§ 1.1. Purpose and enactment.

The City of Atmore, Alabama, pursuant to the authority granted by Title 37, Chapter 16, Code of Alabama, 1940 (as amended), and Section 11-52-1 et seq. Code of Alabama, 1975, and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, convenience, order, prosperity, or the general welfare of the residents; to lessen congestion in the street; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to promote health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land; to prevent the undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, public facilities, schools, parks; to facilitate initiation of the comprehensive plan; to protect the ecological, physical and visual environment for the public benefit by preventing excessive or unsightly grading which may cause disruption of natural watercourses or scar natural land forms; and for other public requirements, hereby ordains and enacts into law an official Zoning Ordinance in accordance with the laws of Alabama. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be:

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Considered as minimum requirements;

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Liberally construed in favor of the governing body; and

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Deemed neither to limit nor repeal any other powers granted under state statutes.