"Access" means a place or way by which pedestrians and vehicles shall have safe, adequate and usable ingress and egress to a property or use as required by this title.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Accessory building" means a building, part of building or structure which is subordinate to, and the use of which is incidental to, that of the main building, structure or use of the same lot.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Accessory use" means a use customarily incidental to a principal use established on the same lot or parcel of land, which accessory use does not alter the principal use nor serve property other than the lot or parcel of land on which the principal use is located.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Alley" means a public or private way, at the rear or side of property, permanently reserved as a means of vehicular access to abutting property. Frontage on the alley shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements of this title related to frontage on a dedicated street.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Apartment" means a room or suite of two or more rooms in a multiple-dwelling structure, occupied or suitable for occupancy as a residence for one family.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Bachelor apartment" means a dwelling unit in an apartment house that combines sleeping, living, cooking and dining facilities into one habitable room. "Light housekeeping room" means the same as "bachelor apartment."

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Efficiency apartment" means a dwelling unit in an apartment house that combines sleeping, living, cooking and dining facilities into two habitable rooms, one of which shall be a kitchen. "Single apartment" and "efficiency living unit" mean the same as "efficiency apartment."

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Apartment house" means a building designed and used for occupancy by three or more families, all living independently of each other. "Apartment house" means the same as "multiple-family dwelling."

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"One-bedroom apartment" means a dwelling unit in an apartment house that contains more than three habitable rooms.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Two-or-more-bedroom apartment" means a dwelling unit, in an apartment house, that contains more than three habitable rooms.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Architectural feature" means a part, portion or projection that contributes to the beauty or elegance of a building or structure and is not intended for occupancy, which may extend beyond the face of the exterior wall, but shall not include signs.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Net area" means that area of a lot or parcel of land exclusive of:

A.

Public alleys, highways streets or rights-of-way; or

B.

Proposed public facilities such as alleys, highways, streets or other necessary public sites when included within a proposed development project; or

C.

Other public or private easements where the owner of the servient tenement does not have the right to use for permanent structures the entire surface of the land.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Assessor" means the county assessor.

(Ord. 595 § 2.00(A), 1982)

"Attach" means to connect, fasten or structurally affix permanently to a building or structure.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Automobile impound yard" means an area designated or maintained for the temporary storage of vehicles legally removed or impounded from public or private property as prescribed by law.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Automobile service station" means an area which provides for the servicing of motor vehicles, including tube and tire repairs, minor tune-ups, battery charging, storage of merchandise and supplies related to the servicing of motor vehicles, sale of gasoline and lubricants, automobile washing and grease racks, but excluding automobile repairs such as body and fender work, engine overhauling or other similar activities.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Basement" means a space wholly or partly underground, and having more than one-half of its height, measured from floor to ceiling, below the average adjoining grade. If the finished floor level directly above a basement is more than six feet above grade at any point, such basement shall be considered a story.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Breezeway" means a roofed passageway, open on two sides, where the roof is in keeping with the design and construction of the main building.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Buildable area" means any portion of a lot or building site not contained within required setbacks.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Building" means any structure built and maintained for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Building area" means the sum in square feet of the ground areas occupied by all buildings and structures on a lot.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Building height" means the vertical distance from the finished grade at the exterior wall to the highest point of the roof structure. In case of sloping lots the vertical distance from the finished grade on the exterior wall at a point located midway between the front and rear of the building, or side and side property lines to the highest point of the roof structure.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Main building" means a building within which is conducted the principal use permitted on the lot, as provided by this title.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Building setback line" means the minimum distance as prescribed by this title or a city ordinance, between the property line of a lot or parcel of land, or rights-of-way of alleys, streets or highways, and any point on a building or structure related thereto, exclusive of those architectural features permitted to extend beyond the setback line.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Building site" means the ground area of a building together with all the open space required by this title.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Camper" means a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation for camping purposes.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Carport" means a permanent roofed structure with not more than two enclosed sides used or intended to be used for automobile shelter.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Centerline" means the same as "street centerline."

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Compact car" means a vehicle capable of movement under its own power having a wheelbase of one hundred inches or less.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Compatible use" means a use that, by its manner of operation, is suitable in the zone in which it may be nonconforming. Said use of land and/or buildings shall be in harmony with the type of use and manner of operation on abutting properties in the same zone.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Condominium" means an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property together with a separate interest in space in a residential, industrial or commercial building on such real property such as an apartment, office or store. A "condominium" may include, in addition, a separate interest in other portions of such real property. Such estate may, with respect to the duration of an enjoinment, be either:

A.

An estate of inheritance of perpetual estate;

B.

