The Planning Board shall prepare and, after public hearing,
adopt a Master Plan, or component parts thereof, to guide the use
of land within East Brunswick in a manner which protects the public
health and safety and promotes the general welfare. Such Master Plan
shall be reexamined by the Planning Board at periodic intervals of
not more than every six (6) years. Adequate provision for such reexaminations
shall be made by the Township Council.
The Master Plan shall generally comprise a report or statement
on land use and development proposals with maps, diagrams and text,
presenting, at least, the following elements A and B and where appropriate,
the following elements C through L:
A. A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and
standards upon which the constituent proposals for the physical, economic
and social development of the municipality are based.
B. A land use plan element
1. Taking into account and stating its relationship to the statement provided for in subsection
A hereof and other Master Plan elements provided for in subsections
C through
L hereof and natural conditions, including but not necessarily limited to topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, flood plain areas, marshes and woodlands;
2. 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;
3. 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 (C.
6:1-80 et seq); and
4. Including a statement of the standards of population density and
development intensity recommended for the municipality.
C. A housing plan element, pursuant to Section 10 P.L. 1985, C. 222
(C. 52:27D-310), including but not limited to residential standards
and proposals for the construction and improvement of housing.
D. 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 municipality, taking
into account the functional highway classification system of the Federal
Highway Administration and types, locations, conditions and availability
of existing and proposed transportation facilities, including air,
water, road and rail.
E. 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, sewage and waste treatment,
solid waste disposal and provision for other related utilities and
including any storm water management plan required pursuant to the
provisions of P.L. 1981 c. 32 (c. 40:55D-93 et seq).
F. A community facilities plan element showing the 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.
G. A recreation plan element showing a comprehensive system of areas
and public sites for recreation.
H. A conservation plan element providing for the preservation, conservation
and utilization of natural resources including, to the extent appropriate,
open space, water, forests, soil, marshes, wetlands, harbors, rivers
and other waters, fisheries, wildlife and other natural resources.
I. An economic plan element considering all aspects of economic development
and sustained economic vitality, including
1. 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
2. An analysis of the stability and diversity of the economic development
to be promoted.
J. An historic preservation plan element:
1. Indicating the location, significance, proposed utilization and means
for preservation of historic sites and historic districts; and
2. Identifying the standards used to assess worthiness for historic
site or district designation.
K. Appendixes or separate reports containing the technical foundation
for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
L. A recycling plan element which incorporates the State Recycling Plan
goals, including provisions for the collection, disposition and recycling
of recyclable materials designated in the municipal recycling ordinance,
and for the collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable materials
within any development proposal for the construction of 50 or more
units of single family residential housing or 25 or more units of
multi-family residential housing and any commercial or industrial
development proposed for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more
of land.
The Master Plan and its plan elements may be divided into subplans
and subplan elements projected according to periods of time or staging
sequences.
The Master Plan shall include a specific policy statement indicating
the relationship of the proposed development of the municipality as
developed in the Master Plan to
A. The master plans of contiguous municipalities;
B. The master plan of the county in which the municipality is located;
and
C. The State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to
the "State Planning Act" P.L. 1985, c. 398, (c. 52:18A-196 et al);
and
D. The district solid waste management plan required pursuant to the
provisions of the "Solid Waste Management Act", P.L. 1970, c. 39 (c.
13:1E-1 et seq) of the County in which the municipality is located.
The planning board shall give:
A. Public notice of a hearing on adoption, revision or amendment of
the master plan; such notice shall be given by publication in the
official newspaper of the municipality, if there be one, or in a newspaper
of general circulation in the municipality at least 10 days prior
to the date of the hearing;
B. Notice by personal service or certified mail to the clerk of an adjoining
municipality of all hearings on adoption, revision or amendment of
a master plan involving property situated within 200 feet of such
adjoining municipality at least 10 days prior to the date of any such
hearing;
C. Notice by personal service or certified mail to the county planning
board of:
1. All hearings on adoption, revision or amendment of the municipal
master plan at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing; such
notice shall include a copy of any such proposed master plan, or any
revision or amendment thereto; and
2. The adoption, revision or amendment of the master plan not more than
30 days after the date of such adoption, revision or amendment; such
notice shall include a copy of the master plan or revision or amendment
thereto.