Newton Falls City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 1141
Purpose; Authority
1141.01 PURPOSE.
The zoning regulations and districts, as herein set forth, have been made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and are designed to lessen traffic congestion; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other danger; to promote health and the general welfare; 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, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of each district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City of Newton Falls.
1141.02 AUTHORITY.
The provisions of this ordinance are adopted under authority granted by Ohio Revised Code 713.07 to 713.10 inclusive.