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Monahans City Zoning Code

§ 9.03.001

Purpose.

The zoning regulations and districts herein established have been made in accordance with the comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the community. They have been designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements. They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things to the character of the district, and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses, and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the community.
(Ordinance 486, sec. 1, adopted 3/26/62; 1972 Code, sec. 27-1)