Smart Growth Areas

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

NJ Department of State, Office for Planning Advocacy, formerly Office of Smart Growth, formerly the Office of State Planning)

Publication_Date: 20010301

Title: Smart Growth Areas

Edition: 15

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Smart Growth Areas

Issue_Identification: 20130117

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New Jersey

Publisher: NJ Department of State Office for Planning Advocacy

Online_Linkage: <http://www.nj.gov/state/planning/docs/sgareas.zip>

Online_Linkage: <http://www.nj.gov/state/planning/gis.html>

Online_Linkage: <http://www.nj.gov/state/planning/>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset contains the boundaries of New Jersey's Smart Growth Areas. This metadata mainly describes the elements derived from the State Plan. See the metadata for the Pinelands Management Areas or the Meadowlands for specific information concerning their geographic areas.
The Smart Growth Areas are a subset of the NJ State Development & Redevelopment Plan combined with growth areas of the NJ Pinelands Management Areas as well as some areas of the Meadowlands.
Specifically, State Plan: Metropolitan Planning Area (PA1], Suburban Planning Area (PA2), A Designated Center, an area identified for growth as a result of either an initial or advanced petition for Plan Endorsement that has been approved by the SPC, a Smart Growth Area and Planning Area designated in a master plan adopted by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, a Pinelands Regional Growth Area, Pinelands Village or Pinelands Town as designated by the New Jersey Pinelands Commission.
The State Plan's Statewide Policies are applied to the natural and built resources of the state through the designation of five Planning Areas. These Planning Areas reflect distinct geographic and economic units within the state and serve as an organizing framework for application of the Statewide Policies of the State Plan. Planning Areas are areas of land, not less than one square mile, that share certain conditions, such as population density, infrastructure systems, level of development, or environmental sensitivity. Planning Areas do not necessarily coincide with municipal or county boundaries, but define geographic areas that are suitable for common application of public policy. The State Plan anticipates continued growth throughout New Jersey in all Planning Areas. The character, location and magnitude of this growth vary among Planning Areas according to the specific character of the area. Each Planning Area has Policy Objectives that guide growth in the context of its unique qualities and conditions. The Policy Objectives also shape and define the application of the Statewide Policies in each Planning Area. Refer to the NJSDRP for further description of the geographic nature of Planning Areas.

Purpose:

The Smart Growth Areas file was created to help implement the goals of the New Jersey State Plan. As well, a number of state agencies use Smart Growth Areas as tools to implement certain programs. Below is a list of some of the programs that cite Smart Growth Area status as one of their criteria. This list is continuously updated as new programs choose to use Smart Growth Areas in their decision-making process. BPU- Energy Star & Smart Start Programs, BPU- Utility Main Extension Regulations, EDA- Business Employment Incentive Program, HMFA- Loan and Subsidy programs, Treasury- Property Management Space Approval Request, Treasury- Property Management Smart Growth Site Location Unit .

Supplemental_Information:

Related Data Files: Splan2 (polygon) Cenlne2 - Centers of the NJ State Plan (polygon); Cehs2 - Critical Environmental and Historic Sites of the NJ State Plan (polygons); Hcs2 - Historic and Cultural Sites of the NJ State Plan (points); Endorsed - Endorsed Plan areas of the NJ State Plan (polygons); Cores - Cores of the NJ State Plan (polygons); Nodes - Nodes of the NJ State Plan (polygons) Pinelands Managements, Meadowlands zoning.
UPDATE HISTORY: 01/17/13 - Center created in Millstone Twp, and map amendments completed in Mt. Olive. 10/17/12 - Changes as a result of Endorsment of Cape May and Long Branch Cities and updates to Pinelands boundaries. 10/05/12 - All expired and expired portions of Centers returned to the map as per the Permit Extension Act of 2012 with the exception of Byram and Oxford- they are replaced by new Highlands Centers. 09/12/12 - Planning Area Map Amendments in Edison and Egg Harbor Townships. 07/06/12 - Plan Endorsement, Berkeley Twp. 04/30/12 - Galloway map amendment and Interim Somerset Regional Center established. 12/07/11 - Plan Endorsement, Barnegat Twp. 09/28/11 - Plan Endorsement, Middle Twp., Cape May County 11/24/09 - Plan Endorsement, Ocean City, Cape May County 07/16/09 - Two Centers expired and were partially extended: Vernon and Sparta. 07/15/09 - Cape May Point added as a Center 04/07/09 - Corrected CAFRA error. Removed and amended expired Centers of Hainesville, Layton, Montague and West Creek. 01/28/09 - Center Extension Act - Re-added previously-expired centers 07/01/08 - Endorsements, two new Centers added; West Cape May & Woodstown. 06/19/08 - Expired Centers removed; Englishtown, Neptune, Laurel Lake, Mauricetown-Haleyville and Port Norris. Monmouth Co. Centers had no real effect as they are in Urban Planning Areas already. 05/15/08 - Allentown Center expired & removed 01/07/08 - 68 Expired Centers removed from SG areas. 05/29/07 - Meadowlands Smart Growth Area update 05/16/07 - Plan Endorsement, Stafford Twp, Ocean County 03/06/07 - Plan Endorsement, Upper Twp, Cape May County Byram Center, Sussex County Pinelands Management (SG) Areas updated as of 2/20/2007 01/18/06 - Plan Endorsement, Plainsboro Twp, Middlesex County

