Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 17.02 General Provisions

The ordinance codified in this title shall be known as the "Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Blythe."

(Ord. 595 § 1.00, 1982)

The ordinance codified in this title may be cited as the "Blythe Zoning Ordinance."

(Ord. 595 § 1.01, 1982)

The purpose of this title is to classify, designate and regulate the use of buildings, structures and land; to regulate and limit the bulk and dimensions of buildings and other structures designed, erected or altered after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title; to regulate and determine building setbacks and open spaces; to regulate the density of population; for the purposes to divide the city into zones of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out these regulations, provide for their enforcement; and to provide zoning designations consistent with the Blythe general plan. Regulations are deemed necessary in order to encourage the most appropriate use of land; to conserve and stabilize the value of property; to provide adequate access to light and air and to prevent and control fires; to prevent undue concentration of population; to minimize congestion of public rights-of-way; to facilitate adequate provision of community utilities such as transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements; to promote the public health, safety and general welfare; and to implement the city's general plan.

(Ord. 638 § 1, 1988: Ord. 595 § 1.02, 1982)

If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this title is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this title. The council declares that it would have passed and does pass the ordinance codified in this title and each of its sections, sentences, clauses and phrases, irrespective of the fact that any one of them be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Ord. 595 § 1.03, 1982)