New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 47 - STATE HIGHWAY ACCESS MANAGEMENT CODE
Subchapter 12 - ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLANS
Section 16:47-12.10 - Approval of an access management plan modification

(a) Request for a modification to an adopted AMP shall set forth the proposed changes on the AMP map and include an assessment of the impact of the modification on the goals and objectives of the AMP.

(b) The request shall be sent to the Director, Division of Statewide Planning, with copies sent to all governing bodies that adopted the AMP. Within 60 days of receiving the request, the Director, Division of Statewide Planning will convene a committee to review the proposed revisions for concurrence. This working committee shall be comprised of, at a minimum, the initiator of the request, representatives from the Department, and all affected municipalities.

(c) Any proposed modifications to an adopted AMP shall require approval of the committee and any affected municipality and county, as appropriate. A reexamination study and a public meeting affording the opportunity for public comment on the proposed modified AMP may be required if modifications to the adopted AMP are proposed that significantly impact traffic patterns, operational levels, or significantly change the access provisions for lots or sites within the limits of the adopted AMP. The public meeting shall be held by the agency initiating the modification in each affected municipality. A minimum notice of 15 days shall be provided in a local newspaper of general circulation and by mail to owners of any lot or site located within the proposed modified AMP area, and to all municipalities and counties located within 200 feet of such lots or sites. The notice shall give the time and place of the meeting, the means for providing public comments on the proposed modified AMP, and the location to review the responses to comments received on the proposed modified AMP.

(d) When approved by the committee, municipality and county, as appropriate, the proposed modified AMP shall be submitted to the Director, Division of Statewide Planning, for review of its consistency with the Department's design standards, policies, and the provisions of this chapter.

(e) Upon Department approval of the proposed modified AMP, the affected municipality and county shall incorporate the proposed modified AMP into its land development ordinances and master plan, and a revised map shall be prepared by the initiator of the modification. Certified copies of the ordinances and master plan amendments shall be submitted to the Department, along with four hard copies and one electronic copy (either disc or flash drive) of the revised map. One copy of the revised map shall be forwarded to each affected municipality and county, as appropriate.

(f) Upon receipt of the ordinances and master plan amendments, the Department will promulgate the plan amendments pursuant to N.J.A.C. 16:47- 12.7(d). The existing provisions of the adopted AMP remain in effect and permits shall continue to be issued according to those provisions, until such time as the proposed modified AMP becomes effective.