This title is adopted for the following purposes:
To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of the people;
To divide the Village into zones and districts restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures and land for residence, business and manufacturing and other specified uses;
To protect the character and stability of the residential, business and manufacturing areas within the Village to promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas;
To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property;
To regulate the intensity of use and lot areas, and to determine the area of open space surrounding buildings necessary to provide adequate light and air and to protect the public health;
To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, business, manufacturing or other uses within such areas;
To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall conform therein;
To prohibit uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character of development of intended uses within specified zoning districts;
To prevent additions to, or alteration or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder;
To protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort, and general welfare;
To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the Village;
To provide for the elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures which are adversely affecting the character and value of desirable development in each district;
To define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein. (1979 Code § 5-1-2)