The purpose of this title is to establish standards and procedures for subdivisions, partitions, and property line adjustments within the city of North Bend and the adjacent areas over which the city has jurisdiction by state law. These regulations are necessary in order to provide for the proper width and arrangement of streets, to coordinate proposed development with any overall plan, to provide for public facilities, including utilities and open space for recreation, to avoid undue congestion of population, to assure adequate sanitation and water supply, to provide for the protection, conservation and proper use of land, and in general to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the public. (Ord. 1947 § 1, 2005; Ord. 1175 § 1, 1961)