The purpose of this Planning and Zoning Code and the intent of Council in its adoption are to promote and protect the public health, safety, convenience, comfort and prosperity and the general welfare of the City by regulating the use of buildings, other structures and land for residences, public facilities, institutions, business, services, industry or other purposes; by regulating and restricting the bulk, height, design, percent of lot occupancy and location of buildings; by regulating and limiting population density; and, for the aforesaid purposes, to divide the land within the City into districts of such number and dimensions in accordance with the objectives of a Comprehensive Plan; and to provide procedures for the administration, interpretation, amendment and enforcement of this Planning and Zoning Code.
This Planning and Zoning Code is intended to achieve, among others, the following objectives:
(a) To protect the character and values of residential, business, service, industrial, institutional and public uses and to assure their orderly and beneficial development;
(b) To provide adequate open spaces for light and air, to prevent overcrowding of the land, to prevent excessive concentration of population and, conversely, to prevent sparse and uncoordinated development;
(c) To improve the public safety and to lessen congestion by locating buildings and uses in relation to streets so as to cause the least interference with and damage by traffic movements;
(d) To provide for public facilities and utilities such as a water supply, a sewer system and transportation systems, as well as developments for recreation, schools and other public facilities;
(e) To encourage the most appropriate uses of the land and guide the future development of the City in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan; and
(f) To accomplish the specific intents and goals set forth in the introduction to the respective chapters.
(Ord. 199-92. Passed 7-19-93; Ord. 239-08. Passed 12-15-08.)