The Zoning Code 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 restricting and regulating therein the location, construction, reconstruction, alternation, and use of structures and land.
(C) Promoting orderly development of the residential, business, industrial, recreational, and public areas.
(D) Providing adequate light, air, and convenience of access to property.
(E) Limiting congestion in the public right-of-way.
(F) Preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the use of the land and buildings and the bulk of the buildings in relation to the land and buildings surrounding them.
(G) Providing for the compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.
(H) Providing for orderly transitions from one land use to another.
(I) Providing a means to accomplish the goals set forth in the Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010)