The purpose of this Unified Development Ordinance shall be to promote the health, safety and the general welfare by regulating the height, number of stories, size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trades, industry, residence or other purposes, to create districts and establish boundaries for those purposes; to define certain terms used in the ordinance; and to provide penalties for violation of this ordinance.
(Ord. passed 2-10-2009, § 1.12)