§ 26-285. Regulations authorized generally.

(a)

By joint action of the legislative bodies of all municipalities having a population in excess of 160,000 inhabitants by the federal census of 1930 or by any subsequent federal census and the board of county commissioners in the manner prescribed in this article, they may regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specified uses and for such purposes divide the territory surrounding, adjacent and continuous to, for a distance of five miles beyond the corporate limits, as now established or hereafter to be established, of a city having a population in excess of 160,000 inhabitants by the federal census of 1930 or by any subsequent federal census and having adopted a zoning ordinance in accordance with the provisions of chapter 163, of the Private Acts of 1921, into districts of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this article.

(b)

For each of such districts, regulations may be imposed, designating the uses for which buildings may be or may not be erected or altered, and designating the trades and industries that shall be excluded or subjected to special regulations. Such regulations shall be in accordance with, as near as may be, any city plan adopted by cities of the above mentioned population classification for its orderly growth and development, and a general plan for such zones or districts, designed to lessen congestion on the public streets or highways to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare, and shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district, its peculiar suitability for particular uses, the conservation of property values, and the direction of building development.

(Code 1992, § 25-326; Priv. Acts 1931, ch. 613, § 2)