(A) Title. This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to as the “Diamond Zoning Ordinance.”
(B) Intent and purpose. The Diamond Zoning Ordinance is adopted to promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of the people. To fulfill this purpose, this chapter seeks to:
(1) Divide the Village of Diamond into zones or districts restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures and land for residence, business, manufacturing and other specified uses;
(2) Protect the character and the stability of the residential, business and manufacturing areas within the Village of Diamond and to promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas;
(3) Provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property;
(4) Regulate the intensity of land uses and to determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings, necessary to provide adequate light and air, and to protect the public health;
(5) Establish building lines and the locations of buildings designed for residential, business, and manufacturing, or other uses within such areas;
(6) Fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall conform;
(7) Prohibit uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character, development or intended uses within specified zoning districts;
(8) Prevent additions to or alteration or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder;
(9) Limit congestion in the public streets and protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare by providing for the off-street parking of motor vehicles and the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles;
(10) Protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of public health, safety, comfort and general welfare;
(11) Prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures, so far as is possible and appropriate in each district, by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them;
(12) Conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the Village of Diamond;
(13) Provide for the gradual elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures which are adversely affecting the character and value of desirable development in each district;
(14) Define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein;
(15) Prescribe the penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter or any amendments thereto;
(16) Provide a well-defined system of streets and pedestrian/bike trails which allow access to all local and regional points of origin and destination; and
(17) Implement the Village of Diamond Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 2015-08, § 1.00, passed 6-23-2015)