This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Zoning Ordinance" of the
Borough of New Providence.
The intent of this chapter is to establish a precise and detailed plan
for the use of land in the Borough based on the Master Plan for the Borough,
and this chapter is enacted in order to promote and to protect the public
health, safety, morals and general welfare of the people.
Regulations are deemed necessary to achieve the following purposes:
A. To protect the character and maintain the stability of
all zoning districts within the Borough, and to promote the orderly and beneficial
development of such areas.
B. To limit congestion in the public streets and to protect
the public health, safety, convenience and the general welfare by providing
for off-street parking of motor vehicles and for the loading and unloading
of commercial vehicles.
C. To provide protection against fire, flood, explosion,
noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of the public health, safety,
comfort and the general welfare.
D. To regulate the intensity of use of land and to determine
the area of open spaces surrounding buildings, which spaces shall be necessary
to provide adequate light and air, privacy and convenience of access to property
and to protect the public health.
E. To establish building lines and the location of buildings
designed for residential, commercial, laboratory, light industrial or other
uses within such lines.
F. To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures
shall conform.
G. To prohibit uses, buildings or structures which are incompatible
with the character of development, the permitted uses within specified zoning
districts or the purposes of the Master Plan.
H. 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.
I. To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout
the Borough.
J. To encourage planned developments which incorporate the
best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential
and commercial development to the particular site.
K. To encourage senior citizen community housing construction.
L. To promote the conservation of energy resources and the
utilization of renewable energy sources.
M. To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts.
N. To encourage the development of certain vacant tracts
in a manner which incorporates the best features of design and regulates the
type, design and layout of residential development to the particular site,
and, at the same time, to provide the realistic opportunity for affordable
housing to be constructed in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the
Fair Housing Act as interpreted by the Council on Affordable Housing.
O. To promote the maximum practical recovery from solid
waste through recycling of recyclable materials.
The interpretation and the application of the provisions of this chapter
shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the health,
safety, morals and general welfare and shall be considered liberally to effect
the purposes thereof. This chapter is not intended to interfere with, abrogate
or annul other rules, regulations or ordinances, provided that where this
chapter imposes greater restrictions upon the use of buildings or premises
or upon the height or bulk of a building or requires larger open spaces, the
provisions of this chapter shall apply.