[Ord. 1973-8, 5/25/1973, § 201]
This Chapter has been adopted as part of the overall community
development program. The community development objectives include,
but are not limited to, the following:
1. To achieve the best use of the land within the Borough insuring that
varying land uses will complement one another and thus improve the
economic and aesthetic character of the community.
2. To establish realistic population densities in order to insure adequate
circulation, health standards, privacy and open space and in order
to provide utilities, protection, services and facilities in the most
efficient and convenient manner.
3. To improve the road system for better internal circulation and movement
of through traffic, which will facilitate the efficient and safe movement
of people and goods.
4. To guide the location of future development and establish developmental
standards in such a way that negative impacts on the natural environment
and natural resources are minimized, and to minimize existing future
water, air and noise pollution.
5. To stimulate the local economy by encouraging controlled and appropriate
commercial, industrial, residential and recreational growth which
will provide for local employment, local shopping, and local recreational
opportunities and which will strengthen the local tax base.
6. To strive for coordination of policies, plans, and programs in the
Borough and region through cooperation among governing officials and
special interest groups in both the public and private sectors.
7. To expand and activate a continuing planning program that will serve
to continually update and revise planning goals and objectives, and
the operational tools necessary for implementation, in light of new
data and conditions.
8. To provide the citizens of the community with sufficient amounts
of open space and recreational opportunities.
9. To guide future development to obtain an appropriate mix of housing
types that will provide for a wide range of needs and desires, and
to maintain the aesthetic value of existing housing.