[Ord. 93-5 § 101,
1993]
A comprehensive land development ordinance is adopted regulating
and limiting the uses of land and the uses and locations of buildings
and structures; regulating and restricting the height and bulk of
buildings and structures and determining the area of yards and other
open spaces; regulating and restricting the density of population;
dividing the Borough into districts for such purposes; adopting a
map of the Borough showing boundaries and the classification of such
districts; establishing rules, regulations and standards governing
the subdivision and development of land within the Borough; establishing
a land use review board; and prescribing penalties for the violation
of its provisions.
[Ord. 93-5 § 102]
The short form by which this land development ordinance may
be known shall be "The Land Development Ordinance of the Borough of
Ship Bottom."
[Ord. 93-5 § 103]
The ordinance codified in this title 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 the furtherance
of the following related and more specific objectives:
A. To secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other natural and manmade
disasters;
B. To provide adequate light, air and open space;
C. To ensure that the development of the Borough 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, communities and regions 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 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;
G. 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;
H. To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
I. To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open
space, energy resources and valuable natural resources in the state
and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through
improper use of land;
J. 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;
K. To encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
L. 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;
M. To promote utilization of renewable energy sources;
N. 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
O. To further the goals and policies of the master plan of the Borough.
[Ord. 93-5 § 104]
The provisions of this title shall be held to be minimum requirements.
Where this title imposes a greater restriction than is imposed and
required by other provisions of law or by other rules, regulations
or resolutions, the provisions of this title shall control. Where
other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require greater restrictions
than are imposed by this title, the provisions of such other laws,
rules, regulations or restrictions shall control.