CITY OF COON RAPIDS, MINNESOTA
CHAPTER 11-100
PURPOSE AND GOALS

11-101 Name. This Title shall be known as the Land Development Regulations.

11-102 Purpose. The City of Coon Rapids adopts this Title for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.

11-103 Goals. This Title is intended to achieve the following goals:

(1) To develop a community that provides a full range of opportunities for personal development and participation in community affairs;
(2) To promote the orderly development of the City;
(3) To improve and ensure safety in all transportation movements, especially within neighborhoods;
(4) To promote safety from fire and other dangers;
(5) To control the density of development in the City so that property can be adequately serviced by such governmental facilities as streets, schools, recreation, fire protection, and utility systems.
(6) To ensure that the ecology and natural environment of the City are protected;
(7) To build a distinctive physical environment through a desirable and workable arrangement between natural features, land uses, and the transportation system;
(8) To promote an economic base capable of supporting a desirable standard of living for all City residents;
(9) To upgrade the City’s image;
(10) To conserve the value of the City’s land and structures;
(11) To provide every resident of the City with the choice of a decent home suited to varied needs in a suitable environment for daily living;
(12) To achieve the goals and objectives documented in the City’s Goals and Policies report; and
(13) To guide and direct new growth and avoid leap-frog and scattered development.