Brooklyn Center City Zoning Code
35-100 Statement
Of Policy
35-100Statement Of PolicyThe City Council finds that the municipality is faced with mounting problems in providing means of guiding future development of land so as to insure a safer, more pleasant, and more economical environment for residential, commercial, industrial and public activities, and to promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare. Through enactment of this ordinance, the City Council intends to prepare for anticipated changes and by such preparations, to bring about a significant savings in both private and public expenditures. This ordinance is intended to be one means of effectuating the municipal planning undertaken by this municipality. Through this ordinance, the municipality intends to encourage the wise development of lands within the municipality and to serve its citizens more effectively and to make the provision of public services less costly and to achieve a more secure tax base. Specifically, the provisions are designed to achieve the foregoing objectives through the regulation of the location, height, bulk, number of stories, size of buildings, and other structures, the percentage of lot area which may be occupied, the size of yards and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population, the uses of buildings and structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes, and the uses of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, and through the establishment of standards and procedures regulating uses within the City.