The Land Use Code of the City of Bath, Maine, is designed to promote and conserve the health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the inhabitants of the City; to encourage appropriate uses of land throughout the City; to provide for suitable interrelationships between differing land uses; to secure safety from fire, flooding, and other dangers; to provide adequate access to light and air; to provide for adequate sewage disposal, water supply, vehicular and pedestrian access, and public facilities; to avoid undue concentration of population; to prevent overcrowding of the land; to preserve and increase amenities throughout the City; and to carry out the policies contained in the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Bath.