An ordinance to amend the Code of the Borough of Red Bank, New
Jersey, reestablishing a Planning Board and a Zoning Board of Adjustment
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 291, Laws of New Jersey, 1975
(N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.); providing for the powers and duties of
the Boards; fixing the procedures and standards governing development
review applications to the Boards and appeals therefrom; and providing
for the adoption of planning and development regulations.
This chapter shall hereafter be cited or referred to for purposes
of amendment or otherwise as the "Planning and Development Regulations
of the Borough of Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey."
The purposes of this chapter are to establish a pattern for
the regulation of the uses of land and of buildings and structures
thereon, based on the land use element of the Master Plan, as adopted
and as may be amended from time to time; to prohibit incompatible
uses; and to achieve the following:
A. Guide the appropriate use or development of all lands within the
Borough of Red Bank in a manner which will promote the public health,
safety, morals and general welfare;
B. Secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made
disasters;
C. Provide adequate light, air and open space;
D. Ensure that the development of Red Bank does not conflict with the
development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the
County of Monmouth and the State of New Jersey as a whole;
E. Promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and
concentrations that will contribute to the -being of persons, neighborhoods,
communities and regions and preservation of the environment;
F. Encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditures of public funds
by the coordination of public development with land use policies;
G. Provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of
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. 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. Promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
J. Promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open space,
energy resources and valuable natural resources in the state and prevent
urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use
of land;
K. Encourage planned unit developments which incorporate the best features
of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial,
and recreational development to the particular site;
L. Encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
M. 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. Promote utilization of renewable energy sources.