The short form by which this chapter may be known shall be "The
Land Development Ordinance of the City of Camden."
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements.
Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction than is imposed and
required by other provisions of law or by other rules, regulations
or resolutions, the provisions of this chapter shall control. Where
the provisions of any other laws, rules, regulations or resolutions
require greater restrictions than are imposed by this chapter, the
provisions of such other laws, rules, regulations or restrictions
shall control.
All uses not expressly permitted in this chapter are prohibited.
Historic Overlay Districts and sites, as shown and listed in the City Master Plan and as shown on the Zoning Map, are subject to the regulations of the Zone district or districts in which they are located, and are also subject to the additional requirements of Article
XXV.
Historic Conservation Overlay Districts, as shown in the City Master Plan and as shown on the Zoning Map, are subject to the regulations of the Zone district or districts in which they are located, and are also subject to the additional requirements of Article
XXVI.
Definitions as set forth in Article
II shall apply throughout this chapter.
All applicable requirements shall be met at the first time of
erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or change in use or change
in ownership of a structure and shall apply to the entire structure
or structures or lot, whether or not the entire structure or structures
were involved in the erection, enlargement, alteration, moving or
change in use. Moreover, no building or structure shall be erected,
moved, altered, added to or enlarged unless in conformity with this
chapter and no building or structure shall be designed, used or occupied
and no land shall be used or occupied for any purpose or in any manner
other than as specified in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall
be deemed to require a change in plans, construction, or intended
use of any buildings, structure or land on which actual construction
or the application for a permit and/or preliminary plans were lawfully
submitted to any governmental agency having applicable jurisdiction,
and said actions were begun and diligently pursued before the adoption
of this chapter.
The following minimum and uniform regulations shall apply in
the respective districts:
A. Use regulations, including uses by right, accessory uses and conditional
uses.
B. Area and bulk regulations, including required front, side and rear
yards, maximum permitted height and maximum allowable lot coverage.
C. Off-street parking regulations, including minimum required parking
spaces for specified uses.
D. Off-street loading regulations, including minimum required loading
spaces for specified uses.
This chapter shall take effect upon final passage, publication
and filing with the Camden County Planning Board. All previous zoning
ordinances prior to the adoption of this chapter are hereby repealed.
All previously adopted subdivision and site plan ordinances
and their amendments are repealed.
These regulations shall not abate or modify any action, penalty,
liability, or right pending under any ordinance repealed by the adoption
of this chapter except as expressly provided in this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall require any change in a building
permit, site plan or zoning variance which was approved before the
enactment of this chapter provided construction shall have been started
within one year from the effective date of this chapter and the project
shall be continuously pursued to completion; otherwise, said approvals
and permits shall be void.