17.03.010 Title, intent and purpose.
This title shall be known as, and shall be entitled “the zoning ordinance of Moab City, Utah,” and may be so cited and pleaded. It is the intent and purpose of the City Council to promote the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the City by guiding development within the City in accordance with a comprehensive plan, which plan has been designed:
A. To encourage and facilitate orderly growth and development in the area;
B. To promote safety from fires, floods, traffic hazards and other dangers;
C. To promote sanitation and health of the inhabitants;
D. To discourage undue scattering of population and unnecessary expenditures of moneys for excessive streets, water and sewer lines, and other public requirements;
E. To stabilize and improve property values;
F. To protect the residents from objectionable noise, odor, dust, fumes, light trespass and glare, and other deleterious substances or conditions;
G. To promote a more attractive and wholesome environment. (Ord. 23-14, 2023; prior code § 27-1-1)