(A) It is the general purpose of this chapter to provide for the establishment of districts or zones within which the use of land and structures may be restricted and regulated to:
(1) Meet the needs of township residents for food, fiber, energy and other natural resources, places of residence, recreation, industry, trade service and other uses of land;
(2) Ensure that uses of the land shall be situated in appropriate locations and relationships;
(3) Limit the inappropriate overcrowding of land and congestion of population and transportation systems and other public facilities;
(4) Facilitate adequate and efficient provisions for transportation systems, sewage disposal water, energy, education, recreation, and other public services and facility needs; and
(5) Promote public health, safety and welfare and for those purposes may divide the township into districts of the number, shape and area considered best suited to carry out this chapter.
(B) For each district or zone, regulations are imposed which designate the uses for which buildings or structures shall or shall not be erected or altered, and which designating the trades, industries and other land uses or activities that shall be permitted or excluded or subjected to special regulations.
(Prior Code, § 15.102) (Ord. eff. 12-1-2019)