[Ord. No. 581 § 6-1.1]
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 Borough in a manner which protects public health
and safety and promotes the general welfare.
[Ord. No. 581 § 6-1.2]
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 plan element (1) Taking into account the other Master
Plan elements and natural conditions, including but not necessarily
limited to, topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, flood
plain areas, marshes, and woodlands; (2) 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, agricultural, recreational, educational and other public
and private purposes or combination of purposes; and (3) Including
a statement of the standards of population density and development
intensity recommended for the Borough;
c. A housing plan element, including but not limited to, residential
standards and proposals for the construction and improvement of housing;
d. 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 Borough;
e. 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;
f. A community facilities plan element showing the location and type
of educational or cultural facilities, historic 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 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;
and
i. Appendices or separate reports containing the technical foundation
for the Master Plans and its constituent elements.
[Ord. No. 581 § 6-1.3]
The Master Plan and its plan elements may be divided into Subplan
and Subplan Elements projected according to periods of time or staging
sequences.
[Ord. No. 581 § 6-1.4]
The Master Plan shall include a specific policy statement indicating
the relationship of the proposed development of the Borough as developed
in the Master Plan to (a) the Master Plans of contiguous municipalities,
(b) the Master Plan of Somerset County, (c) any comprehensive guide
plan pursuant to Section 15 of P.L. 1961, c.47.
[Ord. No. 581 § 6-2.1]
Pursuant to State Law the Borough Council shall, at least every
six years, provide for a general re-examination of the Master Plan
and this Land Development Ordinance by the Planning Board which shall
prepare a report on the findings of such re-examination, 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 general re-examination
of such plan and regulations. The first such re-examination shall
be completed within six years after December 1978. Such report shall
state:
a. The major problems and objectives relating to land development in
the Borough at the time of such adoption, last revision or re-examination,
if any.
b. The extent to which such problems and objectives have been reduced
or have increased subsequent to such date.
c. 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 Borough policies
and objectives.
d. 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.