This Zoning Code is intended, among other purposes:
(a) To protect the character and values of residential, business, institutional and public uses and to insure their orderly and beneficial development;
(b) To provide adequate, open spaces for light and air, to prevent overcrowding of the land, to prevent excessive concentration of population, and on the other hand, to prevent sparse and uncoordinated development;
(c) To locate buildings and uses in relation to streets according to plans in a way that will cause the least interference with, and be damaged least by traffic movements, and result in lessened street congestion and improved public safety;
(d) To establish zoning patterns that insure economical extensions for sewers, water supply and other public utilities, and developments for recreation, schools and other facilities;
(e) To guide the future development of the City so as to bring about the gradual conformity of land and building uses in accordance with a comprehensive plan; and
(f) To accomplish the specific intents set forth in the introduction to the respective districts or groups of districts.
(Ord. 67-17. Passed 5-15-67.)