Brick Township Master Plan

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Township of Brick, Master Plan – Introduction

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Introduction

“Brick Township’s Master Plan is not only a road map for its future but a reflection of its past. Since 1955,when the Garden State Parkway made Brick a convenient commute to and from points north, Brick’s

population has grown exponentially. Along with that growth have come significant increases in housing,commercial development and traffic. The issue for Brick, now in its twilight as a developing community, ishow to make the best use of its remaining undeveloped land, while improving that which has been already

developed.”

This was the opening statement in the introduction to the 1997 Master Plan. In keeping with the tone set in theopening line, it would be prudent to reflect progress made since the 1997 Master Plan and where we are in regardsto the recommendations made in that document. Since setting the stage for the two most important issues facingBrick at the turn of the century, the Township has accomplished much towards make the best use of its remainingundeveloped land while improving that which has already been developed.

At this time, it is important to reflect upon those accomplishments which improved the quality of life for the residentsof the Township, while identifying those issues that still need improvement. In the context of open space andrecreation, much progress has been made and to stay on-course should be the main objective, while recognizingthat much of the large tracts have been preserved, a focus should be placed on providing for expansion to existingpreserved areas through smaller lot acquisitions and preservation of waterfront areas, where fiscally feasible. In thecontext of commercial development and re-development, much has been done in the way of the upgrading andbeautification of existing commercial areas in the area known as the Brick Town Center. A new approach to theredevelopment and enhancement of commercial areas is currently being explored through the New Jersey StatePlanning Commission Plan Endorsement Process and the Office of Smart Growth to create overlay zoning for redevelopment and the identification of Redevelopment Areas in the Township through the employment of theN.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6 and 40A:12A-5 Redevelopment Statute. These efforts are also being folded into the topic of traffic patterns and congestion issues. Improvements of problem intersections, and coordination with County andState agencies is currently underway through the Plan Endorsement Process and the New Jersey Department of Transportation to improve timing at lighted intersections and the integration of alternate means of transportationthrough pedestrian facilities, mass transit and the improvement of bikeway systems.

In the 1997 Master Plan, a strong emphasis was placed upon open space preservation and water quality protection.

“As we approach the next century, there is a narrow window within which to guarantee that future

generations will be left with green areas to enjoy in Brick Township. For that reason, the foremost priority of this Master Plan is to preserve as much of Brick Township’s remaining woodlands as possible. Toaccomplish this goal most of those woodlands have been designated as public, “green” or “protected”. Inaddition, the Township is defined and bounded by significant waterways including the Atlantic Ocean,Barnegat Bay, the Manasquan River and the Metedeconk River. These too must be protected.”

In response to these goals, in the year 2000, the Township’s citizens overwhelmingly passed a referendumapproving a one cent tax to be set aside for the purposes of preserving and developing open space and recreationareas. These funds, in addition to those provided through grants and loans through various State and Countyprograms have led to the successful preservation and enhancement of one of the best systems of park andconservation lands in Ocean County. A more detailed description of these areas is outlined in the Open Space andConservation Element and the Recreation Element of this document. The goal for the future development andprotection of remaining areas of vacant developable lands is to continue the successful protection and enhancement

of these areas through acquisition and development programs, following those identified in the Open Space andRecreation Plan.

In addition, the goals to protect water quality were furthered through the BTMUA’s Reservoir project and theimplementation of the Municipal Stormwater Management Program promulgated through the State of New Jersey.

As an element in this plan, the Municipal Stormwater Management Plan is to be adopted and coordinated with theMunicipal Pollution Prevention Plan and associated ordinances for the protection of the adjacent waterways andwater quality. The future of these plans will depend on the close monitoring of land development projects andimprovement of areas where stormwater infrastructure is antiquated or malfunctioning. Grant funding will be soughtand associated development fees will be implemented to upgrade these areas and meet the requirements of theMunicipal Stormwater Regulations.




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“Housing development which has taken place in Brick has met the needs of its citizens and has complied with the housing standards prescribed by Federal and State law. The quantity and diversity of Brick’s

present housing stock essentially meets present and future needs. It is for that reason, as well as to limit the overburdening cost of further unrestricted single family development on our infrastructure and economic strength, that the focus of this plan is to improve existing housing stock rather than to increaseit.”

In December of 2005, the Township of Brick will adopted a “Round Three Housing Element and Fair Share Plan”under the Council of Affordable Housing. While, in 1997, the Housing and Fair Share Plan identified affordablehousing needs and guidelines, more opportunities for affordable units must be provided for under the new roundthree regulations. These regulations were promulgated to allow for “growth share.” Growth share assigns a number based on projected population and commercial growth within the Township, however, only those units which are builthave to be complied with. The Growth Share methodology was overturned by the Superior Court of New Jersey inearly 2007 and the Council on Affordable Housing was directed to propose new regulations the provided for a better estimate of affordable housing needs in New Jersey and incentives for developers to construct units. The Townshipof Brick Planning Board adopted the Housing Element & Fair Share Plan in December of 2005 which complied withthe Council on Affordable Housing Rules, however, the Township Council chose to pursue sustentative certificationthrough an appointed court master rather than the Office on Affordable Housing due to the fact that the Townshipwas contesting the methodology for it’s fair share contribution number. Since the Court Master did not act on theTownship’s Plan prior to the Superior Court ruling, the plan will have to be amended once the Council on AffordableHousing releases new rules in response to the Court’s decision. However, the Township has continued it’s pursuit of

providing affordable housing opportunities through partnerships with Homes Now, Inc. and other affordable housingdevelopment entities and will continue this tradition regardless of the State’s progress in providing new rules.

“This Master Plan calls for strict enforcement of the newly adopted National Property Maintenance Code; areduction in housing construction on small or undersized lots; and a reduction in the overall lot coverage of individual single family lots in an effort to improve aesthetics and maintain sufficient light, air and openspace.”

In response to the recommendation of strict enforcement of the National Property Maintenance Code, the Townshipestablished the Property Maintenance Board. The Township Council amended the Township's PropertyMaintenance Ordinance in the fall of 1998 to expand the powers available to Township officials for dealing withdilapidated and unsafe buildings. The original ordinance had been adopted in the 1980s and needed enhancement.

Through this program we maintain a list which began as the “Dirty Dozen” and has evolved into the “Dirty Thirty”worst maintained properties in town. Owners of these properties are put on notice to clean-up their property. If theproperty owner does not comply, the Township performs the clean up work and places liens on the land. Theprogram has resulted in the demolition of three (3) rundown buildings and the clean up of numerous other propertieswith liens being placed on the property so that the Township may recoup the cost of clean-up. Numerous other properties have been cleaned up by the owners themselves once they were put on notice. This is just one of theways that we are working to enhance the quality of life for our residents.

The Township Council addressed the recommendation in the 1997 Master Plan to reduce the overall lot coverage of individual single family lots in an effort to improve aesthetics and maintain sufficient light, air and open space bychanging the maximum lot coverage for residential lots in the R-5 Zone to 35% from 40%. The Council also adoptedchanges to increase the required total side yard setbacks in the R-5, R-7.5 and R-10 Zones. And residential buildingheight requirements were redefined to decrease the overall height and mass of new homes. These measures served

to control the size of homes that can be built in neighborhoods where small lots dominate the residential landscape,helping to maintain the character and integrity of these communities. In addition, the Council passed ordinanceslimiting impervious coverage on commercial lots to decrease the impact that the development of commercialproperties have on stormwater runoff and quality.

Residential growth in the Township has led to significant commercial growth. Starting in the 1960’s, large scaleshopping centers were introduced to Brick Township. In the 1970’s and 1980’s commercial growth often took theform of strip centers. Today many of the existing shopping centers have become outdated, and the strip centershave been vacant in times of economic distress. The Township has witnessed the solution to outdated shoppingcenters with the recent renovations including but not limited to Brick Plaza, Kennedy Mall, Riviera Plaza, LaurelSquare & Towne Hall Shoppes. The Master Plan encourages additional commercial renovations as part of the




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economic upturn in Brick and has encouraged better planning of these commercial areas through the drafting of theMixed Use Overlay Zone and the Streetscape Ordinance within the Brick Town Center.

The development of Brick Township has often been of a linear fashion: with commercial enterprise along the major state and county highways and residential areas located immediately to the rear. This has caused areas of conflictbetween such dissimilar uses. The Township is exploring new ways to encourage the transition between thesesingle lot uses and the conflicts that result from their construction through the suggestion of creating mixed useoverlay zones and the use of streetscape designs within the Brick Town Center. These mixed use and streetscapeareas will allow for transitions from commercial uses to areas of commercial and residential to only residential areaswhile providing amenities and designs that encourage walking, bicycling and cross access areas for vehicular connections without having to travel on County or State highways. The institution of these types of mixed usedevelopments within the Brick Town Center will serve as a catalyst to future beautification, enhancement andimprovement of other areas of the Township.

The overall growth of both commercial and residential uses in Brick Township has impacted most heavily on itsinfrastructure. Roads are congested, motor vehicle accidents are common and the waterways accept the pollutionassociated with storm water runoff. Growth must constantly be reviewed and limited so that it does not surpass theability of the Township’s infrastructure and the tax dollars to support it. To this end, Brick Township will continue torequire any potential land user to meet the strict environmental standards, not only of the Township, but of all levelsof government.

Brick Township has enjoyed an economic rebirth. This revitalization must be extended to the planning process tothe benefit of all citizens in their everyday life. This will be accomplished by ensuring that the neighborhoods inwhich their homes are located remain undisturbed by unnecessary and unwanted development.

It is essential that residents be confident that stores are safe and attractive; that the traffic routes between their homes, stores, houses of worship and other destinations are safe and sufficient for the purposes for which they wereintended; and that their free time may be spent in both active and passive recreational areas featuring clean waters,dense woods, updated facilities and a beautiful environment within their own Township.

As we look back upon the recommendations of the 1997 Master Plan, we observe many of the items have beenacted upon and have served the community well in their intent and employment. As we look forward, a newemphasis on redevelopment, better design, infrastructure capacity and community enhancement become center

stage in the future development of Brick Township. The Township’s focus has shifted from development of newuses, to the redevelopment of existing areas with improvements that serve the community as a whole. This is thetask for the Township Officials into the next phase of land use and design in the Township of Brick, to improve thequality of life for all of Brick Township’s residents while balancing density, design, traffic, economy and environment.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Assumptions

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Assumptions

• That the population of Brick Township will continue to increase, but at a substantially slower rate due to the

limited availability of vacant land without environmental constraints which prevent or inhibit development.

• That the Planning Board and the Board of Education will work together to plan for the Educational and

Recreational needs of the student population.

• That due to the rate of population growth over the last 30 years in Brick and surrounding communities, new

commercial development will continue, but at a lesser pace. The focus is now on redevelopment of existing

commercial centers, conforming to upgraded improvement standards and construction of mixed use

developments to encourage growth into the Brick Town Center.

• That continued road improvements will be required due to past population growth and development.

• That infrastructure will require expansion and improvement. Recurring drought conditions have made apparent

the need to protect the current potable water supply, while investigating additional resources such as

desalinization, improving groundwater recharge and grey water recycling.

• Recent innovations in energy efficiency and green building technologies make the employment of

environmentally sensitive and energy efficient building practices more feasible.

• That major portions of the remaining vacant land include areas of tidal wetlands and freshwater wetlands which

will restrict and limit the amount of land that can be developed.

• That traffic congestion in Brick Township will be eased through the anticipated improvements to the Garden

State Parkway, N.J. State Highways ,Ocean County Road system, and public transportation.

• That public transportation may become a more viable means of travel as progress continues toward the

opening of the Monmouth/Ocean/Middlesex rail system.

• That the Township will meet its housing objectives through the continued implementation of the Township’s

Affordable Housing Program, Housing Element & Fair Share Plan; the continuation of zoning which permits

various types of housing opportunities; and housing rehabilitation through the Community Development Block

Grant Program.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Statement of Objectives

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Statement of Objectives

Environment

• To implement the Open Space & Recreation Plan.

• To encourage the continued Municipal acquisition and recreational development of vacant waterfrontproperty for public access & use.

• To Implement the Conservation & Open Space Plan Element.

• To implement the conservation plan by protecting the environmentally sensitive lands as delineated on theMaster Plan

• To provide for additional open space and recreational areas and to provide incentives for dedication to theTownship of lands for those purposes.

• To Implement the Recycling Plan Element and encourage the continued expansion of the Township’srecycling program.

• To implement the Municipal Stormwater Management Plan Element.

• To improve surface & groundwater quality through the completion of the Sewerage InfrastructureImprovement Act requirements by adhering to the NJDEP Water Quality Standards and MunicipalStormwater Regulations Program.

• To discourage direct discharge of storm water into bodies of water, to discourage the off-site flow of stormwater and to require on-site retention in underground facilities whenever feasible.

• To implement the Community Forestry Management Plan Element

• To protect environmentally critical areas and preserve woodlands and open space and to encourage thebeautification of the Township through landscaped areas.

• To encourage energy conservation policies through techniques as applied in Site Plan and SubdivisionReview and other governmental action.

• To improve the quantity and quality of landscaping and buffer plantings.

• To protect existing threatened and endangered species habitat from new development.

• To protect riparian buffers from encroachment from new development.

Transportation

• To improve traffic circulation and reduce hazardous traffic conditions throughout the Township byimplementing the recommendations contained in the Circulation Element.

• To actively urge the N.J. Highway authority to pursue and provide additional interchanges along the Garden

State Parkway within and in close proximity to the Township which will alleviate traffic congestion within theTownship.

• To establish a unified circulation system.

• To continue seeking funds from Federal, State & County sources for Township road improvement projects.

• To provide opportunities for alternate means of local & regional travel including but not limited to pedestrianwalkways, bicycle paths, bus routes, air and rail transit and the utilization of the inland waterways.

• To encourage mixed use developments to reduce dependence on vehicles for modes of travel.

Development

• To encourage a balanced and compatible arrangement of residential, commercial and other appropriate landuses.

• To encourage mixed use developments in the Brick Town Center to direct new development into areas of

existing infrastructure.• To encourage streetscape designs that area aesthetically pleasing that encourage pedestrian use as well as

providing for an improved visual environment.

• To encourage upgrading of residential neighborhoods through housing rehabilitation increased CodeEnforcement, landscape improvements, and infrastructure maintenance.

• To allocate proper areas of the remaining vacant land for future community facilities including school sites,recreation, open spaces, fire and first aid stations, future water resource facilities and sites for governmentfunctions.

• To continue providing incentives through zoning and code enforcement for re-planning and rehabilitating of all major commercial areas in general, and the neighborhood business districts and the Brick Town Center inparticular.



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• To discourage the development of additional commercial strip centers.

• To utilize the Architectural Review Committee to prepare a set of building and landscaping themes andguidelines to be established in the Herbertsville and Mantoloking sections of the Township.

• To reduce the visual impacts of existing and future commercial uses through the enforcement of presentlandscaping standards and through architectural reviews by the Board’s Subcommittee.

• To provide affordable housing through continued implementation of the Township’s Housing Element andFair Share Plan.

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To revise the “Lot Area” definition to reflect physical impairments and encumbrances on individual parcels of land including but not limited to steep slopes, wetlands, deed restrictions and easements.

• To continue to encourage the development of facilities in the vicinity of Brick Hospital which complement theHospital’s services.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Land Use Element

Table of Contents

Introduction 1Land Uses 1A. Residential 1B. Commercial Development 4

C. Office/Professional 6D. Hospital Support Zone 6E. Industrial 6F. Public/Semi Public 6

Fig.1 Township of Brick - Land Use 7G. Brick Town Center 7

Fig.2 Center Location 9H. Preliminary Concepts for the Town Center 9 MAPSCenter Zoning ACenter Improvements BCenter Land Use C




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Land Use Element

IntroductionThe Land Use Plan for the Township of Brick is a guide for the future physical, economic, social and recreationaldevelopment of the Township’s remaining vacant land and for the redevelopment of inappropriately developed or substandard property. This Plan was prepared with an emphasis on the continued preservation of open space

within the Township in an effort to sustain the current environment and quality of life for its residents. In addition, thisPlan was prepared to be consistent with the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. The goal of township tobe consistent with the State Plan is achieved by incorporating the requirements of the State Plan Endorsementprocess into the Land Use Plan and other appropriate Elements of this Master Plan. To ensure consistency with theState Plan, the Township’s Land Use Plan mapping was designed to be consistent with the State Plan Mapidentifying areas for Suburban Land Uses (PA2) and Environmentally Sensitive Lands (PA5) to be consistent withresidential, commercial and public lands. The Initial Plan Endorsement submission has been appended to thisMaster Plan update.

The vast majority of the Township is presently developed, with few large parcels of vacant developable landremaining. This Master Plan update has identified the most environmentally sensitive vacant and underdevelopedparcels and designated them as areas for conservation or limited recreation. Preservation of these lands willincrease recreational opportunities while also protecting the natural environment.

This plan also addresses the economic needs of the community when examining the vacant commercially zonedproperties within the Township by determining the most appropriate uses of those lands. However, considerationhas been given to preservation of vacant commercially zoned property if there is the potential for significant negativeimpacts associated with such development.

Redevelopment will be considered for sites or areas such as but not limited to those containing obsolete buildings or layouts, known health or safety issues, or lands not likely to be developed by reason of location, remoteness or lackof access. If the township chooses to formally redevelop a targeted site or area, it must follow the statutorily definedprocess set forth in the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. Several of the sites within the Township which aresuitable for redevelopment or Smart Growth development lie within Township’s designated Center, to be labeled“Brick Town Center” as depicted on the Land Use Plan Map. Four sites within the Brick Town Center have beenslated for Mixed Use development or redevelopment through the creation of an Overlay Zone, as describedsubsequently in this Plan.

Land UsesThe Township is divided into six broad land use categories: Residential, Commercial, Office/Professional, HospitalSupport, Industrial and Semi-Public/ Public. The Brick Town Center overlays portions of all the aforementionedcategories. In addition, certain areas within the various land use categories have been identified for redevelopmentconsideration. The following identifies and describes these categories including the Brick Town Center:

A. Residential

Brick Township has established extensive residential development patterns throughout the community. Of the total

developed land area, the vast majority consists of various residential uses. The objective of the land use plan, as itpertains to residential development, is to provide appropriate strategies for the small residential tracts of vacant landand to permit the reasonably conforming infill of existing single-family residential neighborhoods to appropriatedensity standards, while preserving the larger tracts. The plan also provides areas for future affordable housingsites and mixed use development.

The overall residential development plan is to allow for flexibility in design while discouraging the over developmentof individual lots and preserving open spaces and environmentally critical areas. Additional high density singlefamily and multi-family residential development will be limited. However, opportunities for high density residentialdevelopment will be accommodated in the Center within the Mixed Use Overlay Zone areas.




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1. Low Density ResidentialThe low density designation corresponds to the Rural Residential zoning category, including the RR-1, RR-2and RR-3 Zones. Gross densities in the Rural Residential Zones approximate one (1) dwelling unit per acre.Planned Residential Retirement Communities, Planned Residential Communities and Clustering arepermitted within the RR-2 and RR-3 Residential Zones on smaller lots provided certain developmentstandards are satisfied. Adult Community Multi-family/Townhouse units are also permitted at a three (3)dwelling unit per acre maximum. In addition, a cluster option is available in the RR-2 and RR-3 Zoneswhich approximates a gross density of 1.5 dwelling units per acre. The majority of the property that is zonedRR-1 is not suitable for the more dense development options due to the presence of high water tables.

The Rural Residential zoned properties that have not been developed for senior housing are predominantlyvacant or underdeveloped and are likely lands being considered for preservation by the Township, County,State or Federal Governments. The majority of the remaining, large, vacant, privately owned parcelscontains freshwater or coastal wetland areas and is located within or in close proximity to the Edwin BForsythe Wildlife Refuge. Efforts to preserve these properties are ongoing.

2. Medium Density ResidentialThe medium density residential classification corresponds to the R-10, R-15 and R-20 zones whichgenerally yield a gross density of 1.6 to 3 dwelling units per acre. The majority of the medium densitydevelopment and zoning occurs north of State Highway Route 70. Few privately held vacant propertiesremain in the Medium Density Residential areas. There are no changes proposed in the Medium Densitycategory.

3. High Density ResidentialThis classification corresponds to the R-5 and R-7.5 zones, permitting 7 and 4.5 units per acre, respectively.This category includes those existing developments built to high density parameters with little developableland remaining with the exception of sporadic infill parcels. The majority of the High Density Residentialdevelopment and zoning occurs on the south side of State Highway Route 70.

However, the Timber Ridge project was constructed at the intersection of Van Zile and Burnt Tavern Roadsnorth of Route 70 in 1994. It was an Affordable Housing project of one hundred twenty single familydetached dwellings on lots of 5,000, 6,000 and 7,000 square feet. No additions are proposed to the HighDensity Residential Category.

4. Multi-family ResidentialThe multi-family designation corresponds to the R-M Multi-Family Zone, permitting six units per acre. The

Township has accommodated such a zone to permit a wider range of housing options within its boundaries.This plan is proposing no additions of vacant land to this designation with the exception of those parcelsincluded in the Township’s Fair Share/Affordable Housing Plan and in the Mixed Use Overlay Zone withinthe Brick Town Center. These areas are described in the Housing Element and also described Brick TownCenter section of the Land Use Plan and in the Initial Plan Endorsement submission appended to thisMaster Plan.

5. Planned Residential Retirement CommunitiesPlanned Residential Retirement Communities (PRRC’s) are permitted within the (RR-2&3) Rural ResidentialZones. These communities are age restricted, generally fifty-five and older, and contain a club house,outdoor recreational facilities, open space and common areas. PRRC’s within the Township are of condominium or fee simple forms or ownership. The following parcels have been approved and developedunder the PRRC designation since the adoption of the 1997 Master Plan:

a. The Cedar Village site at the northeast corner of the Burnt Tavern Road/N.J. State Highway Route 70intersection.b. The Wedgewood Place site at the northeast corner of the Burnt Tavern Road/Lanes Mill Roadintersection.

6. Planned Residential Communities (PRC’s)Planned Residential Communities were created by Ordinance in 1995 as a permitted use within the (RR-2&3) Rural Residential Zones. PRC’s allow for a mix of attached and detached housing at controlledpercentages and densities on tracts of land in excess of 100 acres. The Sailors Quay/Grande Quaydevelopment between Hooper Avenue and Cherry Quay Road is the Township’s only Planning ResidentialCommunity.




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7. Planned Multi-family Residential Retirement Community (PMRRC)The PMRRC Zone was created in 2005 to address the apparent need for senior housing opportunities withinthe Township in a form other than the traditional single family detached dwelling. The PMRRC allows for multi-family condominium type dwellings in four story buildings at a density of twenty units per acre. Theonly identified PMRRC location is a twenty acre site located within the Brick Town Center adjacent to theShop-rite/ Kohls Shopping Center and the Post Office. The Planning Board granted site plan approval for approximately three hundred age-restricted units in 2006. To date, development of the site has not beeninitiated. The Land Use Plan designation for this parcel has been changed from Highway Commercial toPMRRC and allows for the Mixed Use Overlay Zone as a developer option.

In addition, the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a senior condominium project in 2005 on a twelveacre tract in the B-3 Highway Development Zone. The site fronts on Brick Boulevard and Hooper Avenue atthe southern end of the Township. It was approved for one hundred ten age restricted units. The site ispresently vacant. The Land Use Plan designation has been changed from Highway Commercial to PMRRC.

8. Affordable Housing As a result of the Supreme Court decisions commonly known as Mount Laurel I & II, the Township of Brick,along with every other community within the State of New Jersey, is required to provide for its fair share of affordable housing opportunities.

