This chapter may be cited and referred to as the "Middlesex Borough Zoning Ordinance."
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority of the Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291, Laws of New Jersey (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare and in furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:
A. 
To guide and regulate orderly growth, development and redevelopment in accordance with the Borough's Master Plan.
B. 
To establish zoning districts and to set forth development regulations governing these districts in order to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Borough.
C. 
To protect the established character of existing neighborhoods and to provide for appropriate transitions between conflicting uses.
D. 
To prevent overcrowding of land and buildings and to avoid undue concentration of population.
E. 
To provide adequate light, air, convenience and safety of access.
F. 
To conserve and enhance the value of property throughout the Borough of Middlesex.
G. 
To ensure that the development of Borough of Middlesex does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county and the state as a whole.
[Added 6-29-1993 by Ord. No. 1285]
H. 
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and other man-made disasters.
[Added 6-29-1993 by Ord. No. 1285]
I. 
To establish the location and design of transportation routes which will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging location of such facilities and routes which result in congestion.
[Added 6-29-1993 by Ord. No. 1285]