The Highlands Implementation Grant Status (HIGS) provides a high-level summary of funded Plan Conformance tasks. The HIGS is an updated, condensed version of the Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (IPS) approved by the Highlands Council with the complete petition.

• Mount Arlington Borough Highlands Implementation Grant Status – March 2015

This section contains documents adopted by Mount Arlington Borough that effectuate the Borough’s conformance with the Highlands Regional Master Plan.

• Highlands Referral Ordinance (1.20 MB pdf)
• Environmental Resource Inventory (6.19 MB pdf)
• Highlands Master Plan Element (1.02 MB pdf)
• Exemption Determination Ordinance (1.33 MB pdf) - [Municipality is authorized to issue certain Highlands Exemptions]
      

Mount Arlington's Petition for Plan Conformance was approved by the Highlands Council on December 1, 2011.

Council Approved Documents

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Mount Arlington Borough Approved Petition (11.5 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Consistency Review and Recommendation Report (251 KB pdf)
  • Implementation Plan and Schedule (183 KB pdf)
  • Build-Out Report (1.30 MB pdf)
  • Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) (416 KB pdf)
    • ERI Figures (5.86 MB pdf)
  • Master Plan Highlands Element (242 KB pdf)
    • Master Plan Element Exhibits (852 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Preservation Area Checklist Ordinance (117 KB pdf)
    • Checklist Ordinance Exhibit (5.12 MB pdf)

Materials from Public Hearing

• Resolution
• Pictures
• Borough of Mount Arlington Presentation
• Borough of Mount Arlington Movie

*** PETITION ARCHIVE ***

**PLEASE NOTE: The documents provided on this page include a complete history of the municipality’s Petition for Plan Conformance.  The most current versions of Plan Conformance documents are at the top of the page, with prior drafts included below.  Documents below this line are included for reference only and should be considered ARCHIVED material.

The documents below include all edits made prior to the Highlands Council considerationof Mount Arlington Borough's Petition for Plan Conformance.

• All documents listed below as one compressed file:  Final Posting Prior to Public Hearing (505 KB zip)
• Individual files:
  
  • Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (264 KB pdf)
  • Public Comments/Highlands Council Responses (76 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (187 KB pdf)

A public comment period was held from October 28 through November 14, 2011 and announced by public notice. Comments received and Highlands Council responses are included in the Comment/Response document in the section above. The following documents constitute the municipality's final submission to the Highlands Council and include the Final Draft Consistency Review and Recommendations Report prepared by Highlands Council staff for Highlands Council consideration of the full Petition.

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Petition Posting for Public Comment (9.71 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Draft Consistency Review & Recommendations Report (208 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan & Schedule (165 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (324 KB pdf)
    • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory Exhibits (7.95 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Master Plan Highlands Element (199 KB pdf)
    • Highlands Master Plan Element Exhibits (914 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Council Explanation of Exhibit Changes (121 KB pdf)

The following documents comprise all required components of the municipal Petition for Plan Conformance, which was deemed administratively complete by the Highlands Council (Administrative Completeness Letter, January 31, 2011).

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Municipal Petition for Plan Conformance (30 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Petition Cover Letter (148 KB pdf)
  • Petition Submittal Checklist (58 KB pdf)
  • Preservation Area Resolution dated November 30, 2009 (266 KB pdf)
  • Preservation Area Resolution dated December 14, 2010 (223 KB pdf)
  • Record of Public Involvement (451 KB pdf)
  • Current List of Planning/Regulatory Documents (124 KB pdf)
  • Modules 1 and 2: See Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report below
  • Module 3: Submission deferred (see Completeness Letter)
  • Module 4:
    • Highlands ERI (6.5 MB pdf)
  • Module 5:
    • Master Plan Highlands Element (5 MB pdf)
  • Module 6:
    • Highlands Land Use Ordinance (884 KB pdf)
  • Module 7:
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Report (224 KB pdf)
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Checklist (69 KB pdf)
    • Implementation Plan and Schedule (84 KB pdf)
  • Supporting Documents:
    • Municipal Stormwater Management Plan revised February 2009 (13.1 MB pdf)
    • Lake Restoration Plans dated June 2006 (643 KB pdf)
    • Mount Arlington Borough Chapter, Morris County Wastewater Management Plan (110 KB pdf)
    • Supplemental Maps (4.5 MB pdf)

• Municipal Resolution: Notice of Intent (pdf)
• Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (pdf)
  • Supporting files (20 MB zip)