Promoting and protecting the public health, safety, comfort, morals, convenience, and general welfare;

Securing adequate natural light, pure air, and safety from fire and other dangers;

Conserving the taxable value of land and buildings;

Avoiding or lessening congestion in the public streets; and

Avoiding or lessening the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm- or floodwaters.

Dividing the entire Village of Lincolnwood into districts and restricting and regulating therein the location, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of building structures and land, whether for residential, business, manufacturing or other specified uses;

Preventing the overcrowding of land through regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings thereafter erected as related to land area;

Establishing, regulating and limiting the building or setback lines on or along streets, alleys or property lines;

Regulating and limiting the intensity of the use of lot areas, and regulating and determining the area of open spaces within and surrounding such buildings;

Establishing standards to which buildings or structures therein shall conform;

Prohibiting uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character of the residence, business or manufacturing districts;

Preventing additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed herein;

Providing for the gradual elimination of those uses, buildings and structures which are incompatible with the character of the districts in which they are located, including, without being limited thereto:

Defining and limiting the powers and duties of the Zoning Officers and bodies as hereinafter provided; and

Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, or of any amendment thereto.