The following findings are made:
A.
The Borough of Palisades Park is a small community, approximately one mile square, dominantly residential. Transversing its southernmost border in a northeast direction through the entire length of the community is State Highway Route 46, which is a major thoroughfare carrying large amounts of traffic 24 hours a day linking directly to the George Washington Bridge, Interstate Highways 95 and 80 and the New Jersey Turnpike.
B.
The major business area in the community is located on Broad Avenue, a north-to-south roadway running the length of the borough. In addition to businesses located on Broad Avenue, many residences, including multifamily houses and residences located in buildings containing businesses, are found. Additionally all east-west streets intersecting Broad Avenue are predominantly one- and two-family residential homes. On all streets east and west of Broad Avenue and running parallel to Broad Avenue are residential houses. Thus the "business area" and "residential area" of the community are so close together geographically that there is a substantial effect on the residential community flowing from the operation of the businesses in the community.
C.
The overwhelming majority of residents, especially those within the Broad Avenue area and its adjacent and contiguous streets, have had their quality of life significantly diminished as a result of the unbridled opening of businesses located in the community.
D.
Noise, car alarms, disorderly conduct, drunken behavior, intoxicated minors, and other complaints and violations have been rampant in the community directly resulting from the operation of businesses during the early morning hours.
E.
It is necessary to regulate business hours in order to benefit the public health, morals, and general welfare and in order to ensure the residents of the borough health, peace, and comfort which they are entitled to in this community. Moreover the regulation of business hours has become necessary in order to provide protection to the community.
F.
The governing body has sought to find other less intrusive methods to ensuring the public its need for peace and tranquility and balancing the right of the businesses to operate, but because of the geography of the borough, dominantly residential and residences interspersed within the business area and immediately adjacent thereto, it finds this chapter represents the least intrusive method of ensuring the public health and safety.
G.
It further finds that the operation of gas stations located on state highways, although near to residential areas, is necessary to serve the public interest by maintaining the unbridled flow of traffic and traffic needs on the interstate highway system and to motorists, both local and traveling.
H.
It further finds and has previously found in other ordinances that the operation of businesses, unfettered, has caused an extreme hardship to residents in regard to the existence of parking on residential streets. The borough has attempted and secured many municipal parking lots in an attempt to alleviate this problem, but the lack of space located in the borough exasperates the ability of residents to find parking within a reasonable distance of their own home.