This Zoning Code establishes certain districts in the Village and regulates and restricts the ways in which land can be used in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare. More specific purposes are to:
(a) Establish districts of such classification and number to implement the Village's Master Plan that encourages the most appropriate uses of the land and guides the future development of the Village and to carry out the purposes of this Zoning Code;
(b) Encourage compatibility between different land uses and protect the scale and character of existing development from the encroachment of incompatible uses;
(c) Regulate and restrict the location, bulk, height, design, and land coverage of buildings to protect the character and value of the Village's residential, office, business, and industrial areas;
(d) Regulate the area and dimension of lots, yards, setbacks, and other open spaces to provide adequate open spaces for light and air;
(e) Ensure efficient traffic circulation and manage congestion on the streets;
(f) Provide regulations, standards, and procedures for the administration, amendment and enforcement of this Zoning Code;
(g) To accomplish the specific intents and purposes set forth in the introduction of the respective sections; and,
(h) To guide the future development of the Village so as to bring about the gradual conformity of land and building uses in accordance with the objectives of the Master Plan of the Village.
(Ord. 2009-17. Passed 9-15-2009.)