A. This title is adopted for the purpose of:
1. Promoting and protecting the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the people.
2. Securing adequate light, high quality environment and safety from fire and other dangers.
3. Conserving the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the village.
B. To these ends, it is the purpose of this title 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 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. Regulating and limiting the intensity of the use of the lot area and determining the area of open spaces within and surrounding such buildings.
5. Providing for certain permitted uses and conditional permitted uses.
6. Regulating the size, type and location of signs.
7. Requiring accessory off street parking and loading facilities.
8. Defining and limiting the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein.
9. Providing for the change and amendment of such regulations and boundaries of the respective districts.
10. Providing for the continuance of uses of structures of land which were lawful before the effective date hereof, but which could be prohibited, regulated or restricted under the terms of this title or future amendments.
11. Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this title or of any amendment hereto. (1984 Code § 5-1-2)