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• - -------�-� v � � <br /> � official zoning map has since been revised by Ordinance No. 2 2nd series, adopted <br /> June 11, 1984; Ordinance No. 33 2nd series, adopted March 30, 1987; Ordinance No. <br /> � 64 2nd series, adopted October 10, 1988; Ordinance No. 83 2nd series, adopted April <br /> 23, 1990; Ordinance No. 149 2nd series, adopted August 26, 1996; Ordinance No. <br /> 157 2nd series, adopted April 14, 1997; Ordinance No. 187 2nd series, adopted May <br /> 10, 1999; and Ordinance No. 207 2nd series, adopted October 22, 2001. <br /> �b) Intent and purpose. This chapter is adopted for the purposes of: <br /> (�) Protecting the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and general <br /> welfare; <br /> �. �2) Dividing the city into zones and districts restricting and regulating therein the location, <br /> construction, reconstruction, alteration, and use of structures and land; <br /> �(3) Promoting orderly development of the residential, business, industrial, recreation and <br /> . public areas; <br /> �4) Providing adequate light, air and convenience of access to property; <br /> �5) Limiting congesfion in the public right-of-way; <br /> (6) Preventing overcrowding of land and undue concentration of structures by regulating <br /> the use of the land and buildings and the bulk of buildings in relation to the land and <br /> buildings surrounding them; <br /> (7) Providing for the compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use of <br /> land throughout the city, preventing the destruction of the natural environmental <br /> assets located within the city, protecting the quality of stormwater runoff, Lake <br /> Minnetonka, Long Lake, the wetlands and marshes within the city; <br /> ($) Providing for a more orderly transition from a rural agricultural to rural residential <br /> environment; . <br /> . �9) Providing for the administration of this chapter; <br /> (10) Defining the powers and duties of the administrative, officers and bodies; and <br /> � (11) Prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this chapter. . <br /> (Code 1984, § 10.01((1), (2))) <br /> http://library.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientID=13094&HTMRequest=http%3 a%2£.. 7/18/2012 <br />