This article shall be known and may be cited
as "Intent and Purposes Article of the Township of Manchester Municipal
Land Use and Development Regulations Chapter."
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter:
A. To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate
use and development of all lands in Manchester Township in a manner
which will promote public health, safety, morals and general welfare;
B. To secure safety from fire, flood, pollution, panic
and other natural and man-made disasters;
C. To provide adequate light, air and open space;
D. To ensure that the development of Manchester Township
does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the county and the state as a whole;
E. To promote the establishment of appropriate population
densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being
of persons and neighborhoods in the community and preservation of
the environment;
F. To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure
of public funds by the coordination of public development with land
use policies;
G. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations
for a variety of agricultural, commercial and industrial uses and
open space, both public and private, according to their respective
environmental requirements in order to meet the needs of all Manchester
Township citizens;
H. To encourage 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
or blight;
I. To promote a desirable visual environment through
creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
J. To promote the conservation of open space and valuable
natural resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the
environment through improper use of land;
K. To encourage planned developments which incorporate
the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout
of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational development
to the particular site;
L. To encourage senior citizen community housing construction
consistent with good planning, site development and the natural environment;
M. To encourage coordination of various public and private
procedures and activities shaping land development with a view of
lessening the cost of such development and to promote the more efficient
use of land;
N. To do all things authorized in the general purposes
and powers section as more fully set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et
seq.;
O. To implement the objectives of the Pinelands Protection
Act and the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan and comply with
minimum standards of the Plan;
P. To protect, preserve, and enhance the unique and significant
ecological, natural and other resources of the Pinelands area;
Q. To accommodate regional growth in an orderly way by
encouraging appropriate patterns of compatible residential, commercial
and industrial development in or adjacent to areas already utilized
for such purposes which are conducive to the protection of the Pinelands
environment;
R. To encourage innovations in residential development
by permitting greater variety in design and layout of buildings and
by the conservation and more efficient use of open space auxiliary
to said buildings; and
S. To avoid scattered or strip commercial development
by encouraging commercial growth in the areas so designated at major
intersections.
In their interpretation, the provisions of the
Manchester Township Municipal Land Use and Development Regulations
chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements. It is not the intent
of this chapter to abrogate any permit or approval granted and previously
issued pursuant to law relating to the use of buildings or land, nor
shall it be interpreted to interfere with the provisions of existing
codes, laws or ordinances regarding building construction, health,
safety, or sanitation, or with any private restrictions placed upon
a property by covenant or deed.
[Amended 3-14-2016 by Ord. No. 16-015]
A. It is intended that in interpretation of this chapter, any use not
specifically permitted in an adopted Township zoning schedule shall
be deemed prohibited.
B. In the event that there is a conflict between the language in the
chapter and an adopted Township zoning schedule, the schedules control
the determination of a permitted use.
[Amended 11-28-2005 by Ord. No. 05-053]
The New Jersey Residential Site Improvement
Standards (RSIS) approved on January 6, 1997 and effective on June
3, 1997, as may be amended, prepared in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-40.4
as contained in the New Jersey Administrative Code under N.J.A.C.
5:21, are hereby adopted by reference. The provisions of the residential
site improvement standards shall supersede any and all contrary or
inconsistent provisions of this chapter.