Council hereby finds that the Planning Commission has adopted and certified to Council a plan for dividing the Municipality into zones or districts, representing the recommendations of the Commission in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare, for the limitation and regulation of the height, bulk and location, including the percentage of lot occupancy, setback building lines and the area and dimensions of yards, courts and open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises in such zones or districts.
Council further finds that the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare will be promoted by the regulations and restrictions hereinafter enacted and the division of the Municipality into districts or zones hereinafter created, which districts or zones, restrictions and regulations are deemed best suited to carry out the purposes for which they are authorized by law to be created, and are consistent with and as provided by such plan and recommendations of the Planning Commission.
Council further finds that this Zoning Ordinance has been approved and recommended to Council for passage by the Planning Commission, and that a public hearing has been held thereon, of which thirty days' notice of the time and place thereof has been duly given in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality.
(Ord. 1735-1957. Passed 12-3-57.)