14-1-102 DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

This Title and the regulations and restrictions contained herein are adopted and enacted for the following purpose: 1. To promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the community. 2. To encourage and facilitate the orderly growth and development of the community and to implement the goals and policies of the General Plan. 3. To provide adequate open space for light and air; to prevent overcrowding of the land. 4. To secure economy in municipal expenditures and to encourage adequate provisions for transportation, water sewage, schools, parks and other public facilities. 5. To increase the security of home life and to preserve and create a more favorable environment for the citizens and visitors of the community. 6. To ensure safety from fire and other dangers. 7. To place compatible uses together in the community. 8. To enhance the economic, historical, and cultural well being of the inhabitants of the community. 9. To promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable and attractive community resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources. 10. To establish proper zoning regulations, to ensure the suitability of the land for particular uses, and to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the community, as determined by the City Council. 11. To further the purpose of this Title and to promote the objectives and qualities of the respective zones.