20.10.020

The purpose of this title is to promote and protect the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare, and in furtherance of the foregoing to do the following: 1. To guide, control, and regulate future growth and development in the city in a sound and orderly manner, and to promote achievement of the goals and purposes of the San José General Plan; 2. To protect the character and economic and social stability of agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, and other areas in the city; 3. To provide light, air, and privacy to property; 4. To preserve and provide open space and prevent overcrowding of the land; 5. To appropriately regulate the concentration of population; 6. To provide access to property and prevent undue interference with and hazards to traffic on public rights-of-way; and 7. To prevent unwarranted deterioration of the environment and to promote a balanced ecology. (Ord. 26248.)