There is hereby established a "Comprehensive Zoning Plan" for the City of Martins Ferry. This Plan is a part of a long-range general City plan to guide and facilitate the orderly and beneficial growth of the community and to promote the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare. More specifically, the purposes of this "Comprehensive Zoning Plan" are to encourage the social and economic stability of neighborhoods; to protect and conserve property values by minimizing conflicts in the use of neighboring property; to insure adequate open spaces between buildings; to act as a guide for the economical provision of public facilities and services; and to assist private ownership in the enjoyment and use of land and buildings.
(Ord. 4702. Passed 8-21-56.)