The regulations in this Chapter are necessary to encourage the most appropriate use of land; to maintain and stabilize the value of property; and improve public safety and safeguard the public health; to decrease traffic congestion and its accompanying hazards; to prevent undue concentration of population; to create a comprehensive and stable pattern of land uses upon which to plan for transportation, schools, parks, public buildings, and other facilities; to bring about the coordinated physical development of the District in accordance with present and future needs.
Okla. Admin. Code § 120:10-1-1