The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare and, more specifically, to achieve the following goals:
(A) To develop a community that provides a full range of opportunities for personal development and participation in community affairs;
(B) To promote the orderly development of the city;
(C) To improve and ensure safety in transportation movements, especially within neighborhoods;
(D) To improve safety from fire and other dangers;
(E) To control the density of development in the city so that property can be adequately served by such governmental facilities, such as streets, schools, recreation, fire protection and utility systems;
(F) To ensure that the ecology and natural environment of the city is protected;
(G) To build a distinctive physical environment through a desirable and workable arrangement between natural features, land uses and the transportation system;
(H) To promote an economic base capable of supporting a desirable standard of living for city residents;
(I) To upgrade the city’s image;
(J) To conserve the value of the city’s land and structures;
(K) To provide every resident of the city with the choice of a decent home suited to varied needs in a suitable environment for daily living;
(L) To achieve the goals and policies set forth in the municipal comprehensive plan; and
(M) To guide and direct new growth and avoid leap-frog and scattered development.
(Prior Code, § 515.01) (Ord. 02-03, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2007-12, passed 6-20-2007; Ord. 20210120, passed 1-20-2021)