It is the intent of this Ordinance to protect and promote the public health, safety, convenience, morals, and general welfare. More specifically, this Ordinance is intended to achieve the following:
(a) Guide future growth and development in general accordance with the Westover Comprehensive Plan and individual City neighborhood plans with these regulations generally being in accordance with setting forth the purposes of those plans;
(b) Provide adequate light, air, and privacy; secure safety from fire and other danger; and prevent overcrowding of land and undue congestion of population;
(c) Protect the character and the social and economic stability of all parts of the City; encourage orderly and beneficial development; and protect and preserve the value of land and buildings appropriate to the various districts established by this Ordinance;
(d) Bring about the gradual conformity of the uses of land and buildings with the zoning regulations set forth, and minimize conflicts among the uses of land and buildings;
(e) Promote the most beneficial relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the street system which serves those uses, having particular regard for the potential amount and intensity of such land and building uses in relation to the traffic capacity of the street system, so as to avoid congestion in the streets and to promote safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings; and
(f) Provide a guide for public action in the orderly and efficient provision of public facilities and services, and for private enterprise in building development, investment, and other economic activity relating to uses of land and buildings.
(Ord. 318. Passed 2-4-08.)