This chapter is adopted for the purpose of:
(A) Protecting the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, and general welfare;
(B) Dividing the city into zones and districts and regulating therein the location and use of structures and land;
(C) Promoting orderly development of the residential, agricultural, recreational, and public areas;
(D) Providing adequate light, air, and convenience of access to property;
(E) Limiting congestion in the public rights-of-way;
(F) Preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the use of land and buildings and the bulk of buildings in relation to the land and buildings surrounding them;
(G) Providing for the compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use of land throughout the city;
(H) Providing for the administration of this chapter and amendments thereto;
(I) Defining the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies, as provided hereinafter;
(J) Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter or any amendment thereto.
(Prior Code, § 901.01)