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20010301

Ending_Date: 20130117

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.587294

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.899230

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.356846

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.924819

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Legislative Indexing Vocabulary

Theme_Keyword: Smart Growth

Theme_Keyword: Meadowlands

Theme_Keyword: Pinelands

Theme_Keyword: Planning Areas

Theme_Keyword: Land Use

Theme_Keyword: NJ State Plan

Theme_Keyword: Regional Planning

Theme_Keyword: Urban Growth

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF STATE, OFFICE FOR PLANNING ADVOCACY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.NOTICE TO USER: THIS IS A CONTRACT. USE OF THE ACCOMPANYING DATA AND/OR SOFTWARE MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, erase your copy or return the software and/or data to The New Jersey Office for Planning Advocacy(OPA) without using or copying it in any way. The End User is defined as any person or organization receiving these files directly from OPA. OPA grants to the End User a license to use the software, data and documentation provided the End User agrees to the following: I. LIMITED WARRANTY: Notwithstanding the special conditions regarding the subject data specified in part III of this licensing agreement, the Office for Planning Advocacy makes no representations of any kind, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability of fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied, with respect to the digital software and data furnished. The Office for Planning Advocacy assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form. II. TERMS OF AGREEMENT: The data received from OPA is to be used solely by the End User and will not be reproduced or redistributed for use by anyone else, without first obtaining written permission from OPA. III. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: The delineations are part of the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan produced and released by the New Jersey Office for Planning Advocacy. The boundaries reflect delineations as of the date the files are posted on our website: www.nj.gov/state/planning. Any map amendments accepted in the interim are not reflected in these delineations. Due to the complex nature of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan and the state planning process and the relationship of all of the individual parts of the plan, questions regarding the plan should not be resolved by or even considered using maps alone. This would provide a limited view of the comprehensive approach embodied in the plan. For this reason, any questions relating to the plan or its delineations for the State should be directed to OPA. The information has been delivered in a standard format. OPA assumes no liability for inability of the End User to use the data/software for any financial damages caused by such an inability. OPA agrees, however, to assist in resolving any problems in using the software or data and to reproduce the data if necessary.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Steven Karp

Contact_Organization: NJ Department of State Office for Planning Advocacy

Contact_Position: Research Director

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: PO Box 820

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609)292-3160

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609) 292-3292

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: steven.karp@sos.state.nj.us

Data_Set_Credit:

NJ Office of Smart Growth, NJ Pinelands Commission, NJ Meadowlands Commission.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attribute values were reviewed by county planners and by staff of the Office of State Planning through the Cross-acceptance process. Contact the Pinelands or Meadowlands Commissions concerning their data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

All polygons are labelled. There are no duplicate arcs and no dangling nodes. The ArcInfo commands "labelerrors," "nodeerrors," and "intersecterr" were used to verify topological integrity.

Completeness_Report:

Planning Area boundaries are complete for the entire state as they existed at time of publication. Changes to the boundaries must be approved by the State Planning Commission, Meadowlands Commission, Pinelands Commission in their respective areas.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Scale of the original mapping was 1:24000. Feature locations should generally meet National Map Accuracy Standards for that scale, which means that boundaries are within 40 feet of their intended locations; however accuracy testing has not been done.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title: NA

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19920612

Beginning_Time: unknown

Ending_Date: 20130117

Ending_Time: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 1986 Orthophotoquads Mark Hurd

Source_Contribution: NA

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2 feet per pixel

Type_of_Source_Media: Digital Orthophotos. Quarter Quads, 1995

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS flight, Mark Hurd after product, NJDEP

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Concerning the State Plan: Through the Cross-acceptance process, a series of 1:24000 film USGS quadrangle registered maps defining the Planning Area boundaries of the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan was created. Locations of the boundaries were originally refined using hardcopy orthophotouquads as produced by Markhurd Corp (1986). Later boundaries were digitized using digital orthophotos at 3-meter resolution (1991), and later still, using 1995 digital orthophotos at 1-meter resolution from USGS.
05/29/07 - Meadowlands Smart Growth Areas updated to include rights-of-way and exclude open water.

Process_Date: 20091124

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.1

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.1

Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: sgareas

Entity_Type_Definition: Smart Growth Area polygons

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

NJ Department of State (DOS), Office for Planning Advocacy (OPA)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SMRT

Attribute_Definition:

Flag indicating whether or not the polygon is a smart growth area

Attribute_Definition_Source: DOS OPA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: yes, is a smart growth area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: OPA

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no, is not a smart growth area

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: OPA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Length

Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NJ Department of State, Office for Planning Advocacy

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: PO Box 820

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609)292-7156

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609)292-3292

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: See use constraints.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: AVSHP

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Transfer_Size: 4.3

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.nj.gov/state/planning/sgareas.zip>

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.nj.gov/state/planning/gis.html>

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.nj.gov/state/planning/>

Access_Instructions:

directly or via NJ Department of State, Office for Planning Advocacy website, with standard web browser

Fees: none

Ordering_Instructions: Download from website. Available as an ArcView shapefile.

Technical_Prerequisites:

Internet access. In order to view or use the files, software that can use shapefiles is required.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20130117

Ending_Date: present

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130117

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Steven Karp

Contact_Organization: NJ Department of State Office for Planning Advocacy

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: PO Box 820

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609)292-3160

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609)292-3292

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: steven.karp@sos.state.nj.us

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time