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Pinkin Bill to Help Municipalities to Include Climate Change Element in Land Use Master Plan Clears Assembly December 17, 2020, 2:33 pm | in
Pinkin Bill to Help Municipalities to Include Climate Change Element in Land Use Master Plan Clears Assembly
(TRENTON) – Encouraging municipalities to assess the effects of climate change on their towns in their master plan, legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-Middlesex) was advanced by the full Assembly Thursday 50-28.
The bill (A-2785) would require that the land use plan element of a municipal master plan include a climate change-related hazard vulnerability assessment. It would apply to any land use plan element adopted after the date the bill is enacted into law.