[Amended 9-3-2024 by Ord. No. 1946]
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 City of North Wildwood into districts for such purposes; adopting a map of said City showing boundaries and the classification of such districts; establishing rules, regulations and standards governing the subdivision and development of land within the City; establishing a Planning Board; 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 City of North Wildwood."
The 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 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 City of North Wildwood does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county and 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 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 and 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;
G. 
To encourage the location and design of transportation routes which will permit the free flow of traffic while discouraging location of such facilities and routes which will result in congestion or blight;
H. 
To provide a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
I. 
To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open space, energy resources, and valuable natural resources in the state and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use of land;
J. 
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 of 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 resources;
N. 
To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling of recyclable materials from municipal waste through the use of planning practices designed to incorporate the State Recycling Plan goals and to compliment municipal recycling programs; and
O. 
To further the goals and policies of the Master Plan of the City of North Wildwood.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements. Where this chapter 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 chapter shall control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require greater restrictions than are imposed by this chapter, the provisions of such other laws, rules, regulations or restrictions shall control.
[Amended 5-18-2021 by Ord. No. 1837]
A. 
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter are prohibited.
B. 
The following classes of cannabis licenses, enumerated in P.L. 2021, c. 16,[1] are prohibited in all zoning districts of the City of North Wildwood, except for the delivery of cannabis items and related supplies from outside the City limits by a delivery service.
(1) 
Class 1: cannabis grower, for facilities involved in growing and cultivating cannabis;
(2) 
Class 2: cannabis processor, for facilities involved in the manufacturing, preparation, and packaging of cannabis items;
(3) 
Class 3: cannabis wholesaler license, for facilities involved in obtaining and selling cannabis items for later resale by other licensees;
(4) 
Class 4: cannabis distributor license, for businesses involved in transporting cannabis items in bulk intrastate, from one licensed cannabis establishment to another;
(5) 
Class 5: cannabis retailer license, for locations at which cannabis items and paraphernalia are sold to consumers;
(6) 
Class 6: cannabis delivery license, for businesses providing courier services for a licensed cannabis retailer in order to make deliveries of cannabis items and related supplies to a consumer.
[1]
Editor’s Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.
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 chapter, and no building, structure or land shall be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require a change in plans, construction, or intended use of any buildings, structure or land on which actual construction or the application for a permit and/or preliminary plans were lawfully submitted to any governmental agency having applicable jurisdiction, and said actions were begun and diligently pursued before the adoption of this chapter.