Hallsville Purpose ordinance (§ 405.010)

The purpose of this Chapter is to regulate and control the subdivision of land within the corporate limits of Hallsville, Missouri. These controls are deemed necessary to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the City. They are designed to provide for the safe, orderly, and economic use of transportation; to facilitate orderly layout and use of land; to ensure proper legal description and monumenting of subdivided land; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land and avoid undue concentrations of population; to facilitate adequate provision for transportation, water, sewage, parks, schools, playgrounds, and other requirements; and to facilitate the further subdivision of larger tracts into smaller tracts of land.