(A) These provisions shall be known and may be cited as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Danville, and is herein referred to as "this chapter".
(B) It is the general purpose and intent of this chapter to foster the use and development of land in an orderly manner in accordance with the goals, objectives and policies of the City of Danville's Comprehensive Plan. In addition to this general purpose and intent, this chapter is specifically intended:
(1) To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort, and general welfare;
(2) To provide adequate light, air, privacy, and safety;
(3) To conserve the assessed value of land and buildings throughout the city's zoning jurisdiction;
(4) To limit congestion in the public streets, and provide for the off-street parking of motor vehicles, and the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles;
(5) To protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, and other dangers;
(6) To regulate the use and bulk of buildings and structures in relation to the land surrounding them;
(7) To establish and regulate building setback lines along any public street or alley;
(8) To regulate the intensity of use of lot areas and to determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings;
(9) To protect the character and stability of residential, business, and manufacturing areas within the city's zoning jurisdiction;
(10) To divide the city and the area within one and one-half miles of the city limits into zones or districts restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, and use of buildings, structures, and land;
(11) To fix reasonable standards to which buildings, structures and uses shall conform;
(12) To prohibit uses, buildings, or structures incompatible with the character of specified zoning districts;
(13) To prevent additions to, or alteration or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed here under;
(14) To protect storm or flood water run-off channels, and lessen or avoid the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation or run-off of storm or flood waters;
(15) To generally enhance the aesthetic quality of the community and encourage the development of buildings and neighborhoods of distinguished architectural character and appearance;
(16) To provide for the elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings, and structures which are adversely affecting the character and value of other development;
(17) To define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein.
(Ord. 8612, passed 12-2-08)