The affordable housing sites approved by the Council on Affordable Housing are designated on the LandUse Plan. The affordable housing sites are described in detail in the Housing Element of this Master Plan

and the COAH approved Fair Share Plan and amendments thereto.

Since the adoption of 1997 Master Plan three affordable housing sites have been developed. Dottie’sHouse, at an undisclosed location, the Bancroft Facility on Route 70 West adjacent to the Industrial Parkand the Pier Avenue Project at the northern end of Pier Avenue. The Bancroft and Pier Avenue sites havebeen designated Affordable Housing on the Land Use, changing the current Industrial and Residentialdesignations, respectively.

The Township’s proposed Affordable Housing Plan is currently under review. However, midway through thereview process, the Court determined that the 3rd Round COAH Rules, upon which municipalities basedtheir Affordable Housing Plans, was invalid. COAH was given six months to rewrite their rules and addressthe Court’s concerns. Once the new rules are adopted, the Township will have to amend its Housing Plan.The Township will continue to seek suitable locations and innovative methods to provide for its fair share

obligation.

9. The Barrier Island The Barrier Island of Brick Township has been developed largely for high density residential land use.However, hurricanes, storms, and flooding pose major hazards to life and property on the island.Maintaining and enhancing the island beach-dune system is vital to the safety of residents and theprotection of property. Where allowed to achieve sufficient breadth and height, the beach-dune system is abarrier against destructive storm surges. Accordingly, the Township zoning and development regulationsshould be coordinated with the State rules on Coastal Zone Management (N.J.A.C. 7:7E-1.1 et. Seq.) in aneffort to protect the Township’s beach-dune area from inappropriate development. State policy is to prohibitdevelopment on land that has no prudent or feasible alternative use other than a dune. Moreover,development must not cause significant long-term adverse impacts on the natural functioning of the beach-dune system.

In recognition of the special attraction and scenic value to residential uses of a barrier island location and theover-water views it provides, the intensity of development and the height of future buildings should bemanaged to maintain a desirable scale and relationship among existing dwellings. Land disturbance and theconstruction or expansion of principal and accessory buildings and structures should be permitted only westof the beach-dune area. Consistent with State policy, development seaward of the line will be limited todefined access ways and approved shore protection efforts.




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B. Commercial Development

The established commercial development pattern in Brick Township consists of a loosely defined central core area,bound by Route 70, Brick Boulevard, Chambers Bridge Road & Cedar Bridge Avenue (which contains Brick Plaza),and linear development along such commercial corridors as Brick Boulevard, Route 70, Route 88 & ChambersBridge Road. The Brick Town Center consists of the central core area and the linear development in proximity to itand the Hospital Support Zone.

Neighborhood commercial areas exist along portions of Herbertsville Road, Hooper Avenue, Mantoloking Road andDrum Point Road. This plan recognizes that Brick’s existing commercial development pattern is well established andattempts to encourage new commercial development and redevelopment in the most appropriate locations withinthat pattern, while at the same time controlling the site specific intensity of commercial development.

Specific objectives of the plan are to:

• Encourage commercial establishments at appropriate locations as infill developments asopposed to creating new commercial areas.

• Where feasible require that commercial establishments are setback sufficiently from adjacentroad rights of way to allow road widening without major disruptions.

• Require existing and proposed commercial tracts to meet improved standards with increasedbuffer areas and landscaped areas.

• Reduce the planned commercial areas along certain County corridors such as Mantoloking andHerbertsville Roads where there exists adequate commercial space to service the existingneighborhoods but the roads are not equipped to receive higher volumes of traffic and/or thevacant lands are environmentally sensitive.

• Create a restoration plan for the Herbertsville Road and Mantoloking Road neighborhoodcommercial areas which encourages improvements to existing commercial sites that areconsistent with the character of the areas, such as historic preservation for Herbertsville Road,and a prescribed restoration motif, such as a nautical theme, for the Mantoloking Road area.

• Maintain existing residential uses along the Township’s arterial roadways, such as but not limitedto, Van Zile Road, Burrsville Road, and Hooper Avenue (south) by discouraging nonconformingcommercial conversions of residential structures and new Commercial Development in suchareas.

• Create mixed use development areas within the Brick Town Center that encourage integrated

retail, office and residential development.• Continue to require vehicular and pedestrian connections between existing and proposed

adjoining commercial sites.

There are five commercial designations within the Township:

1. Highway CommercialHighway Commercial refers to large-scale commercial development which serves major regional populationcenters. The Brick Plaza area at the junction of Route 70, Cedar Bridge Road and Brick Boulevard ispresently the most intensely developed commercial area in Brick Township.

In zoning terms, the B-3 and B-4 Highway Development categories correspond with the HighwayCommercial land use designation which permits a broad variety of commercial uses along the major

transportation corridors traversing the Township. Recent approvals and redevelopment projects have beenconcentrated along the Route 70 corridor between Chambers Bridge Road and the Lakewood border.

There are no additions proposed to the Highway Commercial designation.

2. General CommercialGeneral Commercial uses consist of a broad variety of small retail and service facilities that are easilyaccessible by major residential sections of the community. The uses may rely on pedestrian and vehicular access. The scope of services and size of the commercial facilities will depend largely upon per capitaincome and density of the supporting population. In terms of zoning, general commercial corresponds to theB-2 General Business Zone. General commercial shopping areas are located along most major arterialroads in the Township.




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Commercial facilities which can service the area neighborhoods will provide convenient access, whilereducing the need for cross town travel. Commercial development on the single lane County Roads shouldexclude uses that will have regional appeal to avoid congestion caused by attracting consumers fromoutside of the area.

There are no additions proposed to the General Commercial designation.

3.Neighborhood CommercialNeighborhood commercial facilities consist of small retail and service establishments such as pharmacies,delis, bakeries and dry cleaners that can provide for the everyday needs of people within a neighborhood.These uses are identified by the Master Plan in those areas of the community where presently, someneighborhood commercial facilities exist. It is not anticipated that these neighborhood commercial areas willevolve into general commercial centers. The B-1 Neighborhood Business Zone corresponds to theneighborhood commercial category.

The most extensive neighborhood commercial zone exists along Herbertsville Road, although sections of Mantoloking Road are also neighborhood business oriented.

The Herbertsville Road commercial area has retained some of its 18th

and 19th

century buildings creatinghistoric character in the neighborhood. The Brick Historical Commission and Society have requested that asection of Herbertsville Road be recognized as a Historic District as described in the Historic Preservation

Element of this Master Plan.

Steps should be taken to begin working with the State to investigate the necessary steps needed to create aHistoric District and to coordinate with the impacted homes and businesses in the designated area.

Many view Mantoloking Road as Brick’s gateway to the Atlantic Ocean. Thousands of area residents andtourists travel Mantoloking Road annually between Memorial Day and Labor Day en route to Brick’s andother Barrier Island beaches. Presently, the Mantoloking Road neighborhood commercial areas consist of avariety of neighborhood businesses with varying services. However, the area lacks any identifiablecharacter or cohesiveness attractive to tourists.

The preparation of a comprehensive redevelopment plan for the Mantoloking Road commercial areas isrecommended. Such a plan should identify the limits of existing commercial neighborhoods, and establish a

set of standards for façade and site improvements streetscapes, pedestrian realms and most importantlyfunding sources to facilitate those improvements.

4.Waterfront CommercialWaterfront Commercial applies to all of the existing marinas within the Township. Rather than allowing theexisting marinas to remain unidentified within the Township’s commercial or residential land use categories,it was deemed appropriate to assign to them the Waterfront Commercial designation in 1997 Master Plan.

Marinas which are located in residential zones are encouraged to limit on-site uses to those of a water dependent nature, such as, docks, boat slips, upland storage, dock master’s quarters, marine supplies, bait& tackle shops & maintenance facilities for minor repairs and other required appurtenances. These marinasmust also be reviewed on a case by case basis to ensure that adequate buffering is provided to adjacentresidential uses.

Marinas in commercial zones would be encouraged to construct on-site facilities which are primarily water dependent, such as the uses described above for marinas located in residential zones, in addition to water oriented uses, such as boat sales, limited boat building, major boat repairs and where appropriate,restaurants.

The Marina Overlay Zone was created in 2004 to further recognize existing marinas and to encourage their improvement and redevelopment.




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C. Office/Professional

The Office/Professional designation accounts for a small area of Brick’s proposed land uses. This designationcorresponds with the Office Professional and the Office Professional Transitional Zones. The Office/ Professionaldesignations are intended to encourage low intensity office uses on small lots abutting residential areas, as opposedto retail establishments that tend to be greater traffic generators and sources of noise and odors.

D. Hospital Support Zone

In 1984, the Hospital Support Zone was created as a home for Brick Hospital and the numerous medical serviceestablishments that were anticipated to be generated by its existence. To date, the Hospital Support Zone has beenextremely successful at fulfilling its intended goals.

There is only one Hospital Support Zone in Brick Township. It is located between N.J. State Highway Route 88,Route 70 and Jack Martin Boulevard. Since 1984 this area has experienced substantial growth in the form of healthcare related facilities. There are few remaining parcels within the Hospital Support Zone with sufficient land arealikely to be developed for a health care oriented business. The only large vacant parcel of land remaining within the

Hospital Support Zone is within the Brick Town Center area and is designated for Mixed Use Overlay Zonedevelopment. The site is approximately ten acres in area and fronts on Jack Martin Boulevard, Burrsville Road andRoute 88.

E. Industrial

There are only two (2) areas designated within this plan for industrial development. The first area if the smallindustrial park on the northern side of Route 70 west. Also included in this area is a mini-warehouse facility locatedimmediately east of the industrial park. The second industrial designation is located on the south side of BurntTavern Road and is the site of the existing Anchor Concrete block plant and an adjacent single-family home on

approximately five acres of property.

No additions to the Industrial Land Use designation are planned.

F. Public/Semi Public

Public lands are those which are owned by a public entity such as the Municipality, County, State or FederalGovernment. Semi-public lands are those owned by non-profit or publicly regulated groups such as a house-of worship, hospitals, convalescent homes, club houses. This Master Plan identifies a number of properties as plannedpublic land holdings to limit the development of environmentally sensitive lands, preserve the quality of life for Township residents, and provide the open space and recreation areas required to support a community approaching80,000 residents.

Targeted land acquisitions for public open space and recreation areas are concentrated within and adjacent to theEdwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge, adjacent to the Airport Tract and along riparian corridors to create needed buffer areas to those water bodies and significant wetlands areas. A riparian buffer ordinance should be adopted by theTownship to supplement existing Federal and State regulations to limit development in these sensitive areas.




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Township of Brick - Land Use

Property Class Type Acres Square Miles % of Land Use

1 Vacant Land (including wetlands) 1717.03 2.68 12.53

2 Residential 6471.32 10.11 47.23

3A Farm (Regular) 1.48 0.00 0.0

4A Commercial 1184.33 1.85 8.64

4B Industrial 38.35 0.06 0.274C Apartment 175.17 0.27 1.27

15A Public School Property 290.07 0.45 2.2

15B Other School Property 1.06 0.00 0.0

15C Public Property 3606.44 5.64 26.32

15D Church & Charitable Property 106.38 0.17 0.78

15E Cemeteries & Graveyards 3.05 0.00 0.02

15F Other Exempt 106.99 0.17 0.78

Total 13701.68 21.4 100%Fig. 1

G. Brick Town Center:The Township of Brick is seeking to re-establish a Town Center within the boundaries of the recently expired CAFRA

Coastal Town Center and to expand the center boundaries to encompass more of a mix of uses in the Township’s“downtown” area. It was determined that a Town Center was the most appropriate Center designation for the area inquestion as it is consistent with the Township’s zoning relative to maximum impervious coverage of seventy percentand complies with most of the State Plan criteria for a Town Center. The Township is proposing to expand theCenter to incorporate more of the commercial district surrounding and including businesses and residential areasalong Brick Boulevard, Chamber’s Bridge Road and Cedar Bridge Avenue.

The goal of the Brick Town Center is to encourage redevelopment in the new Town Center that will redesign andimprove the historic core of linear commercial development along our arterial roadways and highways. The BrickTown Center will encourage development of a mix of housing opportunities, variety of retail and service businessand improve a sense of place through the design of public spaces, and improve circulation through design solutionsto the existing highway infrastructure, pedestrian linkages and connectivity between exiting developments.

1. The Brick Town Center Boundary:The Center will be referred to as the “Brick Town Center”. TheCenter is depicted as an overlay on the Land Use Plan. The Center encompasses an area of approximately 1.12 square miles beginningat the northerly extent of Chambers Bridge Road, abutting theGarden State Parkway. The Center area travels south and east onChambers Bridge Road covering the land area on both sides of theroad from the Cedar Bridge Branch to the Forge Pond area to apoint at the Route 70 intersection. The Center continues acrossRoute 70 to the intersection of Mantoloking Road/Cedar Bridge

Avenue and continues west down Cedar Bridge Avenue including allof the land between Cedar Bridge Avenue and Chamber’s BridgeRoad until it meets with the beginning of The Center at Route 70 andthe Cedar Bridge Branch of the Metedeconk River. The Center then moves east on the north side of Route70 to the intersection of Route 88. The Center area then travels northwest on Route 88 to the intersection of Jack Martin Boulevard and includes the land area between West Princeton Avenue, Jack Martin Boulevardand Route 70.

The Center’s boundaries are defined by natural and man-made features. In the Chambers Bridge Roadsection of the Center the northern Boundary is the Garden State Parkway, the western boundary is theCedar Bridge Branch of the Metedeconk River, the eastern boundary is the intersection of MantolokingRoad/Cedar Bridge Avenue and Chamber’s Bridge Road the southern boundary is Route 70. The Route 88section of the Center is bound by Jack Martin Boulevard to the north and east, West Princeton Avenue tothe west and Route 70 to the south. The two areas are joined by a small section of Route 70.

“Brick Town Center” Facts

• 1.12 Square Miles• 6,362 Persons (estimate)• 5,680 Persons per square

mile• 3.31 Dwelling Units per acre• 3:1 Jobs-to-Housing Ratio

• Served by Rt. 88, Rt. 70 &NJ Transit Bussing




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2. The Brick Town Center Land Uses:The Brick Town Center is a fairly compact mix of uses. Along Chambers Road the Center contains the BrickMunicipal Building (including the police and municipal court), the Civic Plaza, the County Library, MunicipalTennis Courts, Brick High School, Ocean County Vocational School, the Primary Learning Center, the PostOffice, the Housing Authority (including 450 affordable age restricted units and an approved multi-rise senior housing complex with 300 units) ,an ice rink, fitness center, Forge Pond County Golf Course, a number of regional shopping centers including Brick Plaza, Kennedy Shopping Mall and Town Hall Shoppes, a mix of out-dated office and retail uses and four residential neighborhoods consisting of a total of 834 Single familydwellings and 1540 multi-family dwellings including apartments, townhouses and senior assisted livingresidences totaling 2374 residential units. The Route 70 section includes a Church and Parochial School, a10 acre site acquired by the Township that contains an abandoned 90,000 sq. ft. retail building that abutsForge Pond and several mid-sized retail buildings. The Route 88 section of the Center contains theTownship’s Hospital Support Zone. The Hospital Support Zone has been a corner stone of economicgrowth over the past 15 years. The Hospital support Zone contains the Ocean Medical Center, the VAHospital, two nursing homes, three assisted living facilities and several large Medical/Office complexes. Inaddition to the Hospital Support Zone is a Costco Wholesale Warehouse, the Jersey Paddler (Canoe andKayak sales and rentals), small to mid-sized office and retail uses and three small residential neighborhoodstotaling 227 single family dwellings on lots of less than a ¼ of an acre plus two small garden apartmentbuildings. The Center area reflects a high level of public investment and services.

Although the Chambers Bridge/Route 88 section is only serviced by limited mass transit, in the form of passthrough NJ Transit bus service, it is traversed by four arterial roadways, two of which are State Highways. In

addition, many of the Township’s senior developments provide bus service to shopping areas, the MedicalCenter and various municipal services within the Center. Also, the Chambers Bridge Road and Cedar Bridge Avenue sections of the Center are pedestrian friendly as they have continuous sidewalks along thefull length. The majorities of the Center’s resident population resides in the Chambers Bridge Road sectionand make regular use of the sidewalk areas for access to the High School, other public services and retailareas. In all, the Center area is easily accessible and surrounded by a mix of housing types capable of providing adequate housing to support the commercial and office uses in the center. The jobs-housing ratiois approximately 3-1. The Center supports a population of approximately 6362 persons in a 1.12 square milearea, exceeding the State Plan Center requirement of a center supporting 5,000 persons per square milewith a gross population density of 5680 persons per square mile and has a gross housing density of 3.31dwelling units per acre. The Center area as well as the whole of the Township of Brick is serviced by theOcean County Waste Water Treatment Facility and has more than adequate infrastructure to support newinfill development. The entire Center area is also serviced by the Brick Township Municipal Utility Authority

for potable drinking water. The Center area is subject to the Township of Brick’s Municipal Stormwater Control Ordinance and will be able to support the infill of new commercial development relative tostormwater controls.

The Center also comprises a major employment center within the Township. The Township’s three largestemployers are located within the Center. Over three hundred and fifty people are employed at the municipalbuilding, three hundred and five people are employed at Brick High School and the Primary Learning Center and one thousand three hundred people are employed at Ocean Medical Center. The large commercialareas also contribute significantly to the area’s employment as two of the Township’s super food stores arelocated within the Center, employing approximately 400 people. In addition, these retail centers employapproximately 800 additional people.

3. Opportunities for Development & Redevelopment:

There are six vacant or under-developed parcels within the Center. These properties account for approximately fifty-six acres. Of those fifty-six acres approximately thirty acres involving two of the six siteshave received recent development approvals. However, there are a number of outdated uses, sites andsystems in the Center that the Township anticipates to be candidates for planned redevelopment possiblyinvolving public participation with potential for mixed use design, employing smart growth principles.

Through this Master Plan update and the Township’s concurrent participation in Ocean County’s RegionalSmart Growth Plan and the State’s Plan Endorsement process a strategic planning effort is in place that willfocus on the redevelopment of the designated Center area and identify public and private sources tofacilitate the fulfillment of policy objectives for the planning area.

4. Future Development of the Brick Town Center:




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As a result of limited system capacity by way of available land for development, locational limits by way of the location of the two state highways and the Metedeconk River that bisect the Brick Town Center and thecurrent stress on local infrastructure, the future development of the Brick Town Center will focus on four areas of mixed use design for residential and commercial growth as well as redevelopment of the BrickTown Center’s commercial base. The Brick Town Center has been tightly delineated around existing placesthat fit into the criteria for center designation and have potential to redevelop utilizing smart growth principlesincluding mixed uses, connectivity and innovative designcriteria. The Brick Town Center will be a place whereredevelopment and reutilization of existing infrastructureand implementation of sustainable growth anddevelopment initiatives will be emphasized while strivingto improve pedestrian linkages, increase housingdiversity, provide a mix of residential and commercialuses, upgrade commercial areas for new businesses andcoordinate state, county and municipal agencies for better transportation amenities

The Township of Brick is an older developed suburbancommunity, where opportunities for “New Urbanist”designs are limited; however, to encourage a diverse mixof residential and commercial growth four areas withinthe center have been identified to receive additional

residential and commercial opportunities in mixed useoverlay zones. In these mixed use overlay zones, we areencouraging careful planning of denser forms of village-like developments that will be linked to other single-usenodes in the center that will focus on commercialredevelopment. The design criteria in each area of theBrick Town Center will utilize smart growth principlessuch as connectivity, public spaces, sharedinfrastructure, streetscaping, redevelopment of single usesites as mixed use developments and natural resourceprotection strategies.

Fig. 2

The Township of Brick has the most waterfront of any municipality in New Jersey; therefore, protection of

this resource is a paramount priority. The current trend of land use decisions within the Township havefocused on decreasing the amount of impervious cover on older, antiquated, developed commercial areas inorder to improve water quality and decrease non-point source pollution to our receiving waterways. Anumber of commercial projects have come before the land use boards for redevelopment and upgrade. As aresult of this review opportunity, the Township revised its land use ordinances to require a larger amount of landscaping, a smaller amount of impervious coverage and improved and innovative stormwater controls.These techniques have served to aesthetically improve the commercial areas within the township while alsoimproving the environmental quality of the runoff that enters our streams and rivers through regulation at thelocal level. A few high density residential communities have also been planned for through use variancesand re-zoning in the Center area which will increase density. However, these planned communities wereapproved in order to meet Council On Affordable Housing obligations.

H. Preliminary Concepts for the Town Center:

1. Redevelopment:Recent commercial redevelopment projects have incorporated more aesthetically pleasing architecturaldesigns, landscaping improvements and improved stormwater controls at the major commercial sites withinthe Brick Town Center. The Township of Brick envisions the Brick Town Center to continue to be the hub of activity in the coming years and will continue to encourage innovative commercial, multipurposerecreational, cultural and residential redesign of antiquated areas in need of improvements through theplanning and review process. As previously mentioned, four areas of the Center will be identified to allow for re-development and development allowing mixed uses employing smart growth principles in order toencourage growth into areas that currently contain supportive infrastructure.




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2. Mixed Use Overly Zone:The challenge of the mixed use overlay zones will be to develop a design criteria that permits most usesincluding residential, retail, office and service uses while taking care to provide an authentic village-likesetting that is able to interact with the surrounding suburban setting. Bulk development standards willprovide for more liberal setbacks and parking standards. An increase in the height restriction and storylimitations in this zone will allow for mid-rise developments, while maximizing developable floor areas.Landscaping and architectural design will be carefully scrutinized for maximum creation of public spaces andinviting places for pedestrian traffic and interaction. Environmental standards must be adhered to in order toremain respectful of the water quality and habitat protection principles the Township is committed topreserving.

3. Development Incentives:While new to the Township leadership, exploration of incentives for developer’s to concentrate density anddevelopment in the Brick Town Center will be entertained. These may include land swaps from outlyingundeveloped parcels through Transfer of Development Rights or density bonus’s for providing affordablehousing in excess of the current Council on Affordable Housing obligation.

4. Linkage Improvements:Linkages between road networks and pedestrian interfaces can be improved through coordination betweenState and County Transportation Agencies. The Brick Town Center is the location at which two statehighways and three County roadways intersect. These roadways can be improved through intersectionredesign, light timing evaluation and sidewalk connections. In addition, opportunities for connectivity

between sites will be implemented to reduce entrances and exits onto roadway networks to gain accessfrom adjacent sites. These connections will be encouraged during development review and through roadwayand parking area design guidelines.

5. Pedestrian Movement:The Brick Town Center will benefit significantly from improved pedestrian and vehicular connections.Currently, this area has problems relating to level of service at several intersections and the pedestrianinfrastructure is in need of improvement. Sidewalks exist in most of the center; however, gaps need to befilled where sidewalks end. In addition, timing at lighted intersections needs to be improved to accommodatepedestrians from the high density residential developments crossing roadways to reach commercial areas.Traffic calming devices will be considered to aid pedestrians in areas where increased pedestrian activity willnot result in further traffic congestion. The areas that are planned to be re-developed or developed as mixeduse areas will serve as ‘hubs’ of connectivity. These areas will enable pedestrians to access various uses on

foot without having to travel by vehicles throughout the Township for services.

6. Roadway Improvement:The Township has embarked upon a long-term study of the Route 70 corridor between the intersection of Route 88 and Princeton Avenue westerly to Cedar Bridge Road. This area, also known as the “MissingMile,” has been identified as an area in need of significant vehicular improvements. The Township hasdeveloped a long-term and short-term improvement plan and is in the early phases of negotiation withNJDOT to begin the short-term projects. The “Missing Mile” plan will improve connectivity between theHospital Support section and the Chambers Bridge Road Section of the Brick Town Center. The improvedconnectivity between these two areas will provide for linkages to areas of multi-use residential andcommercial clusters that will advance the development of the Center design.

