1512P640-PF-Major-Subdivision-Review-1.pdf — PaddleOCR-VL (Baidu)

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To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural and man-made disasters;
To provide adequate light, air, and open space;
To ensure that the development of individual municipalities does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities, the county, and the State as a whole;
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;
To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies;
To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety of agricultural, residential, recreational, 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 NJ citizens;
To encourage the location and design of transportation routes, which will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging location of such facilities and routes which result in congestion or blight;
To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangement;
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;
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 to the particular site.
To encourage senior citizen community housing construction;
To encourage coordination of the various public and private procedures and activities shaping land development with a view to lessening the cost of such development and to the more efficient use of land;
To promote utilization of renewable energy resources;
To promote the maximum practicable recovery and recycling of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste through the use of planning practices designed to incorporate the State Recycling Plan goals and to complement municipal recycling programs.