(A) This chapter is enacted to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the city and its people through establishment of minimum regulations governing the development and use of property within the city.
(B) The regulations are established for the following reasons:
(1) Implement the Comprehensive Plan;
(2) Promote planned and orderly development and redevelopment in the city;
(3) Provide adequate light, air, and convenient access to property;
(4) Limit congestion in the public right-of-way;
(5) Prevent overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population and structures;
(6) Provide for the compatible integration of different land uses and protect from incompatible land uses;
(7) Conserve and protect natural resources in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(8) Facilitate the provision of water, utilities, and sewage disposal systems to property;
(9) Protect, to a reasonable extent, the population from fire and other matters affecting public safety;
(10) Maintain, to a reasonable extent, property values and the tax base of the city; and
(11) Provide for the administration of this chapter and amendments to it, define the powers and duties imposed by this chapter, and prescribe penalties for violation of its provisions.
(Ord. 537, passed 11-8-2004; Am. Ord. 596, passed 2-8-2010)