This Zoning Ordinance is adopted to promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort, prosperity and general welfare by regulating and limiting the use of land areas and building and the erection, restoration and alteration of buildings and the use thereof for residential and business purposes; to regulate the area dimensions of land, yards and open spaces so as to secure adequate light, air and safety from fire and other dangers; to lessen or avoid congestion in the public streets; to regulate and restrict the bulk, height, design, percent of lot occupancy and the location of buildings; to protect the character of the existing residential, business, and public areas and to assure their orderly and beneficial development; to provide for the orderly growth and development of lands, and for the purpose of dividing the Village into various districts.
(Ord. 0-1847-01, passed 12-17-01)