Patterson Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE II
Purpose and Objectives
§ 190-2 Purpose.
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of lessening congestion on the roads and highways; to secure safety from fire, panic and other danger; to promote health, morals and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue congestion of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, park and other requirements.
§ 190-3 Community development objectives.
This chapter has been enacted as a means of furthering the community development objectives of the Township of Patterson as delineated in the document Future Land Use and Policy Guidelines, 1983. The more particularized community development objectives relate to the following elements:
A.
Creation and maintenance of orderly development patterns and the coordination of relationships between living, working and recreation areas of the community to provide for functionally distinguishable but complementary districts.
B.
Maintenance of the residential character and quality of the community.
C.
Protection of the natural environmental quality and significant open land features throughout the Township.
D.
Improvement of the aesthetic quality of the community.
E.
Development of a balance of residential and nonresidential uses to create a higher standard of living by nurturing a local economy which can provide increased employment, tax and income base commensurate with demands of the area labor force.
F.
Control of population density consistent with the ability of the community to expand in an orderly, healthful and safe manner.
G.
Development of accessways, utilities, municipal services and community facilities consistent with local needs.
H.
Prevention of blight and preservation of the value of property.