40:27-2 - Duties of board; master plan; municipal co-operation - New Jersey Statutes

40:27-2.  Duties of board;  master plan;  municipal co-operation
    The county planning board shall make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the county.  The master plan of a county, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive and explanatory matter, shall  show the county planning board's recommendations for the development of the  territory covered by the plan, and may include, among other things, the general  location, character, and extent of streets or roads, viaducts, bridges,  waterway and waterfront developments, parkways, playgrounds, forests,  reservations, parks, airports, and other public ways, grounds, places and  spaces;  the general location and extent of forests, agricultural areas, and  open-development areas for purposes of conservation, food and water supply,  sanitary and drainage facilities, or the protection of urban development, and  such other features as may be important to the development of the county.

    The county planning board shall encourage the co-operation of the local municipalities within the county in any matters whatsoever which may concern the integrity of the county master plan and to advise the board of chosen freeholders with respect to the formulation of development programs and budgets  for capital expenditures.