This chapter shall be known as the "Collingswood
Development Regulations Ordinance."
The purposes of this chapter are to establish
a pattern for land use based on the land use element of the Master
Plan and to guide appropriate and orderly development which will promote
the public health, safety, morals and general welfare. This chapter
is intended to:
A. Regulate the use of land within zoning districts.
B. Secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other disasters.
C. Provide adequate light, air and open space.
D. Limit and restrict buildings and structures to specified
districts according to their type and the nature and extent of their
use for trade, industry, residence, open space or other purposes.
E. Regulate the bulk, height, number of stories and size
of buildings and other structures.
F. Avoid a conflict with neighboring municipalities and
the county and the state.
G. Establish appropriate population densities and concentrations
contributing to the well-being of persons, neighborhoods, communities
and regions and to the preservation of the environment.
H. Provide sufficient space for residential, recreational,
commercial and industrial uses and open space.
I. 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 result in congestion
or blight.
J. Promote a desirable visual environment through good
civic design and creative development techniques.
K. Promote the conservation of open space, valuable natural
resources, historic buildings, sites, districts, and areas. Prevent
urban sprawl and degradation of the environment currently occurring
with the improper use of land.
L. 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 the more efficient use
of land.
M. Promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling
of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste through the use
of planning practices designed to incorporate the State Recycling
Plan goals and to complement the Borough's municipal recycling goals
as outlined in the Master Plan.
N. Implement the goals and objectives of the Master Plan
and its related components.
O. To regulate alterations of existing buildings; to prevent such additions
to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures
as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed
hereunder.
[Added 8-1-2016 by Ord.
No. 1601]