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I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />ZONING <br /> <br />TITLE <br />This ordinance shall be known as the "Ramsey Zor, in9 Ordinance" <br />except as referred to herein where it shall be knowr, as "this <br />ordinance." <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br />The following zonir, g provisions and the zoning map established <br />hereby have beer, er, acted ir, accordance with a comprehensive plan <br />of land use for the purpose of: <br /> - promotir, g the health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience <br /> prosperity, and general welfare of the resider, ts of Ramsey. <br /> - dividing the City ir, to zones or districts restricting and <br /> regulating therein the location, erection, construction, <br /> recor, struction, alteration, and use of buildir, gs, <br /> structures, and land for specified uses. <br /> - regulating the intensity of the use of land. <br /> - regulatir, g and determining the area of open spaces sur- <br /> rour, dir, g buildir, gs ir, order to prevent the overcrowding of <br /> land and to assure adequate light and air. <br /> - protecting waterways and natural resources. <br /> - establishing buildir, g lines and the location of buildings <br /> designed for specified industrial, commercial, residential <br /> and other uses within such areas and fixing standards to <br /> which buildings or structures shall conform therein. <br /> - prohibiting usem, buildings, or structures incompatible <br /> with the character of the specified districts. <br /> - preventing adiitior, s to and alterations or remodeling of <br /> existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid <br /> the restrict ions and limitations imposed hereunder. <br /> - limiting congestion ir, the public streets by providing for <br /> off-street parking and loading and unloading of vehicles. <br /> - pr,_-,vidir, g f,z,r the gradual elimination of non-conforming <br /> uses of land, buildings and structures. <br /> - cc, r, servir, g the economic value of land and buildings through- <br /> out the City. <br /> <br />RELATION TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />It is the policy of the City of Ramsey that the enforcemer, t, <br />amer, dment and administration of this ordinance be accomplished <br />with due cor, sideration of the recommendations contained in the <br />Compreher, sive Plan as developed and amended from time to time by <br />the Plar, r~ing Commissior, and City Council of the City. The <br />Council recognizes the Comprehensive Plan as the policy adopted <br />to regulate land use and development in accordance with the <br />policies and purpose herein set forth. <br /> <br />RULES <br />The lar, guage set forth ir, the text of this ordir, ance shall be <br />interpreted ir, accordance with the follc, wir, g rules of <br />cor, struct ior,: <br /> <br /> <br />