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SECTION 1.0 ORDINANCE DEFINED:
AN ORDINANCE DIVIDING THE CITY OF NEWPORT COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, INTO ZONES. ZONES OF SUCH SHAPE AND AREA AS ARE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT THESE REGULATIONS: REGULATING THE LOCATION, HEIGHT, NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, REGULATING THE SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES AND THE DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION AND THE USES OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND USE AND OTHER PURPOSES, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT, A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND REPEALING ALL REGULATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES AND/OR CODES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF NEWPORT COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE II
AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE
SECTION 2.0 AUTHORITY:
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Newport in pursuance of the authority of Kentucky Revised Statutes (K.R.S. 100.201 100.991) hereby ordains and enacts into law the following Articles and Sections.
SECTION 2.1 PURPOSE:
The zoning regulations and districts as herein set forth have been prepared in accordance with an adopted Comprehensive Plan for the City of Newport to promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the City, to facilitate orderly and harmonious development and the visual or historical character of the City, and to regulate the density of population and intensity of land use in order to provide for adequate light and air. In addition, this Ordinance has been prepared to provide for vehicle off street parking and loading and/or unloading space, as well as to facilitate fire and police protection, and to prevent the overcrowding of land, blight, danger, and congestion in the circulation of people from fire, flood or other dangers. The zoning regulations and districts as herein set forth are employed to protect highways, other transportation facilities, public facilities, including schools and public grounds, the central business district, natural resources and other specific areas in the City of Newport which needs special protection by the City.
ARTICLE III
SHORT TITLE
SECTION 3.0 SHORT TITLE:
This ordinance shall be effective throughout the City of Newport, Kentucky and shall be known, referred to, and recited to as the "OFFICIAL ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT".
ARTICLE IV
INTERPRETATION
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