§ 17.04.010. Purpose and intent.

The zoning regulations and districts as established in this chapter have been made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals, and the general welfare of the city. They have been designed to lessen 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, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. They have been made with reasonable consideration, among other things, for the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for the particular uses, and with a view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.

(Prior code Appx. B § 1.1)