The long title of this chapter shall be "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 Woodbury Heights into Districts for Such Purposes;
Adopting a Map of Said Borough and the Classification of Such Districts;
Establishing Rules, Regulations and Standards Governing the Subdivision
of Land Within the Borough; Establishing a Planning Board and a Board
of Adjustment, and Prescribing Penalties for the Violation of Its
Provisions."
The short form by which this chapter may be known shall be "The
Land Development Ordinance of the Borough of Woodbury Heights."
This chapter 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 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 of Woodbury Heights
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 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.
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, blight or
hazards.
H. To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
I. 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.
J. To encourage senior citizen community housing construction consistent
with provisions permitting other residential uses of a similar density
in the same zoning district.
K. To encourage coordination of the various public and private procedures
and activities shaping land development with a view to lessening the
cost of such development and to the more efficient use of land.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements.
Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction than is imposed or
required by other provisions of law or by other rules or regulations
or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter shall control. Where
other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require greater restrictions
than are imposed or required by this chapter, the provisions of such
other laws, rules, regulations or restrictions shall control.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter are prohibited.
All applicable requirements shall be met at the time of erection,
enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use of the principal
use and/or structures 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.