§ 48-4. Intent and purpose.

(a)

This chapter is made in accordance with the Land Use Plan Update of 1990, as amended, and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; 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, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements.

(b)

The regulations are made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the jurisdiction of the town, as it may from time to time exist. This chapter is one of the instruments for the implementation of the Land Use Plan Update of 1990, as amended on update and is declared to be in conformance therewith.

(c)

It is the intent and purpose of the current land use plan update and of this chapter, which aids in implementing the plan, to promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, comfort, amenities, prosperity and general welfare of the citizens of the community and to provide, among other matters, a wholesome, serviceable and attractive community; to preserve the family beach character of the town; to increase the safety and security of home life; to preserve and create a more favorable environment in which to rear children; to stabilize and enhance property and civic values; to develop meaningful and productive relationships between the private sector and town government; to provide for a uniform land use pattern and tax assessment base; to aid in development and redevelopment of the town; to increase traffic safety and ease transportation problems; to provide more adequately for vehicular parking, parks, parkways, recreation, schools, public buildings and facilities, housing, job opportunities, light, air, water, sewage, sanitation and other public requirements; to lessen congestion, disorder and danger which often occur in unplanned and unregulated development; to mitigate the menaces to life and property from the effects of storm attack; to prevent overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population; to ensure compatibility of new development with existing development and open space; to conserve and enhance the manmade resources of the community; to provide for the appropriate use, conservation and protection of natural resources in the town; and to provide more reasonable and serviceable means and methods of protecting and safeguarding the economic and social structure upon which the public depends.

(d)

Should a court of competent jurisdiction declare this section or any part thereof to be invalid, such a decision shall not affect the remaining provisions of this [section] amendment nor any other portion of this Code which shall remain in full force and effect.

(Code 1990, § 22-4; Ord. No. 11-12-044, Pt. VII, 12-7-2011)