A. Promote coordinated development, redevelopment, effective use of land, and site planning;

B. Protect private property rights;

C. Prevent substandard development, waste, inefficient use of land and resources, and danger and congestion in travel and transportation;

D. Protect and promote public safety, health, and general welfare by providing adequate light and air, water and sewage control, police, fire and wetlands protection;

E. Encourage innovation in residential development and redevelopment that meets the growing demand for housing;

F. Preserve the character and stability of neighborhoods and conserve property values by encouraging the most appropriate uses of land within zoning districts;

G. Support the goals of the Midvale general plan;

H. Ensure equal opportunity in housing to the handicapped;

I. Foster convenient, compatible and efficient relationships among land uses;

J. Require the provision of adequate off-street parking and loading facilities, and promote a safe, effective traffic circulation system;

K. Regulate and control the division of land;

L. Protect life and property in areas subject to floods and other natural disasters;

M. Promote prosperity, improve morals, peace and good order, comfort, convenience and aesthetics of the city and its present and future inhabitants and businesses;

N. Protect the tax base and property values;

O. Secure economy in governmental expenditures; and

P. Foster clean industry. (Ord. 12-11-2001C § 2 (part))