Appendix 1002. Purpose.

The county commissioners deem it necessary for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the county to enact such an ordinance. To achieve this end, the county commissioners have appointed a planning commission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. As such, the planning commission has divided the county into districts and has prepared regulations pertaining to such districts in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion throughout the county; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. The planning commission has given reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the districts and their peculiar suitability for particular uses, with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the county, and the planning commission has submitted its final report to the county commissioners. The county commissioners have given due public notice of hearings relating to zoning districts, regulations and restrictions, and have held such public hearings, and all requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, with regard to the preparation of the report of the planning commission and subsequent action of the county commissioners have been met.