[Ord. No. 1116 § 1]
A comprehensive ordinance 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 of Wildwood
Crest into districts for such purposes; adopting a map of said 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 Planning Board and a Zoning
Board of Adjustment; and prescribing penalties for the violation of
its provision.
This Ordinance shall consist of text and a Zoning Map, said
map being entitled "Zoning Map, Borough of Wildwood Crest." This map,
together with all explanatory matter thereon, is declared to be a
part of this Ordinance, and is on file and shall be kept on file with
the Borough Clerk and Land Use Office. If and when changes are made
in boundaries or other matters included on said Zoning Map, such changes
in the map shall be made promptly after the amendment has been approved
by Wildwood Crest Board of Commissioners.
The short form by which this Ordinance may be known shall be
"THE LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF WILDWOOD CREST."
The Ordinance is adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.,
in order to promote and protect the public health, safety, comfort,
convenience, prosperity, 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 man-made
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 an 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 residential, recreational, commercial 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 would result in congestion, blight,
or safety hazards;
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, open space, energy
resources and valuable natural resources in the Borough and to prevent
urban degradation of the environment through improper use of land;
J. To encourage planned and comprehensive developments which incorporate
the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout
of residential, commercial, 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; and
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.
These general objectives shall include, among others, the specific
purposes set forth in the statements of intent of the various regulations
for the respective zoning districts. This Ordinance shall be administered
to insure the orderly growth and development, the conservation, protection
and proper use of land and adequate provisions for circulation, utilities
and services, and the conservation and environmental protection of
all land, water and air resources within the jurisdiction of Wildwood
Crest Borough.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be minimum
requirements. Where this Ordinance 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 Ordinance shall
control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require
greater restrictions than are imposed by this Ordinance, the provisions
of such other laws, rules, regulations or restrictions shall control.
All uses not expressly permitted in this Ordinance are prohibited.
Definitions as set forth in Article
II shall apply in this Ordinance.
All applicable requirements shall be met at the first time of
erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use of a structure
and shall apply to the entire structure or structures, whether or
not the entire structure or structures were involved in the erection,
enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use. Moreover, no building
or structure shall be erected, moved, altered, added to or enlarged
unless in conformity with this Ordinance and no building or structure
shall be designed, used or occupied and no land shall be used or occupied
for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified in this Ordinance.
The following minimum and uniform regulations shall apply in
the respective districts:
A. Use regulations, including uses by right, accessory uses and conditional
uses.
B. Area and bulk regulations, including required front, side and rear
yards, maximum permitted height and maximum allowable building and
lot coverage.
C. Off-street parking regulations, including minimum required parking
spaces.
D. Off-street loading regulations, including minimum required loading
spaces for specified uses.