This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Site Plan
Ordinance of the Borough of Westville."
The purposes of this chapter shall be as follows:
A.
To provide rules, regulations and standards to guide the development
of lands in this Borough in a manner which will promote the public
health, safety, morals and general welfare.
B.
To ensure the orderly development, conservation, protection and proper
use of land and adequate provision for circulation, utilities and
services.
C.
To provide adequate light, air and open space.
D.
To ensure the coordination of development within the Borough with
the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities,
the county and the State of New Jersey as a whole.
E.
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.
F.
To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangement.
G.
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.
H.
To encourage development which incorporates the best features of
design and to relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial,
industrial and recreational development to the particular site.
I.
To encourage coordination of the various public and private procedures
and activities shaping land development with a view to lessening the
cost of such development, to ensuring the most efficient use of land
and to protecting the Borough from undue obligations from land development.
J.
To promote the conservation of energy through the use of planning
practices designed to reduce energy consumption and to provide for
maximum utilization of renewable energy sources.
