New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 47 - STATE HIGHWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT CODE › Subchapter 12 - ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLANS › Section 16:47-12.10 - Approval of an access management plan modification

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Request for a modification to an adopted
				AMP shall set forth the proposed changes on the AMP map and include an
				assessment of the impact of the modification on the goals and objectives of the
				AMP.
(b) The request shall be sent
				to the Director, Division of Statewide Planning, with copies sent to all
				governing bodies that adopted the AMP. Within 60 days of receiving the request,
				the Director, Division of Statewide Planning will convene a committee to review
				the proposed revisions for concurrence. This working committee shall be
				comprised of, at a minimum, the initiator of the request, representatives from
				the Department, and all affected municipalities.
(c) Any proposed modifications to an adopted
				AMP shall require approval of the committee and any affected municipality and
				county, as appropriate. A reexamination study and a public meeting affording
				the opportunity for public comment on the proposed modified AMP may be required
				if modifications to the adopted AMP are proposed that significantly impact
				traffic patterns, operational levels, or significantly change the access
				provisions for lots or sites within the limits of the adopted AMP. The public
				meeting shall be held by the agency initiating the modification in each
				affected municipality. A minimum notice of 15 days shall be provided in a local
				newspaper of general circulation and by mail to owners of any lot or site
				located within the proposed modified AMP area, and to all municipalities and
				counties located within 200 feet of such lots or sites. The notice shall give
				the time and place of the meeting, the means for providing public comments on
				the proposed modified AMP, and the location to review the responses to comments
				received on the proposed modified AMP.
(d) When approved by the committee,
				municipality and county, as appropriate, the proposed modified AMP shall be
				submitted to the Director, Division of Statewide Planning, for review of its
				consistency with the Department's design standards, policies, and the
				provisions of this chapter.
(e)
				Upon Department approval of the proposed modified AMP, the affected
				municipality and county shall incorporate the proposed modified AMP into its
				land development ordinances and master plan, and a revised map shall be
				prepared by the initiator of the modification. Certified copies of the
				ordinances and master plan amendments shall be submitted to the Department,
				along with four hard copies and one electronic copy (either disc or flash
				drive) of the revised map. One copy of the revised map shall be forwarded to
				each affected municipality and county, as appropriate.
(f) Upon receipt of the ordinances and master
				plan amendments, the Department will promulgate the plan amendments pursuant to
				N.J.A.C. 16:47- 12.7(d). The existing provisions of the adopted AMP remain in
				effect and permits shall continue to be issued according to those provisions,
				until such time as the proposed modified AMP becomes effective.