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Township of Oxford, NJ
Warren County
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This chapter shall be known as the "Oxford Township Land Subdivision Ordinance of 1978."
The Township Committee of Oxford Township declares that these rules, regulations and standards for guiding the subdivision of land for various purposes have been promulgated to provide for the orderly growth and coordinated development of the Township of Oxford and to assure and promote the comfort, convenience, safety, public health and general welfare of its people, and further that the approval of such subdivisions shall be administered in accordance with the following considerations:
A. 
Conformance with the various parts of the Master Plan, Chapter 340, Zoning, and the Official Map.
B. 
Recognition of a desirable relationship to the general land form, its topographic and geologic character, to natural drainage and surface water runoff and to the groundwater table.
C. 
Recognition of desirable standards of subdivision design, including adequate provision for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, for surface water runoff and for suitable building sites for the land use contemplated.
D. 
Provision for such facilities as are desirable adjuncts to the contemplated use, such as parks, recreation areas, school sites, firehouses and off-street parking.
E. 
Preservation of such natural assets as ponds, streams, shrubs and trees.
F. 
Provision of adequate utilities, services and circulation.
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Land Use Board of the Township of Oxford in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., its amendments and supplements thereto.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare.
B. 
Where the provisions of this chapter impose greater restrictions or higher standards than those of any statute, other ordinance or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall govern. Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance or regulation impose greater restrictions or higher standards than this chapter, the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall govern.