§ 157.002 PURPOSE.

   (A)   This chapter is based upon the Township General Development Plan and is designed:

      (1)   To promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare;

      (2)   To encourage the use of land in accordance with its character and adaptability and limit the improper use of land;

      (3)   To avoid the overcrowding of population;

      (4)   To provide adequate light and air;

      (5)   To lessen congestion on the public roads and streets;

      (6)   To reduce hazards to life and property;

      (7)   To facilitate the adequate provision of a system of transportation, sewage disposal, safe and adequate water supply, education, recreation and other public requirements; and

      (8)   To conserve the expenditure of funds for public improvements and services so as to obtain the most advantageous uses of land, resources and properties.

   (B)   This chapter is adopted with reasonable consideration, among other things, of the character of each zoning district, its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the conservation of property values and natural resources, and the general and appropriate trend and character of land, building and population development.

(Prior Code, Ch. XV, § 2.01)  (Ord. 1977-1, passed 10-10-1977)