A. This chapter is intended to ensure that the city knows the capabilities of its basic services and resources and does not take action which will overload them.

B. This chapter deals with resources in the broadest sense. As it is used in this chapter, the term “resources” means and includes manmade systems and municipal services in addition to natural resources. To deal with different types of resources, this chapter divides them into two groups according to their importance to the public health, safety and general welfare.

C. The city intends to avoid the financial and planning crises created when development exceeds the capacity of the city’s resources. To that end, this chapter establishes procedures for reviewing the impact a proposed development plan or construction project will have on city resources. These procedures are designed to alert the city to resource problems. The city shall use this information to ensure adequate services and resources for the entire community as well as for new development, insofar as the city is capable of doing so. The city has the responsibility to alleviate resource problems and provide the services necessary for new development when doing so makes good fiscal planning sense. (Prior code § 2900)