(a) The purposes of this Zoning Code, and the intent of the legislative authority in its adoption, are to promote and protect, to the fullest extent permissible under the provisions of the Ohio Revised Code, as modified by the Charter of the City of North Royalton, the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare, by regulating the use of buildings, other structures and land for residences, public facilities, business, services, industry and other purposes; by regulating and restricting the bulk, height, design, percentage of lot coverage and location of buildings, and the area and dimensions of yards, courts and other open spaces; by regulating and limiting population density; by dividing the land, for the aforesaid purposes, within the corporate limits of the City, into districts of such number and dimensions as are in accordance with the objectives of the Master Plan; and by providing procedures for the administration and amendment of this Zoning Code.
(b) This Zoning Code is intended to achieve, among others, the following objectives:
(1) To protect the character and values of residential, institutional, public business, commercial and manufacturing uses and to insure their orderly and beneficial development;
(2) To provide adequate open spaces for light, air and outdoor uses;
(3) To prevent overcrowding of the land;
(4) To prevent excessive concentration of population and, on the other hand, to prevent sparse and uncoordinated development;
(5) To regulate and control the location and spacing of buildings on the lot and in relation to the surrounding property so as to carry out the objectives of the Master Plan of North Royalton;
(6) To regulate the location of buildings and the intensity of uses in relation to streets according to plans so as to cause the least interference with, and be damaged least by, traffic movements, hence resulting in lessened street congestion and improved public safety;
(7) To establish zoning patterns that insure economical extensions for sewers, water supply, waste disposal and other public utilities, as well as development of recreation, schools and other public facilities;
(8) To guide the future development of the Municipality so as to bring about the gradual conformity of land and building uses in accordance with the objectives of the Master Plan of North Royalton; and
(9) To accomplish the specific intents and goals set forth in the introductions to the respective chapters.
(Ord. 1988-170. Passed 10-17-88.)