This section contains documents approved by Pohatcong Township that effectuate the Township’s conformance with the Highlands Regional Master Plan.

• Planning Area Petition Ordinance (pdf)
• Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) (pdf)
• Highlands ERI Exhibits (pdf)
• Reexamination Report (pdf)
• Farmland Preservation Plan (pdf)
• Highlands Exemption Ordinance (pdf)
• Highlands Referral Ordinance - Preservation Area Only (pdf)
• Highlands Referral Ordinance - Preservation and Planning Areas (pdf)

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.

• Pohatcong Township Highlands Implementation Grant Status – March 2015

Council Approved Documents

• All documents listed below as one compressed file:
  • Highlands Council Approved Documents (39 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Highlands Council Resolution 2011-23 Approval of Pohatcong Township Petition for Plan Conformance (405 KB pdf) (posted previously) 
  • Highlands Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (2.08 MB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (214 KB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
  • Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (1 MB pdf) (posted previously)
  • Adopted Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (2.19 MB pdf) (posted previously)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (393 KB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
    • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory Figures (7.57 MB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
  • Highlands Master Plan Element (1.32 MB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
    • Highlands Master Plan Element Exhibits (7.31 MB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
  • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance (1.3 MB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
    • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (17 MB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)
  • Highlands Council Explanation of Exhibit Changes (112 KB pdf) (posted 9/30/11)

Materials from Public Hearing

• Resolution
• Pictures
• Pohatcong Township Presentation
• Public Hearing: August 3, 2011
• Pohatcong Township Movie
• Pohatcong Township Higlands Center 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 two documents below reflect clarifications in response to requests from the Highlands Council during its consideration of Pohatcong Township's Petition for Plan Conformance at its June 16, 2011 meeting. The clarifications do not result in any substantive changes to the conclusions of the Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report. The Highlands Council continued the public hearing to its meeting of August 3, 2011. Public testimony regarding these clarified documents was taken at the public hearing.

• All documents listed below as one compressed file:
  • Final Posting Prior to Public Hearing (2.26 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report Revised July2011 (2.12 MB pdf)
  • Public Comments/Highlands Council Responses Revised July2011 (247 KB pdf)

The documents below include all edits made prior to the Highlands Council consideration of Pohatcong Township's Petition for Plan Conformance at its June 16, 2011 meeting.

• All documents listed below as one compressed file:
  • Final Posting Prior to Public Hearing (22 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (2.69 MB pdf)
  • Public Comments/Highlands Council Responses (125 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (209 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Land Use Ordinance ( 20 MB pdf)

A public comment period was held from May 18, 2011 through June 2, 2011 and announced by public notice. Highlands Council responses are included in the Comment/Response document 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 (41 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Draft Consistency Review & Recommendations Report (1.65 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan & Schedule (209 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (891 KB pdf)
    • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory Exhibits (9 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Master Plan Highlands Element (1.3 MB pdf)
    • Highlands Master Plan Element Exhibits (8 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance (1.31 MB pdf)
    • Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (20 MB pdf)
  • Adopted Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (2.19 MB 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 Letters

• Completeness Letter dated March 16, 2010 (431 KB pdf)
• Completeness Letter dated February 8, 2010 (628 KB pdf)

Petition Documents

• Highlands Council Response Letter dated March 15, 2010 re Municipal RMP Update and/or Map Adjustment Request(s) (1.43 MB pdf)
• All documents listed below as one compressed file:
  • Municipal Petition for Plan Conformance (39 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Petition Cover Letter (327 KB)
  • Petition Submittal Checklist (74 KB pdf)
  • Combined Preservation Area and Planning Area Resolution (749 KB pdf)
  • Record of Public Involvement (4.1 MB pdf)
  • Current List of Planning/Regulatory Documents (35 KB pdf)
  • Modules 1 and 2: See Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report below
  • Module 3:
    • Affordable Housing Summary (98 KB pdf)
    • Prior Round Sites Consistency Reports (8.6 MB pdf)
    • Fair Share Plan (1.83 MB pdf)
  • Module 4 Highlands ERI (9.8 MB pdf)
  • Module 5 Master Plan Highlands Element (9.6 MB pdf)
  • Module 6 Highlands Land Use Ordinance (7.6 MB pdf)
  • Module 7:
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Report (397 KB pdf)
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Checklist (92 KB pdf)
    • Implementation Plan and Schedule (94 KB pdf)

• RMP Update No. NWA-UPD001-091214 (955 KB pdf)

• Municipal Resolution: Notice of Intent (pdf)
• Municipal Resolution: COAH extension (pdf)
• Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (pdf)
  • Supporting Documents (32 MB zip)