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BOOIS 9 fAGE~~~ 10 <br />ARTICLE I <br />TITLE AND PURPOSE <br />A. Title <br />This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Subdivision <br />Regulations for Lee County, North Carolina, and may be referred to as <br />the Subdivision Regulations. <br />E. Purpose <br />The purpose of this ordinance is to support and guide the proper <br />subdivision of land within the jurisdiction of Lee County in order to <br />promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens <br />of Lee County. The ordinance is designed to promote the orderly de- <br />velopment of the county; for the coordination of streets and highways <br />within proposed subdivisions with existing or planned streets and <br />highways and with other public facilities; for the dedication or reser- <br />vation of rights-of-way or easements for street and utility purposes; <br />and for distribution of population and traffic, which shall avoid <br />congestion and overcrowding and which will create conditions essential <br />to public health, safety, and the general welfare. This ordinance is <br />designed to further facilitate adequate provision for water, sewerage, <br />parks, schools, and playgrounds, and also to facilitate the further <br />resubdivision of larger tracts into smaller parcels of land. <br />