This Title Six of Part Twelve of these Codified Ordinances shall be known, cited and referred to as the "Geneva Zoning Code." The purposes of this Zoning Code are to promote and protect the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare by regulating and limiting the use of land and buildings and the erection, restoration and alteration of buildings and additions thereto, and the use thereof, for agricultural, residential, business and industrial purposes; to regulate the area and dimensions of land, yards and open spaces so as to secure adequate light, pure air and safety from fire and other dangers; to conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the City of Geneva; to lessen or avoid congestion in the public streets; to regulate and restrict the bulk, height, design, percent of lot occupancy and the location of buildings; to protect the character and values of the agricultural, residential, business, industrial, institutional and public areas and to assure their orderly and beneficial development; to provide an orderly plan for the economical and best use of public facilities, such as recreation areas, schools, Municipal buildings and hospitals; to provide for the most advantageous use of public utilities, such as water production and transmission, sewage collection and disposal and storm drainage; and to provide for the growth and development of lands. For said purposes this Zoning Code divides the City into various districts.
(Ord. 2337. Passed 10-20-92.)