This chapter is enacted for the following purposes: to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city by lessening congestion in the public rights-of-way, securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers; providing adequate light and air; preventing the overcrowding of land; avoiding undue concentration of population; facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; conserving the value of properties; and encouraging the most appropriate use of land.
(Ord. 266, passed 5- -2008)