The Board may prepare and after a public hearing adopt or amend
a Master Plan or parts thereof to guide in the use of land within
the Borough in a manner that protects public health and safety and
promotes the general welfare.
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:
A.
A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and
standards upon which the constituent proposals for the physical, economic
and social development of the Borough are based.
B.
A land use element:
(1)
Taking into account the other elements and natural conditions, including,
but not by way of limitation, topography, soil conditions, water supply,
drainage, floodplain areas, marshes and woodland;
(2)
Showing existing and proposed location, extent and intensity of development
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
(3)
Including a statement of standards of population density and development
intensity recommended for the Borough.
C.
A housing plan element including residential standards and proposals
for construction and improvement of housing.
D.
A circulation plan element showing location and types of facilities
for transportation for efficient movement of people and goods.
E.
A utility service plan element concerning future general location
of water supply and distribution facilities, drainage and flood-control
facilities, sewerage and waste treatment, solid waste disposal and
provisions for other related utilities.
F.
A community facilities plan element showing educational or cultural
facilities, historical sites, libraries, hospitals, fire houses, 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 for conservation, preservation and utilization
of natural resources, including to the extent appropriate open space,
water, forest, soil, marshes, wetlands, rivers and other waters, fisheries,
wildlife and other natural resources.
I.
Appendices and separate reports containing the technical foundation
for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
The plan and its elements may be divided according to periods
of time or staging sequences.
The plan shall include a policy statement including the relationship
of the Borough development in the plan to:
Whenever the Board shall have adopted any portion of the Master
Plan, the Borough Council or other agency having jurisdiction over
the matter, before taking action necessitating expenditure of public
funds, shall refer the project action to the Board for review and
recommendation and shall not act thereon without such recommendation
or until 45 days have elapsed without such recommendation. This shall
apply to action by a housing, parking, highway, special district or
other authority, redevelopment agency, school board or other similar
public agency, state, county or municipal.
