This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Development Regulations of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands"
and may be so pleaded and cited.
The purpose of this chapter is to exercise the
authority delegated to municipalities under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
to regulate development and to promote good planning practice. The
chapter's intent is:
A. To guide the appropriate use or development of all
lands in the Borough, 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 Borough 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 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 polices;
G. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations
for a variety of residential, recreational, commercial 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 historic sites and
districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources
and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through
improper use of land;
K. 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;
L. To promote utilization of renewable energy sources;
M. To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling
of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste;
N. To encourage the development of senior citizen housing;
O. To protect steep slope areas with particular attention
to slump block areas; and
P. To promote the beneficial development and use of the
Atlantic Highlands Harbor.