This chapter is adopted for the purpose of:
(A) Providing a means of guiding future development of land so as to ensure a safer, more pleasant and more economical environment for residential, commercial, industrial and public activities and to promote the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare;
(B) Dividing the city into zones and districts and regulating therein, the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of structures and land;
(C) Promoting orderly development of the residential, business, industrial, agricultural, recreational and public areas;
(D) Providing adequate light, air, privacy, and convenience of access to property;
(E) Limiting congestion in the public rights-of-way and providing for the off-street parking of motor vehicles;
(F) Preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the use of land and buildings and the bulk of buildings in relation to the land and buildings surrounding them;
(G) Providing for the compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use of land throughout the city;
(H) Protecting and guiding the development of the rural areas;
(I) Conserving and developing natural resources, and maintaining a high standard of environmental quality;
(J) Fostering agriculture and other industries;
(K) Preventing a wasteful scattering of population;
(L) Developing lands more wisely to serve citizens more effectively, making the provision of public services less costly, and achieving a more secure tax base;
(M) Providing public guides to future municipal action, enabling other public and private agencies to plan their activities in harmony with the municipalities’ plans;
(N) Guiding wise development of shorelands of public waters and preserving the economic and natural environmental values of shorelands;
(O) Preserving and enhancing the quality of surface waters;
(P) Providing certain health and safety standards for the protection of the public health, safety, comfort and general welfare;
(Q) Providing for the administration of this chapter and amendments thereto;
(R) Defining the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies, as provided hereinafter; and
(S) Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter or any amendment thereto.
(Prior Code, § 601.02)