Purpose of provisions

• A. Promote the most desirable use of land and arrangement of development in the city to conserve the value of land and buildings and thereby protect the city's tax revenues;

• B. Improve the physical environment through the provision of amenities such as open space, street trees, and live vegetation;

• C. Preserve the character and scale of existing development and control new development in conformity with the existing character of the area;

• D. Provide a transition between and a reduction in the environmental, aesthetic, and other impacts of one type of land use upon another;

• E. Promote safe and efficient pedestrian and traffic circulation patterns;

• F. Lessen the transmission of noise, dust, pollution and glare from one lot to another;

• G. Improve air quality through production of oxygen and reduction of dangerous carbon monoxide;

• H. Through shading, provide cooling of air and land to offset radiational heating;

• I. Minimize the negative impacts of stormwater runoff to enhance and protect surface and groundwater quality; and promote effective flood management;

• J. Control damaging impacts of sheet runoff and resultant surface water contamination;

• K. Through vegetation root systems, stabilize ground water tables and play an important and effective part in soil conservation, erosion control, flood control, and absorption of pollutants.

(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000: Ord. 65-94 (part), 1994: prior code § 1264.01 (part))