A.
The Planning Board shall prepare and, after public
hearing, adopt or amend a Master Plan or component parts thereof to
guide the use of lands within the Township in a manner which protects
public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.
B.
The Master Plan shall generally comprise a report
or statement and land use and development proposals, with maps, diagrams
and text, presenting, where appropriate, the following elements.
(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 taking into account the other
Master Plan elements and natural conditions, including but not necessarily
limited to topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, floodplain
areas, marshes and woodlands; showing the existing and proposed location,
extent and intensity of development or land to be used in the future
for varying types of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural,
recreational, educational and other public and private purposes or
a combination of purposes; and including a statement of the standards
of population density and development intensity recommended for the
Township.
(3)
A housing plan element pursuant to Section 10 of P.L.
1985, c. 222 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-310), 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.
(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.
(6)
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.
(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, open space, water, forests, soil, marshes, wetlands,
harbors, rivers and other waters, fisheries, wildlife and other natural
resources.
(9)
An economic plan element considering all aspects of
economic development and sustained economic vitality, including:
(10)
(11)
Appendices or separate reports containing the
technical foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
(12)
A recycling plan element which incorporates the state recycling plan goals, including provisions for the collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable material designated in Article IV, Recycling, of Chapter 122, Solid Waste, 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 multifamily residential housing and any commercial or industrial development proposal for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land.
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.
D.
The Master Plan shall include a specific policy statement
indicating the relationship of the proposed development of the Township
as developed in the Master Plan to the Master Plans of contiguous
municipalities, the Master Plan of Burlington County and the State
Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to the State Planning
Act, P.L. 1985, c. 398 (N.J.S.A. 52:18A-196 et seq.), and the district
solid waste management plan of Burlington County required pursuant
to the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Act, P.L. 1970, c.
39 (N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq.).
A.
The governing body shall, at least every six years,
provide for a general reexamination of the Master Plan and this chapter
by the Planning Board, which shall prepare a report on the findings
of such reexamination, a copy of which shall be sent to the County
Planning Board and the Municipal Clerks of each adjoining municipality.
The six-year period shall commence with the adoption or termination
of the last reexamination of such plan and regulations of May 12,
1987. The next such reexamination shall be completed within six years
after May 12, 1987.
B.
Such report shall state the following:
(1)
The major problems and objectives relating to land
development in the Township at the time of such adoption, last revision
or reexamination, if any.
(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
such plan or regulations as last revised, with particular regard to
the density and distribution of population and land uses, housing
conditions, circulation, conservation of natural resources and change
in state, county and Township policies and objectives.
(4)
The specific changes recommended for such plan or
regulations, if any, including underlying objectives, policies and
standards, or whether a new plan or regulations should be prepared.
