This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning and Land Use Regulations of the Borough of Highlands."
The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide rules, regulations and standards to guide land development in the Borough of Highlands in order to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the municipality, taking into consideration the character of each zone and its peculiar suitability for particular uses and to encourage the most appropriate use of the land. It is further the purpose of the Borough to limit and restrict buildings, structures, and uses to specific zones and to regulate the type, extent and nature of their use to avoid undue concentration, to conserve the value of property, and to promote generally the purposes of the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-2).
Any and all other ordinances or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent with any of the terms of this chapter are hereby repealed to such extent as they are in conflict or inconsistent.
If any article, section, subsection or paragraph of the chapter shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such article, section, subsection or paragraph shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, remain in full force and effect, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate the remaining articles, sections, subsections or paragraphs of this chapter.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon adoption and publication according to law.
In the interpretation and application of this article, the provisions herein shall be held to be the minimum requirements. Greater than such minimum requirements may be imposed where to do so will more reasonably effectuate the proposed development and where such greater requirement is necessary to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the Borough and its residents. Where other ordinances of the Borough overlap with this chapter, the more restrictive provisions of each ordinance shall take precedence.