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ARTICLE 3 



THE TIDAL REGION 



Part One 



Plan for the Tidal Region 



3.101 — Development and Adoption 



The Department shall develop and adopt and, from time to time, review, revise and amend 

 a plan for the development, conservation, utilization and management of the resources of the 

 tidal region, and may adopt such plan or any revision thereof in such part or parts as it may 

 deem appropriate. The plan for the tidal region shall generally comprise a report or statement 

 of development and conservation proposals with maps, diagrams and text, and shall include, but 

 need not be limited to: 



(a) a determination of immediate and long-range needs and objectives; 



(b) a land use plan element, showing the existing location, extent and intensity of uses of 

 tidal shore land and submerged tidal land, and providing standards for the development of such 

 lands for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, maritime and fishing 

 purposes, so as to encourage multiple compatible uses of such land, to effect a reconciliation 

 of alternative and conflicting uses of such lands and to enhance public access to tidal waters; 



(c) a circulation plan element showing the location and types of facilities for all modes of 

 transportation by land, water and air required for the efficient movement of people and goods 

 into, about and through the tidal region, including terminals, facilities and rights of way; 



(d) a utility service plan element analyzing the need for and showing the future location of 

 facilities for water supply and distribution, drainage, sewage and waste treatment and solid 

 waste disposal and provision for other related utilities; 



(e) a recreation plan element showing a comprehensive system of areas and public sites 

 for recreation, including the following, with their locations and proposed development: natural 

 reservations, parks, parkways, bicycle paths, trails, beaches, vista points and other recrea- 

 tional faci lities; 



( f ) a conservation plan element for the conservation, development and utilization of na- 

 tural resources, including open space, fresh water, tidal waters, forests, soils, marshes, wet- 

 lands, harbors, shore land, submerged land, aquatic life, wildlife, sand, gravel, earth, clay, 

 shell deposits, minerals, ore, metals, oil, gas and other resources of the tidal region; 



(g) an economic development plan element providing for the development and maintenance 

 of full employment opportunity. 



3.102 - Relationship to Other Plans 



The plan for the tidal region shall be complementary to the water plan provided for by Sec- 

 tion 2.1 01 of this act, and the Department, in developing, reviewing, revising and amending the 

 plan for the tidal region shall give consideration to relevant portions of Federal, State, regional 

 and local plans. 



