To promote, protect and facilitate the following: public health, safety, morals, and the general welfare; coordinated and practical community development and proper density of population; emergency management preparedness and operations; airports and national defense facilities; provision of adequate light and air; access to incident solar energy, police protection, vehicle parking and loading space, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, recreational facilities, and public grounds; provision of a safe, reliable and adequate water supply for domestic, commercial, agricultural or industrial use, and other public requirements; preservation of the natural, scenic and historic values in the environment; and preservation of forests, wetlands, aquifers and floodplains.

To prevent the following: overcrowding of land, blight, danger, congestion in travel and transportation, and loss of health, life, or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers.

To preserve prime agriculture and farmland considering topography, soil type and classification, and present use.

To provide for the use of land within the municipality for residential housing of various dwelling types encompassing all basic forms of housing, including single-family and two-family dwellings, and a reasonable range of multifamily dwellings in various arrangements, mobile homes and mobile home parks; provided, however, that this chapter shall not be deemed invalid for the failure to provide for any other specific dwelling type.

To accommodate reasonable overall community growth, including population and employment growth, and opportunities for development of a variety of residential dwelling types and nonresidential uses.

Land use and physical considerations.

Municipal considerations.

Development considerations.