[MC 2002-29 § 17:5-1, December 2, 2002]
A.
The Planning Board may prepare and, after public hearing, adopt or
amend a master plan or component parts thereof, to guide the use of
lands within the City 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 proposal with maps, diagrams, and text, presenting,
at least the elements 1 through 3 and, where appropriate, elements
4 through 12:
1.
A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and
standards upon which the constituent proposals for the physical, economic
and social development of the City are based:
2.
A land use element:
a.
Taking into account and stating its relationship to the statement
provided for in subsection B1 hereof, and other master plan elements
provided for in subsections B3 through 12 hereof and natural conditions,
including, but not necessarily limited to, topography, soil conditions,
water supply, drainage, flood plain areas, marshes, and woodlands;
b.
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, 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 any proposed zone plan and zoning ordinance;
c.
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
d.
Including a statement of the standards of population density and
development intensity recommended for the City.
3.
A housing plan element pursuant to The Fair Housing Act, 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 goods into, about, and through the City, taking into account the
functional highway classification system of the Federal Highway Administration
and the types, locations, conditions and availability of existing
and proposed transportation facilities, including air, water, road
and rail;
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, and
including any stormwater management plan required pursuant to the
provisions of P.L. 1981, c. 32 (C. 40:55D-93 et seq.);
6.
A community facilities plan element showing the existing and proposed
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,
energy, open space, water supply, forests, soil, marshes, wetlands,
harbors, rivers and other waters, fisheries, endangered or threatened
species of wildlife and other resources, and which systematically
analyzes the impact of each other component and element of the master
plan on the present and future presentation, conservation and utilization
of those resources;
9.
An economic plan element considering all aspects of economic development
and sustained economic vitality, including:
11.
Appendices or separate reports containing the technical foundation
for the master plan and its constituent elements; and
12.
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 City recycling ordinance,
and for the collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable materials
within any development proposal for the construction of fifty (50)
or more units of single-family residential housing or twenty-five
(25) or more units of multi-family residential housing and any commercial
or industrial development proposal for the utilization of one thousand
(1,000) square feet or more of land.
C.
The master plan and its plan elements may be divided into sub-plans
and sub-plan 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 City as developed
in the master plan to:
1.
The master plans of contiguous municipalities;
2.
The master plan of the County in which the City is located;
3.
The State Development and Redevelopment Plan adopted pursuant to
the "State Planning Act," Sections 1 through 12 of P.L. 1985, c. 398
(C. 52:18A-196 et seq.); and
4.
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 City is located.
E.
The Planning Board shall submit an annual report to the Mayor and
City Council stating what actions have been taken in the past year
to advance the master plan and outlining what actions the Board wants
to advance in the coming year.
