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<br />REGULATORY. PROGRAMS 0 n 2 2 3 2 <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />5-230 <br /> <br />~~.&. <br />-=:;.".:- <br />~f;i?i~ <br /> <br />the municipality; for adequate open spaces for <br />traffic, recreation, light, and air; and. for a <br />distribution of population and traffic wpich <br />will tend to create conditions favorable t.o <br />. health, safety, convenience, or prosperity. 47 <br />(emphasis added) <br /> <br />The Basset and williams model provided that <br /> <br />In approving such plats the planning commission <br />shall require that the streets, highways, and <br />freeways shall be or sufficient width and suit- <br />ably located to acconwodate the prospective <br />traffic. and to afford adequate light, air, and <br />access of firefighting equiprn.ent to buildings, <br />and to be coordinated so as .to. compose a con- <br />venien~ system; that the land shown on such <br />E1ats shall be of such a character that it can <br />. e used for building Pllrposes ,vi thout danger to <br />health; and that the parks shall be of reason- <br />able size for neighl:)orhood p1aygrollndsor other <br />recreational uses.48 (emphasis added) <br /> <br />Although neither. specifically authori.7.es regulat:i.c').q to <br /> <br />require drainage facilities or reduce flood losses,authoriza- <br />tion for such provisions 49 may be found in the broad language <br />'. <br /> <br />of the models authorizing control to "prov:Lde for harmonious <br /> <br /> <br />development of the municipality," "tend to Create conditions <br /> <br />favorable to health, safety, convenience, or prosperity," <br /> <br />"afford...access of fire-fighting equipment," and assure <br /> <br />"that the land shown on such plats shall be of such. a <br />character that it can be used for building purposes without <br />danger to health." <br /> <br />Protection against flood is an explicit requirement for <br />plat approval or an objective for local regulations in the <br />. f l' f . 50 . 51 1. . d 52 k 53- <br />statutes 0 Ca ~ orn1.a., Connect1.cut, F or~ a, . . Kentuc y, <br />M h tt 54 M' .h.55 N J. 56 Y k 57 0.. 58 <br />assac. use s, 1.C ~gan, e~l ersey, New or" regon, <br />... ... 59 . 60 <br />Pennsylvania,. and Wa.shington. In .addit,ion, some states <br />, authorize regulations to protect against flood-related hazards. <br />