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equiring developers to base the number of dwelling units allowed to be built on the gross
developable acreage of their development parcels, areas designated by the County and its
municipalities as being environmentally-sensitive are more likely to end up being set aside.
It must be recognized that maps of environmentally-sensitive areas are accurate to a general
level only. Developers should be required as a matter of County and local policy to
undertake more detailed field studies of specific parcels proposed for development that will
verify or modify the precise location of the sensitive features on the county-wide or
municipal-wide maps. If such studies are required, especially where there is a strong
suspicion or known presence of environmentally-sensitive features, developers will be more
aware of the need to protect scarce resources and to avoid future problems at an early point
in the development process, leading to better land planning and design solutions in the long
run.
Environmental Protection Policiea
1. Monitor and update, as needed maps and other inventories of environmentally-sensitive
resources in the county, and make this information known to local municipalities,
authorities, and other public and private organizations.
2 Prepare and promote model regulations for the protection of environmentally-sensitive
resources and asskt municipalities in the adoption of such controls.
3. Review each development proposal to determine its possible effects on environmentallysensitive
resources and promote ways to minimize their impairment.
4. In conjunction with the State and local munic@alities, conduct watershed studies focused
on land development’s effects on stormwater dkchqe.
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