This Code is adopted to secure and provide for the city the following objectives:
(1) To promote the public health, safety, comfort and welfare of the residents of the city;
(2) To establish and maintain zoning districts in order to protect the property rights of all individuals by assuring the compatibility and efficient relationships of uses and practices within districts;
(3) To facilitate the provision of public utilities and public services;
(4) To provide the proper arrangement of streets or highways in relation to existing or proposed streets and highways (and the city’s transportation plan);
(5) To promote orderly, efficient and appropriate development of land;
(6) To provide uniform procedures and standards for observance by both the approving authority and the subdivider for the division, subdivision and development of land;
(7) To provide standards and guidelines for compatibility of designs, materials, layout, landscaping and effective use of land for quality commercial development;
(8) To provide reasonable and appropriate visual identification of commercial establishments;
(9) To ensure adequate provision of open space for light, air and fire safety;
(10) To manage traffic via access points and other planning tools;
(11) To preserve and protect existing trees and vegetation, floodplains, stream corridors, and other areas of scenic and environmental significance from adverse impacts of land development;
(12) To provide guidelines for development of recreational uses;
(13) To require the adequate and safe provision of transportation, water, sewage and drainage in the city; and
(14) To preserve the character and quality of residential neighborhoods.
(Prior Code, § 1222.02) (Ord. 2009-21, passed 10-27-2009)