One-Family Residential Districts and their regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To regulate the bulk and location of dwellings to obtain proper privacy and useable open spaces on each lot appropriate for the various districts;
(b) To regulate the density and distribution of population in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan to avoid congestion and to provide adequate public services;
(c) To provide for proper location of institutions and other community facilities so as to increase the general convenience, safety and amenities;
(d) To protect residential neighborhoods from noxious fumes, odors, dust, excessive noises and abnormal vehicular traffic;
(e) To protect the desirable characteristics and promote the stability of existing residential development;
(f) To establish the R-50 District in recognition of the existing character of older neighborhoods, particularly in the North End, to ensure that new construction and additions are compatible with the existing character of the neighborhood and to ensure that major redevelopment occurs at the same minimum development standards that have been established elsewhere in the City;
(g) To promote the most desirable and beneficial use of the land in conformity with the Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 2020-21. Passed 2-18-20.)