7. Transit Improvement:

Currently, NJ Transit services the Brick Town Center at many “un-official” bus stops along Route 70 andRoute 88. An increase in the frequency of service in the vicinity of our Hospital Support Area along Rt. 88and Jack Martin Boulevard would benefit many of the employees in this area. Additional services would beadvantageous along Chambers Bridge Road and Brick Boulevard and would provide for a morecomprehensive rider-ship in the Center. The Township will work with NJ Transit to accomplish moreaccessible and convenient transit services to the Center area in addition to exploring the incorporation of bus stop shelters at the existing stops and future locations to provide riders with proper amenities.

8. Center Street Scaping:




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The Brick Town Center has also been the focus of recent redevelopment projects wherein major investments to the aesthetics of the area have been improved through Streetscaping and landscaping of commercial developments. The Township would like to expand upon these improvements and implement a“streetscaping” project in the center area to provide for a cohesive visual built environment that incorporatesgreen spaces, public spaces, street trees, landscaped gardens, buffers and berms and shade trees alongthe arterial roads and highways that transect the Center.

9. Brick Town Center Design Guidelines:The desired design theme should be "timeless" and mimic the homes and businesses that dot thehistoric New Jersey shore downtown areas such as Asbury Park, Spring Lake, Toms River, and PointPleasant Beach. The specific characteristics of these desired structures include:

• Building materials used in area historic structures including but not limited to wood and clapboardshingles or modern replications in more durable materials or brick faced façades.

• Muted or natural colors and signage that coordinates with building facade.

• Buildings greater than one (1) story with clear delineation of the boundary between each floor of thestructure through belt courses, cornice lines or similar architectural detailing.

• Pitched or gabled rooflines.

• Overhanging eaves.

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Utilization of awnings, covered walkways, opens colonnades or similar weather protection whereapplicable.

• Main pedestrian entrances must face the street and be clearly articulated through architecturaldetailing; however access is also encouraged at the rear of the buildings adjacent to parking areas.

• Other architectural features in the center area should include corner towers, cupolas, clock towers,spires, balconies, colonnades or similar features.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Population Growth and Projection Element

Table of Contents

Population 1Fig. 1 - 50 year Population Growth 1Fig. 2 - Population Growth 1Fig. 3 - Comparative Population Growth 1

Fig. 4 - Percent Population Growth 2Fig. 5 - Comparative Population Growth 2Fig. 6 - Comparative Percent Population Growth 2Density 3Age 3Fig. 7 - Median Age 3Fig. 8 - Senior Citezen Population (62+) 3Fig. 9 - Township of Brick Change in Population 1990 – 2000 4Fig. 10 - School Enrollments 4Fig. 11 - Change in Population 5Race 5Housing 6Fig. 12 - Total Housing Units 1980-2000 6

Households 6Fig. 13 - Average Household Size 6Fig. 14 - Household Size Groups 7Projection of Housing Stock 7Fig. 15 - NJTPA Percentage Change in Projected Number of Households, 2000-2030 7Population Projection 8Fig. 16 - Township & County Population Projection 8Population and Employment Projections 8Fig. 17 - Forecast of Population, Employment & Household at “Build-Out” 8Employment Characteristics 9Fig. 18 - Number of Resident Workers by Percent Population 2000 9Fig. 19 - Number of Employers by Occupation Type, 2002 9Fig. 20 - Certificates of Occupancy Issued for Non-Residential Space 9

Fig. 21 - Rate of Commercial Growth (Square Feet) 10Residential Building Permits 10Fig. 22 - Rate of Job Creation by New Commercial Development 10Fig. 23 - Residential Building Permits 10Fig. 24 - Median Family Income 11Income 11Poverty 11Conclusion 11




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Population Growth And Projection Element

PopulationPopulation growth in the Township of Brick over the past fifty years was strongly influenced by the effects of sub-urbanization and the impact of the proximity of the Garden State Parkway. Since 1950, the population of theTownship of Brick has grown exponentially from 4,319 in 1950 to 76,119 in 2000. Fig. 1 shows the fifty-year population growth for the Township. Since the 2000 Census, the US Bureau of Census, Population Division

published Estimates of Resident Population by Municipality, Ocean County, 2000-2005. Brick Township wasestimated to have 78,155, showing a growth of 2,036 persons.

Fig. 1

The percent of population growth has been declining over the past few decades. Total population growth between

1990 and 2000, according to the 2000 U.S. Census was approximately, 9,646 people, 12.67 %. Fig. 2 shows that,the population for the Township of Brick has climbed upward since 1950. The largest population increase occurredduring the decades of the 1960’s and 1970’s in terms of total number of persons. The growth trend has slowed dueto the diminishing supply of available land for development. The growth in population is leveling off and asdemonstrated by the 2005 Census Estimate, if growth continues at the current pace, it will not even reach one half of the previous decade’s rate of growth at 12 percent.

The Township of Brick is thesecond mostpopulousmunicipality inOcean County,

following TomsRiver Township.The 2000 Censusreported a totalpopulation of 76,119 in theTownship of Brick. Toms River Township’s population was reported to be 89,706 and Lakewood Township’spopulation was 60, 352. However, Toms River Township and Lakewood Township’s rate of growth has not slowedas significantly as the Township of Brick and has resulted in an estimated population in the US Bureau of Census,Population Division published Estimates of Resident Population by Municipality, Ocean County, 2000-2005 of 94,660 for Toms River Township and 68,834 for Lakewood Township. Fig. 3 shows comparative population growthfor the Township of Brick, Ocean County and the State of New Jersey.

Comparative Population Growth1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Brick 4319 16299 35057 53629 66473 76119Ocean County 56586 108192 208270 346038 433203 474933New Jersey 4835329 6066782 7171112 7364823 7730188 8414350

Fig.3

Township of Brick 50 year Population Growth

Year Population

1950 4,319Number Change

% Change

1960 16,299 11,980 73.51970 35,057 18,758 53.51980 53,629 18,572 34.61990 66,473 12,844 19.32000 76,119 9,646 12.6

2005 Estimate 78,115 2,036 2.6

Fig. 2




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The percent population growth for the Township of Brick for the years 1970 through 2000 is shown in Fig.4. The percent population growth has been decliningsince the 1950’s. The large percent growth occurred inpost World War II 1950’s and 1960’s when familieswere moving out of the cities into suburbanizedcommunities.

The population growth in the Township of Brickbetween 1960 and 1980 saw the most significantincrease. This 20-year span saw an increase of 37,510persons.

This growth occurred as the Garden State Parkway(GSP) made daily travel to points north moreconvenient for the working class. The GSP allowedpeople to work in the northern cities while living in the

developing suburban, seashore community. In response, major suburban, residentialdevelopments were constructed to provide ample housing.

The comparative populationgrowth for the Township of Brick, Ocean County and theState of New Jersey for theyears 1950 through 2000 areshow in Fig. 5 and theComparative Percent of Population Growth is shown inFig. 6. While between 1970 and1980, the Township’s

population growth wassignificantly higher than theState of New Jersey, over thepast thirty years, that growthhas had a marked decreaseand is more in keeping with theCounty and State of NewJersey.

Fig. 5

Fig. 6

Fig. 4




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DensityThe number of persons per square mile is the measure of population density. In the US Bureau of Census,Population Division, Estimates of Resident Population, Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey,2000-2005, the population density of the Township of Brick was estimated to be 2,979 persons per square mile. TheTownship of Brick is ranked the 11th most densely populated municipality in Ocean County.

AgeThe age distribution of the population of the Township of Brick, Ocean County and the State of New Jersey is shownin Fig. 7. The residents of the Township are generally younger than the population of the County and generally older than the population of the State of New Jersey based on the comparison of median age.

Fig. 7

The population of the Township of Brick has been aging as shown in Fig. 7. A closer look at the growing senior citizen population, shown in Fig. 8, demonstrates the upward trend of the 62+ age group over the past twenty years.This increase is most probably due to the new senior citizen developments, the increased life expectancy and theoverall aging population.

Fig. 8

As shown in Fig. 9, the increase in population occurred in nearly all age group categories except the under 5, 20- ,25-34 and 65-74 age groups. These age groups experienced minor reductions in population, where the remainingage groups experienced significant increases. The largest numerical population growth occurred in the 45-54, “baby




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boomer” age group. This group saw an increase of 3,912 persons with a percent change of 37.04 %. The largestpercent increase occurred in the 85+ age group. This age group almost doubled with an increase of 821 individualsand a 49.13% increase.

Township of Brick Change in Population 1990 – 2000

Subject1990

Population 2000 Population

Change

(number) Change (percent)

Under 55-9

10-1415-1920-2425-3435-4445-5455-5960-6465-74

75-8485+

4,7344,3154,2144,0653,813

11,36910,0926,7382,7332,9056,676

3,969850

4,7215,3315,2494,3363,3599,372

13,07810,6503,9203,1406,242

5,0501,671

-13+1,016+1,035+271-454

-1,997+2,986+3,912+1,187+235-434

+1,081+821

-0.27+19.0+19.7+6.25-11.9

-17.56+22.83+37.04+30.28+7.48-6.5

+21.4+49.13Fig. 9

The 2000 Census Data indicates that the population cohort, under the age of 5, has shown a decrease in growthfrom that indicated in the 1990 Census Data and a substantial decrease in the same cohort’s growth rate from 1980to 1990. In 1980, the population cohort under 5 years of age totaled 3,901. In 1990, the under 5 cohort increased to4,734. A significant shift in the growth trend occurred from 1990 to 2000, as the under 5 age cohort actuallydecreased from 4,734 to 4,721.

What makes the above numbers significant is that the Baby-Boom generation (generally considered to be thoseindividuals born from 1946 to 1964) was at ages 26 to 44 in 1990. That age span would place the Baby-Boomers atprimary child bearing age. Even though the Baby-Boom Generation was at primary child bearing age during thedecade of the 90’s, Brick’s population under age 5 decreased in number from the prior decade. Fig 10. New Jersey

Department of Education data of school enrollments below demonstrates the declining enrollment of school childrenin the Township of Brick School District over a six year period. The number of new children entering the systemthrough pre-k and kindergarten hasbeen decreasing over the past six years.

Fig. 10




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Also curtailing additional growth in the Township is the fact that the Baby-Bust Generation (a period of a low number of births following the Baby-Boom generally considered to include those individuals born between 1965 and 1979)will be at primary child bearing age from 2000 to 2015. A lower number of couples at child bearing age equal lower birth rates. Of course, the development in the 1990’s has also left the Township with even less developable land.

The rate of population growth within the Township of Brick has been decreasing significantly due to the lack of developable land and increasing environmental regulations affecting the density of new developments. Therefore,the projected population growth between 2000 and 2015 should reflect a similar, if not more significant, decline ingrowth due to the lack of available land for development and factors associated with the Baby Boom/ Bust agegroups. This statement is further supported by the publishing of The US Census Bureau 2005 American CommunitySurvey estimated decreases in all age groups in the Township of Brick except that of the 45-55 age group. It alsoestimated the total population of the Township to be less than the 2000 census at 73,110 with a margin of error of +-5,127. Even with the margin of error added to the estimate, the US Census Bureau confirms the Township’s positionthat growth is slowing at a significant rate and will result in minimal population increases in the next century. Asdemonstrated in Fig. 11 below, the population of Brick is aging and the birth rates are declining.

Fig. 11

RaceThe 2000 Census data indicates that almost 99% of Brick’s population is White, while the other 1% is occupied byBlack/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, or a combination of two or more of these races. Thepopulation of the Township of Brick is less racially mixed than that of Ocean County, where the data indicates thatalmost 96% of the total population of the County is White and the remaining 4% is comprised of Black/African

American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander or a combination of two or more of these races.




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Housing The majority of the Township’s housing stock consists of single-family residential units accounting for approximately32,689 residential properties according to the 2000 Census.

Fig. 12 This is an increase of 3,846 housing units between 1990 and 2000, an 11.7% increase in housing stock as shown inFig. 12. The Township of Brick was ranked third in New Jersey for the biggest rise in owner occupied homes,representing more than 75% of the total housing units in the Township. The Township of Brick also ranked in the topten municipalities in New Jersey for the biggest drop in vacant housing units, a decrease of 700 vacant units, whichare now occupied. This statistic may have occurred due to the fact that many of the municipalities’ vacation summer homes have been converted to year-round residences.

HouseholdsIn 1990, there were 25,023 households, an increase of 6,155 from 1980. In 2000, the number of households was29,511. This was an increase of 4,488 households. The average household size and percent change is shown inFig. 13.

Township of Brick Average Household Size

1980 1990 20002.84 2.65 2.56

6.6% Change 1980-1990 3.3% Change 1990-2000Fig. 13

Household size continued to decrease, however, at a slower rate than between 1980 and 1990. The decrease inaverage household size between 1990 and 2000 was 3.3 %, half of the rate of decrease between 1980 and 1990 of 6.6%. This may be attributed to the fact that much of the senior housing, in the Township of Brick was built betweenthe years of 1980 and 2000.

The types of families and other households residing within the Township are diverse with no one type dominating.

Several important types were found in large numbers in 2000. Single persons accounted for 8,643 householdswhile, married couples without children accounted for another 9,051 households. Most large families fell into twocategories. The first, nuclear families (couples with children), formed 7,705 households. The second, single parentfamilies made up another 2,210 households.

The largest number of households contained only two persons. This group was almost twice as large as any other household size with the exception of single person households. Single person households increased from 5,298 in1990 to 7,367 in 2000.

Household size groups were distributed as follows:




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TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS PERCENT

Single Person Household 7,367 25.0

Two Person Household 9,821 33.3

Three Person Household 4,948 16.8

Four Person Household 4,541 15.4

Five Person Household 1,996 6.8

Six or More Person Household 838 2.9Fig. 14

Older households make up a large part of Brick’s population. Older households, households headed by personsaged 65 or more made up 8,161 or 27.6 percent of the total in 2000. Single older persons headed 3,848households, while older married couples formed 4,313 households.

Few gender or race differences exist within the Township. A total of 3,021 female headed households were identifiedin the 2000 Census. Only 1,737 minority headed households were counted, the largest group being Hispanic with824.

Household incomes within Brick were typical for the Monmouth-Ocean County Housing Region. It is estimated thatthe 7,291 low income households residing in the Township in 1990 made up 29 percent of the total households. Theestimated 3,772 moderate income households, made up 15.1 percent of the total.

There are a total of 14 apartment properties in the Township. The median age of residential structures within the

Township is 35 years with an average “built” date of 1970. The condition of the majority of the housing stock withinthe Township is in reasonably good condition. According to the 2000 Census, owner-occupied units greatly outnumbered rental units when owner occupied units accounted for 83.4% of the total housing stock. Rental units in theTownship accounted for approximately 16.6 % of all residential units.

Projection of Housing StockThe New Jersey Transportation Authority has forecasted the Township of Brick will experience a 32.46% growth inthe number of Households. This change represents a projected total of 9,580 new households by 2030. The NJTPAprojections are provided below;

NJTPA Percentage Change in Projected Number of Households, 2000-2030Township of Brick

2000(1) February 2005(2) 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 # change % change

29,510 30,462 30,340 32,840 35,080 37,320 38,510 39,090 9,580 32.46Source: NJTPA, March 18, 2005 Fig. 15

1- Number of units obtained in 2000 Decennial Census2- Actual Housing Units Certified by Local Construction Official added to 2000 U.S. Census counts.

Due to the built-out nature of the municipality, the Township of Brick does not agree with the NJTPA HouseholdProjections included in the table above the Township of Brick does not accept the data prepared in the Rutgersreport as being the most up-to-date reliable data and we have not utilized this data in the preparation of our population and employment projections for the Township. Furthermore, in 2005, the Township conducted a build-outanalysis to identify all properties within the Township available for development. The municipal build-out analysisidentified 340 acres of developable land remaining in the Township. This available land will not support the NJTPAprojections for new growth as currently zoned. The build-out analysis was completed through manipulation of theGIS parcel layer coverage, tax assessor data and inspection of all tax maps for the Township calculates the amountof vacant land in the Township at 340 acres. The 340 acres excludes our environmentally sensitive properties that

are tidally influenced or subjected to wetland preservation and buffers. The Township projects 760 new householdsat full build-out in the Township of Brick. The NJTPA household projection is not achievable when taking the build-out calculation prepared by the Township of Brick. Furthermore, when the household projection of 760 newhouseholds is multiplied by the projected persons per household of 2.66 persons, a population projection of 2,022 atfull build-out is more realistic than the projected 9,580 persons by 2030 set forth in the NJTPA Forecast.

Population ProjectionPopulation projections were prepared by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) in 2005. Thepopulation of each municipality and Ocean County was projected out to 2030. The population projections for theTownship of Brick and Ocean County are shown in the table on the following page.




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Township of Brick & Ocean CountyPopulation Projection

2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 #change

%change

OceanCounty

510,900 553,500 579,500 610,400 651,000 697,200 739,300 228,400 44.7

Townshipof Brick

76,120 77,350 81,900 85,970 90,100 92,430 93,680 17,560 23.1

Source: NJTPA, March 18, 2005 Fig. 16

Population and Employment ProjectionsThe rate of population growth within the Township of Brick has been decreasing significantly due to the lack of developable land and environmental regulations affecting the density of new developments. Therefore, theprojected population growth between 2000 and 2030 should reflect a similar, if not more significant, decline in growthdue to the lack of available land for development and factors associated with the Baby Boom/ Bust age groups.

Also, building permits issued in 2003 for new residential and commercial developments reflect the decline inavailable land for development. In 2003, approximately 17 acres was approved for residential development by thePlanning Board. The 17 acres includes major and minor subdivisions, some of which involved two lot subdivisionswhere homes were already located on one lot. In some cases, the application only included adjustments to lot lineswith no new structures planned for development. The net number of new homes constructed in Brick Township in

2003 was only 80.

Township of Brick Forecast of Population, Employment &Household at “Build-Out”

Projected to be added to Census 2000 Data and 2005 Estimates Population Household Employment

Township of Brick –Projection for 2025

2005 Build-out + MPO2005 Projection

+ 3,142 (households xpersons/households 2.66)77,350 + 3,142 =80,492

+ 1,181(more households)

30,340 + 1,181 =31,521

+ 1,957 (jobs generated)

18,470 + 1,957 =20,427

2000 Census 76,119 29,510 16,810

MPO 2005 Projection 77,350 30,340 18,470MPO 2025 Projection 92,430 38,510 21,440

Fig. 17

Taking into consideration the Township’s 2005 Build-out Analysis, when the Population, Household and Employmentprojections are added to the MPO 2005 projections, at 2025 or at Build-Out, the Township of Brick estimates that the2025 Population will be 80,492, Households will be 31,521 and Employment will be 20,427.

As demonstrated above, the MPO projection to 2025 would be difficult at best due to the fact at full build-out, theland use in the Township of Brick will only be able to support an additional 2,142 persons, 1,181 households and1,957 jobs. These projections will fall short of the MPO projection for 2025 Population 92,430, Household 38,510,and Employment 21,440.

Employment Characteristics

An analysis of the existing and probable future employment characteristics of the municipality is provided herein; According to the New Jersey Departmentof Labor, 2003, the Township of Brickranked third in Ocean County for theaverage number of employees coveredunder the New Jersey UnemploymentCompensation Law with 18,369 jobs.The number of resident workers bypercent of population is provided below,as reported in the 2000 Census.Fig. 18

Township of BrickNumber of Resident Workers by Percent Population 2000

27.1 Management, Professional & related Occupations13.1 Service Occupations27 Sales & Office Occupations0.2 Farm, Fishing & Forestry Occupations10.1 Construction, Extraction & Maintenance9.7 Production, Transportation & Material Moving12.7 Government Workers41,552 Total Number of Workers




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The service industry is the predominant employer in the Township according to the 2002 US Economic Census. Theservice industry category includes a number of business types including the arts, entertainment and recreation,administration, support, waste management, and remediation services, professional, scientific and technicalservices, management and educational services. Retail Trade ranked second in the Township of Brick includingdepartment stores, office supply stores, building materials dealers, plumbing supply stores, electrical supply stores,gasoline service stations and automotive dealers. The Construction Trade was the next largest employer. Below is atable listing the Number of Employers by Occupation Type, 2002.

These three entities do not have any plans for further expansionand will not be significantly adding to their work force as it presentlyexists. Therefore, the future employment characteristics for themunicipality consist of the majority of the employers to be a varietyof commercial and retail businesses with the associatededucational, medical and public sector providing for the balance of

jobs available within the Township. According to the NJ Departmentof Labor, 2004, the major employers in the Township of Brickemployed the following:

Brick Township Board of Education - 1,617 employeesMeridian Health: Ocean Medical Center - 1,325 employeesBrick Township Municipal Offices - 660 employees

Certificates of Occupancy Issued for Non-Residential Space from2000 to February of 2005 highlight the healthy growthof the Township’s commercial industry.

Township of BrickCertificates of Occupancy Issued for Non-Residential Space by UCC Use Group and Potential # Jobs Generated*,

2002 to February 2005

Office (B) & Assembly (A-2, A-3 Uses) 144,223 SF 433 JobsRetail (M) 267,049 SF 267 JobsEducation(E) 118,809 SF 119 JobsIndustrial (F) 23,553 SF 47 Jobs

Institutional (I) 241,846 SF 484 JobsStorage (S) 459,217 SF 92 JobsTotal 1,254,697 SF 1,442 Jobs

* Potential number of jobs estimated using COAH job multipliers contained in Appendix E of N.J.A.C. 5:94, Substantive RulesFig. 20

However, the amount of commercial land available for development is becoming severely limited due to thefact that most of the commercially zoned property hasalready been developed, redeveloped or approved for development. In addition, our industrial park is nearingbuild-out and is relatively small, totaling less thantwenty acres. Two of the last remaining industrial zoneproperties have just been certified for occupancy in2005 totaling 35,079 square feet and the final parcelwas approved at the Zoning Board of Adjustment.Employment Projections forecast by NJTPA projectemployment growth is not consistent with the recenttrends for commercial growth in the Township of Brick.The peak of commercial growth for job creation basedon use group occurred in 1999 as seen in the Ten-year Historic Trend of Certificate of Occupancy of Commercial Developments. In contrast, the peak for development of commercial square footage occurred in

2000. This is a result of the decrease in the amount of land zoned for the largest job creating uses including office

Township of Brick Number of Employersby Occupation Type, 2002

* Data on public employees is not available

129 Construction182 Retail Trade23 Transportation & Utilities349 Services2 Farm, Fishing, Forestry & Mining37 Manufacture & Wholesale Trade77 Finance, Insurance & Real Estate90 Health Care9 Unclassified (zip code boundary not

defined)898 Total (except public)

Fig. 19

Fig. 21




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and assembly becoming built-out in this time frame. As a result, the diversity of commercial development hasbecome more narrowed with a major concentration in retail,storage and institutional growth and less in the larger jobcreation uses including office and assembly. We expect to see a decline in the rate of commercial job creation, dueto the fact that there is limited remaining available commercial land for development, where the NJTPA projectionsshow an increased rate of commercial growth.

Residential Building Permits A good indicator of a municipalities’ growth is the number of building permits issued annually. According to theOcean County Planning Department, between the years 1990-2000, 4,000 new construction - building permits wereissued in the Township of Brick as shown in Fig. 23.

