These regulations shall be known as the City of Collinsville Zoning Ordinance and may be cited as "these regulations."

(Zoning Ord. 2009, § 17.010.010)

These regulations, which are an update to the City of Collinsville Zoning Ordinance, are intended to serve the following purposes:

1.

To promote the health, safety, quality of life, comfort and general welfare of the City and its planning area, which includes the area within the City corporate limits and unincorporated territory lying outside the City forming the total community of which Collinsville is a part;

2.

To preserve and protect property values throughout the City and its planning area;

3.

To restrict and regulate the height, number of stories, and size of structures; the percentage of lot coverage; the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces; and the density of population;

4.

To divide the City and its planning area into zones and districts;

5.

To regulate and restrict the location and use of structures and land within each district or zone;

6.

To provide adequate light, air, privacy and safe convenient access to property;

7.

To lessen or avoid congestion in public streets and rights-of-way;

8.

To provide for the elimination of incompatible and nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures which are adversely affecting the character of desirable development in each district; and

9.

To serve as a tool in the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan.

(Zoning Ord. 2009, § 17.010.020)