(A) Title. The comprehensive zoning regulations ordinance, copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection during regular city office hours, is adopted and incorporated as part of this code of ordinances as fully as if set out at length herein and shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the “zoning ordinance” of the city. All ordinances and regulations of the city in conflict herewith are repealed.
(B) Jurisdiction. The provisions of the zoning ordinance shall apply to the incorporated area of the city and to the two mile area of planning and zoning jurisdiction as set forth by state law and the official zoning map of the city, as may be amended from time to time; said zoning map is incorporated herein by reference.
(C) Purposes and objectives of the ordinance. The zoning ordinance is adopted to preserve, protect, and promote the public health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare. More specifically, the zoning ordinance is adopted in order to achieve the following objectives:
(1) To provide a precise plan for the physical development of the city in such a manner as to achieve progressively the general arrangement of land uses depicted in the Comprehensive Plan;
(2) To foster a harmonious, convenient, workable relationship among local uses and a wholesome, serviceable, and attractive living environment;
(3) To promote the stability of existing land uses which conform with objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and to protect them from inharmonious influences and harmful intrusions;
(4) To ensure that public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are most appropriate and most beneficial from the standpoint of the municipality;
(5) To promote the beneficial development of those areas which exhibit conflicting patterns of use;
(6) To prevent excessive population densities and overcrowding of the land with structures;
(7) To promote a safe, effective traffic circulation system;
(8) To foster the provision of adequate off-street parking and truck loading facilities;
(9) To facilitate the appropriate location of public facilities and institutions;
(10) To protect and promote appropriately located agricultural, commercial, and industrial pursuits in order to preserve and strengthen its economic base;
(11) To protect and enhance real property values;
(12) To converse the municipality’s natural assets and to capitalize on the opportunities offered by its terrain, soils, vegetation, and waterways; and
(13) To coordinate policies and regulations relating to the use of land with such policies and regulations of incorporated municipalities of the county in order to: facilitate transition from county to municipal jurisdiction that land which is first developed in an unincorporated area and is subsequently annexed to a municipality; foster the protection of farming operations in areas of planned urban expansion; and ensure unimpeded development of such new urban expansion that is logical, desirable, and in accordance with objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 2088, passed 8- -2020)