§ 1.2. Purpose.

It is the purpose of this ordinance to:

A.

Implement the goals and policies outlined in the Berkeley County comprehensive plan;

B.

Provide for adequate light, air, and open space;

C.

Prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to lessen congestion in the streets;

D.

Facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive, and harmonious community; to protect and preserve scenic, historic, or ecologically sensitive areas;

E.

Regulate the density and distribution of populations and the uses of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, conservation, airports and approaches thereto, water supply, sanitation, and public activities;

F.

Facilitate the adequate provision or availability of transportation, police and fire protection, water, sewage, schools, parks, and other recreational facilities, affordable housing, and disaster evacuation;

G.

Distribution of population and traffic that will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience, appearance, prosperity, morals, order, and the general welfare of the county.