§ 11. Building and zoning; authority to regulate.

The village shall have the right to regulate and restrict the location, heights, number of stories, size, cubic contents, construction and area of buildings and other structures (including billboards and advertising devices), the percentage and portion of lots of land that may be occupied or built on, the size of yards, courts or other open spaces, the density of population, and the use of buildings, structures and land for trade industries, residences, apartment houses, and any other purpose and for any of said purposes, in promoting the safety, health, comfort, morals, convenience, peace, prosperity, or general welfare of the municipality or its inhabitants, to divide the said municipality into zones of such number, shapes and areas as may be deemed best suited to effectuate the purposes of this section and within such zone to regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, destruction, or removal of buildings, land, and structures, including billboards. Such regulations and restrictions herein authorized may be made in consideration, among other things, of lessening congestion in the streets, regulating traffic, securing safety from fires, storm, panic and other dangers; conserving or providing adequate light and air; preventing the overcrowding of land, avoiding the undue concentration of population; or facilitating the furnishing or operation of facilities for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public improvements or conveniences.

Editor's note

This section on building and zoning has been editorially deleted as home rule powers of municipalities are derived from the state constitution and F.S. ch. 166 and as authorized by F.S. chs. 163 and 553.