(A) The regulations for the zoning districts as herein set forth are made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community. They are designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. They are made with responsible considerations, among other things, as to the character of each district and its particular uses and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.
(B) This chapter regulates the location, size, use, and height of buildings, the arrangement of buildings on lots, the size of yards and other open spaces, the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, and other purposes; establishing the boundaries of districts for said purposes and providing fines and penalties for violations, so as to promote the public health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of the city.
(Prior Code, § 14-2-2.0101) (Ord. 477, passed 2-1-2013)