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1 IN RE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PETITION FOR PLAN CONFORMANCE FOR THE TOWN OF CLINTON HUNTERDON COUNTY -- rank: 1000

... in eighty-eight municipalities" and seven counties. Ibid. ; see also N.J.S.A. 13:20-2, -7. The Highlands Act was adopted to address the threat ... system that left development to property owners and local planners. N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. The Council's primary responsibilities include development of the RMP ...

docket:	a3224-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-01-25
status:	unpublished
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2 IN RE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PETITION FOR PLAN CONFORMANCE FOR THE TOWN OF CLINTON HUNTERDON COUNTY -- rank: 1000

... in eighty-eight municipalities" and seven counties. Ibid. ; see also N.J.S.A. 13:20-2, -7. The Highlands Act was adopted to address the threat ... system that left development to property owners and local planners. N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. The Council's primary responsibilities include development of the RMP ...

docket:	a3223-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-01-25
status:	unpublished
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3 IN RE N.J.A.C 7:1B-1.1 ET SEQ -- rank: 978

... and Planning Act, wherein the Legislature declares in part in N.J.S.A. 13:20-2 that the "residential, commercial, and industrial development, redevelopment, and economic ...

docket:	a3514-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-03-21
status:	published
citation:
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4 IN RE N.J.A.C 7:1B-1.1 ET SEQ -- rank: 978

... and Planning Act, wherein the Legislature declares in part in N.J.S.A. 13:20-2 that the "residential, commercial, and industrial development, redevelopment, and economic ...

docket:	a4098-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-03-21
status:	published
citation:	431 N.J.Super. 100 67 A.3d 621
Document Size:	117070

5 IN THE MATTER OF PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF COMPRESSOR STATION -- rank: 903

... costs. A-3616-20 6 standards, policies, planning, and regulation,' N.J.S.A. 13:20-2; DEP Highlands Water Protection & Planning Act Guidance, State of N ... State's residents, against the environmental degradations of sprawl development. N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. Finding the then-existing land use and environmental regulation system ... DEP's charge to implement 'stringent standards governing major development,' N.J.S.A. 13:20-2, in the Preservation Area and the goal of the regional ... water and natural resource protection standards, policies, planning, and regulation.' N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. One of the primary goals of the regional master plan ... water and natural resource protection standards, policies, planning, and regulation.' N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. In no way could the interpretation be regarded as one ... a preservation area . . . where stringent protection policies should be implemented.' N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. Guided by the Legislature's express declaration 'that it ...

docket:	a3616-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-08-31
status:	Published
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6 HERITAGE AT INDEPENDENCE, LLC v. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 815

... as well as sites of historic significance and recreational opportunities. N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. As the Legislature determined, the then-existing land use and ... agencies such as the DEP, a regional master plan ("RMP"). N.J.S.A. 13:20-2, -6i, -8. The Highlands Council adopted a final RMP by ... extends from Connecticut, across northwestern New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. The New Jersey portion of the region is approximately 800 ...

docket:	a4645-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-08-18
status:	unpublished
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7 N.J. HIGHLANDS COALITION v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION -- rank: 807

... 3180-14T1 seven counties, and a myriad of private landowners[.]' N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. Instead of permitting decentralized protection, the Legislature established the Highlands ...

docket:	a3180-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-04
status:	unpublished
citation:	456 N.J.Super. 590 196 A.3d 982
Document Size:	59698

8 DETERMINATION OF THE NJDEP OF AN EXEMPTION FROM THE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING ACT -- rank: 805

... State, providing innumerable social, cultural, and economic benefits and opportunities. [ N.J.S.A. 13:20-2.] According to the DEP, the Church's proposed use of ...

docket:	a1646-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-07-22
status:	published
citation:	414 N.J. Super. 592 999 A.2d 1168
Document Size:	42687

9 BI-COUNTY DEVELOPMENT OF JEFFERSON ASSOCIATES v. THE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING COUNCIL -- rank: 783

... of the residents of the region and the entire State. [ N.J.S.A. 13:20-2.] 2 The TDR program is a land use tool that ...

docket:	a1838-10
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-04-09
status:	Published
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10 COUNTY OF WARREN v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 781

... and [] unplanned development" and "the environmental impacts of sprawl development." N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. We will not second-guess the Legislature's determination that ... are correct. However, they ignore the legislative findings, contained in N.J.S.A. 13:20-2, that express the Legislature's concerns to protect "other exceptional ... maintenance of agricultural production and a positive agricultural business climate[.]" N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. Consequently, even if it could be shown that a limitation ...

docket:	a4591-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2009-09-04
status:	published
citation:	409 N.J. Super. 495 978 A.2d 312
Document Size:	80457

11 INTELLECT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF LAND USE REGULATION -- rank: 757

... as "stringent standards governing major development" in the preservation area. N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. The Act "established a state agency, called the Highlands Water ...

docket:	a5818-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-02-19
status:	unpublished
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12 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2605-19.opn.html -- rank: 719

... eighty-eight municipalities in seven counties, as the Highlands Region. N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. The Act recognizes the Highlands Region as an 'essential source ... and subject to stringent natural resource protection standards and regulations, N.J.S.A. 13:20-2; and the 'planning area,' which is an area subject to ...

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13 IN RE ADOPTION OF HIGHLANDS REGIONAL MASTER PLAN -- rank: 706

... to property owners" in the administration of the Highlands Act, N.J.S.A. 13:20-2, can be achieved. However, unless the strict regulation of land ...

docket:	a1054-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-08-15
status:	published
citation:	421 N.J. Super. 396 24 A.3d 314
Document Size:	21906

14 OFP, L.L.C. v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 679

... of forested lands and wetlands more than doubling since 1995 [.]" N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. In addition , the witnesses who testifi ed at a March ... maintenance of agricultural production and a positive agricultural business climate[.]" N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. Consequently , ev e n if it could be shown that ...

docket:	A3190-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-08-10
status:	published
citation:	395 N.J. Super. 571 930 A.2d 442
Document Size:	94252

15 IN RE STATE OF NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS WATER PROTECTION AND PLANNING COUNCIL -- rank: 663

... the preservation area" and "replace[s] the existing uncoordinated system." N.J.S.A. 13:20-2. It established the Council to prepare a "regional master plan ...

docket:	a3174-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-08-07
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	33052