Pursuant to the authority granted to the City of New Buffalo
by the Public Acts of the State of Michigan, this ordinance is established
for the following purposes:
A. To promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare.
B. To protect the character and the stability of the open space, residential,
and nonresidential areas within the City of New Buffalo and promote
the orderly and beneficial development of such areas.
C. To provide adequate light, air, privacy and convenience of access
to property.
D. To regulate the intensity of land use and lot areas and determine
the area of open spaces surrounding buildings and structures necessary
to provide adequate light and air and to protect the public health.
E. To lessen and avoid congestion on the public highways and streets.
F. To promote healthful surroundings for family life in residential
areas.
G. To protect the public and adjacent uses from fire, explosion, noxious
fumes or odors, excessive heat, dust, smoke, glare, noise, vibration,
and other health and safety hazards.
H. To prevent the overcrowding of land and undue concentration of buildings
and structures, so far as possible and appropriate, in each zoning
district by regulating the use and bulk of buildings in relation to
the land surrounding them.
I. To enhance the social and economic stability of the City.
J. To enhance the aesthetic desirability of the environment throughout
the City.
K. To conserve the expenditure of funds for public improvements and
services.
Zoning districts in this ordinance each have a deemed purpose
and are based on the City of New Buffalo General Plan. The districts
are sized to be adequate to handle long-term needs, and yet must be
monitored relative to any necessary changes or updating as time passes.
While the regulations limit the use of properties, the Ordinance is
intended to provide landowners with a range of choices, flexibility,
and options for development.
This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "City
of New Buffalo Zoning Ordinance."