This chapter has been prepared and is adopted in order to protect and to promote adequate light, pure air, and safety from fire and other dangers; that the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the municipality may be conserved, that congestion in the public streets may be lessened and avoided, and that the public health, safety, comfort, morals, and welfare may otherwise be promoted. Specifically, the powers of this chapter are as follows:
(A) To regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings hereafter to be altered or erected.
(B) To establish, regulate and limit the buildings or setback lines on or along any street, trafficway drive or parkway.
(C) To regulate and limit the intensity of the use of lot areas, and to regulate and determine the area of open spaces, within and surrounding such buildings.
(D) To regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial, business, residential, and other uses.
(E) To divide the entire municipality and all contiguous areas within one and one-half miles of village limits of said municipality into district of such number, shape, area and of such different classes (according to use of land and buildings, height and bulk of buildings, intensity of the use of lot area, area of open spaces or other classification) as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(F) To fix standards to which buildings or structures therein shall conform.
(G) To prohibit uses, buildings, or structures incompatible with the character of such districts.
(H) To prevent additions to and alteration or remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations lawfully imposed under this chapter.
(I) If you are part of a homeowners association, be aware that the organization may have additional prohibited activities.
(Ord. 2020-O-3, passed 2-18-2020)