The purposes of the Zoning Title are:
A. To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, convenience and the general welfare;
B. To preserve the character of the Village;
C. To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the Village;
D. To ensure that adequate light and air may be secured;
E. To provide protection against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, noise, pollution and other hazards;
F. To help create a rational land use pattern and relationships between residential, commercial, industrial and open space use;
G. To prevent harmful encroachment of incompatible uses in living, working and shopping areas so that the districts designated for each use shall not be usurped by other inappropriate uses;
H. To preserve and improve the ecological balance in the Village;
I. To avoid congestion in the public streets by establishing requirements for off-street loading and parking;
J. To prevent congestion by limiting the development of land to the capacity of the Village to provide satisfactory public services;
K. To prevent overcrowding the land with buildings;
L. To provide a basis for implementing the land use decisions of the Village;
M. To ensure that the same rules are applied to all new construction in the Village;
N. To establish reasonable zoning standards to which buildings and structures shall conform;
O. To prevent additions to and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed under this Title;
P. To establish and define the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies that administer and enforce this Title;
Q. To prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Title or any amendments to it. (Ord. 90-O-16, 7-3-1990; amd. Ord. 2021-O-12, 9-7-2021)