An estate for life;

C.

An estate for years; or

D.

With a separate interest in a legal lot or air space.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"County" means the county of Riverside.

(Ord. 595 § 2.00(G), 1982)

"County recorder" means the county recorder of the county.

(Ord. 595 § 2.00(H), 1982)

"Court" means an open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building and bounded on two or more sides by such building.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Coverage" means that portion of a lot or building site which is occupied by any building or structure, regardless of whether the building or structure is intended for human occupancy.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Curbline" means a straight line along the top outer edge of a curb. The curbline for streets without curbs shall be considered to be located ten feet, measured at right angles, from the property line. Exception: In the case of streets with established highway setback lines, the future curbline shall be determined by the director of public works.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Design review committee" means that committee appointed under this title for the purpose of reviewing plans for the downtown redevelopment area.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988)

"Double frontage lot" means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets, and having the right of access to both streets.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Drive-in business" means any establishment or business which, whether by design or operation, provides services or products directly to occupants of motor vehicles, or directly to pedestrian traffic from exterior openings or counters or any combination thereof.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Driveway" means a paved access to a required off-street parking facility.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Dwelling" means a building or portion thereof designed and used exclusively for residential occupancy, with the exception of permitted home occupations, but not including hotels, motels, motor hotels, boarding homes or lodginghouses.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms in a dwelling designed for, or occupied by, one family for living or sleeping purposes and having only one kitchen.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Easement" means an area on a lot or parcel of land, and so indicated on a subdivision map or in a deed, reserved for and/or used for public utilities, public uses and/or private uses.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Emergency shelter" means housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay.

(Ord. No. 862, § 1, 10-8-13)

"Enclosed building" means a building enclosed by a permanent roof and on all sides by solid exterior walls, except for window and door openings.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Enclosed space" means an area enclosed on all sides by a solid physical barrier, such as a solid wood fence or masonry wall.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Family" means any group of individuals living together in one dwelling unit as the functional equivalent of a family where the residents may share household responsibilities and activities such as living expenses, chores, and eating meals together.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982; Ord. No. 918, § 5, 10-11-22)

"Farmworker housing" means any housing for agricultural employees consisting of no more than thirty-six beds in a group quarters or twelve units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household on land zoned for agricultural uses. Such employee housing shall be considered to be an activity that in no way differs from an agricultural use. The permitted occupancy in employee housing in a zone allowing agricultural uses shall include agricultural employees who do not work on the property where the employee housing is located.

(Ord. No. 862, § 1, 10-8-13)

"Federal" means the Government of the United States of America.

(Ord. 595 § 2.00(I), 1982)

"Fence" means any structural device forming a physical barrier which is so constructed that not less than fifty percent of the vertical surface is open to permit the transmission of light, air and vision through the surface in a horizontal plane. This shall include wire mesh, steel mesh, chain link, louvered, stake and other similar materials. Planting shall be regulated to maintain the required open areas in the fence structure.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Floor area" means the total horizontal area of all the floors of a building measured from the exterior surface of the outside walls including all floors below ground level but exclusive of vent shafts, courts and basements (residential).

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Front wall" means the wall of a building or structure nearest the street on which the building fronts, but excluding certain architectural features as cornices, canopies, eaves or embellishments.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Frontage" means all property fronting on one side of a street between a street and right-of-way, or between intersecting or intercepting streets, the end of a dead-end street, or city boundary measured along a street line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street that it intercepts.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Garage" means a detached accessory building or a portion of a main building on the same lot as a dwelling, used for the housing of vehicles of the occupants of the dwelling, including carports.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Grade" means the average of the finished ground level at the center of all the exterior walls of a building. In cases where the front wall is parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, the grade shall be measured at the sidewalk at the centerline of the front of the lot.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Guest" means any transient person who occupies a room for sleeping purposes.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Hedge" means a plant or series of plants, shrubs or other landscape material so arranged as to from a physical barrier or enclosure.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Home occupation" means any use customarily conducted entirely within only one room in a dwelling or accessory structure and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the structure for dwelling purposes and which does not change the character thereof or does not adversely affect the uses permitted in the zone of which it is a part.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Household pet" means any domesticated animal commonly maintained in residence with man. (See Chapter 17.54 for provisions on keeping of dogs and cats.)

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Intensification of use" means a change in use that creates of itself or as a result of itself increased traffic or need for parking as defined in this title.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988)

"Kennel" means any lot or premises on which four or more dogs or cats or combination thereof are kept, boarded or trained, whether or not for compensation. "Kennel" is included in the use "animal boarding."

