The procedural requirements of the new Land Use Law, having been included under Chapter
102, any provision herein provided is superseded by the provisions therein contained.
This chapter is enacted for the following purposes:
A. To promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare
of the inhabitants of West Deptford Township.
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 promote the establishment of appropriate population densities
and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons,
neighborhoods, communities and regions and the preservation of the
environment.
E. 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.
F. 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 results in congestion or blight.
G. To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
H. 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.
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the use of all land and every building or portion of a building, erected or altered with respect to height and area, added to or relocated, and every use within a building or use accessory thereto in West Deptford Township shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. Any existing building or structure and any existing use of building or land not in conformity with the regulations herein prescribed, and heretofore legally existing or used, shall be regarded as nonconforming but may be continued, extended or changed subject to the special regulations provided in §
166-30.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter,
such provisions shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the
promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general
welfare. Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions
than those of any statute, other ordinance or regulation, the provisions
of this chapter shall be controlling. Where the provisions of any
statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions
than this chapter, the provisions of such statute, other ordinance
or regulation shall be controlling.
This chapter, inclusive of all amendments and supplements that
may be in effect, shall be known and may be cited as the "West Deptford
Township Zoning Ordinance."
The Township Committee reserves the right to amend, change,
modify or repeal any regulations, limitations and restrictions of
this chapter, including the Zoning Map, in the manner prescribed by
law.
In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, altered,
repaired, converted or maintained, or any building or structure is
used in violation of this chapter or any regulation made pursuant
thereto, the proper Township authorities, in addition to other remedies,
may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such
unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair,
conversion, maintenance or use; to restrain, correct or abate such
violation; to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or
land; or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or
about such premises.