This chapter shall be known and referred to
as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Hampton, Sussex County,
New Jersey."
The purpose of this chapter is to establish
a pattern for the use of land and buildings in the Township of Hampton
based on the Master Plan for the Township of Hampton and enacted in
order to promote and to protect the public health, safety, morals,
comfort, convenience and the general welfare of the people. This chapter
is intended to regulate the use of land within zoning districts, promote
orderly development, regulate intensity of use and the location of
buildings, establish standards of development, limit congestion in
the street, prohibit incompatible uses, regulate the alteration of
existing buildings, protect against hazards and conserve the taxable
value of land.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be minimum requirements. Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction
than is imposed or required by other provisions of law or by other
rules or regulations or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter
shall control. Where other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions
require greater restrictions than are imposed or required by this
chapter, the provisions of such other laws, rules, regulations or
resolutions shall control.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter
are prohibited.
All requirements shall be met at the time of
the erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use of
the principal use and shall apply to the entire structure or structures,
whether or not the entire structure or structures were involved in
the erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use.