The Zoning Ordinance is adopted pursuant to
the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., and the amendments
thereof and supplements thereto for the following purposes:
A. To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate
use or development of all lands in the Township of Jefferson, in a
manner which will promote the public health, safety, morals and general
welfare.
B. To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other
natural and man-made disasters.
C. To provide adequate light, air and open space.
D. To ensure that the development of the Township of
Jefferson 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, neighborhoods, communities and reservations 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, 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 the 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 historic sites and
districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources
in the municipality and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of
the environment through improper use of land.
K. To encourage planned unit development which incorporates
the best features of design and relates the type, design and layout
of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational development
of the particular site.
L. To encourage senior citizen community housing construction.
M. 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.
N. To promote utilization of renewable energy sources.
O. To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling
of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste through the use
of planning practices designed to complement municipal recycling programs.