This is an ordinance to amend the Code of the Township of Middletown,
New Jersey, reestablishing a Planning Board and a Zoning Board of
Adjustment pursuant to the provisions of New Jersey Statutes Annotated
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.; providing for the powers and duties of
said boards; fixing the procedures and standards governing development
review applications to said 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 "Planning and Development Regulations
of the Township of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey."
This chapter is enacted with the intent and purpose to:
A.
Guide the appropriate use or development of all lands within Middletown
Township in a manner which will promote the public health, safety,
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 Middletown Township does not conflict
with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities,
the county and the state as a whole;
E.
Promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and
concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons,
neighborhoods, communities and regions and environment; preservation
of the environment;
F.
Encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds
by the coordination of public development with land use policies;
G.
Provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of
agricultural, 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 and encourage the use and enhancement of mass transportation
and other traffic control measures, thus reducing dependence on automobiles,
particularly single-occupancy vehicles used for commuting;
J.
Promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangement;
K.
Promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open space,
energy resources and valuable natural resources in the state and to
curtail suburban sprawl and degradation of the environment through
improper and inefficient use of land;
L.
Encourage planned unit developments which incorporate the best features
of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial,
industrial and recreational development to the particular site;
M.
Encourage senior citizen community housing construction and the development
of non-senior, moderate priced housing;
N.
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; and
O.
Promote utilization of renewable energy sources.
