[CPEO-MEF] New Jersey Joint Land Use Study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Land-use study to focus on bases
Defense department to cover 90% of cost

BY KIRK MOORE
Asbury Park Press (NJ)
March 15, 2007

TOMS RIVER - Ocean County's planning department will take the lead role 
in a long-sought land-use study aimed at keeping the county's military 
bases viable for decades.

With the establishment of what the U.S. Department of Defense calls 
Joint Base New Jersey, the agency is now willing to finance 90 percent 
of the cost for a comprehensive survey of land-use plans, from state 
Pinelands Commission policies down to municipal zoning ordinances, 
county Freeholder Director John P. Kelly said Wednesday.

"This will help us down the line," Freeholder Gerry P. Little said. "We 
want these bases to be able to fulfill their military mission."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/NEWS02/703150486/1070

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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