This Title is adopted pursuant to the Village’s home rule powers and Division 13 of the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11-13-1 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time, and includes the full scope of authority therein for the purpose of improving and protecting the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare of the people. The fulfillment of this purpose is to be accomplished by pursuing the following objectives:
A. To lessen congestion on the public streets.
B. To avoid undue concentration of population.
C. To prevent the overcrowding of land, thereby insuring proper living and working conditions and preventing the development of blight and slums.
D. To establish adequate standards for the provision of light, air, and open spaces.
E. To facilitate the provision of adequate public services such as transportation, water, sewerage, open space, and parks.
F. To zone all properties with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the Village.
G. To protect all areas alike from harmful encroachment by incompatible uses and to insure that land allocated to a class of uses shall not be usurped by inappropriate uses within the parameters of the standards and requirements of this Chapter.
H. To avoid the inappropriate development of lands and provide for adequate drainage, curbing or erosion, and reduction of flood damage.
I. To fix reasonable standards to which buildings, structures, and land shall conform.
J. To prevent such additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed herein.
K. To foster a more rational pattern of relationship between residential, business, and manufacturing uses for the mutual benefit of all.
L. To isolate or control the location of unavoidable nuisance-producing uses.
M. To establish local standards for the review of exterior design of buildings and structures.
N. To define the powers and duties of the administrative and enforcement officers and bodies.
O. To prescribe penalties for any violation of the provisions of this Code, or of any subsequent amendments hereto.
The standards and requirements contained in this Title and the district mapping reflected on the Village of Woodridge Zoning Map are intended to implement all elements of the Village of Woodridge Comprehensive Land Use Plan, including the land use component, and other plans that may be adopted from time to time that establish the planning policies of the Village. (Ord. 2024-6, 3-7-2024)