Local Planning
Downtown Millville during their monthly Third Friday event. Source: NJSLOM
In New Jersey, the power to plan and zone for development is largely in the hands of the state’s 566 municipalities.
The Municipal Land Use Law (NJSA 40:55D-1) grants towns the power to enact a master plan to set land-use priorities and direction, as well as adopt a zoning ordinance to dictate where and in what form development should take, all with the purpose of protecting the public health, safety and welfare of citizens. The local zoning administrator, as well as the volunteer planning and zoning board members, have the responsibility to interpret and enforce the community’s master plan and zoning ordinance. Because development impacts do not stop at municipal borders, it is important to provide communities with the necessary guidance, tools, laws and regulations to make sound land-use decisions that reflect the broader planning context.
New Jersey Future Planning Manager David Kutner, who directed the organization’s post-Hurricane Sandy recovery planning work, will receive APA NJ’s award for outstanding professional planning.
The proposed new stormwater rule makes green infrastructure the priority for stormwater management, rather than an afterthought.
A new toolkit from New Jersey Future offers advice and resources to help elected officials maximize the opportunities to use green infrastructure to help control flooding and polluted runoff.
San Jose, California, is using a vehicle-miles-traveled score as a more accurate way than the traditional level-of-service analysis to assess the effectiveness of various traffic mitigation initiatives developers might employ.
The Trenton Transit Center Strategic Action Plan, prepared by New Jersey Future for the economic-development organization Greater Trenton in partnership with architecture and planning firm Clarke Caton Hintz, lays out strategies and implementation tactics for transforming the station area into a vibrant and dynamic district.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Trenton are preparing to present their plans to restore the Assunpink Creek at a Sept. 15 meeting.
How can New Jersey turn this urban water infrastructure crisis into an opportunity for long-term prosperity. August 2014.
This report and related case studies summarize the state of urban water infrastructure in New Jersey and how it affects residents and businesses. May 2014.
This report identifies strategies to lower both cost and risk in redevelopment projects, as redevelopment increasingly becomes the norm for accommodating growth in New Jersey. January 2016.
Strong Towns’ Chuck Marohn will visit Hackensack April 13, 2016, to deliver a presentation on ways to invest for community resiliency and prosperity.
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Reports, Presentations and Testimony
- Trenton Transit Center Strategic Action Blueprint July 2018
- New Jersey Future Non-Contiguous Cluster Report August 2017
- Mystic Island HIA Report 6-7-16
- APA Conference Places To Age Best Practices
- New Jersey Future Resilient Coastal Communities Project Report Appendix 6
- New Jersey Future Resilient Coastal Communities Project Report Appendix 4
- New Jersey Future Resilient Coastal Communities Project Report Appendix 3 Figures
- New Jersey Future Resilient Coastal Communities Project Report 2017
- New Jersey Future Demographic Trends by Age September 2017
- Oxford Byway to Destination NJM June 2017
- New-Jersey-Future-Assessment-of-the-NJLIHTC-program
- New Jersey Future 2017 Gubernatorial Platform
- Little Egg Harbor Township Vulnerability Assessment Report 02-2015
- Strategic Recovery Planning Report Maurice River 05-2015
- Strategic Recovery Planning Report Commercial 12-2015
- League of Municipalities Article on Aging in Community April 2016
- 02/11/2016: Testimony on New Jersey applications for HUD disaster-relief funds
- New Jersey Future Redeveloping the Norm 01-16 (Intern Report)
- New Jersey Future Housing Affordability and Aging-Friendly Communities
- Housing Affordability and Aging-Friendly Communities Housing Cost-Burden Municipal Data by Municipality
- Housing Affordability and Aging-Friendly Communities Housing Cost-Burden Municipal Data by Cost Burden Rank
- fiscal-implications-roads-in-new-jersey
- NJFuture-In-Deep-10-15-WEB
- 12/27/2013: Recommendations on Unmet Needs
- 05/31/2013: Recommendations on New Jersey's Planning Needs
- Sample Local Recovery Planning Manager Resolution of Engagement
- Sample Local Recovery Planning Manager Memorandum of Agreement
- Risk analysis public mtg presentation Tuckerton-Little Egg Harbor 4-14-15
- Strategic Recovery Planning Report Tuckerton 4-15-15
- Local Recovery Planning Manager Scope of Services Tuckerton-Little Egg Harbor 1-31-14
- 08/31/2015: Hudson River RBD Project COP Comments
- Can We Depend on Our Water Infrastructure?
- 2014-11-18_Trenton Green Infrastructure Feasibility Study.compressed
- 12/17/2014: Comments on Plan Endorsement Extension
- Sea Bright exposure analysis
- Trenton_Meeting_Summary_FINAL
- New Jersey Future Stormwater Utilities Report 9-14 (Intern Report)
- 09/11/2014: Testimony supporting stormwater utilities bill A1583
- Roxanne Qualls presentation on Cincinnati
- PINELANDS_WEB_8_4_14-1
- New Jersey Future Van Abs 2014 Pinelands Growth Area Water Assessment
- Agenda for Change
- 03/05/2014: Sandy Action Plan Amendment Planning Letter
- Creating Great Places To Age in New Jersey
- Creating Places To Age in New Jersey Municipal Best Practices
- Creating Places To Age in New Jersey municipal data
- Creating Places To Age Bergen-Passaic Supplement
- NJFuture Cluster Presentation I Open for Municipalities
- Social Innovation and Smart Growth 9-13 (Intern Report)
- Somerset County Investment Framework 1-13 (Intern Report)
- Targeting Transit -- New Jersey Future
- Innovation Districts as Economic Growth Strategy 9-12 (Intern Report)
- 05-2009 Smart Housing Incentives Act - Summary
- Cluster-Development-Bill-Overview-11-12
- Case Studies of Non-Contiguous Clustering in New Jersey 04-12
- Cluster Presentation - NJ Farm Bureau 1-4-2012
- Financial Benefits of Density in Two New Jersey Downtowns 7-11 (Intern report)
- Assessment of Solar Siting in New Jersey 5-11 (Intern report)
- Route 1 Planning Through Partnerships
- ShapingNJ Community Pilot Meeting Overview 06-09-11
- Case Studies in Transfer of Development Rights 8-10 (Intern report)
- Transit-Oriented Development Workshop for HCDNNJ memb mtg 06-15-2011
- 05/18/2009: Testimony on Smart Housing Incentives Act
- 12/10/2010: Testimony on Amendments to Assembly Affordable Housing Bill A3447
- Notes on Affordable Land Preservation Tools 6-1-11
- Case Study Hopewell Township 08-00
- Tax Reform 09-03
- Impact Fees 01-04
- Affordable Housing Policy 10-04
- Historic Preservation 03-05
- A Citizen's Guide to Transit-Oriented Development
