For the purpose as set forth in § 200-2 of this chapter; for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community; for the purpose of lessening congestion in the streets; for the purpose of securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers; for the purpose of preventing the overcrowding of land and avoiding undue concentration of population; for the purpose of facilitating adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; for the purpose of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the Borough; for the purpose of providing for public health, comfort and general welfare in living and working conditions; for the purpose of regulating and restricting the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specified uses; for the purpose of regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings hereafter erected; and for the purpose of regulating and determining the area of yards, courts and other open spaces hereafter erected, the Borough of Northvale is hereby divided into the following classes of zones as shown on the Building Zone Map prepared by Maser Consulting, dated August 2019, adopted with such amendments as may be made by ordinance from time to time, is made part of this chapter.[1]

No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered except in conformity herein prescribed for the zone in which such building or premises is located.