Fig. 22 Fig. 23

Building permits issued in 2003 for new residential and commercial developments reflect the decline in availableland for development. In 2003, approximately 17 acres was approved for residential development by the PlanningBoard. The 17 acres includes major and minor subdivisions, some of which involved two lot subdivisions wherehomes were already located on one lot. In some cases, the application only included adjustments to lot lines with nonew structures planned for development. The net number of new homes constructed in Brick Township in 2003 wasonly 80. In 2004, 155 housing units were certified, and a total of 71 demolition permits were issued for residentialunits, with a net new development of 84 units. This demonstrates that the building occurring in the Township isprimarily in-fill or the replacement of older, smaller homes with new more modern housing for single families.

Due to the lack of available land for development and the declining baby boom population, building permits areexpected to continue to decline. In support of this statement, the Construction Official in the Township of Brick hasreported that in the year 2005, the number of residential certificates of occupancy that were issued was 137,

however, the number of residential demolition permits was 73. This is a net increase of only 63 new residential unitswithin the Township in 2005, This supports the anticipated decline in the rate of residential development due to thelack of build-able land.




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Fig. 24

Income At present, the 2000 Census money income data ranks the Township of Brick at 353rd for the State of New Jersey.The Township of Brick exceeds Ocean County’s Per Capita Income average by more than $1,000. The Township of Brick continues to have higher than average income levels than Ocean County, but slightly lower than the NewJersey average as shown in Fig. 24.

PovertyOcean County’ s poverty levels were determined for 502,712 persons and reported in the 2000 census that 7.0percent of those individuals, or 34,945 persons were below the poverty level. In the Township of Brick, thepercentage of persons below the poverty level are significantly less than the County average. Only 4.5 % or 3,411persons out of 75,440 persons were determined to be below the poverty level.

ConclusionIn 2005, the Township prepared an inventory of all available developable property. The data set created throughmanipulation of the parcel layer coverage calculates the amount of vacant land in the Township at 340 acres.Considering that the total acreage of the Township is 16,768, this only leaves 2.3% of the land area of the townshipavailable for development, or 97.7% built-out.

Most of the only remaining parcels of undeveloped land are severely constrained by environmental sensitivity,making development, at large scales, difficult at best. The current policy of the administration to purchaseundeveloped parcels of land for conservation and development controls will have a significant impact on the futurepopulation growth. It is expected that the growth trend over the next ten years will be more like that of moredeveloped urban areas, where in-fill developments, re-development of already built areas, in-migration of a morediverse ethnic population and the cyclic pattern of birth and death of persons will be the main thrust of the populationmake-up resulting in limited population growth.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Utilities Plan Element

Table of Contents

Service Area 1The Water System 1The Water Distribution and Storage System 1The Sewerage System 2

Environmental Compliance 2Public Works 3Solid Waste Disposal and Collection System 3Ocean County Landfill - Manchester 3Recyclables 3Maintenance and Road Facilities 4Other Public Utilities 4Cable TV 4Natural Gas 4Electric 4Telephone 4




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Utilities Plan Element

The Township of Brick is fortunate to have a public utilities authority to serve the 26.4 square miles of the Townshipwith a comprehensive water and sewer system. This authority is the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority(BTMUA). In addition to BTMUA, the Township Public Works Department manages and maintains all other aspectsof municipal maintenance including solid waste disposal and collection, road, storm sewer, and public equipmentmaintenance.

The BTMUA is a public body politic and corporate of the State of New Jersey, created by an ordinance by theTownship Council on February 6, 1969. The BTMUA has approximately 120 employees organized into five (5)departments: Field Operations, Water Quality, Engineering, Finance and Customer Accounts.

Service AreaThe BTMUA services the 26.4 square miles of Brick Township with a comprehensive water and sewer system. All of the mainland areas are served with both systems while on the barrier island, sewer service is provided by theBTMUA and water service is provided by the New Jersey American Water Co., a private water purveyor.

Sanitary sewer service is also provided to a portion of southwestern Wall Township. Under Ocean County Utilities Authority (OCUA) and the Manasquan River Regional Sewerage Authority (MRRSA) agreements, up to a maximumof 250,000 gallons/day, from Wall Township can be conveyed through the BTMUA’s systems to the OCUAinterceptors. Approximately 20,000 gallons/day of the capacity is already being utilized.

The BTMUA also supplies approximately 1,250,000 gallons of potable water per day to Point Pleasant Borough andPoint Pleasant Beach Borough.

The Water System As of September 1, 2000, the BTMUA provided 32,410 customers with water service. According to the BTMUArecords, the total volume of treated water delivered to the system in 1999 was 2,776,000,000 gallons or an averageof 7.61 million gallons per day (“MGD”).

Currently, the BTMUA obtains water from there separate sources, namely: (1) groundwater from the Cohanseywells, (2) groundwater from the deep Raritan-Magothy wells, and (3) surface waters from the Metedeconk River. Allsources of water are located on BTMUA property adjacent to the treatment plant. The existing well field consists of eight (8) Chohansey wells and four (4) Raritan-Magothy wells, for a total of twelve (12) production wells. All the wellshave been constructed in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The total production capacity of the well field is 11.00 MGD. The presentcapacity of the surface water supply intake is 16 MGD.

The BTMUA has been granted diversion rights of 385.00 million gallons (MG) per month by the NJDEP, with amaximum of 327.81 MG from the Cohansey wells and surface water combined. There are no limitations on the dailydiversion so long as the monthly and yearly totals are not exceeded. The total annual diversion limit is 3,496.70 MG,which is an annual average of 9.58 MGD.

The BTMUA’s existing water treatment plant has a maximum capacity of 16 MGD. The plant is designed to producewater at a peak hourly rate of 20 MGD for short periods of time. The excess capacity is required to meet the summer peak demands, which are substantially higher than winter demands.

Seasonal fluctuation in water use is due primarily to weather patterns and, secondarily, to increase summer

populations. The last six years have shown only a slight increase in the average water demand from 7.29 MGD in1994 to 7.61 MGD in 1999. The peak demand has reached as high as 13.34 MGD in 1999.

The Water Distribution and Storage SystemExcept for the Barrier Island, the BTMUA supplies water to all those areas of the Township, which are developed.The New Jersey American Water Supply Company supplies water to that portion of the Township, which lies on theBarrier Island between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay. There are 1,425 water customers on the Barrier Islandthat are not being serviced by the BTMUA. The BTMUA’s distribution system consists of approximately 336 miles of pipe, which range in diameter from 4” through 20”. Major transmission lines extend from the water treatment plant tothe storage tanks and then to the domestic distribution pipelines. The system delivers water to approximately 32,410users.




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The BTMUA service area consists of a low service zone and a high service zone. Water is stored in two standpipesin the low service area (each containing two million gallons of water), and in two standpipes located in the highservice area (one having a storage of two million gallons, the other 0.35 million gallons). There is also an additional0.32 million gallons of water stored in the clear well below the water treatment plant and 1 million gallons in thestorage tank at the plant site. Of the total 7.67 million gallons stored within the water system, approximately twomillion gallons are available to meet the operating needs of the water system and are therefore considered usablevolume for meeting the normal consumption. The remaining storage is considered to provide water for fire-fightingpurposes and can be removed from the water system through any of the 2,114 fire hydrants maintained by theBTMUA for fire-fighting purposes. The BTMUA also owns and operates six water pressure booster stations toincrease the pressure of the water for the higher areas of the Township.

It should be understood that the BTMUA is located in the NJDEP’s Water Supply Critical Area #1 and thisdesignation has severely restricted groundwater withdrawals. In order to lessen reliance on groundwater, and toincrease the reliability of the system, the BTMUA has evaluated numerous water supply initiatives and has begunthe construction of a 900 million-gallon pumped water storage reservoir. The reservoir site is located on the border of Brick and Wall Township and is currently anticipated to be operational by 2003.

The Sewerage System As of September 1, 2000, the BTMUA served 33,796 sewer customers. The sewage collection system within theTownship consists of approximately 340 miles of sewer pipe and 25 pumping stations, serving all developed areas of the Township, including the Barrier Island. Approximately 107,622“ of gravity sewer mains traverse the Township

ranging in diameter from 16” to 72”. Most of the sewerage system has been constructed within the past twenty-fiveyears and a limited portion of the system is now in need of rehabilitation. For this reason, the BTMUA has initiated along-term rehabilitation project to address the high priority areas in the system.

Sewer system maintenance also includes periodic inspection and flushing of the lines. The BTMUA uses videocameras to inspect the sewer pipes, using its own TV truck and full-time crew.

Currently, the bulk of sewer extensions being installed throughout the Township are constructed by developers of various projects. Upon completion, the lines are donated at not cost to the BTMUA and thereafter are operated andmaintained by the BTMUA.

The BTMUA currently has 25 pumping stations in operation. Similar to the collection system, all stations have beenconstructed within the last thirty years. A continuing program of operation, maintenance and evaluation is beingcarried out in order to maximize the operating efficiencies of the stations.

The BTMUA has a service contract with the OCUA. The OCUA agreement provides for the treatment and disposal of all the wastes collected by the BTMUA’s sewage collection system. The BTMUA provides for the collection of thesewage within the Township which, in turn is discharged into the trunk sewers of the OCUA.

The OCUA provides treatment of all sewerage within the Township. The OCUA treatment plant, the Northern Water Pollution Control Facility, is located off of Mantoloking Road and is permitted by the NJDEP Pollutant DischargeElimination System to discharge the treated effluent one- mile off shore of Mantoloking, NJ through 5,000’ of pipinginto the Atlantic Ocean. The OCUA plant is a secondary treatment plant using the activated sludge technology tomore efficiently treat the sewage before discharge. The capacity of the OCUA plant is currently 32 milliongallons/day (MGD) and had an average daily flow of 22 MGD in 1999.

The estimated 2000 population for the Township is 76,509 full-time residents. The total population increases duringthe summer season due to the influx of vacationers. The growth in the Township is almost exclusively residential

units, of which a significant portion is senior citizen or adult communities. Residential customers constitute the major users of the BTMUA systems, accounting for 71% of the system demand in 1999. In addition, there are bothcommercial and industrial customers, however, with the exception of Brick Hospital, none of these constitute major water users.

Environmental Compliance All BTMUA operations are in compliance with the environmental guides prescribed by the various State and Federalregulatory agencies. The BTMUA maintains State-licensed certified laboratory, staffed by a graduate chemist, toperform all necessary testing. The BTMUA also employs a State-licensed Water Treatment Operator (T-4), a Water Distribution Operator (W-4) and a Sewage Collection System Operator (C-4). These licenses are of the highest levelattainable and require monthly reporting of environmental compliance.




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Public Works The Department of Public Works performs some of the Townships most important services for the people of BrickTownship. These include the collection and disposal of solid waste, leaves and recyclable, the paving andmaintenance of Township roads and drainage facilities, the maintenance and repair of Township vehicles, theoperation of two recycling collection facilities, snow plowing and the maintenance of the Townships parks. BrickTownship also has a fully automated solid waste collection and semi-automated recycling collection system.

Solid Waste Disposal and Collection SystemThe Township of Brick operates weekly curbside collection of solid waste. The Township employs an automatedcollection system which uses special trucks with robotic arms that lift specially designed carts (provided to theresidents by the Township), dump their contents into the truck and replace the cart to the curbside. The automatedsystem requires only one driver / operator, and reduces manpower requirements, enhances worker safety,dramatically reduces on the job injuries and resultant workman’s compensation costs, and increases productivity.

Ocean County Landfill - Manchester The Township utilizes the Ocean County Landfill located in Manchester for its solid waste disposal needs. Onaverage, the Township disposes of over 31,000 tons of solid waste a year at that facility. As a result of solid wastederegulation and the elimination of some extraneous solid waste tipping fee taxes, the Municipal Tipping Fee hasdropped into the low $50s per ton in the last several years. It is anticipated that the Ocean County Landfill willcontinue operating for the next two decades.

Private Haulers service most of the Commercial Facilities in Brick Township. These include Waste Management,Marpal, Big-n-Little Carting, and Ocean Carting. Most of them utilize the Ocean County Landfill. When theautomated collection system began in the township, small businesses and commercial uses continued to beserviced by municipal solid waste pickup. However, new businesses or any business that changes the operation or land use through municipal review must begin to provide their own solid waste pickup.

Brick Township currently has three landfills, two of which are closed. The only operating landfill is at the RidgeRoad Public Works facility. This facility is utilized exclusively for leaves and composting. The James H. JamesLandfill was a privately owned and operated landfill that was closed by NJDEP in 1986. This landfill hadexperienced problems with methane gas in the past. The NJDEP has since installed a permanent methaneextraction system which seems to have alleviated the problem. Another major problem has been that the landfillwas not correctly delineated when closed and as a result, several homes were built close to the edge of the buriedwastes.

The Township of Brick owns the other landfill named for its previous owner French. The French’s Landfill waspurchased by the Township in 1974, operated by the Township for several years and ultimately closed by theTownship in April 1979. Unfortunately, contaminants from the landfill have leaked into the groundwater andmigrated off of the site. In September of 1999, the Township imposed a ban on the use of private irrigation wells inthe vicinity while testing was conducted to determine the extent of contamination. Following delineation of thecontamination plume, the Township reduced the size of the ban by approximately forty-percent. The Township hasinstalled additional permanent monitoring wells and will be sealing the affected wells in the coming months.

RecyclablesThe Township of Brick collects residential recyclables at the curbside weekly. Recyclable items are newspaper, junkmail, magazines, plastics, aluminum, glass and cardboard. The Township also operates a recycling / disposalfacility at Ridge Road for residential use. In addition to standard recyclables, residents can drop off construction

debris, scrap metal and yard waste at this facility.

After collecting the recyclables at the curbside, the recyclables are brought back to Ridge Road and dumped intolarge roll-off containers. When these containers are full, they are transported to the Northern Ocean CountyRecycling Facility in Lakewood. Leaves are composted at Ridge Road. Brush is transported to the Lakewoodfacility for handling by the County.




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Maintenance and Road FacilitiesThe Public Works Department maintains all Township vehicles including police cars, garbage trucks, recyclingtrucks, and municipal light trucks as well as the community’s first aid squad vehicles. Altogether, the department isresponsible for nearly 300 vehicles.

The Township currently operates two street sweepers. They generally operate during spring, summer and fall.Snowplowing is performed by the Township utilizing dedicated snowplowing trucks. During plowing operations,through streets and intersections are given priority. Once these have been cleared, single passes are made downthe middle of all streets to open them up for emergency vehicles. Once that has been accomplished, all streets arethen plowed curb to curb. Sand and salt are kept at Ridge Road in a storage building.

The Township has its own in-house paving program. From late spring until early fall, Township crews re-paveTownship streets in residential areas. Some re-paving jobs are more complex and require outsourcing.

The Township does perform some storm water drainage maintenance. This includes cleaning out storm drains.Some drainage basins are maintained by the Township; others are the responsibility of the developmentassociations that the basins serve.

The Township owns and operates three public ocean beaches. The Department of Public Works rakes thesebeaches frequently during the summer months. In the spring, the department and students from the elementaryschools plant dune grass at the beaches in an effort to provide for dune stabilization and reduce erosion.

Other Public UtilitiesOther utility companies supply Brick Township residents with cable TV, natural gas, electric and telephone services.

Cable TVCable services are provided through the Comcast Network. Cable hook-up services are available for all residents of the Township. Comcast also makes Brick Township its home for billing and maintenance services. The building islocated on Brick Boulevard.

Natural GasNatural Gas is also available to all residents in the Township through underground gas piping. The natural gas isdistributed through NJ Natural Gas. However, natural gas suppliers are chosen by the customer as a result of thederegulation of the energy industry.

ElectricElectric supply is distributed to all residents through Jersey Central Power and Light. However, energy suppliers arechosen by the customer as a result of the deregulation of the energy industry. Deregulation of the electric generationindustry and the unbundling of services have failed to produce a significant response to consumers all across thestate, including here in Brick Township. Electricity is provided through underground utilities in newer developmentsand along power lines that line most streets and highways within the Township.

TelephoneTelephone services are provided through a variety of companies, available to each homeowner. These companieswill provide local and long distance services, if desired to all residents of the Township. One of Verizon'smaintenance and storage facilities is also located within the Township. The building is located on Rt. 88 west, east of the Laurelton intersection. Telephone services are provided through telephone wires that traverse the Township

along roads and highways. In newer developments, underground hook-ups are provided through fiber optic cables.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Recycling Element

Table of Contents

Process 1

Fig. 1 – Tons of Recycled Material 1Issues 2

Fig. 2 – 2006 Recycling Cost Analysis 2

Recommendations 3




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Recycling Element

On April 14, 1981 the Township of Brick established a program for the collection of recyclables under Ordinance No.31 –E-81, it then became mandatory for all residents to separate paper, glass, plastic and metals; also yard wasteincluding leaves, grass clippings and wood cuttings. As required under New Jersey Statute 40:55D-28 (12):

“A recycling plan element which incorporates the State Recycling plan goals, including provisions for the collection,disposition and recycling of recyclable materials designated in the municipal recycling ordinance, and for the

collection, disposition and recycling of recyclable materials within any development proposal for the construction of 50 or more units of single-family residential housing or 25 or more units of multi-family residential housing and any

commercial or industrial development proposal for the utilization of 1,000 square feet or more of land” 40:55D-28 (12).

ProcessThe Township has material collections of all of the above materials once a week. Leaves are picked up curbside inbags from October to December and from April through May. Holiday trees are also picked up after the holidays.

The Ocean County Department of Solid Waste holds a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day once a year,held at the Public Works yard. In 2006 the Township established facilities for collection of batteries, paint cans andpropane tanks. An open container recycling center is open to the public six days a week for the drop off of allrecyclable materials and bins for concrete, computers and clothing.

In total, Brick Township recycled 36,406.01 tons of recycled materials in 2006. Figure 1, below shows the materialdistribution of those materials recycled.

Fig. 1

In 2005 the amount of materials collected represents a recycling rate of 58.91% far exceeding the State recyclinggoal set forth by the State Recycling Act and County Recycling Plan. The Township of Brick ranked second, behindPoint Pleasant Borough in Ocean County for the largest percentage of total materials recycled by municipality.Recyclables are also picked up by the township at the Civic Plaza and Public Schools.




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Issues:The Township’s Solid/Waste Recycling percentage has dropped from 59% in 2005 to 41% in 2006. This drop inrecycled materials presents a number of fiscal issues for the Township. For each ton of recycled material, theTownship saves $65.40 in land fill tipping fees. In 2006, the Township recycled 29,266 tons of materials, whichresulted in a savings of $1,914,031. However, the Township has potential to save more in tipping fees if thepercentage of recycled materials is increased. The more materials the Township recycles, the less we pay todispose of the materials in landfills. In addition, the Ocean County Solid Waste Department sells the recycledmaterials to be recycled in various industries. The Township receives revenue from the County for the sale of thosematerials to be recycled.

The following issues have been identified by Township officials to increase recycling in the Township to reducetipping fees to landfills and increase recycling of materials and revenue received by the sale of those recyclables:

1. Prepare a plan for the County mandated transition to Dual Stream recycling.2. Promote more commercial recycling from local merchants.3. Increase residential and commercial tonnage by ten percent.

A cost analysis was performed by the Township’s Administration Office to outline the fiscal benefits of increasingrecyclable materials.

Fig.2

Expenses Dollars Revenue/Savings Dollars

Salary $525,233 Tipping Fees Avoided $1,914,031

Truck Debt Service $65,292 County Revenue Share $126,869

Fuel $58,080 State Revenue Share $35,887

Benefits $199,588 White Goods $101,385

Insurance $7,499 Propane Tanks $997

Disposal Fees $8,131 Auto Scrap $143

Total $863,823 Total $2,17,9314




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RecommendationsTo achieve the aforementioned goals, the Township will pursue increased awareness through an educationalprogram that will present the benefits of recycling to every child K-8 (7,223). Each student will be given materials tobring home for parents to review.

A DPW employee will be assigned to identify residential and commercial locations that are not recycling. Educationalmaterials will then be sent to these individuals to encourage recycling. If they continue their non-compliance finesmay be levied.

Increase the number of containers in high traffic areas such as beach and park locations.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Stormwater Management Plan

Table of Contents

Introduction 1Goals 1The Water Cycle 2Fig.1 - The Water Cycle 2

Natural Drainage – Watersheds 2Land Use and its impact on Water Quality 2Habitat Loss 2Non-point Source Pollution 3Stomwater System 3A Developed Community 4Fig.2 - 50 Year Poulation Trend 4

Density 4Fig.3 - 50 Year Poulation Growth 4

Population Projection 5Households 5Average Household Size 5Residential Building Permits 5

Fig.4 - Residential Building Permits 5

The Declining Rate of Growth 5Fig.5 - Percent Change In Population 6

What the Future Holds 6Natural Resources . 6Waterways and their Condition 7Fig.6 - Navigable Waterways 8

NJDEP AMNET New Jersey Impairment Score 8Fig.7 - NJDEP AMNET NJ Impairment Score 8

Ground Water 9Non-Point Sources 10Point Sources 10Illicit Discharges 10

Design and Performance Standards 10Fig.8 - Basin Safety Ledges 10

Runoff Controls for Construction Sites 11Runoff Controls for Post Development and Redevelopment 11Pollution Prevention 11Good Housekeeping Practices at Public Facilities 11BMP-Based Control Measures 11Ordinance Requirements 12Public Education and Outreach 12Fig.9 - Best Management Practices 12

Public Involvement and Participation 13Fig.10 - Estuarine Land Use 13

Fig.11 - TMDL Requirement Issues and Strategies 14

Plan Consistency 15Non-Structural Stormwater Management Strategies 15Municipal “Build-Out Analysis” 15Fig.8 - Residential and Commercial Build-Out of Privately-Owned Vacant Land 16

Municipal Mitigation Plan 16Environmental Enhancement Projects 19



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Stormwater Management Plan

Table of Contents – Maps

Stormwater Infrastructure AHydrologic Units (HUC14's) BLand Use Plan. COpen Space & Recreation D

Wetlands EFEMA Flood Insurance Rate Zones FWaterways GGroundwater Recharge Areas HWellhead Protection Areas IUSGS J



Township of Brick, Stormwater Management Plan 2005

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Stormwater Management Plan

IntroductionBrick Township boasts the most waterfront property of any municipality in New Jersey. To this end, Brick Township has anobligation to protect those waterfront areas from degradation from land uses and stormwater runoff. To address thisobligation, this stormwater management plan is being introduced as an element to the Master Plan to meet standards setforth in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-25 Municipal Stormwater Regulations. This plan will comply with the New Jersey Stormwate

Management Planning Rules N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.2. This plan contains all required elements as described in N.J.A.C. 7:8 andis intended to serve as a guide for future stormwater management issues within the Township of Brick.

This plan addresses groundwater recharge, stormwater quantity, and stormwater quality impacts by incorporatingstormwater design and performance standards for new major developments, defined as projects that disturb one or moreacres of land. These standards are intended to minimize the adverse impacts of stormwater runoff on water quality andwater quantity and the loss of groundwater recharge that provides baseflow in receiving water bodies. The plan describeslong-term operation and maintenance measures for existing and future stormwater facilities.

Since the Township of Brick has less than 640 acres or one square mile of vacant, developable land left, a build-outanalysis was not required to be completed as part of this plan, however, a detailed land use analysis was completed in2005 showing approximately 330 acres of remaining vacant, developable land within the Township. It should beunderstood that while not more than one square mile of land in the Township remains vacant and developable, theTownship boasts close to 3,000 acres permanently preserved as open space and recreation areas.

