§ 295-103 — Purpose

295-103. Purpose.

The purposes of this chapter are to: 1. Promote land uses and development that are consistent with the city's comprehensive plan. 2. Promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the city. 3. Secure safety from fire, overcrowding and other dangers. 4. Maintain and promote safe pedestrian and vehicular circulation. 5. Provide adequate standards for light, air and open space. 6. Further the maintenance of safe and healthful water conditions. 7. Prevent and control erosion, sedimentation and other pollution of surface and subsurface waters. 8. Prevent flood damage to persons and property and minimize expenditures for flood relief and flood control projects. 9. Protect environmentally sensitive areas. 10. Encourage compatibility of adjacent land uses. 11. Maintain a compatible scale of development within an area. 12. Promote sound, attractive development within the city. 13. Classify property in a manner that reflects its suitability for specific uses. 14. Assure adequate provision of urban services, including transportation, water, utilities, sewers, schools, parks and other services. 15. Enhance the streetscape and pedestrian environment. 16. Encourage innovative project design in the city, including developments that incorporate mixed uses. 17. Provide for effective signage that is compatible with the surrounding urban environment. 18. Encourage reinvestment in established urban neighborhoods while protecting their unique characteristics. 19. Conserve historic resources. 20. Promote the construction of affordable housing in the city. 21. Establish procedures to increase citizen awareness of land use activities and their impacts, and to coordinate necessary review processes. 22. Reduce nonpoint source water pollution by minimizing impervious cover on development sites.