This chapter is adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.,
in order to promote and protect the public health, safety, morals
and general welfare and in furtherance of the following related and
more specific objectives:
A. To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural or man-made
disasters.
B. To provide adequate light, air and open space.
C. To ensure that the development of the Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea
does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the County and the State as a whole.
D. To promote the establishment of appropriate population densities
and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons,
neighborhoods and preservation of the environment.
E. To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public
funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies.
F. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety
of residential, recreational, and commercial uses and open space,
both public and private, according to their respective environmental
requirements.
G. To encourage the location and design of transportation routes that
will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging location
of such facilities and routes that result in congestion or blight.
H. To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
I. To promote the conservation of open space and valuable natural resources
and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through
improper use of land.
J. To encourage senior citizen community housing construction consistent
with provisions permitting other residential uses of a similar density
in the same zoning district.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements.
Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction than is imposed or
required by other provisions of law or by other rules or regulations
or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter shall control unless
otherwise restricted by law. Where other laws, rules, regulations
or resolutions require greater restrictions than are imposed or required
by this chapter, the provisions of such other laws, rules, regulations
or restrictions shall control.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter are prohibited.
All requirements of this chapter shall be complied with at the
time of erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use
of the principal use and shall apply to the entire structure or structures
whether or not the entire structure or structures were involved in
the erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use.