Section 7-704. Purposes in view  


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  • Such regulations shall be made in accordance
      with  a  comprehensive  plan  and  designed  to lessen congestion in the
      streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, floods and other dangers; to
      promote health and the general welfare; to provide  adequate  light  and
      air;  to  prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration
      of population; to make provision for, so far as conditions  may  permit,
      the  accommodation  of  solar energy systems and equipment and access to
      sunlight necessary therefor; to facilitate  the  adequate  provision  of
      transportation,   water,  sewerage,  schools,  parks  and  other  public
      requirements.  Such  regulations   shall   be   made   with   reasonable
      consideration,  among  other things, as to the character of the district
      and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and  with  a  view  to
      conserving  the  value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate
      use of land throughout such municipality.