Resource Papers & White Papers
Key land use and preservation information for environmental commissions
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form to order paper copies.
The
Environmental Resource Inventory: ERI (
290kb). Order paper copy. 2013 update. 12
pages. $1.00. Legal basis, elements and uses of this important database
of natural resources and environmental characteristics. How to put an ERI
together, types of information to include, sample tables of contents.
Major State Programs
Affecting Land Use (
151kb), 2009. 8 pages, $1.00.
Describes programs impacting land use that the NJ Department of Environmental
Protection (NJ DEP) administers - Water Quality Management Planning, Freshwater
Wetlands Protection, Flood Hazard Area Protection, Water Quality Standards
and Coastal Protection. The paper explains how environmental commissions
can comment effectively on development proposals that require state permits
and state regulation proposals. Environmental commission comments can alert
municipal board to applicant's need for state permits and can provide NJ
DEP with information critical to comprehensive review.
Municipal
Environmental Commissions in New Jersey
( 241kb).
Order paper copy. 2011. 12 pages. $1.00. Enabling legislation,
commissions’ roles and benefits to municipalities, opportunities for training,
examples of successful commission projects in raising awareness of wetlands and wildlife,
reducing pesticide use, reviewing site plans, monitoring water quality, reducing non-point
source pollution and use computer mapping.
Municipal Options for
Stormwater Management
( 238kb).
Order paper copy. 2011. 12 pages. $1.00. Reducing non point
pollution and managing stormwater through master plans, natural areas, zoning and land use
ordinances, best management practices, retrofitting and redevelopment. References, web and
phone links.
Municipal Planning and Clean Air ( 247kb).
Order paper copy. 1995. 16 pages. $1.00. How to use local
master plans and ordinances to promote development that will get people out of their cars and
reduce the source of half NJ’s air pollution. Includes two municipal examples, facts
about car expenses and pollution, and a list of references.
Open Space
is a Good Investment - The Financial Argument for Open Space Preservation
( 207kb).
Order paper copy. 2004 update. 12 pages. $1.00. Summaries of
studies that demonstrate how open space preservation costs taxpayers less over the long term
than residential and commercial development. Includes an economic analysis worksheet to
help determine long term costs for specific proposals. Bibliography of major studies.
Open Space Plan
( 306kb).
Order paper copy. 2011. 12 pages. $1.00. Putting an open space
plan together, with outline of subjects required for Green Acres Planning Incentive Program,
suggestions for funding, sources of information, factors for ranking lands for preservation,
and action plan elements.
Protecting Our Streams
( 338kb).
Order paper copy. 2005. 16 pages. $1.00. Impacts of human
activity on water quality, options and benefits of stream protection, municipal ordinances,
state and regional regulatory programs and sources of information.
Septic System Management
for Clean Water
( 225kb).
Order paper copy. 2003. 12 pages. $1.00. How septic systems work,
the benefits and approaches to managing septic systems, including a model ordinance.
Site Plan and Subdivision
Review: Environmental Analysis
( 226kb).
Order paper copy. 2010. 12 pages. $1.00. Legal authority and
procedures for environmental review of subdivisions and/or site plans. Approaches to evaluating
environmental impacts, guidelines for site inspections and sample format for environmental
commission reports to planning and zoning boards.
Solar Siting and Sustainable Land Use, white paper (707kb), Order paper copy. 2012. 16 pages. $1.00. With growing pressure to build large-scale solar facilities on farmland, open space, forests and environmentally sensitive areas, this paper will help municipalities navigate the new and complex issues around solar development, especially as it affects sound land use planning.
Transfer of Development Rights: A
Market-Driven Planning Tool
( 280kb).
Order paper copy. 2007. 12 pages, $1.00. Explains the benefits
and requirements of a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program and provides a summary of
New Jersey’s municipal TDR law. Suggests eight steps to develop a local TDR program and
consistency with the State Plan. Describes how Chesterfield (Burlington) participated in the
county’s pilot TDR project, including use of both base-zoning and environmental factors
to allocate credits to development potentials.
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