A. General Objectives. The general objective of this Zoning Ordinance is to maintain the Village as a developed community primarily consisting of well-maintained single-family residential neighborhoods, separately located thriving business areas that complement the residential neighborhoods, in an area with mature trees and green space.
B. Land Use and Development Objectives. It is the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance to assure that the following land use and development objectives are accomplished:
1. To foster the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan of the Village;
2. To establish a rational pattern of land uses and to encourage the most appropriate use of individual parcels of land within the Village;
3. To encourage and promote detached single-family homes as the principal land use in the Village;
4. To protect the scale and character of existing neighborhoods from the encroachment of incompatible uses and structures having excessive bulk or providing inadequate open space;
5. To prohibit uses, buildings or structures that are incompatible with the character of the zoning district in which they are located;
6. To regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings;
7. To establish, regulate and limit building or setback lines on or along any street, traffic way, drive, parkway or storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin;
8. To regulate and limit the intensity of the use of lot areas and the area of open spaces within and surrounding buildings;
9. To encourage and enhance the preservation of natural resources, aesthetic amenities and natural features;
10. To secure adequate natural light, pure air, privacy a safe environment and convenience of access to property;
11. To facilitate the most efficient use of existing and planned public facilities and utilities;
12. To protect existing public facilities and utilities from being overloaded due to excess development or development incompatible with the capabilities of the Village's utility systems;
13. To protect and enhance a pattern of interconnected streets and roadways that is unified, integrated, safe, effective and efficient;
14. To reduce congestion and promote safety on streets and public ways by limiting traffic generation through the control of land use intensity;
15. To avoid or lessen the hazards of flooding or stormwater accumulation and runoff;
16. To ensure and facilitate the preservation of sites, areas and structures of historical, architectural and aesthetic importance;
17. To assure the development and redevelopment of established residential neighborhoods and business areas in a manner consistent with their established character, by encouraging the renovation, restoration and rehabilitation of structurally sound existing housing and commercial buildings, and by establishing standards to assure that new construction and building additions maintain the existing scale and appearance of the community, and by protecting established trees and landscaping;
18. To protect and respect the justifiable reliance of existing residents, business people and taxpayers on the continuation of existing, established land use patterns;
19. To protect and enhance the taxable value of land and buildings;
20. To otherwise promote the public health, safety, comfort, morals and welfare;
21. To define the powers and duties of administrative officers and bodies necessary to administer this Zoning Ordinance;
22. To establish procedures for the efficient and effective use of the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance;
23. To establish standards for the review of applications filed pursuant to this Zoning Ordinance; and
24. To prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. MC-221-99 § 2, 1999: prior code § 22.02)
(MC-8-2005, Amended, 12/20/2005, Subsection B(17) amended; MC-8-2000, Amended, 11/21/2000, Subsection (B)7 amended term "setback")