This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
(A) To secure adequate light, pure air, and safety from fire and other dangers;
(B) To conserve the value of land, buildings, and structures throughout the village;
(C) To lessen the congestion on the public streets;
(D) To lessen and avoid hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation of runoff of storm and flood waters;
(E) To promote the public health, safety, comfort, morals, and general welfare of the residents of the village;
(F) To regulate the height and bulk of structures and buildings thereafter to be erected;
(G) To establish, regulate and limit the building or setback lines on or along any street, traffic-way, drive, or parkway;
(H) To regulate and limit the intensity of the use of lot areas, and regulating and determining the area of open spaces within and surrounding buildings and structures;
(I) To provide for off-street parking and loading and unloading of vehicles to limit congestion on the public streets;
(J) To classify, regulate, and restrict the location of trades, industries, and the location of buildings, structures, and land designated for specific land uses;
(K) To divide the entire area of the village into districts of such number, shape, area and such different classes according to the use of land, buildings, and structures, intensity of the use of lot area, and other classifications as may be deemed best suited to carry out the intent and purpose of this chapter;
(L) To fix regulations and standards to which buildings, structures, or uses therein shall conform;
(M) To prohibit uses, buildings and structures incompatible with the character of said districts;
(N) To prevent additions to and alteration or remodeling of existing buildings, structures, or uses in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed under the provisions of this chapter; and
(O) To facilitate the preservation of sites, area, and structures of historical, architectural and aesthetic importance.
(Ord. 07-O-01, passed - -2007)