(a) This Zoning Code shall be known and may be cited as "The Englewood, Ohio, Zoning Ordinance," or just the "Zoning Code."
(b) This Zoning Code, including the text and map, has been promulgated in accordance with and predicated upon the Englewood Comprehensive Community Development Plan and is designed to provide adequate light, air, privacy and safety from fire, flood and other danger and to prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of population. It is also designed to:
(1) Protect the character and the social and economic stability of all parts of the City; to guide the orderly growth and development of the City; and to protect and conserve the value of land and buildings appropriate to the various land use classes established in the Comprehensive Community Development Plan and this Zoning Code;
(2) Promote the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings, and the street system which serves these uses, having particular regard to the potential, amount and intensity of such land and building uses in relationship to the traffic capacity of the street system, so as to avoid congestion in the streets and to promote safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout the City;
(3) Provide a guide for public action in the orderly and efficient provision of public facilities and services and for private enterprise in building development, investment and other economic activity relating to uses of land and buildings throughout the City; and
(4) Provide open space designed to protect the scenic beauty and natural features of the City as well as to provide recreation space.
(c) This Zoning Code is promulgated with reasonable regard to existing conditions; the character of buildings erected in each zoning district; the most desirable use for which the land in each zoning district may be adapted; and the conservation of property values.
(Ord. 79-56. Passed 11-13-79. )