The intent of this chapter is to divide the county and those incorporated municipalities which have not adopted their own zoning ordinance into districts for the purpose of classifying, regulating and restricting the location of trades, industries and commercial enterprises, and the location of buildings arranged, intended and designed for specified uses, or regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings hereafter erected, or classifying, regulating and determining the area of front, rear and side yards, courts and other open spaces about buildings and of regulating and limiting the intensity of the use of the land and lot areas within the geographic area of jurisdiction; creating a Board of Zoning Appeals; defining certain terms used in this chapter; providing penalties for its violation and designating the time when this chapter shall take effect.
(Prior Code, § 152.004) (Ord. passed 3-9-1976)