These zoning regulations have been adopted for the following purposes:
(A) To promote and protect the health, safety, comfort, morals, welfare, convenience, and necessity of the public;
(B) To secure adequate light, pure air, privacy, and convenience of access to property;
(C) To divide the city into zoning districts, prescribing and regulating therein the location, erection, reconstruction, alteration, and use of buildings, structures, and land for residential, business, manufacturing, and other specified needs;
(D) To provide for a wide range of housing needs;
(E) To fix reasonable standards to which buildings and structures shall conform and to provide that alterations or remodeling of existing buildings or structures be conducted in accordance with current standards as set forth herein;
(F) To protect the physical and mental health of the public by reducing or abating objectionable smoke, noise, or other objectionable materials or influences wherever possible;
(G) To protect against fire, explosions, noxious fumes, and other dangers;
(H) To avoid or lessen congestion in the public streets;
(I) To establish setback lines along streets and alleys and to regulate the location of structures relative to such lines;
(J) To otherwise avoid or lessen the hazards to persons or damage to property resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm and floodwater;
(K) To prevent the overcrowding of land and the undue concentration of structures by regulating and limiting the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them;
(L) To protect the character and maintain the stability of residential, business, and industrial areas within the city;
(M) To prohibit uses or structures which are incompatible with the character of other appropriate existing or intended development within zoning districts;
(N) To provide for the gradual elimination of those existing uses of land, buildings, and structures, and of those buildings and structures that do not conform to the standards of the zoning district in which they are located;
(O) To conserve and enhance the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the city;
(P) To promote the orderly development of the city;
(Q) To facilitate the more efficient use of existing utilities in the city;
(R) To define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein.
(S) To effectuate the planning program.