(Reserved)
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Editor's Note: The Official Zoning Map is
on file in the Township offices.
A.
General provisions.
(1)
The Planning Board may prepare and, after public hearing,
amend the Master Plan, or adopt component parts thereof, to guide
the use of lands within the Township in a manner which protects the
public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.
(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 Township are based.
(b)
A land use plan element, taking into account
the other Master Plan elements and natural conditions, including but
not necessarily limited to topography, soil conditions, water supply,
drainage, floodplain areas, marshes and woodlands, 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 including a
statement of the standards of population density and development intensity
recommended for the Township.
(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 Township.
(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, firehouses, 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.
(i)
An energy conservation plan element which systematically
analyzes the impact of each other component and element of the Master
Plan on the present and future use of energy in the Township, details
specific measures contained in the other plan elements designed to
reduce energy consumption, and proposes other measures that the Township
may take to reduce energy consumption and to provide for the maximum
utilization of renewable energy sources.
(j)
An economic plan element considering all aspects
of economic development and sustained economic vitality, including:
[Added 8-12-1997 by Ord. No. O-40-97]
(k)
An historic plan element:
[Added 8-12-1997 by Ord. No. O-40-97]
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Indicating the location and significance of
historic sites and historic districts.
[2]
Identifying the standards used to assess worthiness
for historic site or district identification.
[3]
Analyzing the impact of each component and element
of the master plan on the preservation of historic sites and districts.
(l)
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
Municipal Recycling Ordinance,[1] and for the collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable
materials within any development proposal for the construction of
50 or more units of single-family residential housing or 25 or more
units of multifamily residential housing and any commercial or industrial
development proposal for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more
of land.
[Added 8-12-1997 by Ord. No. O-40-97]
(m)
Appendixes or separate reports containing the
technical foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
[Amended 8-12-1997 by Ord. No. O-40-97]
(3)
The Master Plan and its plan elements may be divided
into subplans and subplan elements projected according to periods
of time or staging sequences.
(4)
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:
B.
Notice. The Planning Board shall give:
(1)
Public notice of a hearing on adoption, revision or
amendment of the Master Plan or component parts thereof. Such notice
shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of the Township,
if there is 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 the Master Plan involving property 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
Gloucester County Planning Board of all hearings on the 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 such proposed Master Plan, or any revision or amendment thereto;
and 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.
C.
Contents of notice. All notices required to be given shall state the date, time and place of the hearing, describe and specify design and/or performance standards exceptions requested, if applicable, the nature of the matters to be considered and identification of the property proposed for development by street address, if any, or by reference to lot and block numbers as shown on the current tax duplicate in the Municipal Tax Assessor's office and the location and times at which any maps and documents for which approval is sought are available as required by § 175-38C.
D.
Periodic Master Plan reexamination.
(1)
The Planning Board shall, at least every six years,
or more frequently upon the request of the Township Council, generally
reexamine the Township Master Plan and development regulations. The
Planning Board 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 Clerks 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.
(2)
Such report shall state:
(a)
The major problems and objectives relating to
land development in the Township at the time of such adoption, last
revision or reexamination, 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, energy
conservation, and changes in state, county and municipal 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.
(e)
Specifically, whether the provisions for planned
residential development in the Regional Growth Planned Residential
Zone have met and are meeting the goals of the CMP and the Township
Master Plan in terms of the use of planned commercial developments
of varying types of housing and extension of municipal utilities.
[Added 2-19-1986 by Ord. No. O-2-86]
A.
The Planning Board, at least every four years, shall
prepare a program of municipal capital improvement projects projected
over a term of at least six years, and amendments thereto. Such program
may encompass major projects being currently undertaken or future
projects to be undertaken, with federal, state, county and other public
funds or under federal, state or county supervision. The first year
of such program shall, upon adoption by the Township Council, constitute
the capital budget of the Township as required by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-43
et seq.
B.
The program shall classify projects in regard to the
urgency and need for realization, and shall recommend a time sequence
for their implementation. It may also contain the estimated cost of
each project and indicate probable operating and maintenance costs
and probable revenues, if any, as well as existing sources of funds
or the need for additional sources of funds for the implementation
and operation of each project. It shall, as far as possible, be based
on existing information in the possession of the departments and agencies
of the Township and shall take into account public facility needs
indicated by the prospective development shown in the Master Plan
of the Township or as permitted by other municipal land use controls.
C.
In preparing the program, the Planning Board shall
confer, in a manner deemed appropriate by the Board, with the Mayor,
the chief fiscal officer, other Township officials and agencies and
the School Board or Boards. Any such program shall include an estimate
of the displacement of persons and establishments caused by each recommended
project.
D.
In addition to any of the requirements in Subsection A of this section, every Township department, authority or agency shall, upon request of the Planning Board, transmit to said Board a statement of all capital projects proposed to be undertaken by such Township department, authority or agency, during the term of the program, for study, advice and recommendation by the Planning Board.
E.
Whenever the Planning Board has prepared a capital
improvement program pursuant to this section, it shall recommend such
program to the Township Council, which may adopt such program with
any modification approved by affirmative vote of a majority of the
full authorized membership of the Township Council and with the reasons
for said modification recorded in the minutes.
F.
Notice.
(1)
Notice by personal service or certified mail shall
be made to the Gloucester County Planning Board of the adoption, revision
or amendment of the Township capital improvement program not more
than 30 days after the date of such adoption, revision or amendment.
Any notice provided hereunder shall include a copy of the proposed
capital program, or any proposed revision or amendment thereto, as
the case may be.
(2)
Notice of hearings to be held pursuant to this section
shall state the date, time and place of the hearing and the nature
of the matters to be considered. Any notice by certified mail pursuant
to this section shall be deemed complete upon mailing.
G.
Whenever the Planning Board shall have adopted any
portion of the Master Plan, the Township Council or other public agency
having jurisdiction over the subject matter, before taking action
necessitating the expenditure of any public funds incidental to the
location, character or extent of such project, shall refer the action
involving such specific project to the Planning Board for review and
recommendation in conjunction with such Master Plan and shall not
act thereon without such recommendation or until 45 days have elapsed
after such reference without receiving such recommendation. This requirement
shall apply to action by a housing, parking, highway, special district
or other authority, redevelopment agency, school board or other similar
public agency, state, county or municipal.
