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 must contain a land use plan element, specifically providing for Subsection B(1) through (4) set forth below; in addition, the plan may provide for Subsection B(5) through (13) as set forth below:
(1) 
The relationship to the statement of objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and standards of a Master Plan element providing natural conditions, topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, floodplain areas, marshes and woodlands.
(2) 
The 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.
(3) 
The existing and proposed location of any airports and airport hazard areas.
(4) 
A statement of the standards of population density and recommended development intensity.
(5) 
A housing plan.
(6) 
A circulation plan element designed to effectuate the efficient movement of people and goods.
(7) 
A utility service plan analyzing the need for the present and future general location of water supply and distribution facilities, including a stormwater management plan required pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-93 et seq.
(8) 
A community facilities plan element showing the existing and proposed location and type of educational and cultural activities, historical sites, libraries, etc.
(9) 
A recreation plan.
(10) 
A conservation plan which, among other things, includes a systematic analysis of the impact of each other component and element of the Master Plan on the present and future preservation, conservation and utilization of the resources.
(11) 
An economic plan element considering all aspects of economic development and sustained economic vitality.
(12) 
An historic preservation plan indicating the location, significance, proposed utilization and means for preservation of historical sites.
(13) 
Appendixes or separate reports containing the technical foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
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 Plan of contiguous municipalities, the Master Plan of Ocean County and any comprehensive guide plan pursuant to Section 15 of P.L. 1961, c. 47.
E. 
The Planning Board may undertake and enact amendments, changes and revisions to its Master Plan for the Pinelands Area, provided that changes to the certified Municipal Master Plan and Land Development Ordinance[1] are completed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-3.45.
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter.
A. 
The Township Committee shall, at least every six years, provide for a general reexamination of the Master Plan and this chapter by the Planning Board, which shall prepare a report on the findings of such reexamination, a copy of which shall be sent to the County Planning Board and the Municipal Clerk of each adjoining municipality. The six-year period shall commence with the adoption or termination of the last general reexamination of such plan and regulations.
B. 
Such report shall state:
(1) 
The major problems and objectives relating to land development in the Township at the time of such adoption, last revision or reexamination, if any.
(2) 
The extent to which such problems and objectives have been reduced or have increased subsequent to such date.
(3) 
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 changes in state, county and Township policies and objectives.
(4) 
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.
A. 
Public notice of a hearing on adoption, revision or amendment of the Master Plan shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of the Township at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.
B. 
Notice by personal service or certified mail to the Clerk of an adjoining municipality of all hearings on adoption, revision or amendment of a Master Plan involving property situated within 200 feet of such adjoining municipality shall be given at least 10 days prior to the date of any hearing.
C. 
Notice shall be given by personal service or certified mail to the County Planning Board and, in the Pinelands Area, to the Pinelands Commission of:
(1) 
All hearings on adoption, revision or amendment of the Township Master Plan at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing. Such notice shall include a copy of any proposed Master Plan or any revision or amendment thereto.
(2) 
The adoption, revision or amendment of the Township Master Plan not more than 30 days after the date of such adoption, revision or amendment. Such notice shall include a copy of the Master Plan or revision or amendment thereto.