To guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in a manner that 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 the establishment of appropriate population densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons, neighborhoods, communities and regions and the preservation of the environment.

To divide the Borough of Manasquan into zones or districts, restricting and regulating therein the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence and other specified uses.

To regulate the intensity of the use of lot areas and to regulate and determine the area of open spaces surrounding such buildings.

To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for specified industrial, business, residential and other uses within such areas.

To fix standards to which buildings or structures shall conform therein.

To prohibit uses, buildings or structures incompatible with the character of such districts, respectively.

To prevent additions to and alterations or remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations lawfully imposed hereunder.

To limit and lessen congestion in the public streets by providing for the off-street parking and loading and unloading of vehicles, by eliminating and reducing vehicular parking or loading practices which affect the free-flow of traffic or pedestrians, and by insuring that traffic created by land development can be accommodated on roadways in the municipality.

To provide for the gradual elimination of nonconforming uses of land, buildings and structures.

To prescribe penalties for the violation of the chapter.

To insure that the development of the municipality does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the County or the State of New Jersey, as a whole.

To prevent the overcrowding of land.

To conserve the value of land and buildings throughout the Borough.

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 in order to meet the needs of all New Jersey citizens.

To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.

To promote the conservation of historic districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use of land.

To encourage planned developments which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of 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 the utilization of renewable energy resources.

To promote the maximum practical recovery and recycling of recyclable material from municipal solid waste through the use of planning practices designed to incorporate the State Recycling Plan goals and to complement municipal recycling programs.

To be consistent with, and to promote the objectives of the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan.