This chapter has been made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overgrowing of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage facilities, schools, parks and other public requirements. This chapter has been made with reasonable consideration for the respect of property owner rights and privileges, and among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city and the area within 2 miles thereof.
(Prior Code, § 56-1) (Ord. 3640, § 1, 12-1-2005; Am. Ord. 3840, § 1, 4-3-2012; Am. Ord. 4092, § 1, 6-7-2022)