Palmyra City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Title and Purpose
§ 158-1 Title.
This chapter shall be known as "The Land Development Code of the Borough of Palmyra," referred to in this chapter in the short form as "this code."
§ 158-2 Goals and objectives.
This code is adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., in order to promote and protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare, and in the furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:
A.
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other natural and man-made disasters.
B.
To provide adequate light, air and open space.
C.
To ensure that the development of the Borough does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county, and the state as a whole.
D.
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.
E.
To encourage an appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies.
F.
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.
G.
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 would result in congestion or blight.
H.
To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
I.
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.
J.
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.
K.
To promote the conservation of energy through the use of planning practices designed to reduce energy consumption and to provide for maximum utilization of renewable energy sources.
L.
To regulate the location of buildings and establish standards of development; to establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, commercial, office or other uses within such lines and to fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall conform.
M.
To prohibit incompatible uses; to prohibit uses, building or structures which are incompatible with the character of development of the permitted uses within specified zoning districts and surrounding area.
N.
To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts.
O.
To regulate alterations of existing buildings; to prevent such additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder.
P.
To conserve the value of land and buildings throughout the Borough.
Q.
Within the community's resources, to meet the future housing needs of the citizens of the Borough and the region and to assure a full range of housing types to meet all income levels.
§ 158-3 Purpose.
The purpose of this code is to consolidate the zoning regulations and achieve substantial conformity with the primary elements of the Master Plan of the Borough of Palmyra and to make such regulations substantially consistent with the land use element of the Master Plan.
§ 158-4 Intent.
The intent of this code is to define the zoning regulations for, but not limited to, the use of land and structures, area of lots, bulk of buildings and other structures, the provision of on- and off-street parking, accessory uses, permitted uses, fences, signs and similar regulations for the Borough of Palmyra, Burlington County, New Jersey, in accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D et seq.) and to prescribe penalties for violation of the provisions of this code.
§ 158-5 Compliance.
All applicable requirements shall be met at the first time of erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use of a structure and shall apply to the entire structure or structures, whether or not the entire structure or structures were involved in the erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use.
§ 158-6 Interpretation of standards.
The provisions of this code shall be held to be minimum requirements. Where this code imposes a greater restriction than is imposed and required by other provisions of law or by other rules, regulations or resolutions, the provisions of this code shall control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require greater restrictions than are imposed by this code, the provisions of such other laws, rules, regulation or restrictions shall control.
§ 158-7 Prohibited uses.
All uses not expressly permitted in this code are prohibited.