(A) This chapter is adopted for the purpose of:
(1) Promoting and protecting the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, prosperity, morals and general welfare of the people;
(2) Securing adequate light, pure air and safety from fire and other dangers; and
(3) Conserving the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the village.
(B) To these ends this chapter is designed to set up and accomplish certain standards and objectives by:
(1) Organizing the village into districts regulating and restricting therein the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of any buildings, structures or land, whether for residence, office, business, manufacturing or other specific uses;
(2) Regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings and other structures;
(3) Establishing, regulating and limiting the building or setback lines along streets, alleys or property lines;
(4) Establishing the planned residential development for an area of land controlled by a landowner to be developed as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk or type of dwelling unit, density, lot coverage or required open space to the regulations in any one residential district established by any other provisions of this chapter;
(5) Regulating and limiting the intensity of the use of the lot area and determining the area of open spaces within and surrounding such buildings;
(6) Providing for certain conditional permitted uses;
(7) Regulating the size, type and location of signs;
(8) Requiring accessory off-street parking and loading facilities;
(9) Defining and limiting the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein;
(10) Providing for the change and amendment of such regulations and boundaries of the respective districts;
(11) Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter or of any amendment thereto; and
(12) Providing zoning regulations to guide the installation and operation of wind and solar renewable energy systems to be used primarily on site and to accommodate sustainable energy production from renewable energy sources.
(2009 Code, § 40-1-2) (Ord. 15-08, passed 8-31-2015; Ord. 18-19, passed 6-11-2018)