(A) Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Lonsdale Zoning Code.”
(B) Purpose and intent. This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
(1) To promote the health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city;
(2) To minimize congestion in the public rights-of-way, securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers, provide for adequate light and air, and preventing the overcrowding of land;
(3) Avoiding undue concentration of population, facilitating the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewage, parks, and other public requirements;
(4) To promote a more efficient and desirable utilization of land by recognizing special land features, such as topography, soils, vegetation, wetland areas, and wildlife;
(5) Conserving and developing natural resources and maintaining a high standard of environmental quality;
(6) To divide the city into zones or districts as to the compatible use of land and structures for residential business, and industrial purposes;
(7) To prohibit the use of buildings, structures, and lands that are incompatible with the intended use or development of lands within the specified zones;
(8) Providing for the compatible and appropriate use of land throughout the city;
(9) Promoting orderly development of residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and public areas;
(10) Minimizing pollution of all types;
(11) Providing for the administration of this chapter and amendments thereto;
(12) Defining the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies;
(13) Describing penalties for the violation of provisions of this chapter or any amendment thereto.
(Ord. passed 2-29-1996)