A. Authority: This title is adopted pursuant to the municipal land use development and management act as set forth in Utah Code Annotated section 10-9a-101 et seq., other applicable statutory law and common law, and the police power authority inherent in local government as established and defined by state and federal statutory and common law.
B. Purpose: This title and the regulations and restrictions contained in this title are adopted and enacted to accomplish the purpose of Utah Code Annotated section 10-9a-102 and, further, to:
1. Promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the city and its present and future inhabitants.
2. Encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and development of the city and implement the goals and policies of the city.
3. Provide adequate open space for light and air, prevent overcrowding of the land, and lessen congestion on the streets.
4. Secure economy in municipal expenditures and encourage adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other public facilities and services.
5. Increase the security of home life and preserve and create a more favorable environment for citizens and visitors to the city.
6. Ensure safety from fire and other dangers.
7. Stabilize and improve property values and place compatible uses together in the city.
8. Enhance the economic and cultural well being of the inhabitants of the city.
9. Promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable and attractive city resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources.
10. Establish proper zoning regulations, ensure the suitability of the land for particular uses while promoting aesthetics in land use design, conserve the value of buildings, and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.
11. Further the purposes of this title and promote the qualities of the respective zones.
12. Protect the tax base.
13. Protect the natural environment of the city, while promoting a sustainable future living environment. (2001 Code § 89-1-103; amd. 2009 Code)