The title of this ordinance is "An Ordinance Amending the Zoning
Ordinance of the Borough of Bloomingdale, Passaic County, New Jersey,
and to Limit and Restrict to Specified Districts or Zones and to Regulate
Therein Building and Structures According to Their Construction and
the Nature and Extent of Their Use, and the Nature and Extent of the
Uses of Land, and Providing for the Administration and Enforcement
of Provisions Herein Contained, and Repealing All Ordinances or Parts
of Ordinances Inconsistent Herewith."
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning
Ordinance of the Borough of Bloomingdale."
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to:
A. Encourage action to guide the appropriate use or development of all
lands in the Borough of Bloomingdale, in a manner which will promote
the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
B. Secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made
disasters.
C. Provide adequate light, air and open space.
D. Ensure that the development of the Borough of Bloomingdale does not
conflict with the development, and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the County or the State as a whole.
E. Promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and
concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons,
neighborhoods and the entire municipality and preservation of the
environment.
F. Encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds
by the coordination of public development with land use policies.
G. Provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of
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 the Borough's citizens.
H. 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.
I. Promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
J. Promote the conservation of open space and valuable natural resources
and prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through
improper use of land.
K. Provide for senior citizen community housing.