The City of Coon Rapids adopts these Land Development Regulations to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, and to achieve the following goals: to develop a community that provides a full range of opportunities for personal development and participation in community affairs; to promote orderly development; to improve and ensure safety in all transportation movements, especially within neighborhoods; to promote safety from fire and other dangers; to control the density of development so that property can be adequately served by schools, recreation, public safety, utility systems and other public, private, or franchised infrastructure; to ensure that the ecology and natural environment are protected; to build a distinctive physical environment through a desirable and workable network of natural features, land uses, and transportation systems; to promote an economic base capable of supporting the desired standard of living for all residents; to enhance the City's image; to enhance the value of the City's land and structures; to provide every resident with choices for homes suited to varied needs and lifestyles in an appropriate environment for daily living; to achieve the goals and objectives documented in the City's Comprehensive Development Plan; to guide and direct new growth and promote efficient development; and to ensure that new growth and redevelopment is sensitive to existing conforming development while responding to future needs of the community.