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Kitchen" means any room designed to be used or maintained for the cooking and/or preparation of food.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Landscaping" means the planting and maintenance of a combination of trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, flowers, lawns or desert plants. In addition, the combination of design may include natural features such as rock and stone; and structural features, including but not limited to fountains, reflecting pools, art works, screens, walls, fences and benches.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Legal lot or parcel of land" means:

A.

A parcel of real property which is shown as a single lot in a lawfully recorded subdivision, approved pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act; or

B.

A parcel of real property, the dimensions and boundaries of which are defined as a single lot by a lawfully recorded record of survey map; or

C.

A parcel of real property shown on a parcel map as a single lot, lawfully recorded pursuant to the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act; or

D.

Any parcel of real property otherwise lawfully created and dimensioned either prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title or in conformance with it; or

E.

Two or more lots not meeting the regulations of this title which are combined, by an appropriate recorded written instrument, or two or more such lots which are combined by a common usage, shall be deemed, for all purposes, a single lot.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Loading space" means an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a main building, or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of commercial vehicles while loading or unloading. It shall abut a street, alley or other appropriate means of ingress or egress.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Lot area" means the total horizontal area within the property lines of a lot.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Corner lot" means a lot located at the intersection of two or more streets.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Lot coverage" means that portion of a lot covered by a building, buildings or structures, exclusive of the normal roof overhang.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Lot depth" means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines. For irregular lots, see Section 17.04.700, "Lot line, rear."

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Interior lot" means a lot other than a corner lot.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Key lot" means a lot where a side property line abuts the rear property line of one or more other lots, and not separated by an alley.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Lot line" means any line bounding a lot as defined in this chapter.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Front lot line" means all property fronting on one side of a street between a street right-of-way, or between intersecting or intercepting streets, the end of a dead-end street, or city boundary measured along a street line. In case of a corner lot, a line separating the narrowest street frontage of the lot from the street, except in those cases where the latest tract deed restrictions specify another line as the front lot line.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Rear lot line" means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the front lot line. In the case of an irregular, triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line, having a length of not less than ten feet.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Side lot line" means any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Lot of record" means a parcel of land as shown on the records of the assessor at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Reversed corner lot" means a corner lot, the side line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot lines of the lots to its rear, whether across an alley or not.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Lot slope" means the greatest slope expressed in percent obtained by the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points within the lot to the horizontal distance between the points.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Through lot" means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel dedicated streets. The lot frontage in instances such as this shall be determined by the director of public works.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Lot width" means the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at right angles to the lot depth at the established building setback line.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Manufactured housing" means any dwelling unit or units, to which is affixed a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Seal, which are fabricated either in whole or in large sections at a factory, are designed and constructed on a chassis for transportation to the site, do not require substantial assembly on site other than connection to utilities, and are installed with or without a permanent foundation for residential occupancy exclusively. For purposes of this title, this category shall include mobile homes and factory-built buildings which are constructed on a chassis for transportation to a building site, and designed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for residential occupancy. A mobile home means a factory assembled portable structure containing more than four hundred square feet, and which exceeds eight feet in width and/or forty feet in length, and designed to be used as a dwelling unit, made to be readily movable on its own chassis and running gear. This category shall not include modular housing or any dwelling unit or units which require substantial assembly on site, nor shall this category include recreational vehicles as defined by this title.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988: Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

See Section 17.04.770, Manufactured housing.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988)

"Modular housing" means any dwelling unit or units which are fabricated either in whole or in sections at a factory wherein such sections, or modules, are not constructed on a chassis. For purposes of this title this category shall not include manufactured housing as defined herein, but shall be considered equivalent to any dwelling or dwellings which require substantial assembly on site.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988)

"Off-street parking facility" means an approved space or spaces located within a building or structure, or surface parking areas, public or private, for the parking of vehicles, including driveways.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Open space" means that portion of a lot which is not covered by a building, buildings or structure and is open from the ground up, except for normal roof overhang, in residential zones.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Automobile parking space" means a readily accessible space, exclusive of driveways, ramps, columns, loading areas, office or work areas within a building or open parking area for the parking of one automobile.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Person" means an individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, syndicate, the federal or state government, city, county, district or any other group or combination acting as an entity.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Plot plan" means a plan drawn to scale showing existing and proposed structures, improvements, etc., as to standards established by planning director.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988)

"Rabbits, poultry and domestic fowl" means any member of the hare family, chinchillas, hamsters, nutria, guinea pigs and other rodents, pigeons, chickens, chicks, capons, ducks, geese, turkeys, doves, squab and all other domestic or domesticated fowls and birds. "Rabbits, poultry and domestic fowl" is included under the use "animal keeping (light)."

