An Ordinance amending and supplementing an ordinance to permit within specified districts or zones, and to regulate therein, buildings and structures according to their construction and the nature and extent of their use, and the nature and uses of land in the Borough of Roosevelt in the County of Monmouth and providing for the administration and enforcement of provisions herein contained and fixing penalties for the violations thereof.

This amendatory and supplementary ordinance shall be known and cited by a short title as "The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Roosevelt, Monmouth County, New Jersey".

The intent of this ordinance is to establish a specific and detailed plan for the use of land within the Borough of Roosevelt based on the master plan as it may be amended, and other studies and findings. This ordinance is enacted pursuant to Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), to protect and promote public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and the general welfare of the people.

Such regulations are deemed necessary to further the advancement of the Borough as a social, economic and political unit, to promote the general welfare and achieve the following purposes:

To protect the character and maintain the stability of residential, business and agricultural areas, to acknowledge the historically significant planning concepts incorporated in the Borough's physical design and to continue the planning principles embodied therein as a guide to the orderly and beneficial development of the Borough.

Based on the objectives of the land use plan element of the master plan as they may be amended, to designate appropriate zones or use districts in the Borough for those land uses and densities most appropriate thereto in order to conserve and enhance the value of property.

To regulate the character and intensity of use of zoning lots and within zoning districts consistent with the findings of the U.S. Conservation Service identifying areas of extreme wetness, ponding or prone to flooding, poorly or excessively well drained soils, shallow depth to bedrock, slopes in excess of 15% and other limiting environmental considerations which may be embodied in state and county regulations.

To participate in programs of regional cooperation, balancing the local share of regional growth with the Borough's capacity to absorb such growth in an orderly manner.

To review and regulate additions to, and alterations or remodeling of, existing buildings or structures so as to insure their compliance with the provisions of this ordinance.

To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, commercial, manufacturing or other uses within such lines.

To prohibit uses, buildings or structures which are incompatible with the character of development or the permitted uses within specified zoning districts.