§ 152.002 PURPOSE.
   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)