(A) The City Council deems it necessary, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, order, and general welfare of the city, to enact these zoning regulations.
(B) These zoning regulations are designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water and sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements; to stabilize property values; and to insure orderly development of the community for the general welfare of the citizens.
(C) These zoning regulations provide for zoning districts of suitable and harmonious uses with the purpose of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the city.
(Ord. 26, passed 10-24-67)