GoalsUnder New Jersey’s Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291 N.J.S.A. 40:55D-95 Storm Water Management PlanRequirements, “A storm water management plan and storm water management ordinance or ordinances shall conform toall relevant Federal and State statutes, rules and regulations concerning storm water management or flood control andshall be designed:

a. to reduce flood damage, including damage to life and property;b. to minimize storm water runoff from any new land development;c. to reduce soil erosion from any development or construction project;d. to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts, bridges and other in-stream structures;e. to maintain groundwater recharge;f. to prevent, to the greatest extent feasible, an increase in non-point pollution;g. to maintain the integrity of stream channels for their biological functions, as well as for drainage; and

h. to minimize public safety hazards at any storm water detention facilities constructed as part of subdivision opursuant to a site plan.

In addition, the Township further outlines goals to:

a. minimize pollutants in stormwater runoff from new and existing development to restore, enhance, and maintainthe chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of the state, to protect public health, to safeguard fishand aquatic life and scenic and ecological values, and to enhance the domestic, municipal, recreational, industriaand other uses of water; and

b. protect public safety through the proper design and operation of stormwater basins.

A stormwater management plan shall also include such structural changes and such additional nonstructural measuresand practices as may be necessary to manage stormwater. This plan outlines specific stormwater design and

performance standards for new development. Additionally, the plan proposes stormwater management controls toaddress impacts from existing developments including maintenance and monitoring of existing stormwater structures andeducation and outreach. Preventative and corrective maintenance strategies are included in the plan to ensure long-termeffectiveness of stormwater management facilities. Preventative and corrective maintenance is required under Section396-16 of the Municipal Stormwater Control Ordinance and are discussed on page 11 of this document. The plan alsooutlines safety standards for stormwater infrastructure to be implemented to protect public safety. See MAP A -Stormwater Infrastructure.

The current Municipal Stormwater Control Ordinance addresses all of the issues required by the MLUL. In addition, otherstormwater related ordinances address non-point source pollution, landscaping, and vegetation, buffers and imperviouscover requirements that help to make the stormwater management techniques more effective.




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In addition, under the Sewage Infrastructure Improvement Act, Brick Township and the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority completed a comprehensive study of all sewage and stormwater infrastructure in the municipality. This studyincludes all locations of inlets, outlets, basins and piping throughout the municipality and is updated annually by the BrickTownship Municipal Utility Authority. This information is valuable to the management of stormwater and water qualitymanagement in Brick Township. This plan identifies stormwater management areas by using watersheds as managemenunits. Watersheds provide manageable geographic areas by which to identify sources of pollution, manage flooding anderosion and target areas for public education and outreach.

The Water Cycle

When it rains, the rainwater flows over land into waterways or isabsorbed by the ground or plants. Water evaporates from landand water bodies becoming water vapor in the atmosphereWater is also released from trees and other plants through“transpiration.” The water vapor from evaporation andtranspiration form clouds in the atmosphere, which in turnprovides precipitation to start the cycle again. This process ofwater recycling, known as the water cycle, repeats itselcontinually.

Natural Drainage – Watersheds A watershed is the area of land that drains into a body of watesuch as a river, lake, stream or bay. Ridges or high points, such

as hills or slopes separate watersheds from each other. Awatershed includes the waterway itself, the land bounded bythe divides and all of the land uses contained within thewatershed. Conglomerations of watersheds make up drainagebasins. These basins usually encompass the watersheds omany smaller rivers and streams that eventually drain into alarger water body, such as the Barnegat Bay or the AtlanticOcean. A map of the watersheds within the Township isprovided with labels detailing the United States GeologicSurvey Hydrologic Unit Codes. See MAP B - Hydrologic Units(HUC14's).

Watershed boundaries do not follow political divides. Most municipalities are located partially within watersheds. Brick

Township is located within two large watershed areas identified by the NJDEP. The extreme northern portion of theTownship drains to the Manasquan Watershed while the southern portion of the Township drains entirely to the BarnegatBay Watershed. However, the Township has sub-watersheds located entirely or partly within the municipality. These subwatersheds include: The Manasquan River, North Branch of Metedeconk River, Beaverdam Creek, Metedeconk River,Kettle Creek, Metedeconk Neck, the Barrier Island and the Atlantic Coastal Watersheds.

Land Use and its impact on Water QualityUrbanization (or development) has a great effect on local water resources. It changes how water flows in the watershedand what flows in the water. Both surface and groundwater flows are changed.

As a watershed becomes developed, trees, shrubs and other plants are replaced with impervious surfaces (roadsrooftops, parking lots and other hard surfaces that do not allow stormwater to soak into the ground). Without the plants tostore and slow the flow of stormwater, the rate of stormwater runoff is increased. Less stormwater is able to soak into theground because sidewalks, roads, parking lots, and rooftops block this infiltration. This means a greater volume of waterreaches the waterway faster and less of that water is able to infiltrate to ground water. This in turn leads to more floodingafter storms but reduced flow in streams and rivers during dry periods. The reduced amount of infiltrating water can loweground water levels, which in turn can stress local waterways that depend on steadier flows of water. The sediment settlesto fill in stream channels, lakes and reservoirs. This also increases flooding and the need for dredging to clear streamslakes or lagoons for boating. Providing recharge areas and detention basins in newer developments as required throughthe Township Stormwater Management Ordinance can prevent flooding.

Habitat LossThe erosion of stream banks and scouring of channels will occur due to an increase in the volume of water. This in turndegrades habitat for plant and animal life that depend on clear water. Sediment from eroded stream banks clogs the gillsof fish and blocks light needed for plants.




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Non-point Source PollutionIn addition to the high volume of runoff caused by urbanization, contaminants in the urban runoff increases. These includelitter, cigarette butts and other debris form sidewalks and streets, motor oil poured into storm sewers, heavy metals frombrake linings, settled air pollutants form car exhaust and pesticides and fertilizers from lawn care. These contaminantsreach local waterways through our stormwater system quickly after a storm and can cause clogging and pollution of ourstreams.

The decreased water quality found in Brick Township’s waterways is mostly due to Non-Point Source Pollution a.k.a.“people pollution.” People pollution is caused from the everyday activities of people. Fertilizing lawns and gardenswalking pets, changing motor oil and littering provide a cumulative negative effect on our waterways. All of these activitiesleave residue or chemicals on the land. When it rains, these residues are washed into our stormdrain system anddischarged directly into our waterways. This type of pollution can cause algal blooms, beach closings, excessive siltationof water bodies; shellfish bed closures and overall degraded water quality.

Stormwater SystemIn areas where no development exists, water naturally flows down hill to the lowest point of the watershed, where thestream or waterway resides. The water flows over soil and vegetation where pollutants can filter out and where the speedof the flow of water is slowed by the natural topography. When development changes the direction of this flow andreplaces the natural topography with roadways, storm drains and gullies, it reduces potential for filtration and speeds theflow of the water creating flooding and erosion of the streams.

Stormwater flows into the stormwater system through storm drains. These are frequently located along the curbs ofparking lots and roadways. The grate that prevents larger objects from flowing into the storm sewer system is called acatch basin. Once below ground, the stormwater flows through pipes, which lead to an outfall where the stormwateenters a stream, river, lake or lagoon. In Brick Township, most of the older systems drain directly to local waterwayswithout any treatment.

In some areas of the Township, the outfall may lead to a stormwater management basin. These basins control the flow ofstormwater and can also improve water quality, depending on how they are designed. These basins are frequently seen innewer commercial and residential areas.

In the first rush of water from a rainstorm, much of the debris and other pollutants that had settled on the land surface andin the stormwater sewer since the last storm will be picked up and carried into the local stream. This can significantly add

to water quality problems. It is therefore important to protect the stormwater system from sources of pollution.

Managing stormwater to reduce the impact of development on local watersheds and aquifers relies on minimizing thedisruption in the natural flow – both quality and quantity of stormwater. By designing with nature, the impact ofurbanization can be greatly reduced. This can be accomplished by following these principles: minimizing impervioussurfaces; maximizing natural areas or areas of dense vegetation; structural stormwater controls such as stormwatermanagement basins; and practicing pollution prevention by avoiding contact between stormwater and pollutants.

The stormwater system in the Township of Brick is at varying levels of sophistication. Older, more dense residentiallydeveloped areas of the township have antiquated or non-existent stormwater controls. In many instances, curbing andsidewalks do not exist, therefore allowing water to flow along natural slopes or down the edge of pavement of theresidential roadways directly into stormdrains or culverts. In some of these areas, this system works well, while in others,drainage is insufficient and causes major seasonal flooding. In new, residentially developed areas, the stormdrain systemis more updated and provides for more efficient movement of water along curblines that help direct the water to infiltrationsystems in detention facilities. Some degree of treatment occurs in these more updated systems. Commercial areas thatwere developed prior to the newest technology are severely inadequate when it comes to water quality and quantitycontrol. These areas are the reason for much of the larger non-point source pollution issues such as litter, siltation andeutrophication. The more recently developed or redeveloped commercial properties within the Township provideadequate water quality and quantity management controls as they utilized the most up-to-date technologies includingstorm septors and below ground recharge systems.




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A Developed Community Brick Township is a Suburban/Urban municipality of 26.2 square miles located in the northeastern portion of OceanCounty. It is bordered by the Manasquan River to the North, the Atlantic Ocean to the East, Dover Township to the Southand Lakewood to the West. The headwaters of the Barnegat Bay reside within the Township as well as many tributaries tothe Manasquan River Watershed and the Metedeconk River Watershed. Brick Township has experienced an explosion odevelopment since the early 1970’s. In the yearsbetween 1980 and 1990 alone, the municipality’spopulation doubled. Presently, the Township is estimatedto have more than 79,000 residents and has

approximately 330 acres of developable privately ownedvacant lands left in which to build or add to the openspace preservation rolls. It is currently a “built-out”community struggling to retain the remaining ruralcharacter that once drew vacationers and settlers to itsshores.

Brick Township is a community that has been developed over the years in spurts due to economic viability and itsattractive location along the Manasquan and Metedeconk Rivers. Recreational boaters, fishermen, and tradesmenoriginally occupied riverside bungalows and bedroom communities until the construction of the Garden State Parkway inthe 1950’s. The Garden State Parkway brought many new residential developments such as “Lake Riviera”,“Midstream’s”, “Bay Harbor” and many other smaller sub-divisions that brought year-round residents to a once summer-time recreational destination. Now major commercial chains such as Barnes and Noble, Wal-mart, Bon-Ton, Kohls and

Lowes Home Improvement Stores call Brick Township their home, bringing a viable commercial and retail contingent tothe local economy in a mostly residential municipality. See MAP C - Land Use Plan.

Since 1950, thepopulation of the Township of Brick has grown exponentially from 4,319 in 1950 to 76,119 in 2000. Figure 3 shows thefifty-year population growth for the Township of Brick.

Fig. 3 The percent of population growth has been declining over the pastfew decades, due to the diminishing availability of developablelands, however, the absolute population increase since the 1990Census is still fairly significant when compared to growth in other municipalities. Total population growth between 1990 and 2000,according to the 2000 U.S. Census was approximately, 9,646

people, 12.67 %.

The Township of Brick continues to be the second most populousmunicipality in Ocean County, following Dover Township. The 2000Census reported the population of the Township of Brick to be76,119 and the Township of Dover to be 89,706. The total

population of Ocean County was reported to be 510,916 persons.




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DensityThe number of persons per square mile is the measure of population density. In 1990, the population density of theTownship of Brick was 2,529 persons per square mile. Population density increased to 2,896 persons per square mileaccording to the U.S. Census 2000. The Township of Brick is ranked the 12

thmost densely populated municipality in

Ocean County.

Population ProjectionPopulation projections were prepared by the NJ Department of Labor, Division of Labor Market and DemographicResearch and took into account the 1990 Census and estimates as of 1998. The population of each county was

projected out to 2015.

Population projections for individual municipalities based on the 2000 Census have not been released as of the printing ofthis report. However, the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development have released population projections byCounty for 2002-2025. The Ocean County projections continue to show exponential growth into the year 2025. The NJDepartment of Labor and Workforce Development projects a total growth of 220,984 persons. The 2000 Census reports510,916 persons in Ocean County and the 2025 Projection is for 731,900 persons. Due to the steady decline in thepercentage of growth in the Township of Brick over the past thirty years, it is logical to assume that the projected growthfor the Township into the year 2025 is not expected to be a significant contributing factor to the 2025 Ocean CountyProjection.

HouseholdsIn 1990, there were 25,023 households, an increase of 6,155 from 1980. In 2000, the number of households was 29,511.

This was an increase of 4,488 households.

Average Household SizeHousehold size continued to decrease, however, at a slower rate than between 1980 and 1990. The decrease in averagehousehold size between 1990 and 2000 was 3.3 %, half of the rate of decrease between 1980 and 1990 of 6.6%. Thismay be attributed to the fact that much of the senior housing, in the Township of Brick was built between the years of 1980 and 2000.

Residential Building Permits A good indicator of amunicipalities’ growth is thenumber of building permitsissued annually. According to

the Ocean County PlanningDepartment, between theyears 1990-2000, 4,000 newconstruction - building permitswere issued in the Township of Brick.

Building permits issued since2000 for new residential andcommercial developments reflect the decline in available land for development. In 2003, approximately 17 acres wasapproved for residential development by the Planning Board. The 17 acres includes major and minor subdivisions, someof which involved two lot subdivisions where homes were already located on one lot. In some cases, the application onlyincluded adjustments to lot lines with no new structures planned for development. The net number of new homesconstructed in Brick Township in 2003 was only 86 when demolition permits were factored in.

The Declining Rate of GrowthThe amount of commercial land available for development is also severely limited due to the fact that most of thecommercially zoned property has already been developed, redeveloped or approved for development. In addition, ouindustrial park is nearing build out and is relatively small, totaling less than twenty acres.




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The major employers within the Township include the OceanMedical Center, Board of Education, and the Township itselfThese three entities do not have any plans for furtherexpansion and will not be significantly adding to their workforce as it presently exists. The trend towards declininggrowth is seen in the decrease in the percent of populationgrowth over the past twenty years. From 1980 to 2000 therate in population growth decreased by one-half from 6.6% to

3.3%. This is decrease is indicative of the lack of availableland for large-scale residential developments.

What the Future Holds At the time of the Census 2000, the population of the Township of Brick was, 76,119, and the Township of Brick was morethan 95% built. Most of the remaining parcels of undeveloped land are severely constrained by environmental sensitivitymaking development, at large scales, difficult at best. The current policy of the administration to purchase undevelopedparcels of land for conservation and development controls will have a significant impact on the future population growth. Iis expected that the growth trend over the next ten years will be more like that of more developed urban areas, where in-fill developments, re-development of already built areas, in-migration and the cyclic pattern of birth and death of personswill be the main thrust of the population make-up.

Natural Resources

Open Spaces, Floodplains & Wetlands An aggressive Comprehensive Open Space Preservation and Recreation Plan has been underway for the last decade topreserve environmentally sensitive areas for open space, recreation and/or preservation, while still allowing for growththrough zoning and responsible planning. Brick Township currently boasts approximately 3,000 acres of preserved landsThese areas include Federal, State and County lands as well as municipal parcels. These areas have been preserved incooperation with the Izaak Walton League, Save Barnegat Bay, and Ocean County. The Township itself has purchasedover 1,000 acres for preservation over the past seven years. The municipality has put in place an open space tax toprovide a stable funding source to purchase additional areas available for preservation. Preservation of all of the areasidentified in the Open Space and Recreation Plan will further the Townships goals to provide contiguous preservationareas, protect water quality, preserve headwaters of the Barnegat Bay Watershed, and reduce potential for furtherdevelopment in an already densely developed portion of New Jersey. See MAP D - Open Space & Recreation.

Conservation of environmentally sensitive areas provides protection from flooding, provides food and shelter forendangered and threatened species, protects surface and drinking water quality and quantity and provides for betterplanning and watershed protection. Presently, the municipality has approximately 3,000 acres of preserved lands and 700acres of recreational lands. However, the main goal of the Open Space and Recreation Plan is to provide for morerecreational opportunities, where needed, and to protect environmentally sensitive lands from development impacts.

The origin of the Open Space Preservation initiative in Brick Township began as a series of recommendations in the 1981Natural Resource Inventory (NRI). As a part of the NRI, a Green Belt Study was produced to identify undeveloped lands inthe Township, inventory the surface and subsurfaceconditions, soil types, vegetation, fish and wildlife; andas a result of the inventory, make recommendationsconcerning the potential for preservation of thesubject areas. These areas were prioritizedby value, both monetary and ecological.The process for preservation not only

looked at fee simple purchase but alsothe utilization of the acquisition throughdevelopment rights, conservationeasements and other options resulting inless costly alternatives. The municipality tookaction from these recommendations to preserveopen spaces to provide areas of passive and activerecreation.

Wetlands and floodplains have been areas targeted for preservation since the original inventory was written in 1981Floodplains and wetlands act as large-scale sponges, or environmental safety cushions, among other more intricate




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functions, absorb excesses of energy released during storms and spring thaws in the form of tremendous volumes ofsurface water run-off. The impact of these volumes of water is magnified by increased impervious coverage of the soilwhich would normally accept a considerable portion of the runoff if left undeveloped. When these soils are covered withimpervious surfaces when land is developed, it impedes water absorption and the result is an increase in the volume owater running to streams. As this run-off reaches streams and rivers, these waterways eventually may spill over theirbanks onto the floodplains. See MAP E - Wetlands.

Being relatively wide and flat with a surface roughened by vegetation, a floodplain distributes the excess water across itssurface area, thus reducing flow speed and concentration. The downstream result is a generally slow, controlled rise and

then fall in water level over the duration of a storm. When a floodplain is encroached upon by structures which reduce itseffective area, or by man-made surfaces which reduce friction and accelerate the flow of floodwaters, (the extreme beingchanelization of the river within concrete walls), results downstream can be disastrous. As more water now reaches apoint in a shorter amount of time, flood levels and velocities increase dramatically. As development proceeds alongadditional tributaries, without protection of floodplains, the downstream effects are intensified.

Working in close association with the floodplains are wetland areas, especially those abutting streams. Run-off waterpassing through an ecosystem is naturally detained, permitting it to drop some of its sediment load and filter out pollutantsand impurities. This water, thus delayed in its introduction into a flooding stream, has its volume decreased by absorptionand its flow into the stream distributed over a greater amount of time, usually when the flood peak has passed.

Brick Township, because of its location on the Atlantic Coast and due to the number of streams, which traverse it, has aconsiderable portion of its lands in flood prone areas or wetlands as defined by various government agencies. The flood

hazard areas have been mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood Insurance Program in1984. See MAP F - FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Zones.

Since the floodplain and wetland areas are so important to the proper function of natural systems and to the safety oflarge populations, their protection to some degree is assured through a variety of federal, state and local legislation.However, to further insure the future of these areas, they have been incorporated into a comprehensive conservation andopen space plan, which would link the linear systems of flood hazard areas with wetland and parklands throughout theTownship. Floodplains are often ideal locations for park and recreation uses, such as field sports and picnic grounds.Wetlands, not all of which are wet on the surface, provide settings for nature trails and quiet relaxation as well as accessto water activities, like canoeing. The Township has successfully preserved two of these main floodplain and wetlandareas known as the Sawmill Tract and the Airport Tract. These preserved areas have been augmented with bicycle andhiking trails to allow residents to appreciate the extent of these natural areas. These areas also serve as vegetativebuffers along the Sawmill Creek, that drains to the Manasquan River and the Reedy Creek/ Kettle Creek watershed that

drain directly to the Barnegat Bay. In addition, the Reedy Creek cuts through the middle of the northernmost area of theEdwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Preserve which encompasses more than 1,700 acres that border the Barnegat BayThe NJ Department of Parks and Forestry has also preserved more than 350 acres of critical floodplain and wildlifehabitat in the northern portion of the Township at the mouth of the Manasquan River.

Other lands of concern in Brick Township are those which fall under the Beach and Dune Protection Program of theNJDEP. These areas are found on the barrier island system along the ocean and are defined and regulated under theNew Jersey Coastal Management Plan.

Flood hazard areas and beach dunes have been regulated through municipal ordinances and incorporated into the MastePlan. In general, these areas are strongly protected through state regulations and pose severe development restrictionsIn addition, municipal ordinances address preservation and encroachment into these environmentally sensitive areas(Chapter 134 – Dune Preservation, Chapter 155 – Flood Hazard Areas). During development and review of landsassociated with these environmentally sensitive areas, the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment take carefuconsideration of any and all impacts of these natural resources.

Waterways and their ConditionThe Township of Brick has the most privately owned waterfront property of any municipality in New Jersey totaling 53.2miles. The navigable waterways, excluding lagoons, of which there are many, are broken down in Figure 6.




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Fig. 6

The Township is spanned by five watershed areas – the Manasquan River, Metedeconk River, Beaver Dam Creek, KettleCreek, and Reedy Creek Watersheds. A one mile stretch of barrier island also exists which drains to the Barnegat Bayand Atlantic Ocean. The Manasquan River watershed contains the Sawmill Creek, Godfrey Lake and a number of unnamed tributaries, creeks and streams. The Metedeconk River watershed contains the Main Branch of the MetedeconkRiver, the North Branch of the Metedeconk River, Beaver Dam Creek, North Branch of Beaver Dam Creek, and the CedarBridge Branch. The Kettle Creek Watershed contains Kettle Creek, Lake Irisado, Tunes Branch, Long Causeway Branchand Polhemus Branch which drain into the Barnegat Bay. The Reedy Creek Watershed contains only the Reedy Creekand many lagoons and unnamed tributaries of the Barnegat Bay Watershed. See MAP G - Waterways.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NDEP) has established an Ambient Biomonitoring Network(AMNET) to document the health of the state’s waterways. There are over 800 AMNET sties throughout the state of New

Jersey. These sites are sampled for benthic macro invertebrates by NJDEP on a five-year cycle. Streams are classified asnon-impaired, moderately impaired, or severely impaired based on the AMNET data. The data is used to generate a NewJersey Impairment Score (NJIS), which is based on a number of biometrics related to benthic macro invertebratecommunity dynamics. There are two major rivers, the Manasquan and the Metedeconk located within the Township’sboundary in addition to the mouth of the Barnegat Bay. According to the NJDEP AMNET GIS data from 2000, there arefive AMNET sites within the Township of Brick. The quality of the water tested at those sites varied from No Impairment toSeverely Impaired. Figure 7 details each site:

Fig. 7

The NJDEP data reveals that these waterbodies, when tested for benthic macro invertebrates, were impaired. Themeasurement of benthic macro invertebrates in these waterbodies indicated a level of pollution that affects the amount

and type of organisms that this body of water can support, in other words, these water bodies exhibit habitat damage. Dueto the impairment status, the State is required by the Federal Clean Water Act to prepare a Total Maximum Daily Load(TMDL) in each waterway to address this type of pollutant measurement. A TMDL is the amount of a pollutant that can beaccepted by a water body without causing an exceedance of water quality standards or the interference with the ability touse a waterbody for one or more of its designated uses. Once these standards are developed by the NJDEP, eachmunicipality will be required to follow an implementation plan prepared by the NJDEP to correct areas that exceed thewater quality standard and protect those areas that currently meet these standards. The State is currently developingTMDL’s for impaired waterways throughout the state. A number of TMDL’s have been prepared for the drainage area othe Atlantic Coastal Region, however, none have been developed for these stream segments as of yet.




