(a) This Zoning Code and the Zoning Map are intended to promote, protect and facilitate the public health, safety, morals and general welfare, coordinated and practical community development, proper density of population, civil defense, the provision of adequate light and air, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, public grounds and other public requirements as well as to prevent the overcrowding of land, blight, danger and congestion in travel and transportation, and loss of health, life or property from fire, flood, panic and other dangers. More specifically, these broad purposes are designed to clearly achieve the objectives of the Ellwood City Comprehensive Plan.
(b) The specific objectives upon which the Comprehensive Plan and this Zoning Code have been based include the following:
(1) To support and encourage order and beauty in the development of the Borough environment for the convenience and pleasure of present citizens and future residents through sound land development practices and the provision of adequate public utilities and facilities.
(2) To protect the integrity of existing residential areas.
(3) To preserve existing and proposed industrial areas to insure the economic stability of the Ellwood area.
(4) To preserve and protect the existing commercial areas, insuring their viability for years to come.
(Ord. 2210. Passed 4-21-97.)