New Jersey Highlands Council

Hackettstown in Warren County has 2,171 acres in the Planning Area and 203 acres in the Preservation Area of the Highlands Region. The municipality submitted a Petition for Plan Conformance for both areas, which was approved by the Highlands Council on August 3, 2011. This page contains links to documents related to the Township’s conformance with the Highlands Regional Master Plan.

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Highlands Implementation Grant Status

The Highlands Implementation Grant Status (HIGS) provides a high-level summary of funded Plan Conformance tasks. The HIGS is an updated, condensed version of the Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (IPS) approved by the Highlands Council with the complete petition.

Hackettstown Highlands Implementation Grant Status – March 2015

Conformance Documents Adopted by the Municipality

This section contains documents approved by Hackettstown that effectuate the Town’s conformance with the Highlands Regional Master Plan.

Highlands Referral Ordinance (547 KB pdf)
Planning Area Petition Ordinance (257 KB pdf)
Re-examination Report (293 KB pdf)
Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) (398 KB pdf)

ERI Figures (6.46 MB pdf)
ERI Resolution (53 KB pdf)

Highlands Exemption Ordinance (1.18 MB pdf) [Municipality is authorized to issue certain Highlands Exemptions]

Approved Petition for Plan Conformance

Hackettstown's Petition for Plan Conformance was approved by the Highlands Council on August 3, 2011.

Council Approved Documents

All documents listed below as one compressed file: Highlands Council Approved Documents (26 MB zip)
Individual Files:
- Highlands Council Resolution 2011-25 Approval of the Town of Hackettstown's Petition for Plan Conformance (108 KB pdf)
- Highlands Final Consistency Review and Recommendations Report (2.17 MB pdf)
- Highlands Implementation Plan and Schedule (190 KB pdf)
- Highlands Municipal Build-Out Report (1.26 MB pdf)
- Adopted Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (883 KB pdf)
- Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory (344KB pdf)
- Highlands Environmental Resource Inventory Figures (6.45 MB pdf)
- Highlands Master Plan Element (498 KB pdf) (posted 9/8/11)
- Highlands Master Plan Element Exhibits (5.99 MB pdf)
- Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance (959 KB pdf)
- Highlands Area Land Use Ordinance Exhibits (8.07 MB pdf)
- Highlands Council Explanation of Exhibit Changes (109 KB pdf)

Materials from Public Hearing

Archived Plan Conformance Documents

The PDF archive below contains links to all previously posted documents related to Hackettstown's Plan Conformance process prior to Highlands Council approval on August 3, 2011. PLEASE NOTE: The documents above are the most recent and any documents accessed through the archive are provided for reference only.

Hackettstown Archived Plan Conformance Documents (146 KB pdf)