The intent of this chapter is to establish comprehensive controls
for the development of land in the Village of Dundee, based on the
Comprehensive Plan for the Village, and this chapter is enacted in
order to protect and promote the health, safety, comfort, convenience
and general welfare of the community.
The promotion of orderly development: to protect the character and
maintain the stability of residential, recreational and commercial
areas within the Village and to promote the orderly and beneficial
development of such areas.
The regulation of intensity of use: to regulate the intensity of
use of building lots and to determine the area of open spaces surrounding
buildings necessary to provide adequate light and air, privacy and
convenience of access to property and to protect the public health
and safety.
The regulation of the location of buildings: to establish building
lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, recreational,
commercial, industrial and other uses within such lines.
The prohibition of incompatible, unsafe or uneconomical uses: to
prohibit uses, buildings or structures which are incompatible with
the character of development or the permitted uses within specified
zoning districts or are unsafe or uneconomical because of undue exposure
to natural hazards, such as floods, wind or snow, or man-made hazards,
such as traffic or commercial operations.
The regulation of alterations of existing buildings: to prevent such
additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings
or structures as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations
imposed hereunder.
The limitation of congestion in the streets and highways: to limit
congestion in the public streets and to protect the public health,
safety, convenience and the general welfare by providing for off-street
parking of motor vehicles and for the loading and unloading of commercial
vehicles.
The protection against hazards: to provide protection against fire,
explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of the
public health, safety, comfort and the general welfare.
The support of conceptual zoning: to encourage community betterment
by implementing zoning regulations for the general welfare of the
public at large and not for a specific individual(s) or his purposes.