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The New Jersey Highlands Council held a 20th anniversary summit at Frelinghuysen Arboretum. From left are state Sen. Bob Smith (on video), John Weingart, Michele Byers and state sen. John McKeon.
The Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act is a 2004 New Jersey law aimed at protecting the Highlands region of northwest New Jersey by regulating development within the region under the supervision of the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (Highlands Council), under the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.A historic waterfront community located on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. [17]
The New Jersey Highlands Coalition is a New Jersey 501c3 non-profit organization that aims to protect the water and the ecological and cultural resources of the New Jersey Highlands, an 860,000 acre rural and agricultural area in the northern and western parts of the state.
Among states that border New Jersey, Pennsylvania (21 years) and Delaware (20 years) have similarly strong legislation in place for squatters, while New York (10 years) is comparatively less strict.
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
The Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act (N.J.S.A 40:69A-1 [1], et seq.) provides New Jersey municipalities with a variety of models of local government. This legislation is called the Faulkner Act in honor of the late Bayard H. Faulkner, former mayor of Montclair, New Jersey, U.S., and former chairman of the Commission on Municipal Government.
Percent of County Commissioner seats held by party in each county in New Jersey. In New Jersey, a Board of County Commissioners (until 2020 named the Board of Chosen Freeholders) is the elected county-wide government board in each of the state's 21 counties. In the five counties that have an elected county executive, the board of county ...