(a) Council shall cause to be made a zoning ordinance of the City, which may include, but need not be limited to:
(1) Uses of land and watercourses and other bodies of water;
(2) The size, height, bulk, location, erection, construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, razing, removal and use of structures;
(3) Areas and dimensions of land and bodies of water to be occupied by uses and structures, as well as areas, courts, yards and other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures; and
(4) The density of population and intensity of use.
(b) In addition, the zoning ordinance may contain:
(1) Provisions for special exceptions and variances administered by the Zoning Hearing Board, which provisions shall be in accordance with this Planning Code;
(2) Provisions for conditional uses to be allowed or denied by Council after recommendations by the Planning Commission pursuant to express standards and criteria set forth in the ordinance;
(3) Provisions for the administration and enforcement of such ordinance;
(4) Such other provisions as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this Planning Code; and
(5) Provisions for the protection and preservation of natural resources and agricultural land and activities.
(Ord. 4398. Passed 9-10-86.)