This chapter is adopted for the purpose of:
(A) Protecting the public health, safety and general welfare;
(B) Dividing the city into zones and districts restricting and regulating therein the location, height, number of stories, size of buildings and other structures, and percentage of lot which may be occupied, the size of yards and other open spaces, and the density and distributions of population;
(C) Promoting orderly development of the residential, business, industrial, recreational and public areas;
(D) Providing adequate light, air and convenience of access to property;
(E) Limiting congestion in the public rights-of- way;
(F) Preventing the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the use of the land and buildings and the bulk of building in relation to the land and buildings surrounding them;
(G) Providing for the compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use of land throughout the city;
(H) Providing for more orderly transition from a rural to an urban or suburban environment;
(I) Providing for the administration of this chapter and amendments thereto;
(J) Defining the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies, as provided hereinafter; and
(K) Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter or any amendment thereto.
(‘81 Code, § A1-1) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83)