The title of the ordinance constituting this
chapter is “A comprehensive ordinance regulating and limiting
the uses of land and the uses and locations of buildings and structures;
regulating and restricting the height and bulk of buildings and structures
and determining the area of yards and other open spaces; regulating
and restricting the density of population dividing the Borough of
Haddonfield into districts for such purposes; adopting a map of said
Borough showing boundaries and the classification of such districts;
establishing rules, regulations and standards governing the subdivision
and development of land within the Borough; establishing a Planning
Board and a Zoning Board of Adjustment; and prescribing penalties
for the violation of its provisions.”
The short form by which this chapter may be
known shall be “The Land Development Ordinance of the Borough
of Haddonfield.”
This chapter is adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq., in order to promote and protect the public health,
safety, morals and general welfare, and in the furtherance of the
following related and more specific objectives:
A. To secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other
natural and man-made disasters;
B. To provide adequate light, air and open space;
C. To ensure that the development of the Borough does
not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the county and the state as a whole;
D. To promote the establishment of appropriate population
densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being
of persons, neighborhoods, communities and regions and preservation
of the environment;
E. To encourage an appropriate and efficient expenditure
of public funds by the coordination of public development with land
use policies;
F. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations
for a variety of residential, recreational and commercial uses, and
open space, both public and private, according to their respective
environmental requirements in order to meet the needs of all New Jersey
citizens;
G. 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 would result in congestion
or blight;
H. To promote a desirable visual environment through
creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
I. 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;
J. To encourage the construction of a senior citizen
community housing complex;
K. To encourage coordination of the 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;
L. 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;
M. To regulate the location of buildings and establish
standards of development; to establish building lines and the location
of buildings designed for residential, commercial, office or other
uses within such lines and to fix reasonable standards to which buildings
or structures shall conform;
N. To prohibit incompatible uses; to prohibit uses, buildings
or structures which are incompatible with the character of development
of the permitted uses within specified zoning districts and surrounding
area;
O. To promote the conservation of historic sites and
districts;
P. 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;
Q. To conserve the value of land and buildings throughout
the Borough; and
R. Within the community's resources, to meet the future
housing needs of the citizens of the Borough and the region and to
assure a full range of housing types to meet all income levels.
All applicable requirements shall be met at
the first time of erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change
in use of a structure and shall apply to the entire structure or structures,
whether or not the entire structure or structures were involved in
the erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be minimum requirements. Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction
than is imposed and required by other provisions of law or by other
rules, regulations or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter
shall control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions
require greater restrictions than are imposed by this chapter, the
provisions of such other laws, rules, regulation or restrictions shall
control.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter
are prohibited.