The purpose and intent of this Title is to implement the Burnsville Comprehensive Plan and to promote the general health, safety and the welfare of Burnsville's present and future inhabitants by:

1. Giving effect to the goals and policies of the Burnsville Comprehensive Plan.
2. Dividing the City into districts according to the use of land and buildings, the intensity of such use including bulk and height.
3. Providing methods to implement the environmental goals and policies of the Burnsville Comprehensive Plan to maintain a healthful environment for the benefit of present and future generations by establishing standards to control the amount of open space, impervious surfaces and the intensity of development in areas of sensitive natural resources or natural features in order to reduce or eliminate adverse environmental impacts.
4. Controlling and regulating the growth and development of Burnsville to concentrate development in areas where adequate public sewer and other public services are provided, and to limit the development of areas where such facilities are not available.
5. Providing standards for all types of dwelling units, access to decent, sound and sanitary housing including the provision for adequate zoning to meet a fair share of the region's housing needs.
6. Lessening the danger and congestion of traffic on the roads and highways, limiting excessive numbers of intersections, driveways and other friction points, minimizing other hazards, and insuring the continued usefulness and function of all elements of the City's street system.
7. Securing safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers.
8. Providing adequate privacy, light and air.
9. Protecting Burnsville's tax base by promoting cost-effective development within the City.
10. Conserving the values of property throughout Burnsville.
11. Protecting landowners from adverse impacts of adjoining development.
12. Providing an aesthetically attractive community. (Ord. 244, 11-15-82)