§ 57-0121. Central Pine Barrens comprehensive land use plan; interim\n regulations.\n 1. As soon as practicable and within twelve months of the effective\ndate of this section, the commission shall, after consultation with the\nadvisory committee, prepare or cause to be prepared a draft\ncomprehensive land use plan and generic environmental impact statement\nthereon which shall be part of the plan for the Central Pine Barrens\narea. The land use plan shall be designed to preserve the Pine Barrens\necology and to ensure the high quality of groundwater within the Central\nPine Barrens area and to balance the public and private interests in\ndevelopment and in protection of the Pine Barrens ecology consistent\nwith the objectives of the land use plan. Where local plans exist, the\ncommission shall evaluate and incorporate such plans as is appropriate\nin the land use plan.\n 2. The land use plan for the Central Pine Barrens area shall be\ndesigned to:\n (a) protect, preserve and enhance the functional integrity of the Pine\nBarrens ecosystem and the significant natural resources, including plant\nand animal populations and communities, thereof;\n (b) protect the quality of surface water and groundwater;\n (c) discourage piecemeal and scattered development;\n (d) promote active and passive recreational and environmental\neducational uses that are consistent with the land use plan; and\n (e) accommodate development, in a manner consistent with the long term\nintegrity of the Pine Barrens ecosystem and to ensure that the pattern\nof development is compact, efficient and orderly.\n 3. The land use plan with respect to the core preservation area shall\nbe designed to protect and preserve the ecologic and hydrologic\nfunctions of the Pine Barrens by:\n (a) preserving the Pine Barrens area in their natural state thereby\ninsuring the continuation of Pine Barrens environments which contain the\nunique and significant ecologic, hydrogeologic and other resources\nrepresentative of such environments;\n (b) promoting compatible agricultural, horticultural and open space\nrecreational uses within the framework of maintaining a Pine Barrens\nenvironment and minimizing the impact of such activities thereon;\n (c) prohibiting or redirecting new construction or development;\n (d) accommodating specific Pine Barrens management practices, such as\nprescribed burning, necessary to maintain the special ecology of the\npreservation area;\n (e) protecting and preserving the quality of surface and groundwaters;\nand\n (f) coordinating and providing for the acquisition of private land\ninterests as appropriate and consistent with available funds.\n 4. The land use plan with respect to the compatible growth areas shall\nbe designed to:\n (a) preserve and maintain the essential character of the existing Pine\nBarrens environment, including plant and animal species indigenous\nthereto and habitats therefor;\n (b) protect the quality of surface and groundwaters;\n (c) discourage piecemeal and scattered development;\n (d) encourage appropriate patterns of compatible residential,\ncommercial, agricultural, and industrial development in order to\naccommodate regional growth influences in an orderly way while\nprotecting the Pine Barrens environment from the individual and\ncumulative adverse impacts thereof;\n (e) accommodate a portion of development redirected from the\npreservation area. Such development may be redirected across municipal\nboundaries; and\n (f) allow appropriate growth consistent with the natural resource\ngoals pursuant to this title.\n 5. Preparation of the land use plan shall be based on the following\nplanning studies and reports:\n (a) Previously undertaken and current groundwater and ecological\nstudies pertaining to the reserve, generally, and the Central Pine\nBarrens area, specifically;\n (b) General planning studies of the reserve, generally, and the\nCentral Pine Barrens area, specifically, inclu
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