a)

Purpose. This ordinance is adopted for the purposes of promoting the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of Palatine, future citizens, and the general public. Protecting and promoting the health, safety, and welfare is accomplished by zoning all properties into uniform districts which reflect their best use, conserve and enhance their value, and conserve adequate air, light, and space for a habitable environment. .....

(b)

Intent. This ordinance will meet the desired end state of the Village through the reinforcement of the following objectives: .....

(1)

To enhance the desirability of living in the Village for all residents regardless of race, religion or background; .....

(2)

To prohibit uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character of residential, business or manufacturing districts; .....

(3)

To establish standards to which buildings or structures shall conform; .....

(4)

To regulate and limit the intensity of the use of lot areas, to prevent the overcrowding of land through regulating, limiting and determining the height, bulk and area of open space within and surrounding such buildings; .....

(5)

To promote the redevelopment of uses and structures deemed to be incompatible and undesirous in the public interest; .....

(6)

To protect the residential development of the village through: .....

a.

Continuation of single-family detached housing as the primary housing source; .....

b.

Provision of adequate amounts and location of non-single-family housing types; .....

c.

Separation of residential areas from business or manufacturing activities; and .....

d.

Mixing of compatible housing types. .....

(7)

To provide for diversity of business areas within the Village and encourage their viability; .....

(8)

To encourage adequate off-street parking in business and industrial areas; .....

(9)

To control the use of land annexed to the Village to ensure orderly and desirous expansion; .....

(10)

To protect the interests of other governmental agencies with jurisdictions within the Village which also exist for the health, safety, and welfare of the public; .....

(11)

To control development within the floodplain to protect persons and property; and .....

(12)

To define and limit the powers and duties of the bodies and administrative officers that will enforce this ordinance. .....

(c)

Support and implementation of comprehensive plan. This ordinance shall be supported by and considered an implementation device of the Village of Palatine Comprehensive Plan, where possible, as amended, or revised from time to time. .....

(d)

Village Council Authority. The Village Council may propose zoning amendments, special uses, and variations for property located within the Village of Palatine, pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Village of Palatine Zoning Ordinance. .....

(Ord. No. O-138-07, § 1, 8-13-2007)