(A) Promoting and protecting the public health, safety, and general welfare;
(B) Protecting the character and the stability of the agricultural, recreational, residential, commercial, and other areas within the village and promoting the orderly and beneficial development of the areas;
(C) Regulating the intensity of use of land and lot areas and determining the area of open places surrounding buildings and structures necessary to provide adequate light and air to protect the public health and convenience of access to the property;
(D) Lessening and avoiding congestion on the public highways and streets;
(E) Providing for the needs of industry, recreation, residence, commerce, and other land in future growth;
(F) Fixing reasonable standards to which buildings and structures shall conform;
(G) Prohibiting uses, buildings, or structures which are incompatible with the character of development or the uses, buildings, or structures permitted within specified zoning districts;
(H) Preventing the additions to or alterations or remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the regulations and limitations imposed hereunder;
(I) Protecting against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and odors, dust, smoke, glare, noise, and other nuisances and hazards in the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare;
(J) Preventing the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of buildings and structures, so far as is possible and appropriate in each zoning district by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them;
(K) Conserving the taxable value of land, buildings, and structures throughout the village;
(L) Providing for the completion, substitution, or elimination of nonconforming uses;
(M) Creating a Board of Appeals and defining the powers and duties thereof; and
(N) Designating and defining the powers and duties of the official or officials in charge of the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 740.01)