-Draft- MASTER PLAN BOROUGH OF ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS Monmouth County, New Jersey Prepared: October 1, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS PLANNING BACKGROUND I. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................... I-1 II. PLANNING HISTORY ............................................................................................................. II-1 III. MASTER PLAN UPDATE ..................................................................................................... III-1 IV. VISION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ................................................................................. IV-1 A. HERITAGE .............................................................................................................................................. IV-1 B. HOUSING ................................................................................................................................................ IV-2 C. COMMERCE ........................................................................................................................................... IV-3 D. LINKAGES AND EDGES ........................................................................................................................ IV-5 E. INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY ...................................................................................... IV-6 F. COMMUNITY ......................................................................................................................................... IV-8 G. NATURAL RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................... IV-9 V. EXISTING LAND USE ............................................................................................................. V-1 RESIDENTIAL ............................................................................................................................................. V-1 COMMERCIAL ............................................................................................................................................ V-2 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ................................................................................................................................... V-2 PUBLIC FACILITIES ................................................................................................................................... V-2 HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND QUASI-PUBLIC FACILITIES .................................................................... V-3 PARKS AND RECREATION ....................................................................................................................... V-4 VACANT PRIVATE LAND ......................................................................................................................... V-5 STREETS AND ROADWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY ....................................................................................... V-6 DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE .................................................................................................................... V-6 VI. POPULATION ......................................................................................................................... VI-1 DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SOURCES ........................................................................................................... VI-1 COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE: 1960-2010 ....................................................................... VI-2 AGE, GENDER AND RACE CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................. VI-3 INCOME LEVEL ......................................................................................................................................... VI-4 MASTER PLAN VII. PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES, ASSUMPTIONS, POLICIES AND STANDARDS ........ VII-1 PRINCIPLES ............................................................................................................................................... VII-1 OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................................. VII-1 ASSUMPTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... VII-2 POLICIES .................................................................................................................................................... VII-3 STANDARDS ............................................................................................................................................. VII-3 VIII. LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT ............................................................................................ VIII-1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... VIII-1 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................... VIII-3 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................................... VIII-4 RESIDENTIAL ......................................................................................................................................... VIII-5 R-1 – Single Family Residential .......................................................................................................... VIII-6 R-2 – Single Family Residential .......................................................................................................... VIII-6 R-3 – Single Family Residential .......................................................................................................... VIII-6 i MF-1 - Multi-Family Garden Units ..................................................................................................... VIII-6 MF-2 - Multi-Family Mid-Rise Units .................................................................................................. VIII-6 RTH - Townhouse residential units...................................................................................................... VIII-7 SC - Senior citizen housing development ............................................................................................. VIII-7 OR - Office-residential......................................................................................................................... VIII-7 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS ................................................................................................................... VIII-7 HBD - Historic Business District ......................................................................................................... VIII-8 WB - Waterfront Business District ....................................................................................................... VIII-9 CBD - Central Business District .......................................................................................................... VIII-9 HB - Highway Business District ........................................................................................................ VIII-10 C - Commercial.................................................................................................................................. VIII-10 MARINE RECREATION AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS .......................................................... VIII-10 MR - Marine Recreation District ....................................................................................................... VIII-11 MC - Marine Conservation District ................................................................................................... VIII-11 PUBLIC LANDS AND FACILITIES ...................................................................................................... VIII-11 IX. HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN ............................................................. IX-1 X. HISTORIC PRESERVATION / RESTORATION ELEMENT ........................................... X-1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................... X-1 HISTORIC STRUCTURES ........................................................................................................................... X-3 POLICY STATEMENT................................................................................................................................. X-3 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................................ X-4 Visual Compatibility Factors ................................................................................................................... X-4 Standards of Consideration ..................................................................................................................... X-7 Landmark Designation Standards ......................................................................................................... X-10 LANDMARKS INVENTORY .................................................................................................................... X-11 XI. COASTAL WATERFRONT DESIGN .................................................................................. XI-1 HISTORY ....................................................................................................................................................