This chapter may be known as 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 Township of Pilesgrove into districts
for such purposes; adopting a map of said Township showing the boundaries
and the classification of such districts; establishing rules, regulations
and standards governing the subdivision and development of land within
the Township; 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 Township of
Pilesgrove."
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 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 Township of
Pilesgrove does not conflict with the development and general welfare
of neighboring municipalities, the county and 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 the 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 agricultural, residential, recreational and 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 New Jersey citizens;
G.
To encourage the location and design of transportation
routes which will permit the free flow of traffic while discouraging
location of such facilities and routes which will result in congestion
or blight;
H.
To provide a desirable visual environment through
creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
I.
To promote the conservation of historic sites and
districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources
in the state and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment
through improper use of land;
J.
To encourage planned unit developments which incorporate
the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout
of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational development
of the particular site;
K.
To encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
L.
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;
M.
To promote utilization of renewable energy resources;
N.
To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling
of recyclable materials from municipal waste through the use of planning
practices designed to incorporate the State Recycling Plan goals and
to compliment municipal recycling programs; and
O.
To further the goals and policies of the Master Plan
of the Township of Pilesgrove.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be the minimum requirements. Where this chapter imposes a greater
restriction than is imposed or 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, regulations or restrictions
shall control.
A.
All applicable requirements shall be met at the time
of construction, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in the
use of a structure or structures and shall apply to the entire structure
or structures, whether or not the entire structure or structures were
involved in the construction, enlargement, alteration, moving or change
in use.
B.
In all instances, the Planning Board or Zoning Board
of Adjustment, as the case may be, shall exercise the application
of the requirements of this chapter in a reasonable manner, considering
both the existing and proposed development of the subject site.
