Attractive, carefully developed, orderly communities have inherently sound economic foundations. When we permit haphazard, disorganized and unattractive development, we allow the destruction of the very essence of the sound community life. Planning that is successful must be flexible and must change to meet changing conditions.
Planning is a continuous operation.
It cannot remain static, just as our communities do not remain static. Perhaps the best known tool of planning is the zoning ordinance. A good zoning ordinance should be based upon a sound comprehensive plan. Almost as important as a zoning ordinance in sound community growth is a carefully drawn set of subdivision regulations. Through such standards, the subdivision of land and its development can be guided.