An Ordinance amending and supplementing an ordinance to permit
within specified districts or zones, and to regulate therein, buildings
and structures according to their construction and the nature and
extent of their use, and the nature and uses of land in the Borough
of Roosevelt in the County of Monmouth and providing for the administration
and enforcement of provisions herein contained and fixing penalties
for the violations thereof.
This amendatory and supplementary ordinance shall be known and
cited by a short title as "The Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of
Roosevelt, Monmouth County, New Jersey".
The intent of this ordinance is to establish a specific and
detailed plan for the use of land within the Borough of Roosevelt
based on the master plan as it may be amended, and other studies and
findings. This ordinance is enacted pursuant to Chapter 291 of the
Laws of New Jersey, 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), to protect and
promote public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and the
general welfare of the people.
Such regulations are deemed necessary to further the advancement
of the Borough as a social, economic and political unit, to promote
the general welfare and achieve the following purposes:
To protect the character and maintain the stability of residential,
business and agricultural areas, to acknowledge the historically significant
planning concepts incorporated in the Borough's physical design and
to continue the planning principles embodied therein as a guide to
the orderly and beneficial development of the Borough.
Based on the objectives of the land use plan element of the
master plan as they may be amended, to designate appropriate zones
or use districts in the Borough for those land uses and densities
most appropriate thereto in order to conserve and enhance the value
of property.
To regulate the character and intensity of use of zoning lots
and within zoning districts consistent with the findings of the U.S.
Conservation Service identifying areas of extreme wetness, ponding
or prone to flooding, poorly or excessively well drained soils, shallow
depth to bedrock, slopes in excess of 15% and other limiting environmental
considerations which may be embodied in state and county regulations.
To participate in programs of regional cooperation, balancing
the local share of regional growth with the Borough's capacity to
absorb such growth in an orderly manner.
To review and regulate additions to, and alterations or remodeling
of, existing buildings or structures so as to insure their compliance
with the provisions of this ordinance.
To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed
for residential, commercial, manufacturing or other uses within such
lines.
To prohibit uses, buildings or structures which are incompatible
with the character of development or the permitted uses within specified
zoning districts.
