This Planning and Zoning Code establishes certain districts in the City and regulates and restricts the ways in which land can be used and subdivided in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience, prosperity and general welfare. More specific purposes are to:
(a) Promote the orderly and beneficial development of the City in accordance with the City's land use policies.
(b) Establish districts of such classification and number to implement the City's Master Plan that encourages the most appropriate uses of the land and guides the future development of the City, and to carry out the purposes of this Planning and Zoning Code.
(c) Encourage compatibility between different land uses and protect the scale and character of existing development from the encroachment of incompatible uses.
(d) Regulate and restrict the location, bulk, height, design and land coverage of buildings to protect the character and value of the City's residential, business, industrial, institutional and recreational areas.
(e) Regulate the area and dimension of lots, yards and other open spaces to provide adequate open spaces for light and air.
(f) Regulate and limit the density of population to prevent overcrowding of the land and excessive concentration of the population.
(g) Ensure efficient traffic circulation, manage congestion on the streets and improve public safety by locating buildings and uses adjacent to streets in such a manner that they will cause the least interference with, and be damaged least by, traffic movements.
(h) Facilitate adequate provisions for public utilities and facilities such as schools, recreation facilities, sewer, water, transportation and other public necessities.
(i) Provide regulations, standards and procedures for the administration, amendment and enforcement of this Planning and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01.)