The purposes of this Part 6 are to:
A. Guide the appropriate use and development of all lands in the Township
in a manner which will promote the public health, safety, morals and
general welfare.
B. Secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made
disasters.
C. Provide adequate light, air and open space and to ensure a safe adequate
potable water supply and the environmentally safe discharge of sewerage
waste into the ground.
D. Promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and
concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons,
neighborhoods and communities and the preservation of the environment.
E. Provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of
agricultural, residential, recreational, 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 Township
residents.
F. Encourage the location and design of transportation routes which
will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging the location
of such facilities and routes which will result in congestion or blight.
G. Promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civil design and arrangement.
H. Promote the conservation of open space and valuable natural resources
and prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through
improper use of land.
I. To promote all other purposes of zoning as expressed in the Municipal
Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
It is the further purpose of this Part 6 to state as clearly
and simply as possible the intended requirements, to encourage wide
understanding of its meaning and to avoid costly technical and legal
problems. For the purposes hereinabove mentioned, this Part 6 designates,
regulates and restricts the location and use of buildings and structures
and land for residences, commerce, trade, industry and other purposes
and the height and number of stories and size of buildings and other
structures hereafter erected or altered; regulates and determines
the sizes of yards and open spaces; and regulates and limits the density
of population. In order to affect its purpose, this Part 6 divides
the Township into zoning districts of such number, shape and area
as may be deemed the best to carry out the purposes of this Part 6.