To encourage city action to guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in this city, 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 limit and restrict buildings and structures to specified districts and regulate buildings and structures according to their type and the nature and extent of the use of land for trade, industry, residence, open space or other purposes.

To regulate the bulk, height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures.

To ensure that the development of this city does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, Middlesex 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, the community and the region and preservation of the environment.

To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies.

To provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations, for the variety of, residential, recreational, commercial, business, institutional and industrial uses and open space, both public and private, according to their respective environmental requirements in order to meet the needs of all Perth Amboy residents.

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 result in congestion or blight.

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

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

To encourage planned unit development which incorporates the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial and recreational 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 utilization of renewable energy sources.

To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste through the use of planning practices designed to incorporate the state recycling plan goals and to compliment municipal recycling programs.