§ 276-3. Purpose.

The chapter is adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A.40:55D-1 et seq. in order to promote and protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare, and in the furtherance of the following related and more specific objectives:

A. 

To secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other natural and man-made disasters;

B. 

To provide adequate light, air and open space;

C. 

To ensure that the development of the City of North Wildwood does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county and state as a whole;

D. 

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;

E. 

To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies;

F. 

To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of agricultural, residential, recreational and 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;

G. 

To encourage the location and design of transportation routes which will permit the free flow of traffic while discouraging location of such facilities and routes which will result in congestion or blight;

H. 

To provide a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements;

I. 

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;

J. 

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 of the particular site;

K. 

To encourage senior citizen community housing construction;

L. 

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;

M. 

To promote utilization of renewable energy resources;

N. 

To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling of recyclable materials from municipal waste through the use of planning practices designed to incorporate the State Recycling Plan goals and to compliment municipal recycling programs; and

O. 

To further the goals and policies of the Master Plan of the City of North Wildwood.