This Chapter is adopted to protect and to promote the public health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, and specifically to achieve the following objectives:

(1)

To assist in the implementation of the City Comprehensive Guide Plan as amended;

(2)

To foster a harmonious, convenient workable relationship among land uses;

(3)

To promote the stability of existing land uses that conform with the Guide Plan and to protect them from inharmonious influences and harmful intrusions;

(4)

To insure that public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are most appropriate and most beneficial from the standpoint of the City as a whole;

(5)

To prevent excessive population densities and over-crowding of the land with structures;

(6)

To promote a safe, effective traffic circulation system;

(7)

To foster the provision of adequate off-street parking and off-street truck loading facilities;

(8)

To facilitate the appropriate location of community facilities and institutions;

(9)

To provide human and physical resources of sufficient quantity and quality to sustain needed public services and facilities;

(10)

To protect and enhance real property values; and

(11)

To safeguard and enhance the appearance of the City, including natural amenities of hills, woods, lakes, and ponds.