Springville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE I

General Purpose

§ 200-1 Purposes and objectives.

This chapter is adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the community and in furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:

To guide and regulate the orderly growth, development and redevelopment of the municipality in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan and with long-term objectives, principles and standards deemed beneficial to the interests and welfare of the people.

To protect the established character and social and economic well-being of the evolving community as it is affected by the use of both private and public property.

To promote, in the public interest, the utilization of land for the purposes for which it is most appropriate.

To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers and to provide adequate light, air and convenience of access.

To prevent overcrowding of land or buildings and to avoid undue concentration of population.

To lessen and, where possible, to prevent traffic congestion on public streets and highways.

To eliminate nonconforming uses gradually.

To conserve the value of buildings and to enhance the value of land throughout the municipality.

To lessen the potential for excessive erosion and to conserve and reasonably to protect the natural scenic beauty of the municipality and its environs.

Springville City Zoning Code

ARTICLE I

General Purpose

§ 200-1 Purposes and objectives.

This chapter is adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the community and in furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:

To guide and regulate the orderly growth, development and redevelopment of the municipality in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan and with long-term objectives, principles and standards deemed beneficial to the interests and welfare of the people.

To protect the established character and social and economic well-being of the evolving community as it is affected by the use of both private and public property.

To promote, in the public interest, the utilization of land for the purposes for which it is most appropriate.

To secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers and to provide adequate light, air and convenience of access.

To prevent overcrowding of land or buildings and to avoid undue concentration of population.

To lessen and, where possible, to prevent traffic congestion on public streets and highways.

To eliminate nonconforming uses gradually.

To conserve the value of buildings and to enhance the value of land throughout the municipality.

To lessen the potential for excessive erosion and to conserve and reasonably to protect the natural scenic beauty of the municipality and its environs.