This appendix is adopted for the following purposes:

1.

To promote and to protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, and the general welfare of the people of the village.

2.

To zone all properties in such a manner to reflect the best use and to conserve and enhance the value of all property within the village.

3.

To check existing congestion and to prevent future congestion by limiting the development of land to a degree consistent with the capacity of the village to furnish adequate public services.

4.

To prevent overcrowding of land with buildings and hereby insure maximum living and working conditions and prevent blight and slums.

5.

To protect residential, business, and manufacturing areas alike from harmful encroachment by incompatible uses and to insure no land shall be usurped by inappropriate uses.

6.

To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall confirm.

7.

To prevent such additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed hereinafter.

8.

To insure high standards of light, air, and open space in areas where people live and work.

9.

To relieve street congestion through adequate requirements for off-street parking and loading facilities.

10.

To foster a more rational pattern of relationships between residential, business, and manufacturing for the mutual benefit of all.

11.

To provide protection against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, and other hazards, in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort, and the general welfare.

12.

To avoid or decrease the hazards to persons and property resulting from the accumulation and runoff of storm and floodwater.

13.

To define the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies, as provided hereinafter.