To promote the public health, safety, comfort, morals, convenience and general public welfare;

To protect the character and the stability of the residential, business and manufacturing areas within the City of Bridgeton and to promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas;

To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property;

To regulate the intensity of use of land and lot areas and to determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings necessary to provide adequate light and air and to protect the public health;

To lessen or avoid congestion in the public streets;

To provide for the needs of industry, business and residence in future growth;

To promote healthful surroundings for family life in residential areas;

To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall conform;

To prohibit uses, buildings or structures which are incompatible with the character of development or the uses allowed within specified zoning districts;

To prevent such additions to, or alteration or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder;

To protect against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort and general welfare;

To prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures, so far as is possible and appropriate in each district, by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them;

To conserve the value of land and buildings throughout the City of Bridgeton;

To provide for the gradual elimination of non-conforming uses of land, buildings and structures which are adversely affecting the value of desirable development in each district;

And to define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein.