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Cross acceptance
Process by which the SPC solicits and receives findings, objections, and recommendations to the Preliminary State Plan from municipalities, counties, regional, and state agencies
Cross-Acceptance Comparison Phase
Participants compare the Preliminary Plan with relevant local, regional and state planning documents to formulate "statements of agreement and disagreement."
Cross-Acceptance Impact Assessment
an independent look at the costs and benefits of implementing the State Plan
Cross-Acceptance Interim Plan
The draft of the State Plan that reflects resolved differences in the comparison phase and provides the basis for the Impact Assessment
Environmentally Sensitive Planning Area PA5
Predominantly served by 2-lane rural roads and individual well and septic
- Lands outsides of Centers meeting specific environmental standards related to water quality, water supply, significant natural features, and habitat.
- PA5B consists of coastal barrier islands and spits
- Accommodate growth in centers
Fringe Planning Area PA3
Generally lacking major infrastructure
- Circulation provided by regional roads
- Some centers served by water and sewer
- Adjacent to PA1 or PA2 but does not meet criteria of PA4 or PA5
- Accommodate growth in Centers
Metropolitan Planning Area PA1
Large urban centers and postwar suburbs that are fully or almost fully developed
- Further development will be redevelopment or infill
> 25,000 people
> 1,000 per square mile density
- Existing water and sewer, and public transit access
Plan Endorsement
The process by which a local or regional entity can obtain recognition from the SPC that its land use plans and ordinances are consistent with the SDRP
Plan Endorsement: Determination of Consistency
Planning and Implementation Agreement will be drafted that outlines the ongoing implementation and monitoring actions
Endorsement lasts 10 years
Plan Endorsement: Determination of Inconsistency
the SPC and the locality will coordinate to establish an Action Plan to achieve consistency, to be enforced by an MOU.
Plan Endorsement: Municipal Self-Assessment
Local jurisdiction appoints a Plan Endorsement Citizen's Advisory Committee
- Committee will develop a Municipal Self-Assessment including:
- Baseline demographic information and economic conditions, infrastructure conditions, etc.
Plan Endorsement: Opportunities and Constraints Analysis
The state agencies will compare the Municipal Self-Assessment to the most recent regional and statewide data related to development, infrastructure, and natural resources to determine whether there are any constraints that would prevent the locality from achieving its vision.
Plan Endorsement: Pre-Petition Meeting
Agency meets with SPC staff to discuss requirements and mutual expectations
Plan Endorsement: Vision
Locality must sponsor a public visioning process that develops a community vision
Rural Planning Area PA4
Predominantly served by 2-lane rural roads and individual well and septic
- Land having strong potential to be in agricultural or natural resource protection, and meeting certain soil composition standards
- Accommodate growth in centers
SDRP Center-Based Growth Approach
Growth should occur:
1) In existing Centers with sufficient existing or planned systems capacities
2) In existing Centers where infrastructure can be most cost-effectively expanded and extended and where market demands justify the need
3) New Planned Centers with privately-built infrastructure
4) New Planned Centers where infrastructure will be built through public-private partnership
SDRP Hamlet Centers
Found in rural areas, residential with a small compact core offering convenience goods and community activities
25 to 250 population
3,000 per square mile density
SDRP Main Sections
1) Vision Statement
2) Goals and Strategies
3) Statewide Policies
4) State Plan Policy Map
5) Strategy for Monitoring and Evaluation
SDRP Nodes
Areas of specialized and concentrated commercial, manufacturing, heavy industrial, transportation or utilities.
- Existing nodes can be identified in an endorsed plan
- New nodes can only be created through plan endorsement process
SDRP Regional Centers
In PA1, cities that don't meet the criteria of Urban Centers
In PA2, employment centers
In Rural Areas, usually county seats
> 10,000 in PA1 or PA2 or > 5,000 in PA 3-5
>5,000 per square mile density
SDRP State-Level Implementation
Implementation teams (I-Teams) are made up of cross-functional management personnel from each department
SDRP Statewide Goals and Strategies
1) Revitalize the State's Cities and Towns
2) Conserve the State's Natural Resources and Systems
3) Promote Beneficial Economic Growth, Development, and Renewal for all Residents of New Jersey
4) Protect the Environment, Prevent and Cleanup Pollution
5) Provide Adequate Public Facilities and Services at a Reasonable Cost
6) Provide Adequate Housing at a Reasonable Cost
7) Preserve and Enhance Areas with Historic, Cultural, Scenic Open Space and Recreational Value
8) Ensure Sound and Integrated Planning and Implementation Statewide
SDRP Statewide Policy Areas
* - Equity
- Comprehensive Planning
- public Investment Priorities
- Infrastructure Investments
- Economic Development
- Urban Revitalization
- Housing
- Transportation
- Historic, Cultural and Scenic Resources
- Air Resources
- Water Resources
- Open Lands and Natural Systems
- Energy Resources
- Waste Management, Recycling, and Brownfields
- Agriculture
- Coastal Resources
- Planning Regions Established by Statute
- Special Resource Areas
- Design
SDRP Town Centers
Freestanding sustainable places that are traditional centers of commerce or government, clearly distinguishable from their environs
- 1,000 to 10,000 population
>5,000 per square mile density
SDRP Urban Centers
Designated Urban Centers:
- Asbury Park (2005)
- Atlantic City
- Camden
- Elizabeth
- Jersey City
- New Brunswick
- Newark
- Paterson
- Trenton

> 40,000 population
>7,500 per square mile density
SDRP Village Centers
Compact, primarily residential communities offering basic consumer services (both suburban and rural areas)
< 4,500 population
> 5,000 per square mile density
SDRP Vision Statement
Conveys the impact that developing compact, sustainable communities will have on overall development patterns in the state
Special Areas on the State Planning Policy Map
include: - Parks and Natural Areas
- Military Installations
- Critical Environmental Sites
- Historic and Cultural Sites
State Plan Comment Process
1) six public hearings around the state
2) additional 30 days following the last public hearing for counties and municipalities to comment.
State Planning Act
Passed in 1985, based on Mount Laurel II ruling that wanted to use the 1980 plan as the basis for establishing affordable housing regulations.
State Planning Commission Makeup
17 members
- State Treasurer
- 4 additional cabinet members
- 2 additional members of the executive branch
- 4 representatives from municipal and county government (no more than two from the same party and at least one from an urban area)
- 6 public members, no more than 3 from the same party and at least one a licensed PP
Suburban Planning Area PA2
Lack of high intensity centers
- Available developable land
- Almost exclusive reliance on automobile
< 1,000 per square mile density
- Systems with capacity to support development reasonably anticipated to be in place by 2030
- Contiguous to PA1
Updates of the SDRP
Every three years through cross-acceptance