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(2) <br />Dividing the city into zones and districts restricting and regulating therein the location, construction, <br />reconstruction, alteration, and use of structures and land; <br />(3) <br />Promoting orderly development of the residential, business, industrial, recreation and public areas; <br />(4) <br />Providing adequate light, air and convenience of access to property; <br />(5) <br />Limiting congestion in the public right-of-way; <br />(6) <br />Preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating the use of the <br />land and buildings and the bulk of buildings in relation to the land and buildings surrounding them; <br />(7) <br />Providing for the compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use of land throughout <br />the city, preventing the destruction of the natural environmental assets located within the city, <br />protecting the quality of stormwater runoff, Lake Minnetonka, Long Lake, the wetlands and marshes <br />within the city; <br />(8) <br />Providing for a more orderly transition from a rural agricultural to rural residential environment; <br />(9) <br />Providing for the administration of this chapter; <br />(10) <br />Defining the powers and duties of the administrative, officers and bodies; and <br />(11) <br />Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter. <br />(Code 1984, § 10.01((1), (2))) <br />(Supp. No. 20, Update 2) <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />Created: 2e22-07-39 16:12:49 [EST) <br />11 <br />