This title is designed and enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Ogden City, state of Utah, including, amongst other things, the lessening of congestion in the streets, securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers, encouraging energy efficient patterns of development, the use of energy conservation, solar and renewable energy sources, and assuring access to sunlight for solar energy devices, providing adequate light and air, preventing the overcrowding of land, avoiding undue concentration of population, facilitating adequate provision for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements, providing for the classification of land uses. These regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, 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.
(Ord. 90-52, 10-25-1990; amd. 1999 Code)