Red Bank City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
§ 490-1 Title.
An ordinance to amend the Code of the Borough of Red Bank, New Jersey, reestablishing a Planning Board and a Zoning Board of Adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 291, Laws of New Jersey, 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.); providing for the powers and duties of the Boards; fixing the procedures and standards governing development review applications to the Boards and appeals therefrom; and providing for the adoption of planning and development regulations.
§ 490-2 Short title.
This chapter shall hereafter be cited or referred to for purposes of amendment or otherwise as the "Planning and Development Regulations of the Borough of Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey."
§ 490-3 Purpose.
The purposes of this chapter are to establish a pattern for the regulation of the uses of land and of buildings and structures thereon, based on the land use element of the Master Plan, as adopted and as may be amended from time to time; to prohibit incompatible uses; and to achieve the following:
A.
Guide the appropriate use or development of all lands within the Borough of Red Bank in a manner which will promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare;
B.
Secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made disasters;
C.
Provide adequate light, air and open space;
D.
Ensure that the development of Red Bank does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the County of Monmouth and the State of New Jersey as a whole;
E.
Promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and concentrations that will contribute to the -being of persons, neighborhoods, communities and regions and preservation of the environment;
F.
Encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditures of public funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies;
G.
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;
H.
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;
I.
Promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
J.
Promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources in the state and prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use of land;
K.
Encourage planned unit developments which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial, and recreational development to the particular site;
L.
Encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
M.
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;
N.
Promote utilization of renewable energy sources.