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<br />, , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />170.011 Bk~TC ~TgTnNl': <br /> <br />170.01lA TI~ <br />1his ordinance shall be known as the -Ramsey Zoning Ordinance- <br />except as referred to herein where it shall be known as -this <br />chapter. - <br /> <br />170.011B PURPOSE <br /> <br />'Ihe following zoning provisions and the zoning map established <br />hereby have been enacted in accordance with a comprehensive plan <br />of land use for the purpose of: <br />_ promoting the health, safety, morals, oanfort, convenience <br />prosperity, and general welfare of the residents of Ramsey; <br />_ dividing the City into zones or districts restricting and <br />regulating therein the location, erection, construction, <br />reconstruction, alteration, and use of buildings, <br />structures, and land for specified uses; <br />- regulating the intensity of the use of land; <br />_ regulating and determining the area of open sISces sur- <br />rounding buildings in order to prevent the overcrowding of <br />land and to assure adequate light and air; <br />- protecting waterways and natural resources; <br />_ establishing building lines and the location of buildings <br />designed for specified industrial, oommercial, residential <br />and other uses wi thin such areas and fixing standards to <br />which buildings or structures shall conform therein; <br />_ prohibiting uses, buildings, or structures inoompatible <br />with the character of the specified districts; <br />_ preventing additions to and alterations or remodeling of <br />existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid <br />the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder; <br />_ limi ting congestion in the pJblic streets by providing for <br />off-street puking and loading and unloading of vehicles; <br />- providing for the gradual elimination of non-conforming <br />uses of land, buildings and structures; and <br />_ conserving the eoonanic value of land and buildings through- <br />out the Ci ty . <br /> <br />l70.011C REIATI~ 'lQ OOMPRI!BENSIVE RAN <br /> <br />It is the policy of the City of Ramsey that the enforcement, <br />amendment and administration of this chapter be accomplished <br />with due consideration of the recommendations contained in the <br />Canprehensive Plan as developed and amended from time to time by <br />the Planning Commission and Ci ty Council of the Ci ty. The <br />Council recognizes the Comprehensive Plan as the policy adopted <br />to regulate land use and development in accordance with the <br />. p>licies and purpose herein set forth. <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />- <br />