Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Zoning Ordinance

Hasbrouck Heights City Zoning Code

ARTICLE I

Title and Purpose

§ 275-1 Long title.

The long title of this chapter shall be as follows: "An ordinance to establish a new comprehensive zone plan for the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen County, New Jersey, limiting and restricting to specified districts and regulating therein land, buildings and structures and the nature and extent of their use and setting forth a zone map and schedule of district regulations and information pertinent thereto and to provide for enforcement of the provisions thereof."

§ 275-2 Short title.

This chapter shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey."

§ 275-3 Legislative intent.

The intent of this chapter is to establish a precise and detailed plan for the use of land, buildings and structures in the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, enacted in order to promote and protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the people in conformity with the current Master Plan of the Borough.

The Zoning Chapter for the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights shall be viewed as a permissive ordinance. In no instance, except as otherwise provided, after the adoption of this chapter shall any use be permitted in the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights which is not listed as a permitted, accessory or conditional use as specified herein. Any uses not permitted or specified shall be prohibited.

§ 275-4 Purposes.

Such regulations are deemed necessary to achieve the following purposes:

To guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in the Borough 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 ensure that the development and general welfare within Hasbrouck Heights does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county and the state as a whole.

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.

To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of residential, recreational, commercial and office 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.

To limit congestion in the public streets and so protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare by providing for off-street parking of motor vehicles and for the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles.

To promote a desirable visual and aesthetic 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 the improper use of land.

To encourage planned developments which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential and associated development to the particular site.

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 to the more efficient use of land.

Hasbrouck Heights City Zoning Code

ARTICLE I

Title and Purpose

§ 275-1 Long title.

§ 275-2 Short title.

This chapter shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey."

§ 275-3 Legislative intent.

§ 275-4 Purposes.

Such regulations are deemed necessary to achieve the following purposes:

To guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in the Borough 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 promote a desirable visual and aesthetic 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 the improper use of land.

To encourage planned developments which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential and associated development to the particular site.

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 to the more efficient use of land.

Hasbrouck Heights City Zoning Code

ARTICLE I

Title and Purpose

§ 275-1 Long title.

§ 275-2 Short title.

This chapter shall be known as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey."

§ 275-3 Legislative intent.

§ 275-4 Purposes.

Such regulations are deemed necessary to achieve the following purposes:

To guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in the Borough 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 promote a desirable visual and aesthetic 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 the improper use of land.

To encourage planned developments which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential and associated development to the particular site.

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 to the more efficient use of land.