N.J. Admin. Code § 15:30-7.5 - State agency responsibilities

(a) The State Planning Commission shall call to its assistance staff of any regional, State or Federal agency, regional planning entity, county municipality, or political subdivision thereof, as it requires to implement the plan endorsement program.

(b) Each State agency member of the State Planning Commission, and any other relevant State agency or authority, at the request of the State Planning Commission or the Executive Director, shall prepare and periodically update a list of State agency benefits available for endorsed plans that shall be designed to encourage participation in plan endorsement, promote implementation of an endorsed plan, and promote the policies and goals of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. These benefits shall be made available only in an area that is the subject of a petition for plan endorsement, provided that the plan has been endorsed by the State Planning Commission. Each list of benefits, funding grants, or other programs shall specify:

1. The benefits that will take effect once a petition for plan endorsement has been approved by the State Planning Commission pursuant to N.J.A.C. 15:30-7.17;

2. The information that must be included in the petition, the actions that must be taken by petitioner as delineated in an action plan or planning and implementation agreement in order for each such benefit to be made available; and

3. Those benefits that only apply in limited areas and the extent and reasons for those limitations.

(c) Each State agency member of the State Planning Commission, where appropriate and feasible, shall commit to making any modifications to State agency rules and programs that may be necessary to allow those benefits to accrue to the petitioner.

(d) Each State agency member of the Commission, and any other relevant State agency or authority, at the request of the Commission or the Executive Director, shall share the following responsibilities:

1. Review and assess the plan submitted by a petitioner and provide a written analysis of those planning documents within the time periods provided in this subchapter;

2. Provide guidance and assistance with respect to programs available through each State agency or authority that may assist a petitioner to achieve plan endorsement and implementation of a petitioner's planning strategy in a manner that is consistent with and promotes the goals and policies of the State Plan;

3. Prepare a list of plan implementation mechanisms that may be required for a petitioner to implement an endorsed plan to effectuate land use patterns that are consistent with the State Plan and provide adequate and appropriate examples of each such mechanism. In the event that an appropriate example of a required plan implementation mechanism does not exist, the relevant State agency will work with the Office of Planning Advocacy and the petitioner to develop same, which can later be used as an example;

4. Make reasonable recommendations to the petitioner and the Commission concerning requirements for a petitioner to receive plan endorsement and how to adequately implement the plan, once endorsed, by developing reasonable and appropriate planning implementation strategies for inclusion in a planning and implementation agreement to achieve consistency with the goals, policies and strategies of the State Plan; and

5. Facilitate prioritized technical assistance and coordinated regulatory review of applications of entities with endorsed plans, where the application is determined to be consistent with the endorsed plan and the goals, policies and strategies of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan and takes into account relevant State agency policies, rules and regulations.

(e) The Office of Planning Advocacy has prepared a list of available State agency benefits entitled "Plan Endorsement Benefits," which shall be periodically updated and posted on the Office of Planning Advocacy's website at: https://nj.gov/state/planning. The Office of Planning Advocacy shall, on an ongoing basis, compile and maintain an updated list of all State agency benefits and requirements and make the list available to prospective petitioners and post the updated list on the Office of Planning Advocacy's website.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 15:30-7.5

Amended and Recodified from N.J.S.A. 5:85-7.5 by 56 N.J.R. 41(b), effective 1/2/2024