A4461

Requires municipal planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment to incorporate recommendations from certain local environmental commissions on applications for development.

Introduced·2/24/26
Introduced Text

New Jersey A4461 requires municipal planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment to consider and incorporate recommendations from local.

New Jersey A4461 mandates that municipal planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment review and consider recommendations from local environmental commissions on pending development applications. The bill requires these boards to incorporate the environmental commission's recommendations into their decisions, to the extent possible. Additionally, it stipulates that the planning board or board of adjustment must provide a copy of every development application to the environmental commission, and failure to do so would invalidate any hearing or proceeding.

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Current
State and Local Government Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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History

Feb 24

Assembly

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee