(A) This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
(1) To promote the public health, safety and general welfare.
(2) To further the orderly layout and uses of land.
(3) To promote sound development to relate with existing anticipated public and private development.
(4) To promote sound development through utilization of good design, principles and standards.
(5) To avoid undue concentration of population and overcrowding.
(6) To lessen congestion in the streets and highways.
(7) To provide for adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, playground, churches, and other public requirements.
(8) To facilitate the further resubdivision of large tracts into small parcels of land.
(9) To insure proper legal description and proper monuments of subdivided land.
(10) To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers.
(11) To provide for proper ingress (entrance) and egress (exit) to properties and neighborhoods.
(B) These regulations are established with reasonable consideration for the existing character of the city with a view toward conserving the value of buildings upon the land and providing the best possible environment for human habitation. It is intended that these regulations shall supplement and facilitate the enforcement of the provisions and development contained in the Comprehensive Plan and all elements thereon.
(Ord. 172, passed 6-8-87)