(a) Council finds that the regulations contained in this Zoning Code are necessary to:
(1) Encourage the most appropriate use of land;
(2) Lessen congestion in the streets;
(3) Secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
(4) Provide adequate light and air and freedom from undue noise;
(5) Prevent overcrowding of land;
(6) Avoid undue concentration of population;
(7) Facilitate adequate provision for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements;
(8) Protect property from blight and depreciation;
(9) Protect the basis for taxation and secure economy in government; and
(10) Promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City.
(b) The purposes of this Zoning Code are to:
(1) Promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community;
(2) Regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures;
(3) Regulate and restrict the percentage of a lot or tract of land that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces and the density of population;
(4) Regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings, structures, lots and tracts of land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes;
(5) Divide the area subject to this Zoning Code into zones of the shape, size and number which will best effectuate this Zoning Code; and
(6) Provide for the effective enforcement of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 1049. Passed 2-26-85.)