Chapter 16.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 16.02.020 Purpose.
This title and the regulations and restrictions contained
herein are adopted and enacted for the
purpose of promoting the health, safety and welfare, and to promote the prosperity, improve the
morals, peace and good order, comfort, convenience and aesthetics of the City and its present and
future inhabitants and businesses; to encourage and facilitate the orderly use, growth and
development of the land within the City; to protect the tax base and secure economy in municipal
expenditures; to provide adequate provisions for open spaces, light and air, air quality,
transportation and public or alternative transportation, infrastructure, public facilities, vegetation,
trees and landscaping; and to promote the development of a more wholesome, serviceable and
attractive City resulting from an orderly, planned use of resources. (PZSC § 03-01-002)