The fact that the present zoning ordinance and regulations of the city are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city, the city creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public which requires that this chapter shall become effective from and after the date of its passage, as provided by the Charter of the city, and it is accordingly so ordained.
(1998 Code, App. A, § 40-88)