A. For any or all of the purposes of this Chapter and of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, the City Council may divide the City into districts of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this Chapter and of NRS 278.101 to 278.630, inclusive. Within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of the buildings, structures or land.
B. Such regulations shall be made in accordance with the Master Plan for land use and shall be designed:
1. To preserve the quality of air and water resources.
2. To promote the conservation of open space and the protection of other natural and scenic resources from unreasonable impairment.
3. To provide for recreational needs.
4. To protect life and property in areas subject to floods, landslides and other natural disasters.
5. To conform to the adopted population plan, if required by NRS 278.170.
6. To develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of transportation and public facilities and services.
7. To ensure that the development on land is commensurate with the character and the physical limitations of the land.
8. To take into account the immediate and long range financial impact of the application of particular land to particular kinds of development and the relative suitability of such land for such development.
9. To promote health and the general welfare.
C. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and with a view to conserving the value of the buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City.
D. The City Council shall provide for the manner in which such regulations and restrictions and the boundaries of such districts shall be determined, established and enforced and from time to time amended, supplemented or changed. However, no such regulation, restriction or boundary shall become effective until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least ten (10) days' notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. (Ord. 94-14, 1-3-1995)