The long title of this chapter is: "An Ordinance
to Limit and Restrict to Specific Districts, and to Regulate Therein
Buildings and Structures According to Their Construction, and the
Nature and Extent of Their Use in the Village of Ridgefield Park,
County of Bergen and the State of New Jersey and to Provide for the
Administration and Enforcement Thereof and to Fix Penalties for Violations
Thereof, as Amended and Supplemented."
This chapter shall be known and cited as the
"Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Ridgefield Park."
A.
The intent of this chapter is to establish a precise
and detailed plan for the use of land and buildings in the Village,
enacted in order to promote and protect the public health, safety,
morals and the general welfare of the people.
B.
The Zoning Ordinance for the Village of Ridgefield
Park shall be viewed as a permissive ordinance. In no instance after
the adoption of this chapter shall any use be permitted in the Village
of Ridgefield Park which is not enumerated as a permitted, accessory
or conditional use as specified herein. Any uses not permitted or
specified shall be prohibited.
Such regulations are deemed necessary to achieve
the following purposes:
A.
To establish a pattern for land use based upon the
land use plan element of the Master Plan adopted by the Ridgefield
Park Planning Board.
B.
To guide and promote appropriate and orderly development
in order to protect and maintain the stability of all areas within
the Village, and to promote the orderly and beneficial development
of such areas.
C.
To regulate intensity of use of zoning lots and to
determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings necessary
to provide adequate light and air, privacy and convenience of access
to property and to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
D.
To regulate location of buildings and establish standards
of development by establishing building lines and the location of
buildings designed for residential, commercial, industrial, office
or other uses within such lines and to fix reasonable standards to
which buildings or structures shall conform.
E.
To prohibit incompatible uses by prohibiting uses,
buildings or structures which are inconsistent with the character
of development in specified zoning districts.
F.
To regulate alterations of existing buildings to prevent
such additions, alterations or remodeling of existing buildings which
would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder.
G.
To limit congestion in streets and so protect the
public health, safety, convenience and the general welfare by providing
for off-street parking of motor vehicles and for the loading and unloading
of commercial vehicles.
H.
To provide protection against fire, explosion, noxious
fumes and other hazards in the interest of the public health, safety,
comfort and general welfare.
I.
To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings
throughout the Village.
J.
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.
K.
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other
natural and man-made disasters.
L.
To provide adequate light, air and open space.
M.
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.
N.
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.
O.
To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure
of public funds by the coordination of public development with land
use policies.
P.
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.
Q.
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 result in congestion
or blight.
R.
To promote a desirable visual environment through
creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
S.
To promote the conservation of historic sites and
districts, open space, energy resources and valuable natural resources
in the state and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment
through improper use of land.
T.
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.
U.
To encourage senior citizen community housing construction.
V.
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.
W.
To promote utilization of renewable energy resources.
X.
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;
