This chapter shall be known as and may be referred to as the
"Atlantic City Land Use Ordinance."
This chapter establishes and implements regulatory powers to
the ends that adequate light, adequate open space, pure air, convenient
access and safety from fire, flood and other dangers may be secured;
that the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the City may
be conserved and enhanced; that congestion in the public streets may
be lessened or avoided; and that the public health, safety, comfort,
morals and welfare may otherwise be promoted. To these ends, this
chapter is enacted to:
A. Guide and regulate the orderly growth, development and redevelopment
of the City of Atlantic City, in accordance with a well-considered
plan, and to ensure that its development does not conflict with the
development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the
county or the State of New Jersey.
B. Regulate and limit the density and concentration of population, to
enhance the well-being of persons, neighborhoods, communities and
regions and preservation of the environment.
C. Promote, in the public interest, the utilization of land for the
purposes for which it is most desirable and best adapted.
D. Promote sufficient space in appropriate locations for variety of
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.
E. Promote the location and design of transportation routes to facilitate
the free flow of traffic and to avoid facilities and routes which
result in congestion or blight.
F. Promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
G. Promote the conservation of open space and valuable natural resources
and prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment through
improper use of the land.
H. 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.
I. Encourage an open housing policy to provide adequate housing for
persons of every economic sector and encourage senior citizen community
housing construction and housing construction for the poor consistent
with provisions permitting other residential uses of a similar density
in the same zoning district.
J. Encourage coordination of the various public and private procedures
and activities shaping land development to avoid unnecessary costs
of development and to promote more efficient use of land.
K. Encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds
by the coordination of public development with land use policies.
L. Divide the entire City into districts of such number, shape and area
and of such different classes according to use of land and buildings,
height and bulk of buildings, intensity of use of lot areas, area
of open spaces and other classifications as best suited to regulate
development.
M. Regulate and limit the height, bulk, setback and location of buildings.
N. Regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces
within and surrounding buildings.
O. Provide regulations pertaining to preexisting lots, structures and
uses which do not conform to the regulation, standards, restrictions
and limitations established by this chapter.
P. Prevent additions to and alteration or remodeling of existing buildings
or structures in such a way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations
lawfully imposed by this chapter.
Q. Provide for variances from such regulations, standards, restrictions
and limitations.
R. Provide for planned development uses, conditional uses and other
uses requiring special approval.
S. Provide administrative bodies and procedures as shall be necessary
to the implementation and enforcement of the various provisions of
this chapter.
T. Provide for the efficient use of energy and for the development of
renewable energy resources.
[Added 6-15-1988 by Ord. No. 1-1988]
U. Provide
for the expansion of university and other academically related uses
and facilities.
[Added 7-18-2018 by Ord.
No. 10-2018]
V. Provide for the orderly amendment of this chapter.