Dunellen City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Title; Authority and Purpose
§ 115-1 Short title.
This chapter may be cited and referred to as the "Dunellen Borough Zoning Ordinance."
§ 115-2 Authority and purpose.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority of the Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291, Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare and in furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:
A.
To guide and regulate orderly growth, development and redevelopment in accordance with the Borough's Master Plan.
B.
To establish zoning districts and to set forth development regulations governing these districts in order to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Borough.
C.
To protect the established character of existing neighborhoods and to provide for appropriate transitions between conflicting uses.
D.
To prevent overcrowding of land and buildings and to avoid undue concentration of population.
E.
To provide adequate light, air, convenience and safety of access.
F.
To conserve and enhance the value of property throughout the Borough of Dunellen.
G.
To ensure that the development of Borough of Dunellen does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county, and the state as a whole.
H.
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other natural and other man-made disasters.
I.
To establish 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.