9-5.101 - Purpose

The purpose of the zoning ordinance is to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare by adopting a zoning plan and regulations providing for the classification of areas of the City into several zones, and to protect the established character of the City by insuring orderly development.

The zoning ordinance consists of a zone map designating certain districts and a set of regulations controlling the uses of land; the density of population; the uses and locations of structures; the height and bulk of structures; the open spaces about structures, the appearance of certain uses and structures; the areas and dimensions of sites; the location, size and illumination of signs and requiring off-street parking and off-street loading facilities.