This chapter shall be known as the "Subdivision and Site Plan
Review Ordinance" of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights.
Such regulations are deemed necessary to encourage Borough action
to guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in Hasbrouck
Heights in a manner which will promote the public health, safety,
morals and general welfare; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic
and other natural and man-made disasters; to provide adequate light,
air and open space; to ensure that the development of Hasbrouck Heights
does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the county and the state as a whole; 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; to encourage
the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination
of public development with land use policies; 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; 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; to promote a desirable
visual environment through creative development techniques and good
civic design and arrangements; 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; 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; to
encourage senior citizen community housing construction; 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; and to promote
th.e conservation of energy through the use of planning practices
designed to reduce energy consumption and to provide for maximum utilization
of renewable energy sources.