To provide for well-located, clean, safe and pleasant sites for industrial, office, commercial and recreational purposes and a high quality environment for the people who live, work and visit there;

To encourage innovations in residential, commercial, industrial and cultural development which will conserve open space and provide greater variety of land uses and the type, design and layout of buildings;

To provide for high-quality residential development of the waterfront to reinforce and enliven other developments;

To encourage preservation of the beauty of recognized topographical features, namely the face of the Palisades; and to preserve public enjoyment of the view from the top of the Palisades.

To provide public access to and beautification of the Hudson River waterfront.

To encourage a more efficient use of land and public services or private services in lieu thereof;

To provide industrial, research, office, hotel, other commercial and recreational development which will aid in strengthening the economic base of the Township;

To promote the sound growth, health, morals and general welfare of the Township;

To promote development and redevelopment of the Hudson River waterfront area in a comprehensive and orderly manner;

To promote the development or redevelopment of affordable housing to enable Weehawken to meet its fair share of the regional need for such housing.

To encourage development of an infrastructure that is integrally related to the infrastructure of the region.