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In addition to the abovementioned waterway impairments for benthic macroinvertebrates, the Metedeconk River isimpaired for Fecal Coliform (at Windward Beach) and total coliform. The Barnegat Bay, Cedar Bridge Branch at MooreRoad (Cedar Bridge Road), and the Beaverdam Creek are all impaired for total coliform. As indicated above, theTownship of Brick is currently experiencing multiple issues and problems related to the quality of its stormwater. Most ofthe issues are directly related to Non-point sources as a result of land uses within the Township’s boundaries and the landuses upstream within the Manasquan and Metedeconk River Watersheds. Non-point and stormwater point sources arethe primary contributors to fecal coliform loads in these streams and can include storm-driven loads transporting fecacoliform from sources such as geese, farms and domestic pets to the receiving water body. Nonpoint sources can alsoinclude steady-inputs from sources such as failing sewage conveyance systems and failing or inappropriately located

septic systems. The Brick Township Municipal Utility Authority conducts inspections and replacement of segments offailing stormwater and sanitary sewer lines through their capitol improvement programThis program is proactive and replaces infrastructure at the first sign of failure or based on age and location as to avoidcatastrophic failures. For TMDL purposes, point sources include domestic and industrial wastewater treatment plants thadischarge to surface water, as well as surface water discharges of stormwater subject to regulation under the NationaPollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The Metedeconk River does not have any permitted point sourcedischarges including treatment facilities that potentially contribute to the impaired water bodies of the Metedeconk River.

Flooding also occurs in these areas due to the high percentage of impervious cover from land uses, poor drainagefacilities and improper grading from development. The State of New Jersey has proposed new TMDL’s for total coliform toaddress shellfish impaired waters of Watershed Management Area 13 (WMA), published February 21, 2006 and approvedSeptember 2006, as well as the TMDL’s for fecal coliform for the Metedeconk and Barnegat Bay approved on September29, 2003. The potential sources of this impairment to these waterways has been long-term non-point source pollution from

the way in which residents utilize their property in addition to water foul populations who are contributing to fecal coliformcontamination from run off.

This plan, once implemented will help to address the abovementioned pollutant loadings through providing mechanismsfor the Township of Brick to identify and evaluate non-point sources of pollution and how they are arriving in thewaterways of the Township. Through the implementation of the monitoring program, the Township will be able to identifyeach outfall that currently discharges pollutants in to the Township’s waterways. Once these outfalls are identified, acorrective maintenance and investigative survey will begin to identify the source of the pollutants. If it is determined thatsimple maintenance of stormwater facilities needs to be undertaken, the Township will work with the Brick TownshipMunicipal Utility Authority to repair and/or improve infrastructure to address the problem and continue to monitor theseareas to ensure compliance. If it is determined that the source of the pollution is from an illicit discharge, the Township wilutilize it’s authority through the Illicit Discharge Elimination Ordinance to address the issue. In addition, the implementationof the design standards set forth in the new Municipal Stormwater Control Ordinance will reduce any further impacts from

development and redevelopment in the Township. It is anticipated that the Township’s plan will have a positive effect onthe reduction of pollutant loadings in the Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay through the effective utilization of theseprograms.

Ground Water The Township of Brick receives its drinking water from the Brick Township Municipal Utility Authority (BTMUA). TheBTMUA is a public community water system consisting of 11 wells, 2 wells under the influence of surface water, 1 surfacewater intake and 3 purchased groundwater sources. The system’s source water comes from the Kirkwood-Cohansey andthe Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer systems and the Metedeconk River. The Brick Township Municipal Utility Authorityhas also recently completed a One Billion Gallon reservoir located on Herbertsville and Sally Ike Roads. The Reservoirwas filled utilizing an elaborate piping system from the Metedeconk River. At high flows of the Metedeconk River, water iswithdrawn through an intake located behind the BTMUA property and pumped to the reservoir. The water stored in thereservoir provides for an extra source of potable water during times of low flow or drought.See MAP H - Groundwater Recharge Areas.

Although the main supply of water for the BTMUA originates in the upper reaches of the Metedeconk Watershed, thegroundwater withdrawals are affected by land use and over-development. During times of drought, stresses placed uponthe 11 well systems can be significant as many township residents have wells for out-door watering and landscapingneeds. In addition, the built-out nature of the municipality does not provide for enough ground water infiltration to replenishthe aquifer systems adequately.See MAP I - Wellhead Protection Areas.




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Non-Point SourcesBrick Township is more than 95% developed. The majority of this development has occurred over the past thirty years atan alarming rate. The effects of this development have serious implications for water quality and quantity. Most of thewaterways in Brick Township are identified by the NJDEP as impaired or moderately impaired for biological indicatorsShellfish beds located within the Metedeconk River and the Barnegat Bay are restricted for harvesting because of theeffects of pollution.

Point SourcesPoint source discharges, or permits for the legal discharge of pollutants into a waterway by the NJDEP are not abundant

in the Township. Only six permitted discharges are identified within the watersheds of the Township and include industriaas well as sanitary discharges. These permitted discharges have to meet stringent environmental and chemical standardsset forth in the NJ Surface Water Quality Standards, developed by the NJDEP.

Illicit DischargesDetection of illegal discharges of pollutants into the stormwater system or directly into a water body is very difficult todetect. If a pollutant such as motor oil or a solvent is obvious to the naked eye, the pollutant can be traced back to whereit was originally dumped. This will give inspectors an idea of where the source of pollution is originating. However, if thepollutant is not visible, as in the case of some solvents and chemicals, it is very difficult to identify it as a “point sourcepollutant.” The Township adopted an Illicit Discharge Ordinance to address the seriousness of these instances and willassign an inspection schedule and fines associated with the ordinance.

Design and Performance Standards

The Township recently adopted a new stormwater control ordinance in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-5 to minimize theadverse impact of stormwater runoff on water quality and water quantity and loss of groundwater recharge in receivingwater bodies. This new ordinance, Chapter 396, Stormwater Management was adopted November 29, 2005. The Designand Performance Standards, Section 396-6 include the language for maintenance of stormwater management measuresconsistent with the stormwater management rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.8.

Under this section, Stormwater Management, measures for major development shall be developed to meet the erosioncontrol, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity, and stormwater runoff quality standards outlined in Sections396-7 through 396-10 of the Township of Brick Stormwater Management Ordinance. To the maximum extent practicable,these standards shall be met by incorporating nonstructural stormwater management strategies into the design. If thesestrategies alone are not sufficient to meet these standards, structural stormwater management measures necessary tomeet these standards shall be incorporated into the design.

Maintenance Requirements and language for safety standards consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:8-6 is addressed in Section 396-16. Maintenance and Repair. The general maintenance of stormwater basins includes requirements to submit amaintenance plan that includes specific preventative maintenance tasks and schedules; cost estimates, includingestimated cost of sediment, debris, or trash removal, the name and contact information for the person responsible for themaintenance of the structure.

Preventative and corrective maintenance is required under Section 396-16 and shall be performed to maintain thefunction of the stormwater management measure, including repairs or replacement to the structure; removal of sediment,debris or trash; restoration of eroded areas; snow and ice removal; fence repair or replacement; restoration of vegetationand repair or replacement of non-vegetated linings. Yearly evaluations of the maintenance plan are required andresponsible parties shall provide documentation of such to any public entity with administrative, health, environmental orsafety authority over the site.

In Section 396-14. Safety Standards for Stormwater Management Basins, sets forthrequirements to protect public safety through the proper design and operation of stormwater management basins. These safety standards include requirements for trash racks, overflow grates and escape provisions for all structures and basins andillustrations of safety ledges in new stormwater management basins.

Compliance and enforcement of these measures is addressed through Section 396-17. Violations and penalties. This section states,” In the event that any person whoerects, constructs, alters, repairs, converts, maintains or uses any building, structureor land in violation of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $500 per day until theunauthorized improvement is removed or repaired.” This provision allows for the Fig. 8

enforcement of construction standards, compliance and repair of stormwater facilities.




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Runoff Controls for Construction SitesDuring construction, the Township’s engineering inspectors closely monitor the construction of a development to ensurethat the stormwater management measures are constructed and function as designed. This practice will be continuedunder the adoption of the new stormwater ordinance.

Runoff Controls for Post Development and Redevelopment

Applicants for development must obtain approvals from the Ocean County Soil Conservation Service before beginningany earthwork on construction sites. Runoff controls on construction sites must comply with the Ocean County SoiConservation Service permit regulations. In addition, as a condition of all site plan approvals by the municipality, no topsoishall be removed from the site or used as spoil. Removed topsoil must be redistributed throughout the subject propertyand utilized as such. In addition, the removal of subsoil is restricted by Ordinance and requires a permit from theTownship in accordance with Section 190-19.

Section 245-360. Topsoil protection.No person, firm or corporation shall strip, excavate or otherwise remove topsoil or any other soil material for use off tractunless he shall obtain a permit from the Township Council as provided in a separate ordinance.

Pollution PreventionEvery individual on an every day basis should practice pollution prevention; however, this does not always occur. To mee

the needs of preventing pollution from land uses, the municipality has adopted many new ordinances and standards toincrease protection of our waterways and water quality.

Impervious surfaces are the number one indicator of how “developed” an area is. Recently, the municipality adopted newimpervious cover standards for all commercial and industrial developments. In addition, the maximum building coverage inthe residential zones was also decreased to prevent over-development of residential areas with impervious materialsThese measures were taken by the municipality to reduce the impacts of impervious areas on the local waterbodies.

Water quality control designs are always considered when developing a site. The size, location and pollution contromechanisms on the site are carefully reviewed and considered when developing a site. Information such as wetlandpresence, wildlife habitat and non-point source pollution controls are weighed when sites are considered for residential orcommercial development. Those standards are incorporated into the Stormwater ordinance.

Vegetation, landscaping and buffers are taken very seriously when considering a development application. Recently, theTownship Council passed revised ordinances for these issues. The new and revised ordinances make the requirementsfor development on any site more stringent for vegetation, landscaping and buffers from streams and other uses.

Good Housekeeping Practices at Public FacilitiesThe Township of Brick practices common sense maintenance at its facilities. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is usedfor fertilizer and pesticide maintenance on each of the fields and all of the municipal grounds. Fertilizers are only used onfields for football, soccer and baseball uses. Other fields are not fertilized, but re-seeded every year for thicker turfPesticides are only used when all other methods fail. Herbicides are not typically used unless absolutely needed in severecases.

Salt and sand used to de-ice roadways are contained in buildings to avoid shrinkage from rain. Spreading of salt and sandis done in an as-needed basis to avoid excess materials from washing into the storm drain system. Roadways that arecovered in ice are usually salted and sanded first and secondary roadways are plowed. A new method of pre-treatmentduring the anticipation of a snow storm is currently underway. This new process pre-treats roadways with liquid calcium toprevent the roads from icing during winter storm events and reduces the amount of salt and sand used.

BMP-Based Control MeasuresBMP (Best Management Practices) are utilized in construction sites and in the retrofitting of developed areas to reducethe impacts of non-point source pollution. Developed areas are also managed through maintenance procedures thatcomply with stormwater control measures for post-construction sites. These BMPs are required in all site plan andsubdivision applications for development in the Township and for all Township construction projects. These techniquesare outlined in the Stormwater Management Ordinance.




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Examples of the types of techniques recommended in the Ordinance are as follows:

Green bank Parking Swirl SeparatorsWet Tolerant Planting Vegetated Swales and Filter StripsMinimum Disturbance Landscaping Stormwater ChannelsRetention/Detention Basins Oil/Water SeparatorsPerforated Piping Recharge AreasFig. 9

Ordinance RequirementsIn 2000, the Township of Brick adopted a Stormwater Management Ordinance, which incorporates the stringent NJResidential Site Improvement Standards for stormwater management on commercial properties as well as residentiadevelopments. This ordinance includes provisions for water quality controls for non-point source pollution and sedimencontrol.

Other ordinances which attempt to address issues of water quality include a “pooper scooper” ordinance which requiresanimal owners to pick up after their pets while walking them, a littering ordinance which prevents people from littering onthe streets, which in turn prevents large amounts of litter from entering our waterways and a variety of other ordinanceswhich try attempt to protect water quality in the Township. These ordinances including others have been amended toinclude language to create consistency with the Stormwater regulations.

The revised ordinances include:Pet WasteLittler ControlImproper Disposal of WasteWildlife FeedingContainerized Yard Waste

Yard Waste Collection Program

Public Education and OutreachInformation is provided to citizens of Brick Township through literature available at Town Hall. This literature includesinformation provided by the Ocean County Agricultural Extension, NJDEP and other sources. Brochures including “Whatis a Watershed”, “How does Urbanization Change a Watershed,” “Non-point Source Pollution, What you can do Today!”and “What is Ground Water?” are available for all residents. These brochures give advice about:

9 Lawn and Garden Maintenance9 Pesticide/ Fertilizer Use9 Animal Waste

9 Phosphorous Management9 Litter Management

Other information is available upon request including ways for homeowners to:

9 Reduce impervious surfaces by using pavers or bricks rather than concrete for a driveway, sidewalk or patio,9 Divert rain from paved surfaces onto grass to permit gradual infiltration.9 Landscape with the environment in mind. Choose the appropriate plants, shrubs and trees for the soil in your yard

don’t select plants that need lots of watering (which increases surface water runoff), fertilizers or pesticides.9 Maintain your car properly so that motor oil, brake linings, exhaust and other fluids don’t contribute to water pollution.9 Keep stormwater clean. Never dump litter, motor oil, animal waste or leaves into storm drains or catch basins.




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Public Involvement and ParticipationThe Township of Brick, Public Works Department has set up a “Litter Hotline” to work to further improve the quality of lifein the Township, by providing the citizens of the Township with a way to report illegal dumping activities or identify areasthat need litter removal. The hotline gives citizens the opportunity to speak to a “Clean Communities Representative” andreceive information about litter and pollution issues.

The Township of Brick, Environmental Commission holds annual beach and Township-wide clean up days to remove litte

from roadways and beach areas. This annual clean-up event brings many citizens out to remove litter and pollutants fromthe roadways and waterways in the Township and is a very successful event.

TMDL’sTMDLs were developed by the NJDEP for WMA 13, in September of 2006 for shellfish impaired waters and in Septembeof 2003 for fecal coliform in the Metedeconk and Barnegat Bay. The potential sources of the impairments identified inthese TMDL’s are caused by a number of categories of sources including human, domestic or captive animals,agricultural practices and wildlife. Since the Township of Brick does not have a zoo or active agricultural lands, it isassumed that the sources of total coliform and fecal coliform have resulted from human, domestic and wildlife sourcesThe Township’s approach to addressing management strategies for each of the potential sources of elevated bacteriallevels to meet the TMDLs are listed in Table below.

The 2003 TMDL for Fecal Coliform in the Atlantic Water Region, The South Branch Metedeconk River near Laurelton(Site ID #01408152) recommends:1. Monitoring: a fecal survey is recommended to narrow the scope of the major sources of impairment;2. Strategies; prioritize for EQUIP funds to install agricultural BMPs;3. Organize local community based goose management programs;4. Phase II Stormwater Program.

Since the bulk of the upland areas of this watershed segment are located outside the Township’s boundaries, theTownship has focused most of its efforts through Education and Outreach to the community and through buildingpartnerships with upstream communities including Lakewood, Howell, and Jackson Townships. The Township of Brickand the Brick Township Municipal Utility Authority participated in a partnership program and study with the Trust for Public

Lands in 2003 to identify the health of the Metedeconk Watershed as a source for drinking water. The recommendationsfrom that study focused on open space acquisitions and public education and outreach. As a result of thoserecommendations, the Township has employed the use of the “Geese Police” to manage the large goose population onpublic lands in this watershed and has provided brochure materials to owners of waterfront property on the topic of theover-use of pesticides and fertilizes. Additionally, through the adoption of the Municipal Stormwater Control Ordinance fonew developments, through the Stormwater Phase I (SIIA) and Phase II programs, the Township has taken steps towardsimproving the quality of the waters regarding fecal coliform in the Metedeconk River.

The TMDL for Total Coliform to address Shellfish Impaired Waters in WMA13, September 2006, identifies the BeaveDam Creek Estuary and the Metedeconk River Estuary as having impairments for total coliform.These two water bodies are coastal estuaries that have large populations of resident and/or migratory water fowl; inaddition, these watersheds have large undeveloped lands as forests, coastal wetland habitats and estuaries and largeareas of developed urban lands.

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Agricultural Barren Land Forest Urban Water Wetlands TMDL ReductionBeaver Dam Creek Estuary 0.01% 1.1% 11.7% 68.1% 6.3% 12.8% 41%Metedeconk River Estuary 4.2% 1.4% 29.3% 35.3% 3.0% 26.8% 87%




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Due to the land use/ land cover in these areas and the large areas of natural estuarine habitat, management measures toreduce coliform bacteria contributed by wildlife are not generally practical, therefore, the Township’s goals to meeting theTMDL reduction for fecal coliform bacteria from developed land use contributions will be focused on monitoring, trackdown, maintenance, education, outreach and better design of new stormwater infrastructure through the MunicipalStormwater Control Ordinance for new developments. Fig. 11 outlines the issues and strategies the township hasemployed to meet the TMDL requirement.

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Source Category Response Responsible Entity Steps taken to meet Implementation Strategies

Inadequate (per design, operation,maintenance,location, density)on-site disposalsystems

Sanitary surveys,septicmanagementprograms/ordinances

Municipality – BrickTownship MunicipalUtility Authority(BTMUA)

The Township of Brick currently has no septicsystem, the sanitary sewer infrastructure ismaintained and controlled by the BTMUA, whichhas an on-going capital improvement program toreplace antiquated sewer lines and repair anyproblem areas.

Inadequate or improperlymaintainedstormwater facilities;illicit connections

Measuresrequired under MunicipalStormwater permittingprogramincluding anyadditionalmeasuresdetermined in thefuture to beneeded throughTMDL process

Municipality, State andCounty regulatedentities

The Township Public Works Department hasinitiated an on-going monitoring project to surveyand test water quality at each stormwater outfalllocation. The investigators inspect each stormwater outfall for dry weather flow, if water is detectedduring dry weather; sources of the flow areinvestigated. The Township has a capitalimprovement program that continually monitors,maintains and replaces antiquated and damagedfacilities and investigates illicit connections;The Township adopted an Illicit ConnectionDetection Ordinance to prohibit connections.

Malfunctioningsewageconveyancefacilities

Identify throughsource trackdown and repair

Owner of malfunctioning facility

The BTMUA is responsible for the operation andmaintenance of all conveyance facilities. TheOcean County Utility Authority operates andmaintains a Waste Water Treatment Facility in theTownship of Brick

Marinas Clean MarinaProgram; NoDischarge Zones

Owner of Marina,Municipalities

The Township of Brick encourages marinas toapply for Clean Marinas Program – out of the 27Marinas approved in NJ, 4 are located within BrickTownship. The Manasquan River, MetedeconkRiver and Barnegat Bay are all EPA designated NoDischarge Zones.

Domestic/captiveanimal sources

Pets Pet wasteOrdinance

Municipality The Township has installed “pooper scooper”signage and pet waste baggies at a number of Township owned parks and has implemented a PetWaste Ordinance




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Wildlife

Locally excessivepopulations of resident Canadageese or other waterfowl

Feedingordinances;GooseManagementBMP’s

Municipality The Township has promoted BMP’s for the controlof Geese populations through education andoutreach materials to homeowners alongwaterways and has maintained vegetative bufferson all Township owned water bodies in addition to

employing “Geese Police” to manage populationson public lands

Indigenous wildlifeConfirm throughtrack down;riparian buffer restorations;consider revisingdesignated uses

Municipality The Township has drafted a Riparian Buffer Ordinance to maintain 300’ buffers along allwaterways. In addition, the Metedeconk River has aC-1 designation, protecting the stream buffers up to300 feet.

Plan Consistency

The Township of Brick is not within a Regional Stormwater Management Planning Area (RSWMPs), therefore this plandoes not need to be consistent with any regional stormwater management plans at this time. At such time a RegionaStormwater Management Plan is developed, the Township will amend its plan to be consistent.

The Municipal Stormwater Management Plan is consistent with the Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) atN.J.A.C. 5:21, as the township’s own ordinance is a duplicate of this rule. The municipality will utilize the most currentupdate of the RSIS in the stormwater management review of residential areas and its own Municipal StormwaterManagement Ordinance. This Municipal Stormwater Management Plan will be updated to be consistent with any futureupdates to the RSIS.

The Township’s Stormwater Management Ordinance requires all new development and redevelopment plans to complywith New Jersey’s Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Standards. During construction, Township engineering inspectorswill continue to observe on-site soil erosion and sediment control measures and report any inconsistencies to the Ocean

County Soil Conservation District.

The Township of Brick is entirely within the regulatory boundaries of the Coastal Areas Facilities Review Act (CAFRA)Zone. CAFRA Rules incorporate the new Stormwater Rules by reference and require compliance with the regulationspromulgated by the State of New Jersey for all new developments and redevelopments that trigger a CAFRA permit. If anapplicant requests waivers from the performance standards under CAFRA or the Municipal Stormwater ControOrdinance, a mitigation plan could be required by CAFRA reviewers as well as the Townships’ reviewing entity. Inaddition, the Township is currently under review for Plan Endorsement by the New Jersey Department of CommunityDevelopment, Office of Smart Growth for consistency with the State Plan and a Town Center designation. Once thereview is completed, the Township will be considered “consistent” with all state regulatory and voluntary programsincluding all programs promulgated under NJDEP.

Non-Structural Stormwater Management Strategies Many of the suggested non-structural strategies to pre-treat or better manage stormwater were already included in theTownship’s ordinances. However, many of these ordinances were amended to include or clarify low impact developmentdesign techniques. The ordinances that have been amended are listed below:

Buffers - §245-409Cluster Development - §245-300Curbs and Gutters - §245-356(14) & §245-356(2)Drainage, Watercourse & Flood Hazard Areas - §245-386;(T)(6) Chapter 196 & 196-1 thru 196-24Driveways and Accessways – §245-310 – Location Requirements – Parking, loading and access areas.Natural Features §245-365(C)Off-site and Off-tract Improvements - §245-341Off-street Parking and Loading - §245-310 & §245-15




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Performance Standards §396-6; §396-7; §396-8; §396-10;Shade Trees §245-356(15)Sidewalks - §245-359Streets - §245-356

Municipal “Build-Out Analysis” As a requirement of the Municipal Stormwater Management Rule, the Township must prepare a build-out analysis basedon existing developable land and current zoning unless; the Township has less than one-square mile or 640 developable

acres of land. The Township of Brick, in conjunction with Schoor Depalma Consulting Engineers and Planners prepared abuild-out analysis to satisfy this requirement. Knowing that the Township is significantly “built-out”, we conducted aplanning exercise to determine the actual acreage of vacant, developable, privately owned lands within the Township. Theresults of this exercise are shown in Figure 12. Schoor Depalma took the information further and calculated the potentiabuild-out based on the zoning regulations. The inventory was based on properties that were of one acre or more andidentified as developable or not impacted significantly by wetlands.

Fig. 12

• Developable vacant lands are defined as property of one or more acre, excluding wetlands areas.Wetlands have been factored out of the total vacant land number, and 20% has been subtractedfrom the total vacant land acreage to account for development of roads and infrastructure and lotlayout and irregularities.

** Source: Tara Paxton, Assistant Planner, Brick Township

Municipal Mitigation Plan A mitigation plan is required to grant a variance or exemption from the design and performance standards of a municipastormwater management plan. The mitigation requirements should offer a hierarchy of options that clearly offset the effecon groundwater recharge, stormwater quantity control, and/or stormwater quality control that was created by granting thevariance or exemption.

This mitigation plan is provided for a proposed development that is granted a variance or exemption from the stormwatermanagement design and performance standards. The issuance of a waiver under a Land Use permit by the Departmentdoes not automatically waive the requirement for mitigation to be performed under the municipal review. The Applicantmust obtain all required permits for the mitigation project prior to municipal approval and if possible, mitigation must beaddressed on-site as much as possible before looking for off-site options. Presented is a hierarchy of options.




