Council finds, in the interest of promoting the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare, that it is necessary to enact a Zoning Code for zoning within the limits of the Village of Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, in order to regulate and promote the orderly development of the community, to restrict the location of buildings and other structures and of premises to be used for trade, industry, residence or other specified uses, to regulate and limit the height of buildings and other structures hereafter erected or altered, to regulate the bulk and location of buildings and other structures hereafter erected or altered, to provide for the amount of lot area which may be occupied, building setback lines and the area of yards, courts or other open spaces and, for the combination of all of the purposes hereinbefore described, to divide the Village into zoning districts as hereinafter provided, which zoning districts are deemed and hereby determined to be best suited to carry out the aforesaid purposes, all in accordance with the Land Use and Thoroughfare Plan for Richfield Village.
(Ord. 25-2011. Passed 9-20-11.)