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(11) Provide protection against fire, explosions, obnoxious fumes, and other hazards in <br />the interest of public health, safety and comfort; <br />(12) Prevent environmental pollution; <br />(13) Prevent the destruction or improvident exploitation of community resources; <br />(14) Preserve the value of land and buildings throughout the city; <br />(15) Provide for the gradual elimination of those uses of land, buildings, structures, and <br />improvements, and of those buildings, structures and improvements, which do not <br />conform to the standards for the areas in which they are located and which may <br />adversely affect the development and the value of property in such areas; <br />(16) Provide for the regulation and control of such nonconforming buildings, structures, or <br />improvements and uses of land as is necessary or appropriate for the rehabilitation of <br />the areas blighted thereby; <br />(17) Provide for the enforcement of this chapter, to define and limit the powers and duties <br />of the administrative officers and agencies responsible therefor, and to provide <br />penalties for the violation of the provisions herein contained; <br />(18) Provide for the wise use and conservation of energy resources; and <br />(19) Assist in the implementation of the comprehensive city plan. <br />(Code 1993, § 9-1.01) <br />State Law reference – General purposes of zoning, Minn. Stats. § 462.357, subd. 1. <br /> <br />Sec. 113-2 - Chapter cumulative <br />(a) No consent or permit implied. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to be a <br />consent, license or permit to use any property or to locate, construct or maintain any <br />building, structure, facility, improvement or to carry on any trade, industry, occupation or <br />activity. <br />(b) Provisions cumulative. Except as herein provided, the provisions of this chapter are <br />cumulative, both with respect to the provisions herein contained and with respect to other <br />laws and ordinances, not in effect or hereafter ordained or enacted, governing the same <br />subject matters as this chapter. It is noted, however, that the land use districts are mutually <br />exclusive in that uses permitted include only those listed and are not cumulative from <br />district to district. Land uses not listed as permitted are prohibited. <br /> <br />(Code 1993, § 9-1.02(1)) <br /> <br />Sec. 113-3 - Definitions <br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings <br />ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br />Accessory building means a subordinate building which is located on the same lot as the main <br />building and the purpose of which is clearly incidental to that of the principal building. <br />Accessory dwelling unit means a second dwelling unit contained within a single-family