02.100 TITLE, INTENT AND PURPOSE

This ordinance shall be known as, and shall be entitled THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF ELMO CITY, UTAH, and may be so cited and pleaded. It is the intent and purpose of the City Council of Elmo City, Utah, to promote the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the city by guiding development within said city in accordance with the comprehensive plan which plan has been designed. 1) To encourage and facilitate orderly growth and development in the area. 2) To promote safety from fire, floods, traffic hazards, and other dangers. 3) To promote sanitation and health of the inhabitants. 4) To discourage undue scattering of population and unnecessary expenditure of the monies for excessive streets, water and sewer lines, and other public requirements. 5) To stabilize and improve property values. 6) To protect the residents from objectionable noise, order dust, fumes, and other deleterious substances or conditions. 02.200 7) To promote a more attractive and wholesome environment. 02.300 It is also the intent and purpose of the city council, of said 8) city, that the regulations and restrictions as set forth in this 9) ordinance shall be so interpreted and construed as to further the purpose of this Ordinance. DECLARATION In establishing the zones, the boundaries thereof, and regulations and restrictions applying within each of the zones, due and careful consideration was given, among other things, to the suitability of the land for particular uses, and to the character of the zone, with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city. INTERPRETATIONS In interpreting and applying this Ordinance, the provisions thereof shall be held to the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare. Except as specifically herein provided, it is not intended by the adoptions of this Ordinance to repeal, abrogate, annul, or in any way to impart or interfere with any existing provisions of law or ordinance, or any rules, regulations, or permits previously adopted or issued or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the erections, construction, establishment, moving, alteration or enlargement of a building or improvements, nor is it intended by this Ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easement, covenant, or other agreement between parties, provided however, that is cases in which this Ordinance imposes a greater restriction than is imposed required by other existing provisions of law or ordinances, then in such case the provision of this Ordinance shall control.