This chapter shall be known and referred to
as the "Zoning Ordinance" of the Borough of Hamburg, Sussex County,
New Jersey.
It is the purpose of the Borough of Hamburg
in adopting this chapter to exercise the powers granted to the Borough
by the Municipal Land Use Law[1] to promote the orderly growth of lands within the Borough
taking into consideration the character of each district and its peculiar
suitability for particular uses and to encourage the most appropriate
use of land through the police power generally. It is further the
purpose of the Borough in adopting this chapter to limit and restrict
buildings and structures to specified districts and to regulate buildings
and structures according to their type and nature and the extent of
their use and to regulate the nature and extent of use of land for
trade, industry, residence, open space or other purposes in order
to avoid undue concentration of population and to conserve the value
of property in order to protect the public health, safety and morals
and promote the general welfare throughout the community, as a whole.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 40:55D-1 et seq.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul or in any way to impair or interfere with existing
provisions of other chapters or ordinances, except those specifically
repealed by this chapter, or with private restrictions placed upon
property by deed, covenant or other agreements. However, where this
chapter imposes a greater restriction upon land, buildings or structures
than that imposed by existing provisions of chapters, contract or
deed, the provisions of this chapter shall control. Where the provisions
of this chapter are, or become, repugnant to state or federal law
and such differences cannot be reconciled therewith, the provisions
of such law shall govern.
