This section contains documents adopted or approved by Phillipsburg that implement the Highlands Regional Master Plan at the local level, and that were paid for through Highlands Council grant funding.

• Planning Area Petition Ordinance (191 KB pdf)
• Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) (124 KB pdf)
  • ERI Figures (4.09 MB pdf)
• Reexamination Report (1.33 MB pdf)
  • Reexamination Report Maps (1.3 MB pdf)
• Phillipsburg  Commerce  Park  Redevelopment  Plan (725 KB pdf)
  • Commerce  Park  Redevelopment  Plan Map (352 KB pdf)
• Riverfront Redevelopment Plan  (1.61 MB)
  • Riverfront Redevelopment Plan Map (309 KB pdf)
• Riverfront Heritage Trail (2.18 MB pdf)
• Riverfront Heritage Trail Map (709 KB pdf)
• Riverfront Heritage Trail Design & Implementation Manual (1.87 MB pdf)
• Zoning Map (552 KB pdf)
• Historic Preservation Plan (1.57 MB pdf)
  • Historic Preservation Ordinance (380 KB pdf)

Phillipsburg’s Petition for Plan Conformance and Highlands Center was approved by the Highlands Council on October 13, 2011.

Council Approved Documents

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Phillipsburg Approved Petition (17.9 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Draft Consistency Review & Recommendations Report (804 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan & Schedule (202 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (433  KB pdf)
    • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory Exhibits (6.13 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (11.2 MB pdf)

Materials from Public Hearing  

*** PETITION ARCHIVE ***

**PLEASE NOTE: The documents provided on this page include a complete history of the municipality’s Petition for Plan Conformance.  The most current versions of Plan Conformance documents are at the top of the page, with prior drafts included below.  Documents below this line are included for reference only and should be considered ARCHIVED material.

The documents below include all edits made prior to Highlands Council consideration of Phillipsburg’s Petition for Plan Conformance.

• Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (1 MB pdf)
• Public Comments/Highlands Council Responses (303 KB pdf)
• Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (209 KB)

A public comment period was held from September 21 through October 6, 2011 and announced by public notice. Comments received and Highlands Council responses are included in the Comment/Response document in the section above. The following documents constitute the municipality's final submission to the Highlands Council and include the Final Draft Consistency Review and Recommendations Report prepared by Highlands Council staff for Highlands Council consideration of the full Petition.

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Petition Posting for Public Comment (19MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Final Draft Consistency Review & Recommendations Report (1.28 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Implementation Plan & Schedule (205 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (822 KB pdf)
  • Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory Exhibits (6.08 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (11 MB pdf)
  • Highlands Council Explanation of Exhibit Changes (121 KB pdf)

The following documents comprise all required components of the municipal Petition for Plan Conformance, which was deemed administratively complete by the Highlands Council (Administrative Completeness Letter, dated Oct. 27, 2010).

As part of the town’s Petition, Phillipsburg also requested Regional Master Plan updates and Map Adjustments and specific responses were provided.

• All documents listed below as one compressed file: Municipal Petition for Plan Conformance (52 MB zip)
• Individual files:
  • Petition Cover Letter (40 KB pdf)
  • Petition Submittal Checklist (14 KB pdf)
  • Planning Area Resolution dated September 21, 2010 (71 KB pdf)
  • Record of Public Involvement (219 KB pdf)
  • Current List of Planning/Regulatory Documents (4 KB pdf)
  • Modules 1 and 2: See Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report below
  • Module 3:
    • Summary of Housing Obligations (180 KB pdf)
  • Module 4:
    • Highlands ERI (779 KB pdf)
    • ERI Exhibits (21 MB pdf)
  • Module 5:
    • Master Plan Highlands Element (680 KB pdf)
    • Master Plan Highlands Element Exhibits (15 MB pdf)
  • Module 6:
    • Highlands Land Use Ordinance (978 KB pdf)
    • Highlands Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (5.4 MB pdf)
  • Module 7:
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Report (45 KB pdf)
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Report Cover (7 KB pdf)
    • Municipal Self-Assessment Checklist (22 KB pdf)
    • Implementation Plan and Schedule (20 KB pdf)
  • RMP Updates:
    • RMP Updates: Supplemental Maps (1) (1.3 MB pdf)
    • RMP Updates: Supplemental Maps (2) (6.9 MB pdf)
  • RMP Update No. NWA-UPD001-091214 (955 KB pdf)

• Municipal Resolution: Notice of Intent (pdf)
• Municipal Resolution: COAH extension (pdf)
• Initial Assessment Grant Report (pdf)
• Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (pdf)
  • Supporting documents (40 MB zip)