The chapter shall be known and cited as the "Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Hackensack."
The intent of this chapter is to establish a precise and detailed
plan for the use of land and buildings in the City of Hackensack,
enacted in order to promote and protect the public health, safety,
morals and the general welfare of the people. The Zoning Ordinance
for the City of Hackensack shall be viewed as a permissive ordinance.
In no instance after the adoption of this chapter shall any use be
permitted in the City of Hackensack which is not listed as a permitted,
accessory or conditional use as specified herein. Any use that is
not permitted or specified shall be prohibited.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority set forth
in Article 8 of the Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291, Laws of New
Jersey 1975, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-62 et seq., and the amendments thereof
and supplements thereto.
Such regulations are deemed necessary to achieve the following
purposes:
A.
To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate use or development
of all lands in this state, in a manner which will promote the public
health, safety, morals, and general welfare;
B.
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made
disasters;
C.
To provide adequate light, air and open space;
D.
To ensure that the development of individual municipalities does
not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the county and the state as a whole;
E.
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;
F.
To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public
funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies;
G.
To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety
of residential, recreational, office, 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;
H.
To encourage the location and design of transportation routes which
will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging the location
of such facilities and routes which result in congestion or blight;
I.
To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
J.
To promote the conservation of historic sites and districts, open
space, energy resources and valuable natural resources in the state
and to prevent degradation of the environment through improper use
of land;
K.
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;
L.
To encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
M.
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;
N.
To promote utilization of renewable energy resources;
O.
To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling of recyclable
materials from municipal solid waste through the use of planned practices
designed to incorporate the State Recycling Plan goals and to complement
municipal recycling programs;
P.
To preserve and enhance the environment consistent with the New Jersey
State Development Guide Plan and the New Jersey Development and Redevelopment
Plan, prepared by the New Jersey State Planning Commission;
Q.
To secure safety from explosion, noxious fumes, excessive noise,
radioactivity, vibration, glare, smoke, odor, dust, air and water
pollution;
R.
To regulate the intensity of use of zoning lots and to determine
the areas of open spaces surrounding buildings necessary to provide
adequate light and air, privacy and convenience of access to property
owners and City emergency services;
S.
To regulate locations of buildings and establish standards of development
and to establish building lines and the location of buildings designed
for residential, commercial, industrial, office and other uses within
such lines and to fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures
shall conform;
T.
To prohibit incompatible uses, buildings or structures which are
incompatible with the character of development, or the permitted uses
within the specified zoning districts;
U.
To conserve taxable value of land and buildings throughout the City.
