This chapter is enacted for the following purposes: to promote
the health, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Borough
of Westville; to lessen congestion in the streets; to provide safety
from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and
air; to prevent the overcrowding of land or buildings; to avoid undue
concentration of population; and to conserve the value of property
and encourage the most appropriate use of land.
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the use of
all land and every building or portion of a building erected, altered
with respect to height and area, added to or relocated, and every
use within a building or use accessory thereto, in the Borough of
Westville shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
Any existing building or structure and any existing use of building
or land not in conformity with the regulations herein prescribed shall
be regarded as nonconforming but may be continued, extended or changed
subject to the special regulations herein provided with respect to
nonconforming buildings or uses.[1]
For the purpose of limiting and restricting to specified districts
and regulating therein buildings and structures according to their
construction and the nature and extent of their use, including regulations
and restrictions pertaining to the height, number of stories, location,
use and extent of use of buildings and structures for trade, residence
or other purposes; also for the purpose of regulating in the interest
of and promoting the general welfare, and also for the purpose of
regulating with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the
character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular
uses, and with a view of conserving the value of property and encouraging
the most appropriate use of land throughout the said Borough of Westville,
the said Borough is hereby divided into the following four districts
and two overlays which shall be designated as follows:
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District R-1
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Residential
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District P-2
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Parks and Conservation
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District C-3
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Business (also denoted as "Commercial")
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District I-4
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Light Industrial
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Downtown Business Overlay Zone
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Light Industrial Overlay Zone
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[Amended 2-14-1984[1]]
The boundaries of said districts shall be shown on the map attached
to and made a part of this chapter, which map shall be known as the
"Zoning Map of the Borough of Westville of 2010," and as amended by
subsequent ordinance. Said map and all notations, references and data
pertinent to zoning and zoning districts shown thereon are hereby
incorporated by reference into this chapter and shall be as much a
part of this chapter as if all were fully described herein.[2]
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated,
either the center lines of streets or the center lines of railroad
beds or such lines extended or lines parallel or perpendicular thereto.
Where distances are shown on said map such distances shall govern,
but where distances are not shown on the said map, the following provisions
shall apply: the boundary lines are intended generally to follow the
Borough boundary lines, street lines or existing lot lines as shown
on the tax map of said Borough of Westville; where a boundary line
does not follow such a location, its exact location is to be determined
by a calculation made according to the scale of said map.
