This chapter shall be applicable to the regulation of the use of all land and structures within the Borough of Avalon.

The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements (or the maximum, when so specified). 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 laws, rules, regulations or resolutions shall control.

The standards established by this chapter shall be applied uniformly within each zoning district to each class or kind of structure or land. Only uses which are specifically provided for by the regulations of any district shall be permitted in that district unless authorized by the Board pursuant to this chapter.

Upon the effective date of this chapter, no building shall hereafter be used, erected, altered, converted, enlarged, added to, moved or reduced, nor shall any lands be subdivided, developed, or redeveloped in any manner except in conformity with the standards provided herein, as applied to the zoning district in which the building or land is located.

Upon the effective date of this chapter, all buildings and land which are not in full conformity with the standards provided herein, as applied to the zoning district in which the building or land is located, shall be deemed to be nonconforming and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

The Borough does hereby formally adopt the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) MAPS AS SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 19 OF THIS CODE.