This comprehensive amendment to the zoning ordinance is adopted and shall be known as the "Village of Metamora Zoning Ordinance." The zoning map herein referred to and made a part hereof is identified by the title, "Zoning District Map of Metamora, Illinois."

(Zoning ordinance dated 6/3/03 § 1-1.0)

This title is adopted for the following purposes:

A.

To promote and protect the public health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of the people;

B.

To divide the village into zones or districts restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and the use of buildings, structures and land for residence, business and manufacturing and other specified uses;

C.

To protect the character of the residential, business and manufacturing areas within the village and to promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas;

D.

To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access to property;

E.

To regulate the intensity of use of lot areas, and to determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings, necessary to provide adequate light and air and to protect the public health;

F.

To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, business, manufacturing or other uses within such areas;

G.

To fix reasonable standards to which buildings and structures shall conform therein;

H.

To prohibit uses, buildings and structures incompatible with the character of the development or intended uses within specified zoning districts;

I.

To prevent additions to, or alteration or remodeling of, existing buildings and structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder;

J.

To limit congestion in the public streets and protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare by providing for the off-street parking of motor vehicles and the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles;

K.

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

L.

To prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures so far as is possible and appropriate in each district by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to the land surrounding them;

M.

To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the village;

N.

To provide for the elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures which are adversely affecting the character and value of desirable development in each district; and

O.

To define and limit the powers and duties of the administrative officers and bodies as provided herein.

(Zoning ordinance dated 6/3/03 § 1-2.0)