This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning
Ordinance of Fredon Township."
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul
or in any way to impair or interfere with existing provisions of other
chapters or ordinances, except those specifically repealed by this
chapter, or with private restrictions placed upon property by deed,
covenant or other agreements. However, where this chapter imposes
a greater restriction upon land, buildings or structures than that
imposed by existing provisions of chapters, contract or deed, the
provisions of this chapter shall control. Where the provisions of
this chapter are, or become, repugnant to state or federal law and
such differences cannot be reconciled therewith, the provisions of
such law shall govern.
This chapter shall be read in para materia with Chapter
45, Land Use Procedures, and with the provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., to the end that all procedures, and to the extent possible, all substantive provisions of the zoning ordinances shall be in compliance with the provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this
chapter shall apply in all zone districts.
In the interpretation and application of this chapter, the provisions
hereof shall be held to be minimum requirements. Where other chapters
of the Township Code overlap or conflict with this chapter in jurisdiction
and effect, the more restrictive provisions of such chapter shall
take precedence.
No land may be used and no structure may be erected, raised,
moved, extended, enlarged, altered, or used, for any purpose other
than a purpose permitted herein for the zone district in which it
is located and all construction shall be in conformity with the regulations
provided for the zone district in which such construction is located.