This Title is adopted for the following purposes:
(A) To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, convenience and the general welfare of the people.
(B) To zone all properties in such a manner as to reflect their best use and to conserve and enhance their value.
(C) To prevent congestion by limiting the development of land to a degree consistent with the capacity of the Village to furnish adequate public services.
(D) To prevent overcrowding of land with buildings and thereby insure maximum living and working conditions and thus prevent blight and slums.
(E) To prevent residential, business and industrial areas alike from harmful encroachment by incompatible uses and to insure that land allocated to a class of uses shall not be usurped by other inappropriate uses.
(F) To fix reasonable zoning standards to which buildings or structures shall conform.
(G) To prevent such additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed hereinafter. (Ord. 63-1, 4-1-63)
(H) To preserve and to improve the ecological balance in the area subject to this Title; to maintain and create high standards for air quality and water quality including ground water; to avoid disturbance of the terrain which may cause flooding; to avoid contamination of the ground water sources; to preserve the character of the community by preserving the area as a green belt area not subject to high density uses; to preserve the natural vegetation; and to avoid the ecological evils of urbanization. (Ord. 72-16, 12-18-72)
(I) To prevent street congestion through adequate requirements for off-street parking and loading facilities.
(J) To foster a more rational pattern of relationships between residential, business and industrial uses for the mutual benefit of all.
(K) To isolate or control the location of nuisance-producing uses.
(L) To provide protection against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards, in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort and the general welfare.
(M) To define the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies, as provided hereinafter in this Title.
(N) To prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Title, or of any amendment thereto. (Ord. 63-1, 4-1-63)
(O) To classify, to regulate and restrict the use of property on the basis of family relationship. (Ord. 72-16, 12-18-72)
(P) To insure high standards of light, air and open space in areas where people live and work. (Ord. 63-1, 4-1-63)