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.).