The purposes of this title shall be to promote and protect the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort, convenience, and general welfare, including the following more particularly specified purposes:
(a) To further, promote, and accomplish the objectives, policies, and programs of the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan;
(b) To lessen congestion and assure convenience of access; to secure safety from fire, flood, and other dangers; to provide for adequate public health, sanitation, and general welfare; to provide for adequate light, air, sunlight, and environmental amenities; to promote and encourage conservation of scarce resources; to prevent overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population, to facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community; to attain a desirable balance of residential and employment opportunities; and to expedite the provision of adequate and essential public services to the community.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)