(A) The purpose and intent of the GB2 - General Business 2 Zone is to further the public health, safety and general welfare; to provide for necessary, orderly and balanced development of commercial, public, recreational and residential uses; to provide for the well-located, clean, safe and pleasant development of commercial sites in reasonable proximity to residential and other uses such that their impact on transportation facilities is minimized; to encourage the planning and building of new communities incorporating the best features of modern design; to encourage more flexible land development that will preserve and enhance natural resources, including but not limited to streams, lakes, floodplains, wetlands, groundwater, wooded areas, sloped areas and areas of unusual importance to the natural ecosystems; to provide a procedure that will encourage the optimal use of land and its development; and to ensure that the land use regulation is subject to reasonable administrative standards that will promote the disposition of proposals for such development without undue delay.
(B) It is recognized that the creation of balanced developments consisting of commercial, public, recreational and residential uses in convenient and complementary relation to each other and to other districts of the township may encourage imaginative, efficient and orderly physical growth within the township to satisfy the increasing demand for goods and services, housing, recreation and employment. The GB2 - General Business 2 Zone shall provide for a balanced combination of commercial, public, recreational and residential uses in a single district suited by its size, location and topography for unified development as a center of commerce, housing, employment and community life within the township. Any development within the GB2 - General Business 2 Zone shall be considered a planned development as defined by the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.) and shall meet the minimum requirements established for a planned development.
(Ord. 945-99, passed 9-13-99)