This ordinance as amended ("Ordinance") shall be known as and referred to as the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of West University Place, Texas."

The regulations and districts as herein established have been made in accordance with the City's comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the City. They have been designed to lessen the 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; and 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, for the character of each district, and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses specified, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the City consistent with the comprehensive plan.