§ 135-19. Legislative findings.

A. 

It has been clearly demonstrated that well established and protected sand dunes, together with properly maintained beach and dune areas, along with functional structures in critical areas, are effective protection against high tides and flooding, and against property damage by the ocean under storm conditions, and provide desirable protection of the coastal areas adjacent thereto, and the Borough of Seaside Park and its residents have an interest in the continued protection and preservation thereof, and in the restoration of them in the event of damage or destruction.

B. 

The developed coastal area of New Jersey, including developed barrier islands and adjacent shorefront areas, represent in their developed state a unique and invaluable social, economic, recreational, and aesthetic resource.

C. 

Given the present degree of commercial and residential development in these areas, and given the measurable and intangible benefits that accrue to the residents of the Borough of Seaside Park and the public at large from the beach, boating, fishing and vacation facilities that this diversely developed coastal area offers, and given the present extensive knowledge of the protective and restoration nature of beach nourishment and other selected coastal engineering programs, it is hereby declared that it is appropriate, essential, feasible, and in the public interest to preserve, protect, and enhance these coastal regions in their developed state.

D. 

It is the purpose of this article to define the areas so affected and to establish regulations to assure their continued effectiveness. This article is declared to be an exercise of the police power in the interest of safety and welfare and for the protection of persons and property.