Bloomsbury City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Master Plan
§ 270-40 Preparation.
The Board may prepare and after a public hearing adopt or amend a Master Plan or parts thereof to guide in the use of land within the Borough in a manner that protects public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.
§ 270-41 Contents.
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 Borough are based.
B.
A land use element:
(1)
Taking into account the other elements and natural conditions, including, but not by way of limitation, topography, soil conditions, water supply, drainage, floodplain areas, marshes and woodland;
(2)
Showing 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 or combination of purposes; and
(3)
Including a statement of standards of population density and development intensity recommended for the Borough.
C.
A housing plan element including residential standards and proposals for construction and improvement of housing.
D.
A circulation plan element showing location and types of facilities for transportation for efficient movement of people and goods.
E.
A utility service plan element concerning future general location of water supply and distribution facilities, drainage and flood-control facilities, sewerage and waste treatment, solid waste disposal and provisions for other related utilities.
F.
A community facilities plan element showing educational or cultural facilities, historical sites, libraries, hospitals, fire houses, 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 for conservation, preservation and utilization of natural resources, including to the extent appropriate open space, water, forest, soil, marshes, wetlands, rivers and other waters, fisheries, wildlife and other natural resources.
I.
Appendices and separate reports containing the technical foundation for the Master Plan and its constituent elements.
§ 270-42 Timing.
The plan and its elements may be divided according to periods of time or staging sequences.
§ 270-43 Other plans. [1]
§ 270-44 Referral of projects for Planning Board review.
Whenever the Board shall have adopted any portion of the Master Plan, the Borough Council or other agency having jurisdiction over the matter, before taking action necessitating expenditure of public funds, shall refer the project action to the Board for review and recommendation and shall not act thereon without such recommendation or until 45 days have elapsed without such recommendation. This 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.