It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to encourage action to guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in the Borough of Bound Brook, in a manner which will promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare, to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made disasters; to provide adequate light, air and open space; to insure that the development of Bound Brook does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities; to promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons, neighborhoods and the entire municipality as well as the preservation of the environment, to encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies, 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; 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; to promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements; 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; 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 to the particular site; to encourage senior citizen community housing construction; 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; to promote utilization of renewable energy resources; and 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.