The basic purpose of this chapter shall be to achieve the following objectives:
(A) To protect the public health, safety and welfare;
(B) To maintain regulations that are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Mayer and which implement the plan;
(C) To protect existing urban development from potential negative effects of conflicting uses, but also to permit broad development opportunities within the community;
(D) To prevent excessive population densities and overcrowding of land;
(E) To provide and maintain a safe and efficient traffic circulation system;
(F) To preserve the area’s substantial natural amenities, such as the rivers, lakes, wetlands, bluffs, hills, valleys and woodland;
(G) To promote a pleasing visual environment throughout the community, within the urban, rural, commercial, industrial, public, and residential areas;
(H) To provide for the protection of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems;
(I) To maintain the small town character of the community; and
(J) To maintain compatibility of land uses.
(Ord. 102, passed 7-9-01)