Pursuant to the authority granted to the Village of Fowler by the Public Acts of the State of Michigan, this chapter is established for the following purposes:
(A) To promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare;
(B) To protect the character and the stability of the open space, residential, and nonresidential areas within the Village of Fowler and promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas;
(C) To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property;
(D) To regulate the intensity of use of land and lot areas and determining the area of open spaces surrounding buildings and structures necessary to provide adequate light and air and to protect the public health;
(E) To lessen and avoid congestion on the public highways and streets;
(F) To promote healthful surroundings for family life in residential areas;
(G) To protect the public and adjacent uses from fire, explosion, noxious fumes or odors, excessive heat, dust, smoke, glare, noise, vibration, and other health and safety hazards;
(H) To prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of buildings and structures, so far as possible and appropriate, in each zoning district by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them;
(I) To enhance the social and economic stability of the village;
(J) To enhance the aesthetic desirability of the environment throughout the village; and
(K) To conserve the expenditure of funds for public improvements and services.