There is hereby established a special committee to be known and designated
as the "Economic Development Advisory Committee of the Township of Mount Laurel,"
the members of which shall be appointed by the Township Council.
The duties of the Economic Development Advisory Committee shall be as
follows:
A. To work with the Township Planner, Township Engineer
and/or Township Manager in order to develop an understanding of the vacant
commercial, industrial and business property in the Township of Mount Laurel.
There shall not be included in such inventory any vacant land which is zoned
residential or any vacant land which is zoned for any purposes other than
commercial, industrial or business. It is the intention of the Township Council
in this section to articulate clearly that it is not the duty of the Economic
Development Advisory Committee to locate lands upon which additional commercial,
industrial, business or residential development can be sited.
B. To recommend to the Township Council and the Planning
Board reasonable and desirable restrictions concerning sites for business,
commercial and industrial in order to safeguard property values of established
residential areas in the township.
C. To promote the advantages of the Township of Mount Laurel
for business, commercial and industrial users.
D. To encourage expansion of existing industry and business
to the best interest to the Township of Mount Laurel.
E. To specifically inquire of experts in the field of commercial
office space how to make Mount Laurel more attractive to businesses which
could occupy already existing office spaces in the Township of Mount Laurel.
F. To prepare, develop and distribute material and data
advertising the advantages of the Township of Mount Laurel to new business
and industry.
G. To do nothing which would encourage a diminishing of
Mount Laurel Township's greenspace.
The Committee shall receive from all officials and all authorized boards,
departments and offices of the Township of Mount Laurel such assistance as
may be required by the Committee in the performance of the duties of the Committee,
and the Committee shall also be given access to all municipal records and
information which may assist the Committee in the performance of its duties.
There shall be appropriated in each annual budget of the Township of
Mount Laurel such sum as may be determined by the Township Council to be necessary
for the purpose of advertising the advantages of this municipality, and the
Committee herein established is authorized to use and expend said funds for
such purposes upon the adoption of the annual budget.