§ 156.002 PURPOSE.

   This chapter is adopted for the purpose of:

   (A)   Protecting the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, and general welfare;

   (B)   Dividing the city into zones and districts and regulating therein the location and use of structures and land;

   (C)   Promoting orderly development of the residential, agricultural, recreational, industrial, and public areas;

   (D)   Promoting adequate light, air, and convenience of access to property;

   (E)   Controlling soil excavation and soil addition;

   (F)   Limiting congestion in the public rights-of-way;

   (G)   Preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the use of land and buildings in relation to the land and buildings surrounding them;

   (H)   Providing compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use of land throughout the city;

   (I)   Providing for the administration of this chapter and amendments thereto;

   (J)   Defining the power and duties of the administrative officers and bodies, as provided hereinafter; and

   (K)   Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter or any amendment thereto.

(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94)