This chapter of the City of Rahway is adopted
pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law of the State of New Jersey,
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., for the following purposes:
A.
To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate
use or development of all lands in this state, 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 individual municipalities
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 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 New Jersey citizens;
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;
K.
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;
L.
To encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
M.
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 utilization of renewable energy sources;
and
O.
To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling
of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste through the use
of planning practices designed to incorporate the State Recycling
Plan goals and to complement municipal recycling programs.
A.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate,
annul or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of
other laws or ordinances, except those specifically or impliedly repealed
by this chapter.
B.
Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon
the use of buildings or premises or upon the height of buildings or
lot coverage or requires greater lot area or larger yards or other
open spaces than are imposed or required by such rules, regulations
or permits or by such private restrictions, the provisions of this
chapter shall prevail.
