This title and the regulations and restrictions contained herein are adopted and enacted for the following purposes:
A. To promote the health, safety, convenience, and general welfare of present and future inhabitants of the city;
B. To encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and development of the city, and to implement the goals and policies of the general plan;
C. To provide adequate open space for light and air, to prevent overcrowding of the land and to lessen congestion on the streets;
D. To secure economy in municipal expenditures and to encourage adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other public facilities and services;
E. To increase the security of home life and to preserve and create a more favorable environment for citizens and visitors to the city;
F. To ensure safety from fire and other dangers;
G. To stabilize and improve property values and to place compatible uses together in the city;
H. To enhance the economic and cultural well being of the inhabitants of the city;
I. To promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable, and attractive city resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources;
J. To establish proper zoning regulations, ensure the suitability of the land for particular uses, conserve the value of buildings, and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the city; and
K. To further the purposes of this title and promote the qualities of the respective zones. (Ord. 394, 8-7-2001)