The ordinance codified in this title is adopted:
A. To promote the orderly and beneficial development of the village of Western Springs in accordance with the village's official land use plan;
B. To promote the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of the citizens of the village of Western Springs;
C. To protect the character and stability of residential, business and industrial areas;
D. To provide for orderly growth and development; to afford adequate facilities for the safe, convenient, and efficient means for the traffic circulation of its population; and to safeguard the public against flood damage;
E. To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property;
F. To divide the village of Western Springs into districts of such number, shape, area and of such different classes, according to the use of land and buildings and the intensity of such use, as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this ordinance;
G. To prohibit locations and uses of buildings or structures and uses of land that are incompatible with the type of development planned for specified zoning districts in the village of Western Springs;
H. To regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, and other uses, and to regulate and restrict the intensity of such uses;
I. To prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing the subdivision and platting of land; the preparation of plats; the location, width, and course of streets and highways; the installation of utilities, street pavements, and other essential improvements; and the necessary public grounds for schools, parks, playgrounds, and other public open spaces;
J. To prevent additions to and alterations or remodeling to existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations lawfully imposed hereunder;
K. To protect against fire, explosions, noxious fumes and other dangers;
L. To fix reasonable standards to which buildings and structures shall conform;
M. To provide for the gradual elimination of those uses that would not now be permitted in the districts in which they are located and are adversely affecting the orderly and beneficial development of the village of Western Springs;
N. To define and limit the powers and duties of administrative officers and bodies as provided herein; and
O. To prescribe penalties for the violation of and methods for the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance or any amendment thereto. (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)