§ 40-48-09 — Surveys and studies made before making plan - Purpose of plan

In the preparation of the master plan, the planning commission shall make careful and
comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the municipality
with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general
purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of
the municipality and its environs, which, in accordance with present and future needs, best will

promote the amenities of life, health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and general
welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including adequate
provision for light and air, distribution of population, good civic design and arrangement, wise
and efficient expenditure of public funds, the adequate provision of public utilities and other
public requirements, the improvement and control of architecture, and the general
embellishment of the area under its jurisdiction.