(A) This chapter is based upon the Silver Creek Township Master Plan and is designed to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare; to encourage the use of land and bodies of water in accordance with its character and adaptability and protect land and bodies of water from improper use; to conserve natural resources and energy to meet the needs of the state’s citizens for food, fiber, and other natural resources, places of residence, recreation, industry, trade, service, and other uses of land; to ensure that uses of land shall be situated in appropriate locations and relationships; to avoid the overcrowding of population; to provide adequate light and air; to lessen congestion on waterways and public roads and streets; to reduce hazards to life and property; to facilitate the adequate provision of a system of transportation, sewage disposal, safe and adequate water supply, education, recreation, and other public requirements; and to conserve the expenditure of funds for public improvements and services so as to obtain the most advantageous uses of land, resources, and properties.
(B) This chapter is adopted with reasonable consideration, among other things, of the character of each zoning district, its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the conservation of property values and natural resources, and the general and appropriate trend and character of land, building, and population development.
(Ord. passed 7-30-2015; amended 8- -2015)