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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="10-302" title_number="10" title_name="Baltimore City Zoning" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Designation and Adoption">
  <text>Zoning regulations adopted by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City under this subtitle shall: </text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>be in accordance with the plan;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>be designed to:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>control street congestion;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>promote health, public safety, and general welfare;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>provide adequate light and air;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>promote the conservation of natural resources;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="v">
      <text>prevent environmental pollution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="vi">
      <text>properly manage growth and development; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="vii">
      <text>promote or facilitate adequate transportation, water, sewerage, schools, recreation, parks, and other public facilities; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>include reasonable consideration for:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>the character of the district or zone and its suitability for particular uses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>the conservation of the value of buildings and other structures; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>encouragement for orderly development and the most appropriate use of land throughout Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
