A. 
The Planning Board shall prepare and adopt, and, subject to § 250-25 may from time to time amend or revise, a Master Plan, or component parts thereof, to guide the use of lands within the Township in a manner that protects public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.
B. 
Prior to the adoption of the Master Plan or any revisions or amendments thereto, a public hearing must be held regarding same.
C. 
Notice concerning Master Plan. The Planning Board shall give:
(1) 
Public notice of a hearing on adoption, revision or amendment of the Master Plan; such notice shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of the Township, if there be one, or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing;
(2) 
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 properties situated within 200 feet of such adjoining municipality at least 10 days prior to the date of any such hearing;
(3) 
Notice by personal service or certified mail to the Middlesex County Planning Board.
(a) 
All hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of the municipal Master Plan at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing; such notice shall include a copy of any such proposed Master Plan, or any revision or amendment thereto; and
(b) 
The adoption, revision or amendment of the 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.
(4) 
Any notice hereunder shall state the date, time and place of the hearing, and the nature of the matters to be considered.
The Master Plan shall generally comprise a report or statement of land use and development proposals with maps, diagrams and text, presenting the elements in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Land Development Codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV).
The Master Plan and its plan elements may be divided into subplans and subplan elements projected according to periods of time or staging sequences.
The Master Plan shall include a specific policy statement indicating the relationship of the proposed development of the municipality, as developed in the Master Plan, to the master plan of contiguous municipalities; the master plan of the county in which the municipality is located; 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 al); and the district solid waste management plan 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.) of Middlesex County.
A. 
The Planning Board shall, at least every six years, make a general reexamination of the Master Plan and development regulations and prepare a report on the findings of such reexamination. The Board shall send a copy of the report to the governing body, the County Planning Board and the Clerk of each adjoining municipality. The six-year period shall commence with the submission of the preceding Planning Board report.
B. 
The report of the Planning Board shall state:
(1) 
The major problems and objectives, if any, relating to land development in the municipality at the time of the preceding report.
(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 has been significant changes in the assumptions, policies and objectives forming the basis for the Master Plan or development regulations as last revised, with particular regard to the density and distribution of population and land uses, housing conditions, circulation, conservation of natural resources, energy conservation, and changes in state, county and municipal policies and objectives.
(4) 
The specific changes, if any, recommended for such plan or regulations, including underlying objectives, policies and standards, or the decision as to whether a new plan or regulation should be prepared.