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Recreational vehicle" means a camper, motor home, travel trailer or tent trailer, with or without motor power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy, with a living area less than three hundred twenty square feet.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Recreation space" means any area, whether enclosed, covered or open, at ground level or in or on a structure, used exclusively for active or passive recreational purposes.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Service station": See Section 17.04.160, "Automobile service station."

"Sign" means any method of display or part thereof, for visual communication, that includes any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration or insignia, which is used to advertise or promote the interests of any person, business group or enterprise.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Sign structure" means any structure which supports or is capable of supporting any sign as defined in this chapter. A sign structure may be a single pole or it may not be an integral part of the building.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"SRO" means a multi-unit housing project for single persons typically consisting of single rooms and shared bathrooms, and may include a shared common kitchen and activity area. SROs may be restricted to seniors or be available to persons of all ages.

(Ord. No. 862, § 1, 10-8-13)

"Story" means a space in a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above, or, if there is no floor above, then the space between such floor and the ceiling or roof above.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Street" means a public thoroughfare or right-of-way dedicated, deeded or condemned for use as such, other than an alley, which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare, except as excluded in this title.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Street centerline" means the centerline of a street or right-of-way as established by official surveys.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Street line" means the boundary line between the street and abutting property.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Side street" means that street bounding a corner lot and which extends in the same general direction as the line determining the depth of the lot.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Structure" means anything constructed or built, an edifice or building or any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts jointed together in some definite manner, which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having a location on the ground.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Structural alterations" means any change in the supporting members of a building, such as in a bearing wall, column, beam or girder, floor or ceiling joists, roof rafters, roof diaphragms, foundations, piles or retaining walls or similar components.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Supportive housing" means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to onsite and offsite services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. Target population, as used herein, means adults with low-income having one or more disabilities, including mental illness, HIV or AIDS, substance abuse, or other chronic health conditions, or individuals eligible for services provided under the Lanterman Development Disabilities Services Act and may, among other populations, include families with children, elderly persons, young adults aging out of the foster care system, individuals existing from institutional settings, veterans, or homeless people.

A "swimming pool" shall be considered as a structure, except that it shall not be considered as covered space in computing lot coverage.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Transient" means a person who requests accommodations for a price, with or without meals, for a period of not more than one hundred eighty days.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Transitional housing" means rental housing operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six months.

"Use" means the purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or building is or may be occupied or maintained.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Used for" includes the words "arranged for, designed for, occupied or intended to be occupied for."

(Ord. 595 § 2.00(K), 1982)

"Viewshed" means that area from which an existing or proposed sign may be viewed with nonenhanced eyesight.

(Ord. 638 § 2 (part), 1988)

"Visual obstruction" means any combination of fencing, hedges, trees, shrubs and walls which limits the visibility of persons at intersecting or intercepting streets and alleys between three feet and ten feet above the ground, measured in a vertical plane of the sidewalk area.

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

"Wall" means any structure or device forming a physical barrier which is so constructed that fifty percent or more of the vertical surface is closed and prevents the passage of light, air and vision through the surface in a horizontal plane. This includes concrete, concrete block, wood or other materials that are solids and are so assembled as to form a solid barrier. (See Section 17.04.470, "Fence.")

(Ord. 595 § 2.01 (part), 1982)

The ordinance codified in this title shall be known as the "Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Blythe."

(Ord. 595 § 1.00, 1982)

The ordinance codified in this title may be cited as the "Blythe Zoning Ordinance."

(Ord. 595 § 1.01, 1982)

The purpose of this title is to classify, designate and regulate the use of buildings, structures and land; to regulate and limit the bulk and dimensions of buildings and other structures designed, erected or altered after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title; to regulate and determine building setbacks and open spaces; to regulate the density of population; for the purposes to divide the city into zones of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out these regulations, provide for their enforcement; and to provide zoning designations consistent with the Blythe general plan. Regulations are deemed necessary in order to encourage the most appropriate use of land; to conserve and stabilize the value of property; to provide adequate access to light and air and to prevent and control fires; to prevent undue concentration of population; to minimize congestion of public rights-of-way; to facilitate adequate provision of community utilities such as transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements; to promote the public health, safety and general welfare; and to implement the city's general plan.

(Ord. 638 § 1, 1988: Ord. 595 § 1.02, 1982)

If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this title is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this title. The council declares that it would have passed and does pass the ordinance codified in this title and each of its sections, sentences, clauses and phrases, irrespective of the fact that any one of them be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Ord. 595 § 1.03, 1982)