In accordance with authority granted to the City by Chapter 414, Iowa Code (2015) and amendments thereto, the City has established this Ordinance for the promotion of the health, safety and general welfare of the community, in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. It is designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to ensure safety from fire and other danger, to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population and to facilitate the provision for transportation, schools, parks and other public requirements and foster preservation of historical sites. These regulations have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its particular suitability for particular uses, with a view to conserving and improving the living quality of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of lands throughout the City of Carroll.