This chapter may be referred to as the "Municipal
Land Use Ordinance of the Borough of Eatontown."
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter:
A. To guide the appropriate use or development of all
lands in this Borough, in a manner which will promote the public health,
safety, morals and general welfare.
B. To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other
natural and man-made disasters.
C. To provide adequate light, air and open space.
D. To ensure that the development of this Borough does
not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the county and the state as a whole.
E. To promote the establishment of appropriate population
densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being
of persons, neighborhoods, communities and regions and to preservation
of the environment.
F. To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditures
of public funds by the coordination of public development with land
use policies.
G. 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 citizens of the Borough of Eatontown.
H. 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.
I. To promote a desirable visual environment through
creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
J. 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.
[Amended by Ord. No. 18-86]
K. 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.
L. To encourage the control of surface water runoff,
and to encourage the control of soil erosion and sedimentation and
to prevent flooding and other damage to land.
M. To encourage variety in housing types and costs.
N. To promote utilization of renewable energy resources.
[Amended by Ord. No. 18-86]
O. To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling
of solid and liquid waste and encourage the implementation of state,
county and Borough recycling programs.
[Amended by Ord. No. 18-86]