For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the people of Augusta including, among other things, present conditions and the future growth of Augusta with due regard to its relations to neighboring territory and to guide and accomplish coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of funds, and the adequate provisions of public utilities and other public requirements as will tend to facilitate economical and adequate provisions for transportation, roads, soil conservation, water supply, drainage, education, sanitation, recreation, conservation, and development of the State's natural resources, fostering the State's agriculture and other industries, and protecting the State's food supply, for the purpose of lessening traffic and other hazards to life, limb, and health in the thickly populated areas, and the civil defense of the population.