(A) This is a chapter on zoning to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of a lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings; dividing the municipality into districts and regulating within such districts the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, structures, or lands; adopting a zone map of the city; providing for the administration of zoning, the interpretation of this chapter and the zone map; providing for appeals, applications, fees, and administration hereof; providing for amendments, enforcement, penalties for violation; and separability of provisions.

(B) It is intended by this chapter to promote the general health, safety, morals, convenience, and welfare of the people of the city. These regulations are required to provide adequate space for light and air; to avoid undue concentration of population; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to control congestion on the streets and public ways; to control and abate the unsightly use of buildings or land; to facilitate provisions for community services and public utilities, including transportation, water, sewers, schools, parks, and other public requirements; to encourage the most appropriate use of land; and to conserve and stabilize the value of property.

(Ord. 18-20)