An environmental impact statement is required for any major subdivision, commercial or residential developments where the development is of one or more acre, or any use wherein public assembly of 100 or more people at any one time, or any multifamily development in excess of 20 units, unless an environmental impact statement (hereinafter designated "E.I.S.") has been reviewed and approved by the Borough Planning Board. An E.I.S. will not be required for single- and two-family homes.

The purpose of requiring the E.I.S. is to permit the Planning Board of the Borough of Woodland Park to assess the impact of a proposed project upon the environment, particularly with respect to water and air resources, pollution of all kinds, drainage, waste disposal, and the landscape, and to determine as a result of reviewing the E.I.S. whether the proposed structure, subdivision or use may be undertaken without detriment to the public health, safety and welfare of the Borough of Woodland Park and the statutory purposes set forth in the Municipal Land Use Law.