(a) This Zoning Code is adopted for the purpose of improving and protecting the public health, safety and welfare of residents of the City. To this end the Code seeks:
(1) To further the implementation of the objectives of the adopted Comprehensive Plan for the City in such a manner as any changed conditions since the adoption of the Plan may require;
(2) To zone all land in the City with a view to conserving property values and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City;
(3) To protect all areas of the City from harmful encroachment by incompatible uses;
(4) To establish adequate standards for the provision of light, air and open spaces;
(5) To prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population, thereby preventing the development of blight and deterioration;
(6) To lessen congestion in the public streets;
(7) To facilitate provision of adequate public services and facilities such as transportation, water, sewerage and parks;
(8) To provide for adequate drainage, control of erosion, reduction of flood damage, and destruction of sensitive or valuable environmental resources;
(9) To foster a desirable pattern of relationships among residential, commercial, industrial and other uses for the mutual benefit of all types of development; and
(10) To isolate and control the location of unavoidable nuisance-producing uses.
(b) To accomplish the above objectives, this Code further seeks:
(1) To fix reasonable standards to which buildings, structures and other uses of land shall conform;
(2) To prevent new construction or alteration or expansion of existing construction that does not comply with the restrictions herein;
(3) To provide for the elimination in appropriate situations of existing uses that are incompatible with the character of the districts in which they are located;
(4) To define the powers and duties of the officers and bodies charged with the enforcement of this Code; and
(5) To prescribe penalties for any violation of the provisions hereof.
(Ord. 87-94. Passed 7-27-87.)