This chapter has been established for the purpose of:
(A) Promoting and protecting the public health, safety and general welfare;
(B) Protecting the character and stability of the agricultural, recreational, residential, commercial and industrial areas and promoting the orderly and beneficial development of such areas;
(C) Preventing the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population by regulating the intensity of use of land and the area of open spaces, surrounding buildings and structures necessary to provide adequate light, air and privacy to protect the public health;
(D) Lessening and avoiding congestion on public highways and streets;
(E) Providing for the needs of agriculture, recreation, residence, commerce and industry in future growth to conform with the most advantageous uses of land, resources and properties, with reasonable consideration of other things, the general and appropriate trend and character of land, building and population development, as studied and recommended by the Planning Commission and the village;
(F) Encouraging the most appropriate use of lands in accordance with their character and adaptability and prohibiting uses which are incompatible with the character of development permitted within specified zoning districts;
(G) Conserving the taxable value of land and structures;
(H) Conserving the expenditure of funds for public improvements and services;
(I) Protecting against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and odors, heat, dust, smoke, glare, noise, vibration, radioactivity and other nuisances and hazards, in the interest of the people; and
(J) Providing for the completion, restoration, reconstruction, extension or substitution of nonconforming uses.
(Ord. passed
6-18-1991
, § 1.3)