10-1-2: PURPOSE:
This title is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the city; and to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate provision of adequate facilities for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; and promote a more homogeneous relationship of land use within the incorporated limits of the city; to protect property values; and to regulate the use of the land and to promote the orderly development of the community in accordance with the comprehensive plan as adopted by the planning commission and approved by the city council; and all other accepted purposes of zoning. (Ord., 11-1-1983)