1-102 AUTHORITY AND PURPOSES
This Code is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the Village by the Illinois Municipal Code for the following purposes:
A. Land Use Patterns. The purposes of this Code related to land use patterns are to:
1. Implement and foster the goals and policies of the Village's Official Comprehensive Plan; and
2. Establish a rational pattern of land uses and encourage the most appropriate use of individual parcels of land in the Village; and
3. Encourage compatibility between different land uses; and
4. Provide for the gradual elimination of nonconforming uses that adversely affect the character and value of permitted development; and
5. Protect the scale and character of the existing residential, business, commercial, industrial, and office development areas of the Village from the encroachment of incompatible uses; and
6. Encourage and enhance the preservation of natural resources, aesthetic amenities, and natural features; and
7. Secure adequate natural light, clean air, privacy, a safe environment, and convenience of access to property; and
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