The general purpose of this Zoning Code is to promote and protect the public health, safety, peace, prosperity and general welfare of the Village as a whole by regulating the uses of land and of buildings, regulating the area and dimensions of land, yards and open spaces, regulating the bulk, height, size, design and locations of buildings, regulating the density of population to land area, regulating the intensity of a land use, and regulating building setback lines, and, for the aforesaid purposes, to divide the Village into zones or districts of such number and dimensions that discourage a pyramidal structure and are in accordance with the development objectives of the Village's Comprehensive Plan. By these regulations, it is intended to promote and protect land and building values, bring about the proper social and economic stability of neighborhoods, minimize conflicts in the uses of land and buildings, and protect and stabilize the character of a neighborhood.
(Ord. 73-94. Passed 10-4-94.)