to:
A. Protect and provide for conditions conducive to the public health, safety, comfort, morals, aesthetics, convenience, prosperity, efficiency, and general welfare of Marion County.
B. Secure adequate light, air, and convenience of access; to secure safety from fire, flood, and other danger; and to prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of population.
C. Protect the character and the social and economic stability of all parts of the county by assuring: the timing and sequencing of development; the promotion of infill development in existing neighborhoods; the promotion of adequate public facilities; proper urban form and open space separation of urban areas; to protect environmentally critical areas and areas premature for urban development.
D. Protect and conserve property values throughout the county and the value of buildings and improvements upon the land.
E. Minimize the impact upon and protect the water quality of the county's watercourses, reservoirs, lakes, and other significant water resources by balancing the judicious use of impervious surfaces with the utilization of low-impact development techniques to manage run-off and reduce urban heat island effects.
F. Coordinate the development of each parcel of land with the existing community and facilitate adequate and efficient transportation, water, sewerage, and other public requirements and facilities with adjoining land;
G. Provide a beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic throughout the county, having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion and support multimodal transportation design standards in a manner that supports multi-modal transportation.
H. Establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for subdivisions and resubdivisions in order to further the orderly layout and use of land, and to ensure proper legal descriptions and monumentation of subdivided land.
I. Ensure that off-site and on-site public facilities and services are provided to sufficiently serve the land being developed in a manner that is orderly and efficient for the area, through requiring the developer to pay fees, furnish land, or establish mitigation measures to ensure that the development provides its share of capital facilities' needs generated by the development.
J. Prevent the pollution of air, streams, and ponds; to protect the streams, wetlands, floodplains, riparian and aquatic ecosystems; to assure the adequacy of drainage facilities; to safeguard the water table, and to provide for the conservation and protection of human and natural resources throughout the county in order to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community and the value of the land and to provide for the environmentally sound use of Marion County's land resources.
K. Ensure that subdivisions are designed and developed in a manner that is consistent with all applicable flood protection and storm water management regulations and other applicable land use and development regulations.
L. Assist in the preservation of the natural beauty and topography of the county and to ensure appropriate development with regard to these natural features.
M. Provide for open spaces through the most efficient design and layout of the land, while preserving the density of development as established in the Zoning Ordinance of Indianapolis-Marion County, Indiana.
N. Provide adequate, accurate and reliable records of all land divisions; remedy the problems associated with inappropriately subdivided lands, including partial or incomplete subdivision, and inferior subdivision.
(G.O. 64, 2015, § 2)
