A.

The planning board shall prepare and, after public hearing, adopt or amend a master plan or component parts thereof, to guide the use of lands within the city in a manner which protects public health and safety and promotes the general welfare.

B.

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:

1.

A statement of objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and standards upon which the constituent proposals for the physical, economic and social development of the city are based.

2.

A land use plan element:

a.

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.

b.

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.

c.

Including a statement of the standards of population density and development intensity recommended for the city.

d.

Showing the existing and proposed location of any airports and the boundaries of any airport hazard areas delineated pursuant to the Air Safety and Hazard Zoning Act.

3.

A housing plan element, including but not limited to residential standards and proposals for the construction and improvement of new and existing housing.

4.

A circulation plan element showing the location and types of facilities for all modes of transportation required for the efficient movement of people, goods and services in, about and through the city.

5.

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 provision for other related utilities.

6.

A community facilities plan element showing the location and type of educational or cultural facilities, historic sites, libraries, hospitals, fire-houses, police stations and other related facilities, including their relation to the surrounding areas.

7.

A recreation plan element showing a comprehensive and diverse system of areas and public sites for recreation.

8.

A conservation plan element providing for the preservation, conservation, utilization and restoration 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.

9.

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 municipality, details specific measures contained in the other plan elements designed to reduce energy consumption and proposes other measures that the municipality may take to reduce energy consumption and to provide for the maximum utilization of renewable energy sources.

10.

Appendices or separate reports containing the technical foundation for the master plan and its constituent elements.

C.

The master plan and its plan elements may be divided into subplans and subplan elements projected according to periods of time or staging sequences.

D.

The master plan shall include a specific policy statement indicating the relationship of the proposed development of the city as developed in the master plan to:

1.

The master plan of contiguous municipalities,

2.

The master plans of Union County and Essex County, and

3.

Any comprehensive guide plan pursuant to Section 15 of P.L. 1961, c.47.

(Prior code § 40-58)

A.

The city council shall, at least every six years, provide for a general reexamination of the master plan and this development ordinance by the planning board which 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. The first such reexamination shall be completed within six years after August 1, 1976.

B.

Such report shall state:

1.

The major problems and objectives relating to land development in the city at the time of such adoption, last revision or reexamination, if any.

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 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 of vehicles, pedestrians, and utilities, conservation of natural resources and change in federal, state, county and city policies and objectives.

4.

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.

(Prior code § 40-57)