This chapter may be cited and referred to as
"Land Development and Procedures Ordinance of the Borough of Chester."
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter:
A. To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate
use or development of all lands in this state, 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 individual municipalities
does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the court 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 regions 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 all New Jersey 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 open space and valuable
natural resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the
environment through improper use of land.
K. To encourage development which incorporate the best
features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential,
commercial, industrial and recreational development to 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 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.
O. To 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 compliment municipal recycling programs.
P. To promote the goals and objectives of the Borough
of Chester, through proper planning.
Q. To assure the continuation and expansion of commercial
and home agricultural pursuits by encouraging a positive agricultural
business climate and protecting the farmer against onerous municipal
regulations and private nuisance suits, where recognized methods and
techniques of agricultural production are applied and are consistent
with relevant federal and state law and nonthreatening to the public
health and safety.
In interpreting and applying the provisions
of this chapter they shall be held to the minimum requirements adopted
for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, convenience
and general welfare.
The Chester Borough Subdivision Ordinance, Site
Plan Review and Zoning Ordinances and any amendments thereto and any
other ordinances or parts of any ordinance inconsistent with the provisions
of this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.