This ordinance is adopted for the following purposes:

(1)

To promote the health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city;

(2)

To minimize congestion in the public rights-of-way, securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers, provide for adequate light and air, and preventing the overcrowding of land;

(3)

Avoiding undue concentration of population, facilitating the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewage, parks, and other public requirements;

(4)

To promote a more efficient and desirable utilization of land by recognizing special land features, such as topography, soils, vegetation, wetland areas, and wildlife;

(5)

Conserving and developing natural resources and maintaining a high standard of environmental quality;

(6)

To divide the city into zones or districts as to the compatible use of land and structures for residential and business purposes;

(7)

To prohibit the use of buildings, structures, and lands that are incompatible with the intended use or development of lands within the specified zones;

(8)

Providing for the compatible and appropriate use of land throughout the city;

(9)

Promoting orderly development of residential, commercial, recreational, and public areas;

(10)

Minimizing pollution of all types;

(11)

Providing for the administration of this ordinance and amendments thereto;

(12)

Defining the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies; and,

(13)

Describing penalties for the violation of provisions of this ordinance or any amendment thereto.