Purpose. The zoning districts established in this chapter (as set forth in the district regulations and on the zoning maps) are designed to guide the future use of the Village's land resources by encouraging the development and maintenance of desirable, residential, commercial, and manufacturing areas with appropriate groupings of compatible and related uses and thus to promote and to protect public health, safety and general welfare. As a necessary corollary, in order to carry out such purposes, nonconforming uses and structures which adversely affect the development of such areas must be subject to certain limitations.

The regulations governing nonconforming uses set forth in this chapter are therefore adopted in order to provide a gradual remedy for existing undesirable conditions resulting from such incompatible nonconforming uses which are detrimental to the achievement of such purposes. While such uses are generally permitted to continue, these regulations are designed to restrict further investment in such uses and promoting the creation of permanent establishments in inappropriate zoning use districts.

In the case of buildings not complying with the bulk regulations of this chapter, the regulations governing noncomplying buildings set forth in this chapter are adopted in order to permit the appropriate use of such buildings but to prevent the creation of additional noncompliance or increases in the degree of existing noncompliance, except as specifically authorized.