A. Adoption or amendment; component parts.
(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 town in a manner which protects 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 town 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 town.
(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 town.
(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, sewage and waste treatment, solid waste disposal and provisions 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 town, details specific measures contained in the other plan elements designed to reduce energy consumption and proposes other measures that the town may take to reduce energy consumption and to provide for the maximum utilization of renewable energy sources.
(j) Appendices or separate reports containing the technical foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
(3) The Master Plan and its plan elements may be divided into sub plans and sub plan 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 town as developed in the Master Plan to: the master plans of contiguous municipalities; the Master Plan of Atlantic County; and any comprehensive guide plan pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.52. Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.52 was repealed by L. 1985, c. 398, § 18, effective January 2, 1986. See now N.J.S.A. 52:18A-196 et seq.
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 town, if there is one, or in a newspaper of general circulation in the town 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 Atlantic County Planning Board and Pinelands Commission of all hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of the town Master Plan at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, such notice to 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 § 175-36C.
D. Periodic Master Plan reexamination.
(1) The Planning Board shall, at least every six years or more frequently upon the request of the Town Council, generally reexamine the town 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 town 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.
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