(a) Council finds that the Planning and Zoning Commission has adopted and certified to Council a plan for dividing the Municipality into zones or districts, representing the recommendations of the Commission in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare, for the limitations and regulation of lot occupancy, setback building lines and the area and dimensions of yards, courts, and open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises in such zones or districts.
(b) Council further finds that the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, prosperity and general welfare will be promoted by the regulations and restrictions hereinafter enacted, and the division of the Municipality into districts or zones hereinafter created, which districts or zones, restrictions and regulations are deemed best suited to carry out the purposes for which they are authorized by law to be created, and are consistent with and as provided by the plan and recommendation of the Commission.