The Planning Board shall prepare and adopt,
and may from time to time amend or revise, a Master Plan or component
parts thereof to guide the use of lands within the region in a manner
that protects public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.
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 municipality 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, floodplain 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.
(3) Including a statement of the standards of population
density and development intensity recommended for the municipality.
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
municipality.
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. All 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. Appendixes or separate reports containing the technical
foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
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
Plans of contiguous municipalities, the Master Plan of the county
in which the municipality is located and any comprehensive guide plan
pursuant to Section 15 of P.L. 1961, c. 47 (N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.52).