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City of Passaic, NJ
Passaic County
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There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan for the City of Passaic, which plan is set forth in the text, map and schedule of regulations which constitute the Zoning Ordinance. Said zoning plan is deemed to be substantially consistent with the Master Plan of the City of Passaic, adopted June 8, 1983. Said zoning plan is adopted for the purposes set forth in the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., with amendments, and more particularly for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety and welfare in the following manner listed below:
A. 
To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in this City 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 municipality 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 preservation of the environment.
F. 
To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure 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 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 City of Passaic.
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 open space and valuable natural resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use of land.
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To encourage planned 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.
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To encourage senior citizen community housing construction.
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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.
N. 
To promote the conservation of energy through the use of planning practices designed to reduce energy consumption and to provide for maximum utilization of renewable energy sources.