[Ord. No. 779 § 16.201; Ord. No. 2013-02 § 26-201]
This Land Use Regulations Chapter is adopted in order to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare, and in furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:
a. 
To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in the Borough, in a manner that will promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare;
b. 
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and manmade disasters;
c. 
To provide adequate light, air and open space;
d. 
To ensure that the development of the Borough of Haworth does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the County of Bergen 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 New Jersey citizens;
h. 
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;
i. 
To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
j. 
To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources in the Borough and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use of land;
k. 
To encourage planned unit developments that 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;
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; and
p. 
To preserve and protect the environment, land, water and air from degradation through improper use of land.
q. 
To further the goals and policies of the Master Plan of the Borough of Haworth.
[Ord. No. 779 § 16.202.1; Ord. No. 2013-02 § 26-202.1]
Except as hereinafter provided, no lot or land or part thereof shall be used, and no structure or part thereof shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, rebuilt or used, except in conformity with the lot dimension, yard, coverage, height, spacing and use regulations herein prescribed. Where a lot is formed from part of a lot already occupied by a structure, such subdivision shall be effected in such a manner as not to impair any of the requirements of this chapter with respect to the existing structure and all yards and other open space in connection therewith and so that all resulting lots have adequate dimensions consistent with the requirements of the zoning district in which they are located and so that all lots have frontage on a street.
[Ord. No. 779 § 16.202.2; Ord. No. 2013-02 § 26-202.2]
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough. Any deviation from the provisions of this chapter shall require a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c or d, or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60a.
[Ord. No. 779 § 16.202.3; Ord. No. 2013-02 § 26-202.3]
All applicable requirements of this chapter shall be met at the time of application, construction, expansion, alteration or change in use of the principal or accessory use and shall apply to the entire structure or structures whether or not the entire structure or structures were involved in the construction, expansion, alteration, moving or change in tenancy or use. In all instances the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, shall apply the requirements of the chapter in a reasonable manner, considering both the existing and proposed development of the subject site.
[Ord. No. 779 § 16.202.4; Ord. No. 2013-02 § 26-202.4]
a. 
Any use not expressly permitted in this chapter is prohibited.
b. 
All classes of cannabis establishments or cannabis distributors or cannabis delivery services as said terms are defined in Section 3 of P.L. 2021, c. 16, but not the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies by a delivery service.
[Added 5-25-2021 by Ord. No. 21-09]
[Ord. No. 779 § 16.202.5; Ord. No. 2013-02 § 26-202.5]
Unless otherwise permitted by this chapter, no more than one principal structure shall be permitted on any one lot in the Borough of Haworth.