This chapter is enacted for the following purposes: to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Borough, to lessen congestion in the streets; secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other dangers; provide adequate light, air, and open space; prevent the overcrowding of land or buildings; avoid undue concentration of population; and to conserve the value of property and encourage the most appropriate use of land; to promote the establishment of appropriate population densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well being of persons, neighborhood, communities and preservation of the environment; 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; 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 will 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 and valuable natural resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through improper use of land.