New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY MEADOWLANDS COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - DISTRICT ZONING REGULATIONS › Subchapter 1 - INTENT AND PURPOSE OF DISTRICT ZONING REGULATIONS › Section 19:4-1.2 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) This chapter
				  is designed to serve the following purposes:
1. To provide for the orderly and
				  comprehensive development of the District, consistent with the carrying
				  capacity of the land and the preservation of critical wetland areas in
				  accordance with the Master Plan of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
				  (NJMC);
2. To consider the ecology
				  of the District in order to protect the delicate environmental balance
				  therein;
3. To promote the
				  conservation of open space and valuable natural resources and to prevent sprawl
				  and degradation of the environment through improper use of land;
4. To preserve an ecological balance between
				  natural and open areas and development;
5. To promote the establishment of
				  appropriate population densities and concentrations in suitable locations that
				  will contribute to the well-being of persons, neighborhoods and
				  communities;
6. To provide
				  sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of industrial,
				  warehouse, office, retail, residential, recreational, water dependent, and
				  other uses, including mixed uses;
7. To provide that such uses are suitably
				  sited and placed in order to secure safety from fire, flood and other natural
				  and man-made disasters, provide adequate light and air, prevent the
				  overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population, prevent traffic
				  congestion, and, in general, relate buildings and uses to each other and to the
				  environment so that aesthetic and use values are maximized;
8. To promote development in accordance with
				  good planning principles that relates the type, design and layout of such
				  development to both the particular site and surrounding environs;
9. To promote a desirable visual environment
				  through building design and location;
10. To provide for infrastructure and utility
				  improvements of the land adequate to serve the uses to be developed on that
				  land;
11. To encourage the location
				  and design of transportation routes that will promote the adequate flow of
				  traffic and minimize congestion;
12. To encourage the development of a variety
				  of transportation modal choices and to decrease dependence on automobiles as
				  the primary means of transportation;
13. To protect the District from air, water,
				  noise and other types of pollution;
14. To control surface water runoff and
				  prevent flooding and other damage to land and to encourage the control of soil
				  erosion and sedimentation;
15. To
				  encourage coordination of various public and private activities shaping land
				  development with a view toward lessening the cost of such development and
				  promoting the more efficient use of land; and
16. To promote sustainable green building
				  practices in accordance with U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in
				  Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) guidelines.