It is the intention of the City:
(a) To guide its future growth and development in accordance with a comprehensive plan of land use and population density that represents the most beneficial and convenient relationships among the residential, nonresidential and public areas within the City, considering the suitability of each area for such uses, as indicated by existing conditions, trends in population and mode of living, and future requirements, considering such conditions, trends and requirements both within the City and in relationship to areas outside thereof.
(b) To provide adequate light, air and privacy, to secure safety from fire and other danger and to prevent overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of the population.
(c) To protect the character and the social and economic stability of all parts of the City, to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of all parts of the City and to protect and conserve the value of land and buildings appropriate to the various districts established by this ordinance.
(d) To bring about the gradual conformity of uses of land and buildings throughout the City through the provisions of this ordinance and to minimize conflicts among the uses of land and buildings.
(e) To promote the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the street system which serves these uses, having particular regard for the potential amount and intensity of such land and building uses in relationship to the traffic capacity of the street system, so as to avoid congestion in the streets and so as to promote safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout the City.
(f) To provide a guide for public action in the orderly and efficient provision of public facilities and services and for private enterprise in building development, investment and other economic activity relating to uses of land and buildings throughout the City.
(1970 Code Sec. 32-3)