(A) This chapter is hereby adopted in order to:
(1) Promote the orderly, responsible and beneficial development and use of land within the county jurisdictional area;
(2) Promote the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the county;
(3) Protect the character and stability of residential, institutional, business, industrial, and natural areas;
(4) Minimize or avoid congestion in the public streets and to ensure safe, convenient, and efficient traffic circulation;
(5) Secure adequate light, air, convenience of access, and safety from fire, flood and other danger, which may include providing adequate open spaces for light, air and outdoor uses;
(6) Preserve and enhance the scenic beauty, aesthetics and environmental integrity of the county jurisdictional area;
(7) Encourage compatibility between different land uses and to protect the scale and character of existing development from the encroachment of incompatible uses;
(8) Regulate and restrict the location and intensity of use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, residence and other uses;
(9) Define the powers and duties of administrative officers and bodies as provided herein, and to establish procedures for the implementation and enforcement of these regulations; and
(10) Further such other purposes as are stated hereinafter within specific provisions of this chapter.
(B) This chapter shall be interpreted, administered and enforced in a manner that is consistent with the foregoing purposes.
(BC Ord. passed 1-22-2003; BC Ord. passed 3-26-2003)