A.
The Land Use Board shall prepare and, after public
hearing, adopt or amend a Master Plan or component parts thereon to
guide the use of lands within the Township in a manner which protects
public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.
[Amended 12-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-14]
B.
The Master Plan shall generally comprise a report or statement and land use and development proposals, with maps, diagrams and text, presenting at least the elements in Subsection B(1) and (2) and, where appropriate, the elements of Subsection B(3) through (11) below:
[Amended 9-28-1987 by Ord. No. 87-9]
(1)
A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions,
policies and standards upon which the constituent proposals for the
physical, economic and social development of the Township are based.
(2)
A land use plan element:
(a)
Taking into account and stating its relationship to the statement provided for in Subsection B(1), hereof and other Master Plan elements and natural conditions, including but not necessarily limited to topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, floodplain areas, marshes and woodlands.
(b)
Showing the existing and proposed location,
extent and intensity of development of land to be used in the future
for varying types of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
recreational, educational and other public and private purposes or
combination of purposes and stating the relationship thereof to the
existing and any proposed Zone Plan and Zoning Ordinance.
(c)
Showing the existing and proposed location of
any airports and the boundaries of any airport hazard areas delineated
pursuant to the Air Safety and Hazardous Zoning Act of 1983, P.L.
1983, c. 260 (N.J.S.A. 6:1-80 et seq.).
(d)
Including a statement of the standards of population
density and development intensity recommended for the municipality.
(3)
A housing plan element, including but not limited
to residential standards and proposals for the construction and improvement
of housing.
(4)
A circulation plan element showing the location and
types of facilities for all modes of transportation required for the
efficient movement of people and goods into, about and through the
Township, taking into account the functional highway classification
system of the Federal Highway Administration and the types, locations,
conditions and availability of existing and proposed transportation
facilities, including air, water, road and rail.
(5)
A utility service plan element analyzing the need
for and showing the future general location of water supply and distribution
facilities, drainage and flood-control facilities, sewerage and waste
treatment, solid waste disposal and provision for other related utilities
and including any stormwater management plan required pursuant to
the provisions of P.L. 1981, c. 32 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-93 et seq.).
(6)
A community facilities plan element showing the existing
and proposed location and type of educational or cultural facilities,
historic sites, libraries, hospitals, firehouses, police stations
and other related facilities, including their relation to the surrounding
areas.
(7)
A recreation plan element showing a comprehensive
system of areas and public sites for recreation.
(8)
A conservation plan element providing for the preservation,
conservation and utilization of natural resources, including, to the
extent appropriate, energy, open space, water supply, forests, soil,
marshes, wetlands, harbors, rivers and other waters, fisheries, endangered
or threatened species of wildlife and other resources, and which systematically
analyzes the impact of each other component and element of the Master
Plan on the present and future presentation, conservation and utilization
of those resources.
(9)
An economic plan element considering all aspects of
economic development and sustained economic vitality, including a
comparison of the types of employment expected to be provided by the
economic development to be promoted with the characteristics of the
labor pool resident in the municipality and nearby areas and an analysis
of the stability and diversity of the economic development to be promoted.
(10)
An historic preservation plan element indicating
the location, significance, proposed utilization and means for preservation
of historic sites and historic districts and identifying the standards
used to assess worthiness for historic site or district designation.
(11)
Appendixes or separate reports containing the
technical foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
C.
The Master Plan and its plan elements may be divided
into subplans and subplan elements projected according to periods
of time or staging sequences.
[Amended 9-28-1987 by Ord. No. 87-9]
A.
The Township Committee shall, at least every six years,
provide for a general reexamination of the Master Plan and this Development
Ordinance by the Land Use Board, which shall prepare and adopt by
resolution a report on the findings of such reexamination, a copy
of which report and resolution shall be sent to the County Planning
Board and the Municipal Clerks of each adjoining municipality. The
first such reexamination shall have been completed by August 1, 1982.
The next reexamination shall be completed by August 1, 1988. Thereafter,
a reexamination shall be completed at least once every six years from
the previous reexamination.
[Amended 12-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-14]
B.
The reexamination report shall state:
(1)
The major problems and objectives relating to land
development in the Township at the time of the adoption of the last
reexamination report.
(2)
The extent to which such problems and objectives have
been reduced or have increased subsequent to such date.
(3)
The extent to which there have been significant changes
in the assumptions, policies and objectives forming the basis for
the Master Plan or Development Regulations as last revised, with particular
regard to the density and distribution of population and land uses,
housing conditions, circulation, conservation of natural resources,
energy conservation and changes in state, County and Township policies
and objectives.
(4)
The specific changes recommended for the Master Plan
or Development Regulations, if any, including underlying objectives,
policies and standards, or whether a new plan or regulations should
be prepared.
