Ship Bottom City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 16
04 Title and Purpose
§ 16.04.010 Title.
[Ord. 93-5 § 101, 1993]
A comprehensive land development ordinance is adopted regulating and limiting the uses of land and the uses and locations of buildings and structures; regulating and restricting the height and bulk of buildings and structures and determining the area of yards and other open spaces; regulating and restricting the density of population; dividing the Borough into districts for such purposes; adopting a map of the Borough showing boundaries and the classification of such districts; establishing rules, regulations and standards governing the subdivision and development of land within the Borough; establishing a land use review board; and prescribing penalties for the violation of its provisions.
§ 16.04.020 Short title.
[Ord. 93-5 § 102]
The short form by which this land development ordinance may be known shall be "The Land Development Ordinance of the Borough of Ship Bottom."
§ 16.04.030 Purpose.
[Ord. 93-5 § 103]
The ordinance codified in this title 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 manmade 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 the 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 agricultural, 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 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 historic sites and districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources in the state and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use of land;
J.
To encourage planned unit developments which incorporate the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational development to the particular site;
K.
To encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
L.
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;
M.
To promote utilization of renewable energy sources;
N.
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 complement municipal recycling programs; and
O.
To further the goals and policies of the master plan of the Borough.
§ 16.04.040 Interpretation of standards.
[Ord. 93-5 § 104]
The provisions of this title shall be held to be minimum requirements. Where this title 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 title shall control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions require greater restrictions than are imposed by this title, the provisions of such other laws, rules, regulations or restrictions shall control.
§ 16.04.050 Compliance.
[Ord. 93-5 § 105]
A.
All applicable requirements shall be met at the time of erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use of a structure or structures 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.
B.
Moreover, no building or structure shall be erected, moved, altered, added to or enlarged unless in conformity with this title, and no building, structure or land shall be used for any purpose or in any manner other than as specified in this title.
C.
Except as may otherwise be provided by law, the provisions of this title shall apply to all applications for development made pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1, et seq.).