It is the intent and purpose of this chapter
to exercise the authority delegated to municipalities by the Municipal
Land Use Law (P.L. 1975, c. 291), to regulate development for the purposes of:
A. Guiding the appropriate use or development of all
lands in a manner that will promote the public health, safety, morals
and general welfare.
B. Securing safety from fire, flood, panic and other
natural and man-made disasters.
C. Providing adequate light, air and open space.
D. Promoting 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. Dividing the Township of Saddle Brook into zones or
districts, restricting and regulating therein the location, erection,
construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures
and land for trade, industry, residence and other specified uses.
F. Regulating the intensity of the use of lot areas,
and regulating and determining the area of open spaces surrounding
such buildings.
G. Establishing building lines and the location of buildings
designed for specified industrial, business, residential and other
uses within such areas.
H. Fixing standards to which buildings or structures
shall conform therein.
I. Prohibiting uses, buildings or structures incompatible
with the character of such districts, respectively.
J. Preventing additions to and alterations or remodeling
of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the
restrictions and limitations lawfully imposed hereunder.
K. Limiting congestion in the public streets by providing
for the off-street parking and loading and unloading of vehicles.
L. Providing for the gradual elimination of nonconforming
uses of land, buildings and structures.
M. Prescribing penalties for the violation of the chapter.
N. Lessening congestion in the streets.
O. Preventing the overcrowding of land.
P. Conserving the value of land and buildings throughout
the Township.