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Mitigation Project Criteria1. The mitigation project must be implemented in the same drainage area as the proposed development.2. The project must provide additional groundwater recharge benefits, or protection from stormwater runoff quality andquantity from previously developed property that does not currently meet the design and performance standards outlinedin the Municipal Stormwater Management Plan.3. The developer must ensure the long-term maintenance of the project, including maintenance requirements under Chapters 8 and 9 of the NJDEP Stormwater BMP Manual.4. Legal authorization must be obtained to construct the project at the location selected. This includes the maintenanceand any access needs for the project.

5. The project, if possible, should be located upstream at a similar distance from the permit location from the receivingwater body and should be based on similar hydrologic distance to the receiving water body.6. If areas are identified that will be affected by the proposed development activity, it is preferable to have one locationthat addresses any and all of the performance standards waived, rather than one location for each performance standard.7. It must be demonstrated that implementation of the mitigation project will result in no adverse impacts to other properties or receiving water bodies.8. Mitigation projects that address stormwater runoff quantity can provide storage for proposed increases in runoff volumeas opposed to a direct peak flow reduction.9. Perform a specific Environmental Enhancement Project to address areas in need of mitigation throughout theTownship.

The Applicant can select one of the following projects listed to compensate for the deficit from the performance standardsresulting from the proposed project. More detailed information on the projects can be obtained from the Township

Planner. Listed below are specific projects that can be used to address the mitigation requirement.

Groundwater RechargeRecharge is regulated to maintain the availability of ground water as a water supply source as well as to provide a stablesource of base flow in streams.

There are two requirements associated with the recharge standard. The first is that 100 percent of the site’s averageannual pre-developed ground water recharge volume be maintained after development and the second is that 100 percenof the difference between the site’s pre- and post-development 2-year runoff volumes be infiltrated. To mitigate forgroundwater recharge design requirements, either computational method can be utilized to determine the volume lost thaneeds to be provided by the mitigation project.

One method to accomplish ground water recharge mitigation is to discharge runoff as sheet flow across a vegetated area

to allow for the infiltration of runoff. It should be noted that, if this measure is used, calculating compliance with therecharge standards is limited to the 2 year storm standard, given existing methods.

Some examples of areas or features sensitive to ground water recharge changes include:Springs, seeps, wetlands, white cedar swamps – sensitive to changes in ground water level and hydrologyThreatened and Endangered Species or their habitat – some are sensitive to changes in ambient ground water levelsStreams with low base flow or passing flow requirements – would be particularly sensitive to changes in hydrology

Aquifer recharge zones – loss of recharge in these areas can adversely affect ground water supplyCategory One waters – loss of base flow can affect many of the bases for designation

Some options for mitigation for waivers to groundwater recharge criteria include;• Replace existing impervious coverage at any of the municipal, county or state owned parks or facilities

with permeable pavement to provide additional average annual groundwater recharge.• Retrofit any municipal, county or state detention basins that are currently not operating at optimum

capacity to provide additional groundwater recharge.

Water QualityStormwater Quality is regulated for the purpose of minimizing or preventing nonpoint source pollution from reachingwaterways. Mitigation for stormwater quality can be achieved either by directing the runoff from the water quality designstorm into a natural area where it can be filtered and or infiltrated into the ground, by constructing a new BMP to interceppreviously untreated runoff or by retrofitting existing stormwater systems that previously did not provide sufficiently fowater quality.




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Existing forested and other vegetated non-wetland areas can also be used as a water quality mitigation area if runoff isdischarged as sheet flow through the area in a non-erosive manner, and the vegetated area is restricted from futuredevelopment. A discussion of the appropriate widths for these vegetative filters is provided in Chapter 9 of the New JerseyStormwater Best Management Practices Manual (BMP Manual).

If a mitigation project cannot be identified that would compensate for a waiver related to water quality, and provided theproject requiring a waiver would not result in a measurable change in water quality relative to TSS and nutrients, themitigation project could be designed to address another parameter of concern in the watershed (as indicated by animpairment listing and or an adopted TMDL) for which stormwater is a source, such as fecal coliform.

Some examples of areas or features sensitive to water quality change include:Trout associated waters – chemical pollutants and temperature effects can diminish viability of populationsLakes, ponds or other impoundments – these waterways are sensitive to addition of nutrientsThreatened and endangered species or their habitat – sensitive to both quality and quantity changesDrinking water supplies – adverse affects on quality can increase the cost of treatment or threatened useCategory One waters – an issue where quality was the basis of the designationWaterways with a water quality or use impairment – deterioration of quality in an impaired waterway will increase the cosand challenge of restoration

Some options for mitigation for waivers for water quality criteria include;• Retrofit existing municipal, county or state stormwater management facility to provide the removal of 80 % of tota

suspended solids from the parking lot runoff.• Retrofit the existing parking areas at any publicly owned facility to provide removal of 80% of total suspendedsolids.• Re-establish a vegetative buffer (minimum 50 ft. wide) along 1,500 linear feet of the shoreline at any navigablewaterway as a goose control measure and to filter stormwater runoff from the high goose traffic areas.• Provide goose management measures including public education at any public park or facility.

Water QuantityIncreased stormwater runoff volume from new development can cause damages to property and habitat due to increasedflood elevations and or flood velocities. Mitigation project areas can include locations that will provide for additionalstorage and slower release of excess stormwater. Mitigation of stormwater quantity can be accomplished by increasingflood storage areas a long the waterway, creating new best management practices (BMPs) to control previously

uncontrolled runoff or by retrofitting existing stormwater structures to decrease the volume and peak or runoff.

In areas adjacent to the stream, a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis can be performed to determine if increasing storagecapacity would offset the additional volume of runoff and associated peak increase from sites upstream of the storagearea. Increases in the storage capacity of an existing structure, such as upstream of a bridge or culvert, can also beconsidered provided that it is demonstrated that such an increase does not exacerbate flooding in other areas.

Note that work in regulated areas, such as floodplains and wetlands must be performed in accordance with applicableregulations such as the Flood Hazards Area Control Act Rules and the Freshwater Wetland Act Rules. Also, many areasof open space in New Jersey have received funding by the Department’s Green Acres Program and many of thoseencumbered lands have restrictions placed on them as a result of that funding. Any and all restrictions place don theselands must be investigated by the municipality before these areas can be utilized for mitigation to ensure that there are noconflicts.

Some examples of areas or features sensitive to changes with regard to flooding include:

Culverts and bridges – these features may constrict flow and cause flooding or may provide storage that, if lost, wouldcause downstream flooding problemsProperty subject to flooding – areas of concern include those where there is historical evidence of recurrent problems,particularly if exacerbated over time because of increasing impervious surface in the contributing watershedEroding/widening stream banks or channels – particularly if due to changes in hydrology due to effects of developmentCategory One Waters – flooding affects could alter habitat that was the basis for the designationWetlands- changes in hydrology can affect viability f wetlands, either by increasing or decreasing volumes and velocitiesof water discharging to the wetlands




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Some options for mitigation for waivers for water quantity criteria include;• Install stormwater management measures in the open space areas that are publicly owned or where conservationand drainage easements are held by the public in any planned unit development or residential sub-division to reduce thepeak flow from upstream development on the receiving stream for the 100 year storm.

If a suitable site cannot be located in the same drainage area as the proposed development, as discussed above, themitigation project may provide mitigation that is not equivalent to the impacts for which the variance or exemption is

sought, but that addresses the same issue. For example, if a variance is granted because the 80% TSS requirement isnot met, the selected project may address water quality impacts due to a fecal impairment. Listed below are specificprojects that can be used to address the mitigation option.

Environmental Enhancement ProjectsThe Township of Brick is also working on adopting a fee schedule to provide funding in lieu of the mitigation work to gotowards an environmental enhancement project that has been identified in the Municipal Stormwater Management PlanThe funding must be equal or greater than the cost to implement the mitigation outlined above, including costs associatedwith purchasing the property or an easement for mitigation, and the cost associated with the long-term maintenancerequirements of the mitigation measure.

The Township has identified a few specific locations that would fall under the environmental enhancement Projects. Thosesites are as follows:

Windward Beach• stormdrain retrofits• geese controls• vegetative buffer enhancements• stream stabilization controls

Bambi Cross Waterfront Park• beach stabilization• re-vegetation of dunes• dune stabilization• removal of debris

Drum Point Sports Complex•

vegetation of retention/detention basins• planting of shade trees for wind breaks• groundwater recharge areas

Airport Tract Conservation Area• Wetland Restoration• Trail creation/enhancement

Saw Mill Track Conservation Area• Trail creation/enhancement• Wetland Restoration/Creation/Enhancement• Stream bed stabilization/protection• Lake Restoration/Enhancement

Lake Irisado• Eutrophication management• Dredging/plant management

Beaver Dam Creek/Silverman Tract/Midstream’s Greenway• Creek restoration/cleaning• Sedimentation control• Retrofit of antiquated storm system• Re-vegetation of cleared areas

All environmental enhancement projects will be funded based on fees collected in lieu of compliance with the stormwaterule.




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Administration of Stormwater Mitigation PlanThe following information is required for each waiver granted from the performance standards;

• Impact from noncompliance – provide a table quantifying what would be required for the project to achieve thestandards, the extent to which this value will be achieve on site and the extent to which the value must be mitigatedoff site.

• Narrative and supporting information regarding the need for the waiver including;o The waiver cannot be due to a condition created by the applicant. If the applicant can comply with the

Stormwater Management rules through a reduction in the scope of the project, the applicant has createdthe condition and a waiver cannot be issued. Demonstrate that the need for a waiver is not created by theapplicant.

o Provide a discussion and supporting documentation of the site conditions peculiar to the subject propertythat prevent the construction of a stormwater management facility that would achieve full compliance withthe design and performance standards. Site conditions may include soil type, the presence of karstgeology, acid soils, a high groundwater table, unique conditions that would create an unsafe design, aswell as conditions that may provide a detrimental impact to public health, welfare and safety.

o Demonstration that the grant of the requested waiver/exemption would not result in an adverse impactthat would not be compensated for by off site mitigation.

• Sensitive Area – Identify areas that are sensitive to the proposed activity related to the performance standard formwhich a waiver is sought. Demonstrate that the mitigation site contributes to the same sensitive area.

• Design of the Mitigation Project – Provide the design details of the mitigation project. This includes, but is not limitedto, drawings, calculations and other information needed to evaluate the mitigation project.

• Responsible Party – List the party or parties responsible for the construction and the maintenance of the mitigationproject. Documentation must be provided to demonstrate that the responsible party’s aware of, has authority to, andaccepts the responsibility for construction and maintenance. Under no circumstance shall the responsible party be anindividual single-family homeowner. Selection of a project location that is under municipal authority avoids the need toobtain authority from a third party for the construction and future maintenance of the project.

• Maintenance – Include a maintenance plan that addresses the maintenance criteria at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5:8. In addition, ifthe maintenance responsibility is being transferred to the municipality or another entity, the entity responsible for thecost of the maintenance must be identified. The municipality may provide the option for the applicant to convey themitigation project to the municipality, if the applicant provides for the cost of maintenance in perpetuity.

• Permits – Obtain any and all necessary local, State or another applicable permit for the mitigation measures or projecmust be obtained prior to the municipal approval of the project for which mitigation is being provided.

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Construction – Demonstrate that the construction of the mitigation project coincides with the construction of theproposed project. A certificate or occupancy or final approval by the municipality for the project requiring mitigationcannot be issued until the mitigation project or measure receives final approval. Any mitigation projects proposed bythe municipality to offset the stormwater impacts of that municipality’s own projects must be completed within 6months of the completion of the municipal project. In order to remain in compliance with their NJDPES GeneraPermit.




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This Stormwater Management Plan has been provided to address the requirements of the Municipal StormwateRegulations & N.J.A.C. 7:14A25 and is intended to serve as a guide for all future stormwater management issues withinthe Township of Brick



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Conservation and Open Space Plan Element

Table of Contents

Conservation 1Goals and Policies 1Natural Resources 1Geology & Soil Discussion 1

Relationship between Geology and Soils 2Soils 2Soils Subject to Flooding 2Floodplains 2Wetlands 3Natural Drainage – Watersheds 3Fig1 Surface Water Resources 4

Habitat 4Open Space 6Goals 8Policies 8Inventory 8Preservation Goals 9

Water Quality Protection 10Conservation 10Zoning 11Funding 12Priority Acquisition Plan 12Analysis 12 MAPSNJ Geology ASoils BWetlands CWaterways DHabitat E

Recreation FConservation G




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Conservation and Open Space Plan Element

ConservationCertain lands naturally lend themselves to the purposes of conservation and open space preservation than doothers. These lands include those, which are most sensitive to development in the Township, is necessary for acontinued favorable quality of life and for protection of health, safety and general welfare of the public.

Brick Township’s quality of life and unique character are shaped by its natural environment. Vistas to the BarnegatBay and the Metedeconk River, interconnected wetland systems, forested areas, fallow fields and coastallandscapes define the natural environment. The conservation of these areas minimizes the impact of developmentupon the quality of life for all of the Township’s residents and creates a desirable suburban destination. The purposeof the Conservation and Open Space Plan is to provide for the recognition, protection and preservation of thesenatural resources.

Goals and Policies

• Identify and map critical environmental resources including wetlands, floodplains, soils, rare and endangeredspecies, aquifer recharge areas, surface water systems, watersheds and habitats

• Provide for floodplain overlay zoning

• Prepare and implement a plan for the preservation of stream corridors, greenways and greenbelts

• Encourage acquisition and expansion of preserved areas that encourages consolidation of contiguous areas of open spaces

• Create linkages between recreational and conservation areas

Natural Resources

Geology & Soil DiscussionGeology is a function of sediment, which is deposited, sometimes consolidated, and then eroded. Brick Townshiplies adjacent to the existing shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean and the riverine areas of the Manasquan River,Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay. The sediments, which make up the region’s geology, are some of theyoungest sediments along the coastal plain. They were deposited during the Tertiary Period of the Cenozoic Era.

The different layers or strata of sediments have been divided into map units called formations. When exposed at thesurface, a formation is called an outcrop area. These surface formations are the parent material for the local soils.Brick Township has two outcropping geologic formations; the Kirkwood Sand formation and the Cohansey Sandformation.

The Kirkwood is the older of the two formations. The Kirkwood sediments were deposited during the Miocene Epochof the Tertiary Period. The Miocene Epoch occurred between twenty-five and eleven million years ago. Near the endof this epoch, Cohansey sediments began to be deposited. This deposition lasted into the Pliocene Epoch, whichoccurred between eleven and one million years ago.

The Kirkwood Sand Formation was deposited as sea level rose and the ocean advanced northwestward. Thesediments reflect shallow near shore and marginal marine environments. Fine sands overlie a black clay. Gravel andsand beds are interspersed.

The Cohansey Sand Formation sediments were deposited during a period of sea level drop, which caused theocean to retreat southeastward. This formation is primarily made up of course sands. Occasional clay lenses are,however, interspersed. A thin layer of deposits from the Quaternary period, mostly sand, clay and gravel, weredeposited here through glacial outwash, or the melting water from the glaciers that once covered northern NewJersey. These deposits are on top of the Tertiary formations. See MAP A – NJ Geology.




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Relationship between Geology and Soils Geologic formations are the parent material for soils. As such, the composition of surface formations dictates thecomposition and texture of the soils. Some of the Agronomic Soil Series which formed from the Cohansey andKirkwood Formations are Atsion, Berryland, Downer, Evesboro, Fripp, Klej, Hammonton, Humaquempts, Lakehurst,Lakewood, Manahawkin, Mullica, Pits, Phalanx, Psamments, Sulfaquents and Sulfeheims and Urban land. See MAP B – Soils.

Soils A Soil Survey of Ocean County, New Jersey, was compiled in April 1980 by the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, in cooperation with the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and theNew Jersey Department of Agriculture.The soil survey is used as a general planning guide for determining the areas most suited to farming, recreation,construction, wildlife management, and waste disposal to name a few. It presents a preliminary view of theproblems which may be encountered in the field, and therefore, warns the potential developer to test the soilproperties.

This Soil Survey is not intended to replace field investigations, and on-site inspections must always be performed.Soil properties do not alone determine the develop ability of land, and other factors such as utilities and roadwaysmust be considered to prevent potential construction problems relating to soils.

Soils Subject to Flooding Soils hold water. Their ability to store water varies by texture. Organic and larger grained soils hold more water

because there is more air between the soil particles for water to occupy. Fine grained silts and clays hold less water because they are more compacted. The water table is the contact point between saturated and unsaturated soils.Groundwater is the water that is stored below the water table. Groundwater recharge only occurs when percolatingwater reaches the water table. Soils are classified into hydrologic soil groups that indicate their capacity for infiltration. These groups were defined by the USDA in 1955. The USDA classifies agronomic soil series into four basic hydrologic soil groups: Group A, soils with low runoff potential and high infiltration rates, Group B, soils withmoderate infiltration rates, Group C, soils with low infiltration rates and Group D, soils with high runoff potential andvery low infiltration rates. Soils are also classified into recharge soil groups to indicate their ability to add to thequantity of water stored in the water table. The New Jersey Geologic Survey defines twelve recharge groups, Athrough L.

If a proposed development site is shown as having a seasonally high water table, soils tests should be performed in

order to accurately determine the soil properties and water table level. Special design parameters may be requiredagainst flooding, frost action, septic systems, compaction, or any number of potential dangers. For example,basements might not be able to be constructed without their flooding or a house might need pilings.

For an additional reference of areas in Brick where problems may be encountered, the two “Flood Insurance RateMaps” for Brick Township prepared by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance

Administration, are enclosed in the Inventory. These maps delineate the areas of 100-year to 500-year flooding.For example, if a site is located within zone b, it can be assumed that it will flood with less than one foot of water in100 years or will flood once in 100 to 500 years. Therefore, flooding is not likely to be a major setback.

Each site must be evaluated on its own merit before construction is approved. However, if land is suspected of having detrimental soil properties, the Environmental Commission, Planning Board and public should request datafrom specialists and the individuals involved which either show evidence to the contrary or which specify precautions

that will be undertaken to prevent flooding and other water-related problems.

FloodplainsFloodplains in the Township of Brick are identified through Federal Emergency Management Agency maps and arelocated along the streams and tributaries of the Metedeconk and Manasquan Rivers, the Barnegat Bay and itstributaries and the Atlantic Ocean. Floodplains are low, flat areas located on one or both sides of a stream channelwhich are subject to frequent flooding. Floodplains generally contain either hydric soils, wetlands or soils with a highwater table. Floodplains are a valuable natural resource which should be preserved as part of any conservation plan.Development in floodplains should be limited because of the potential for flood damage. More restrictivedevelopment regulations should be established for floodplains to limit floodplain development and ensure adequatedrainage.




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WetlandsThe Township of Brick is fortunate tohave hundreds of acres of wetlandspreserved through the open spacepreservation program. However, due tothe rapid rate of development in thelatter part of the 20

thcentury and the

lack of regulatory control until the1980’s, hundreds of acres of wetlandswere lost to development.

Efforts are now focused on preservingand protecting the remaining wetlandsystems in the municipality throughopen space preservation and improvedland use controls.

Fortunately, the New JerseyDepartment of Environmental Protectionhas the ultimate governing power over wetland regulation; however, local land

use controls can help to minimize the piece meal filling of isolated wetland areas for development. The wetlandslocated within Brick Township may be seen on the Wetlands of Brick Township map. See MAP C - Wetlands

Wetlands are commonly referred to as swamps, marshes or bogs. Wetlands provide critical habitats for fish andwildlife. They can serve as areas where species can protect themselves from predators and they serve as a placefor many juvenile species of fish can mature in the protection of the dense vegetation.

Wetlands protect drinking water by filtering out chemicals, pollutants and sediments that would otherwise clog andcontaminate our waters. Wetlands soak up runoff from heavy rains, provide flood control and help release storedflood waters during droughts. Wetlands also provide open spaces and opportunity for recreation and tourism.

Wetlands are an integral part of our economic wellbeing because they supply the habitat for most fish and shellfishspecies harvested for the commercial fishing industry along the Eastern seaboard. In addition, wetlands provide

habitat for the fish that drive the large recreational boating industry which is a large part of the economy in theTownship of Brick.

Natural Drainage – Watersheds A watershed is the area of land that drains into a body of water such as a river, lake, stream or bay. Ridges or highpoints, such as hills or slopes separate watersheds from each other. A watershed includes the waterway itself, theland bounded by the divides and all of the land uses contained within the watershed. Conglomerations of watersheds make up drainage basins. These basins usually encompass the watersheds of many smaller rivers andstreams that eventually drain into a larger water body, such as the Barnegat Bay or the Atlantic Ocean.

Watershed boundaries do not follow political divides. Most municipalities are located partially within watersheds.Brick Township is located within two large watershed areas identified by the NJDEP. The extreme northern portion of

the Township drains to the Manasquan Watershed while the southern portion of the Township drains entirely to theBarnegat Bay Watershed. However, the Township has sub-watersheds located entirely or partly within themunicipality. These sub-watersheds include: The Manasquan River, North Branch of Metedeconk River, BeaverdamCreek, Metedeconk River, Kettle Creek, Metedeconk Neck, the Barrier Island and the Atlantic Coastal Watersheds. See MAP D – Waterways.




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The Township is spanned by five watershed areas –the Manasquan River, Metedeconk River, Beaver DamCreek, Kettle Creek, and Reedy Creek Watersheds. Aone mile stretch of barrier island also exists whichdrains to the Barnegat Bay and Atlantic Ocean. TheManasquan River watershed contains the SawmillCreek, Godfrey Lake and a number of unnamedtributaries, creeks and streams. The Metedeconk River watershed contains the Main Branch of theMetedeconk River, the North Branch of theMetedeconk River, Beaver Dam Creek, North Branchof Beaver Dam Creek, and the Cedar Bridge Branch.The Kettle Creek Watershed contains Kettle Creek,Lake Irisado, Tunes Branch, Long Causeway Branchand Polhemus Branch which drain into the BarnegatBay. The Reedy Creek Watershed contains only theReedy Creek and many lagoons and unnamedtributaries of the Barnegat Bay Watershed. The Barrier

Island drains into the Barnegat Bay and Atlantic Ocean.

Habitat

A variety of vegetation needs to be preserved for aesthetic, educational and ecological reasons. In the past, tractsof land have been cleared of indigenous vegetation without measures being taken to replace the lost plant life or prevent soil erosion and sedimentation. The adverse result of the clearing of vegetation can also cause an increasein noise and wind problems since trees and other plants are natural buffers. Wildlife depends on woodlands for their habitats.

Since some ecosystems are more environmentally valuable that others, it is necessary to locate the different areasin the Township and determine how to protect the more valuable areas while encouraging development on the leastvaluable sites. The importance of preserving the woodlands is greater at the present time than ever before.Population growth and the demand for housing are increasing daily and the prime construction sites in Brick havelong been developed. Therefore, planners must offer suggestions and alternatives to the clearing of habitats for development and encourage the protection of vegetation, while at the same time allow development to continue.Cluster zoning, preserving green areas, and prohibiting building on floodplains are some examples of planning

techniques that can be employed.

Several factors are important in the distribution of vegetation throughout Brick Township. Among these factors arethe soil types, rainfall, topography and human activity. The soil moisture is perhaps the most important factor indetermining the distribution of the vegetation throughout the Township. Those plants requiring an abundant supplyof water will be located along the streams and lowland areas, while those plant species that requires less water willbe able to survive in higher, drier grounds.

The soils which are generally considered wet are the tidal marsh, alluvial, musk, Berryland and Atsion, with the drier soils being the Evesboro, Lakewood, Downer and Sassafras. The Lakehurst, Klej and Hammonton soils are either wet or dry soils depending on their location. An understanding of the soil types and moisture conditions of the soilswill indicate which type of vegetation is indigenous to the area.

