Short Title. This section shall be known and may be cited as "The Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Sparta."

Purpose. The provisions of this section are intended to provide adequate light, air and convenience of access, to lessen the congestion on streets, to secure safety from fire and other dangers, to avoid undue concentration of population by regulating and limiting the use of land, the height and bulk of buildings wherever erected, to limit and determine the size of yards and other open spaces, to regulate the density of population, to conserve the value of the property and encourage the most appropriate use and scale of development throughout the Township of Sparta.

Scope; Construction. It is not intended by this section to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way impair or interfere with existing provisions of other ordinances except those specifically repealed by this section, or with private restrictions placed upon the property by deed, covenant or other agreement. However, where this section imposes a greater restriction upon land, buildings or structures than those imposed by existing provisions of ordinance, contract or deed, the provisions of this section shall control. Where the provisions of this section conflict with State or Federal law and cannot be reconciled therewith, the provisions of such law shall govern.