This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "1990 Township
of Denville Land Use Ordinance."
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter:
A. To guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in the Township,
in a manner which will promote the public health, safety, morals and
general welfare.
B. To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made
disasters.
C. To provide adequate light, air and open space.
D. To ensure that the development of the Township does not conflict
with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities,
the county and the state as a whole.
E. To promote the establishment of appropriate population densities
and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons,
neighborhoods, communities and regions and preservation of the environment.
F. To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public
funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies.
G. To 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 citizens.
H. To 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. To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangement.
J. To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open
space, energy resources and valuable natural resources and to prevent
urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use
of land.
K. To 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.
L. To encourage senior citizen community housing construction.
M. To 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. To promote utilization of renewable energy resources; and
O. To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling of recyclable
materials from municipal solid waste through the use of planning practices
designed to incorporate the state recycling plan goals and to complement
municipal recycling programs.