1131.01 PURPOSE.
   In order to promote orderly growth of Wintersville, Zoning Regulations are herein set forth as part of the community's comprehensive plan. These regulations have been designed to comply with Ohio R.C. 713.06, which enables the planning commission of a municipal corporation to frame and adopt a plan for dividing the municipal corporation or any portion thereof into zones or districts, representing the recommendations of the commission, in the interest of the public, health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity, or general welfare for the limitations and regulations of the height, bulk, and location; including percentage of lot occupancy, setback building lines, and area and dimensions of yards, courts, scope and other open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises in such zones and distances.