The short form by which this chapter may be
known shall be "The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Wrightstown,
Burlington County, New Jersey."
The purpose of this chapter is to establish
a pattern for the use of land and buildings in the Borough of Wrightstown
based on the Master Plan for the Borough of Wrightstown and enacted
in order to promote and to protect the public health, safety, comfort,
convenience and the general welfare of the people. This chapter is
intended to regulate the use of land within zoning districts, secure
safety from fire and other dangers, provide adequate light and air,
promote orderly development, avoid undue concentration of population,
prevent the overcrowding of land or buildings by regulating the intensity
of use and the location of buildings, establish standards of development,
limit congestion in the street, prohibit incompatible uses, regulate
the alteration of existing buildings, protect against hazards, conserve
the taxable value of land and preserve open space and natural features.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be minimum requirements. Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction
than is imposed or required by other provisions of law or by other
rules or regulations or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter
shall control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions
require greater restrictions than are imposed or required by this
chapter, the provisions of such other laws, rules, regulations or
restrictions shall control.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter
are prohibited.
All requirements shall be met at the time of
the erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use of
the principal use 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.