The vegetation within Brick Township can be broken into three major categories; 1. The Dry Upland; 2. the WetLowland Forest and, 3. The Pitch Pine Lowland Forest (which is a transition zone between the Dry Upland and WetLowland Forest).

There are two types of Dry Upland forests; the oak-pine is the first in the succession. After the pine trees establishthemselves, an accumulation of leaf litter builds upon the forest floor; the oak trees then infiltrate the area. If leftundisturbed, the oak trees will eventually take over the pine forest and the forest will become the oak-pine variety.However, human disturbance or forest fires sometimes stop this natural evolution.

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The Wet Lowland Forest is comprised of Cedar swamp, hardwood swamp and marshland. The cedar forestgenerally consists of pure stands of white cedar. As the white cedar forest is invaded by deciduous tree species(such as the red maple, black gum and sweet bay magnolia), the cedar swamp will change into a hardwood forest.This is a very gradual transition unless it is accelerated by the interference of man.

By using the soil and soil moisture content information in reviewing the potential development of a site, certain thingscan be determined prior to construction. It is easier and less expensive to develop in the Dry Upland Forest,because the soils and the moisture content permit standard development techniques. The environmental impact is

also the least in the Upland Forest.

The Pitch Pine Lowland Forest is somewhat more difficult to develop due to the high water table and the soil typesthat are found in these areas.

The Wet Lowland Forest areas are subject to the greatest environmental impact from development due to theabundance of water. In order to minimize this impact, more effort and expense must be put into their developmentthan is required in the Dry Upland Forest Areas.

The developed lands on the Habitat Map (See MAP E - Habitat) are those areas in Brick Township that have beendisturbed by man. This includes the residential and commercial areas, farmlands and gravel pits. The sandy, well-drained soils in the township support both the pine-oak and the oak-pine forests. The existing soil and water conditions here are generally more conducive to development than the cedar and hardwood swamps. The soilswith a low water table support forests which have open under-story with fewer varieties of vegetation such aslowbush, blueberry and black huckleberry. The drier soils support forests which are composed of generally pitch pineor oak trees. The pitch pine dominates those areas that have recently been cleared of leaf flitter by either fire of for agricultural purposes. The oak trees, on the other hand, grow better in areas that have a deep leaf litter build up onthe bottom of the forest floor.




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The oak-pine forests are those areas in which more than half of the trees are oak trees. The most common speciesof oak trees found in these forests are black, scarlet, white, chestnut and post oak; pitch pine and sort leaf pine arepresent in smaller quantities throughout this forest. The oak-pine forest is one of the two types in the upland

vegetation. The forest canopy is between 35 and 50 feet high. The soils found in the oak-pin forest are Evesboro,Lakewood, Downer and Sassafras with a water table of 5 feet or lower.

The pine-oak forest consists primarily of pitch pine. Generally 10 to 20% of the trees are black oaks with somescarlet, white or chestnut oaks present. The canopy of the pine-oak forest is about 35 feet high. This forest is thesecond type of upland vegetation found in the Pine Barrens. The soils found in the pine-oak forests are Evesboro,Lakewood, Downer and Sassafras with a water table of 5 feet or lower.

The pitchpine lowland forests occur in low areas and along the edges of cedar and hardwood swamp forests. The canopy of

this forest is generally 15 to 20 feet high. The pitch pine forest is a transition between the lowland and uplandvegetation types, and is made up primarily of pitch pine. Small quantities of red maple, black gum and grey birchare also found in these forests. The soils found in the pitch pine forest are Lakehurst, Klej and Hammonton withwater table between 1 ½ to 4 feet.

Thehardwood swamp forest occurs along the streams and the upland edge of cedar forests. The forest canopy is 25 to30 feet high. The principal tree type found in this forest the trident red maple; however, sweet bay magnolia, blackgum grey birch and sassafras are also found, as well as pitch pines. The soils found in the hardwood swamp arethe alluvial, muck, Berryland and Atsion soils with a water table of 0 to 1½ feet.

The cedar swamp forest is made up almost exclusively of American white cedar, with small quantities of pitch pine red maple,black gum and sweet bay magnolia. The canopy of this forest is between 50 and 60 feet high. The cedar swampforest usually lines Pine Barren streams, flood plains, drainage ways and bogs, and are underlayed with saturatedorganic peat deposits. The soils found in the cedar swamp forest are the alluvial, muck, Berryland and Atsion soilswith a water table of 0 to 1½ feet.

Open SpaceThe Township of Brick recognizes the need to preserve open spaces for conservation and recreational purposes.Conservation of environmentally sensitive areas provides protection from flooding, provides food and shelter for

endangered and threatened species protects surface and drinking water quality and quantity and provides for better planning and watershed protection. Presently, the Township has approximately 3,000 acres of preserved landsowned by the Federal, State, County, Municipal governments and non-profit entities. (See MAP F – Recreation)

The origin of the Open Space Preservation initiative in Brick Township began as a series of recommendations in the1981 Natural Resource Inventory (NRI). As a part of the NRI, a Green Belt Study was produced to identifyundeveloped lands in the Township, to inventory the surface and subsurface conditions, soil types, vegetation, fishand wildlife, and as a result of the inventory, make recommendations concerning the potential for preservation of thesubject areas. These areas were prioritized by value, both monetary and ecological. The process for preservationnot only looked at fee simple purchase but also the utilization of the acquisition through development rights,conservation easements and other options resulting in less costly alternatives. The municipality took action fromthese recommendations to preserve open spaces to provide areas of passive and active recreation.




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The purpose of the initial preservation campaign was to preserve sensitive areas for open space, recreation and/or preservation, while still allowing for growth through zoning and responsible planning. These purposes include thefollowing:

a. To encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate useof or development of all lands in the Township in a manner which will promote the public health, safety and generalwelfare;

b. To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other naturaland man-made disasters;

c. To provide adequate light, air and open space;d. To promote the establishment of appropriate population

densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons, neighborhoods and communities, and thepreservation of the environment;

e. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for avariety of residential, recreational, commercial andindustrial uses and open space, both public and private,according to their respective environmental requirements inorder to meet the needs of all Brick Township citizens.

f. To protect water supply sources through preservation andmanagement of headwaters, aquifer recharge and drainageareas.

As a result of the initial plan, Brick began to acquire property through Green Acres funding, private non-profitpartnerships and partnerships with other agencies such as the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish, Game and Wildlife

Service and Ocean County. Since the 1981 plan, many parcels have been preserved. Since 1994, more urgencyhas been placed on preserving parcels to provide contiguous areas of protection for surface water, ground water,drinking water quality, wildlife protection, and flood plain management and to preserve areas subject to significantdevelopment pressures. These areas have been preserved through Green Acres funding, partnerships with other agencies and non-profit organizations as well as fee simple purchases.




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Goals and PoliciesBrick Township has a tradition of the protection of natural resources as a means for providing a better quality of lifefor its residents. To that end, we have continued to pursue the preservation of sensitive areas and the acquisition of appropriate recreational areas into the 21

stcentury.

GoalsThe main goals and policies of the Open Space and Recreation Plan have been designed to reflect this philosophy.They include the following:

To enhance, preserve or restore unique natural areas or land typesProtect the natural and historic resources for the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of life in BrickTownshipPreserve land and natural areas in order to provide an aesthetically pleasing environmentTo reduce potential of inappropriate development and protect environmentally sensitive areas from land useshiftsTo reduce the future impacts of development in inappropriate areas on traffic congestion, stormwater management and floodplain protectionTo maintain recreational and conservation areas to be useable and enjoyed by all citizensTo protect potable water supply sources and the drainage areas that supply themTo provide open space and recreation opportunities on an equal and accessible basis for all citizensTo protect stream corridors with adequate buffers

Acquire environmentally sensitive properties threatened by inappropriate development.

Acquire lands to “fill in” areas where some preservation exists. This will provide contiguous preservationareas along stream corridors for floodplain management, water quality protection, non-point source pollutioncontrol, and stream buffering and wildlife corridors.

We also recognize that conserving open space makes great economic sense. The economic benefits of conservation include:

Enhanced quality of life in the vicinity of the protected areaEnhanced property values in the vicinity of the protected area

Avoidance of costs that accompany development that are ultimately paid by the taxpayer for schools, police,fire, emergency services, sewage, trash collection and roadsRelatively low costs of maintaining public lands, particularly passive recreationPotential enhancement of outdoor recreation and ecotourism

Improved bond ratings for communities having a conservation plan

PoliciesProvide accurate, current information on the supply, demand and need for outdoor recreation facilities andopen space in Brick TownshipTo encourage designated conservation areas in development applications, where appropriateTo foster partnerships with other government agencies and non-profit groups towards the preservation of open spacesTo utilize a consistent funding source for the preservation, acquisition and maintenance of recreational andconserved areas through an Open Space TaxTo provide consistency between the Master Plan and all other planning documents for conservation andpreservation purposesTo preserve properties in an orderly, planned, contiguous fashion to create protected greenways

To provide adequate walking and bicycling trails along greenways for citizen recreation and utilization of preserved areasTo protect water supply sources so that they may be continued to be used as a potable water supply source

InventoryThrough GIS mapping, all existing conservation and recreation properties were identified in the Township. Theseareas were used as a basis for identifying available properties adjacent to or in the vicinity of the existing preservedareas. These available properties were then prioritized by size, existence of structures, zoning, ecological value andcurrent development pressures.




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Other public and private land and waters maintained as conservation areas dedicated to the preservation of naturaland cultural resources are currently maintained by the municipality in numerous locations. Over the past ten years,

many of these areas have been the target of preservation initiatives. Parcels have been preserved, as fundingbecame available, resulting in a “puzzle piece” effect. It is the goal of this plan to include those areas still available

for preservation to “fill in” those missing preservation areas. Specific planning areas have been identified in this planto include all areas worthy of preservation to provide contiguous, preservation areas akin to a greenway plan.

Preservation Goals The Township, through various partnerships, has successfully preserved over 3,000 acres of recreational and openspace lands. Although this is a very impressive fact, more still needs to be accomplished. Through the Open Spaceand Recreation Plan submitted to the Green Acres program and additional funding sought at the New JerseyEnvironmental Infrastructure Trust, approximately 2,000 acres of additional lands are planned for preservation over the next five years. These areas include those planned preservation areas identified above in addition to infill areaswhere preservation efforts can provide contiguous areas for wetland, habitat and floodplain protection.(See MAP G – Conservation)

In reviewing the abovementioned plan for the purpose of this document, it is important to note that the amount of acreage identified for preservation includes all environmentally sensitive lands that may not be developable due tocurrent environmental regulation such as CAFRA, the NJ Freshwater Wetlands Act or current zoning laws.




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Water Quality Protection The Township’s drinking water supply is provided through wells and surface water from the Metedeconk River.These water supplies must be protected from non-point source pollution through the process of education and landconservation. Preserving properties that drain to the river will ensure the quality of the water supply source for futuregenerations. Preservation of these areas will act as filtration buffers for pollution sources, aquifer recharge areas for well supply sources and floodplain protection from eroding shorelines.

ConservationVacant, privately owned and privately owned, underutilized parcels were identified in the plan inventory. Theseparcels have been identified as potential preservation areas depending on their proximity to preserved areas and theintensity of the development on the individual parcel. Some of the parcels are appropriate for subdivision to providefor consistency with zoning. These parcels will also provide additional acreage to existing conservation areas. Other vacant, privately owned parcels may add to already preserved areas to provide contiguous areas for water supply,wildlife, and water quality protection. In addition, those areas identified, as proposed conservation areas will supportcommunity objectives for buffers along stream corridors, stormwater protection, contiguous greenways, floodplainprotection and areas of passive recreation through the use of walking and biking trails.

Parcels of two acres or more with small residential structures and accessory structures on them wereidentified as Privately Owned, Underutilized and parcels of two acres or more with no structures on them

were identified as Privately Owned, Vacant. After these parcels were identified, they were prioritized byecological value and vicinity to other preserved areas. Those parcels, which were identified as havingpreservation potential, were added to the Proposed Conservation category to provide a more generalizedplan.

Areas located along stream corridors including the North and South Branches of Beaver Dam Creek, Kettle Creek,Reedy Creek and the South Branch of the Metedeconk River will provide potential areas of access to inland andcoastal waters for passive recreation purposes. These areas will also protect associated inland and coastal wetlandsfrom surrounding developments through providing significant stream buffer areas. These buffer areas will alsoprovide wildlife mobility corridors and protection from non-point source pollution to the receiving waters.




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ZoningZoning regulation is a tool used by local governments to provide direction for the orderly and coordinate execution of development. Zoning can also be used to protect environmentally sensitive areas. The Township of Brick has zonedmany of the parcels targeted for development as R-R –1 zone. R-R Zoning specifies rural-residential, low density,large lot development. Areas along stream corridors within the township have been zoned as Rural Residentialdevelopment for many years. This large lot zoning restricts densely developed areas within these zones andprovides for buffers to waterways. In addition, many of these areas have wetland areas associated with them,providing for wildlife and water quality protection. The yard, area and building requirements in the R-R Zones allowfor a minimum of 40,000 square foot per building lot or approximately one acre.

Permitted uses in the R-R-1 zone include:

A. Customary and conventional farming operationsB. One-family dwellingsC. Public and accredited private schools and institutions which may be conducted as a businessD. Municipal parks, playgrounds and other such municipally owned buildings and uses as are deemed

appropriate and necessary by the Township Council or the Township of Brick.

In a densely populated municipality such as Brick Township, one-acre zoning serves to discourage large tractdevelopers from attempting to sub-divide these areas for more dense housing developments. It would be necessaryfor developers to seek variances to increase the density on these parcels through the Zoning Board of Adjustment,making development potential more speculative. Thus, these areas have remained undeveloped and still availablefor open space acquisition.

To continue protection of conservation lands, all areas currently deed restricted through the Green Acres or NewJersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust program and all Federal and State owned properties should be designatedas Conservation on the Official Tax Map of the Township of Brick. This will prohibit any publicly owned propertiesfrom any future development potential and will more accurately reflect land uses in the Township. In addition, it willprovide for the establishment of standards for development of adjacent properties regarding buffer requirements andsetbacks. These standards will help to protect against encroachment of surrounding uses and development uponthese preserved areas.




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Funding Brick Township has been very successful in working with local groups towards the betterment of the community.The local government has a very close relationship with local environmental groups including the Izzack WaltonLeague - Save Barnegat Bay to preserve lands. These partnerships have shared the responsibility of purchasingand maintaining these lands. In addition, the Township has partnered with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program, the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust, theDepartment of the Interior, Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife and the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestryand the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust to preserve lands.

Brick Township has accomplished its portion of the funding for preservation through floating bonds and usingtaxpayer funds for fee simple purchases. The municipality has also taken advantage of acquiring conservationeasements to protect sensitive areas. These financial strategies have worked in the past; however, due to theincreased need to preserve lands at a more rapid pace, the municipality overwhelmingly passed an Open Space Taxduring the general election in November 2000. This tax now will provide the municipality with a steady source of funding for open space and recreational acquisitions. However, the municipality will continue to foster its partneringrelationship with other groups to lessen the burden of open space purchases.

Priority Acquisition Plan

The municipality has benefited from the relationships developed with NJDEP, Green Acres program, Ocean CountyFreeholders, the Izzack Walton League – Save Barnegat Bay and the Department of Interior, Edwin B. ForsytheWildlife Refuge program. It will continue to foster these relationships and looks forward to the preservation of

remaining critical environmental areas in the Township.

The Priority Acquisition goals include the continued fostering partnerships to achieve acquisition of the propertiesidentified in the Open Space and Recreation Plan in addition to utilizing the Open Space tax to purchase lands.

Analysis

The preservation of the additional acres of open space identified by the Township will have numerous benefitsincluding;

• contiguous areas of wildlife habitat,

• floodplain protection,• aquifer protection,• surface, ground and drinking water quality and quantity protection,• watershed protection,• more recreational areas• buffers for non-point source pollution controls

In addition, the preservation of these areas will reduce the amount of developable land that when developed,place a drain on the local tax base, contribute to traffic congestion and increase non-point source pollution.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Recreation Element

Table of Contents

Goals 1Policies 1Land Availability 1Land Use 2

Demographics 2Community Needs 2Transportation 2National Standards 2Bicycle Trails 3Waterfront Access 4Fig. 1 - Private Marinas and Boat Basins in Brick Township 4Recent Recreation Accomplishments 4Proposed Park Facilities and Improvements 5Recommendations 5 Fig. 2 - Township of Brick Recreational Facilities and AmenitiesMap A – Bicycle Trails



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Recreation Plan Element

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Recreation Element

The Township of Brick boasts some of the best recreational facilities in Ocean County. There are two oceanswimming beaches and one fishing beach located on the Barrier Island on Route 35 North. Concession facilities areavailable at the swimming beaches. In addition to being the host site of SummerFest events, Windward Beach Parkoffers a sandy beach on the Metedeconk River, playground and picnic areas and a large fishing dock. There arenumerous athletic field complexes including the Drum Point Sports Complex at the corner of Brick Boulevard and

Drum Point Road, the Pinewood Soccer Complex located off Route 88, and Edmund Hibbard Little League Complexlocated off of Cherry Quay Road. Located throughout the community are numerous neighborhood parks such asColorado Avenue Park, Frede Park, Bay Harbor Beach Park, Lake Riviera Park, Norman J. Sherman Park and“Hank” Waltonowski Park. In addition to these active parks, many passive recreational activities are available at thevarious Open Space preservation areas located around town. Many of these facilities have walking or bicycling trailsor areas just for exploring.

The Recreation Department sponsors programs for people of all ages. There are a wide variety of programs suchas, tennis and softball, arts and crafts, dance and performing arts. There are programs for all skill levels and manyinstructional classes as well. Recreational programs also change to reflect the season.

Brick Township employs a philosophy that believes in providing state of the art recreation facilities and opportunitiesas a means for providing a better quality of life for its residents. To that end, we have continued to pursue theacquisition of appropriate recreational areas into the 21st century. We also recognize that removing these propertiesfrom residential development compliments the Township Open Space Plan and Conservation Element and makesgreat economic sense.

The main goals and policies of the Recreation Plan Element have been designed to reflect this philosophy. Theyinclude the following:

Goals

• To serve multiple recreation and conservation purposes, such as active and passive recreation, cultural andecological interpretation and information

• To meet the recreational needs of a wide variety of citizens

• To provide recreational needs such as outdoor games and sports facilities, bicycle trails, picnic areas, hiking andwalking trails, and boating facilities

• To maintain recreational and conservation areas to be useable and enjoyed by all citizens

• To provide open space and recreation opportunities on an equal and accessible basis for all citizens

• To preserve additional open space for recreation

Policies

• To provide accurate, current information on the supply, demand and need for outdoor recreation facilities and openspace in Brick Township

• To foster partnerships with other government agencies and non-profit groups towards the development andacquisition of recreational areas

• To create a consistent funding source for the preservation, acquisition and maintenance of recreational andconserved areas through an Open Space Tax

• To provide consistency between the Master Plan and all other planning documents for recreation purposes

• To develop recreational properties in an orderly, planned and contiguous fashion

• To provide adequate walking and bicycling trails

Land AvailabilityCurrently, the Township of Brick has more than 15 percent of its land set aside for recreation and/or conservation.However, due to the suburban nature of the Township and the demographics of its population, more recreational andopen space facilities are still needed. Presently, most of the Township is developed, although infill developments arecontinually occurring, creating more traffic congestion and a greater need for the preservation of the remaining openspace.




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Land Use Areas targeted for open space acquisition for recreation or preservation have been zoned for large lot, low densityresidential, making them less attractive to large tract developers. Many of these parcels are located adjacent to or near other preserved areas and will further the goal for providing contiguous preserved or recreational areas. Thepreservation of these areas will also minimize the impacts suburban infill and sprawling developments have on thecommunity. Specifically, improperly planned development of the remaining vacant parcels can contribute to trafficcongestion, water pollution, stress on school systems and municipal services.

Demographics According to the 2000 Census, Brick Township’s 2000 population was 76,119. The population density was 2,526.2per square mile. The estimated age distribution is 24% of the population under the age of 18 and 22% of thepopulation over the age of 60. This age distribution puts an additional strain on the recreational facilities in theTownship since these groups have more leisure time to partake in recreational activities.

Community NeedsMost of the recreational activities available to children under the age of 18 are through the recreation department,private organizations and the school system. Due to the large number of children, many sports groups compete for practice and play sites. Currently, some “Little League” and “Pop Warner” leagues practice outside of the Townshipbecause of the shortage of play space. The most recent addition to the recreational properties in the Township atDrum Point Sports Complex has alleviated some of these problems; however, more space is still needed for thegrowing 18 and under population.

The senior populationalso takes advantageof the variousrecreationalopportunities availableto them. Seniors arethe most frequentusers of the passiverecreation parks andopen spaces as wellas the most loyalattendees at the

various concerts andspecial events heldthroughout the year.This group also hasthe leisure time toparticipate in therecreational activitiesthroughout theTownship.

TransportationThe Township provides transportation from a number of centers throughout the municipality. Buses bring concert

and special event attendees to the Windward Beach. Busing is also available for daily trips to the Ocean Beaches.There is no fee associated with this transportation as it alleviates traffic congestion and the need for additionalparking on-site.

National StandardsThe National Recreation and Park Association recognize an accepted standard for the amount of recreational areaneeded to serve a given population. Portions of Recreation, Park, and Open Space Standards and Guidelines.Lancaster, R.A. (Ed.). (1990). Ashburn, VA: National Recreation and Park Association are excerpted below toprovide an analysis of the measure of the Township’s recreational facilities in relationship to nationally recognizedstandards.

Drum Point Sports Complex, ca. 2003




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The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) recognizes the importance of establishing and using parkand recreation standards as:

1. A national expression of minimum acceptable facilities for the citizens of urban and rural communities.2. A guideline to determine land requirements for various kinds of park and recreation areas and facilities3. A basis for relating recreational needs to spatial analysis within a community-wide system of parks andopen space areas.4. One of the major structuring elements that can be used to guide and assist regional development.5. A means to justify the need for parks and open space within the overall land-use pattern of a region or community.

The purpose of these guidelines is to present park and recreation space standards that are applicable nationwide for planning, acquisition, and development of park, recreation, and open space lands, primarily at the community level.These standards should be viewed as a guide. They address minimum, not maximum, goals to be achieved. Thestandards are interpreted according to the particular situation to which they are applied and specific local needs. Avariety of standards have been developed by professional and trade associations which are used throughout thecountry. The standard derived from early studies of park acreages located within metropolitan areas was theexpression of acres of park land per unit of population. Over time, the figure of 10 acres per 1,000 population cameto be the commonly accepted standard used by a majority of communities. Parks are for people. Park, recreation,and planning professionals must integrate the art and science of park management in order to balance such parkand open space resource values as water supply, air quality and habitat protection.”

Given Brick Township’s 2000 population of 76,119 and utilizing the above general standard, the Township presentlyshould have 750 acres of recreational facilities. With approximately 3,000 acres of recreation and conservationfacilities, the Township exceeds this requirement and provides a variety of recreational amenities for its residents.

Currently, the Township of Brick has 675 acres of active recreational lands, including all school recreational facilities.These recreational lands provide the Township citizens with waterfront access, walking trails, bicycle trails, soccer,football, softball, baseball and multi-purpose fields, roller skating and blading facilities, playgrounds, and bathingbeaches. In addition, the Township provides for more passive recreational opportunities through large areas of natural conservation areas.

A detailed matrix of parks, open space and conservation areas and their amenities is included in the document. SeeFig. 2.

Bicycle TrailsIn 2000, the Townshipacquired a grant from theDepartment of Transportationto build bicycle trailsthroughout the Township.The trails were constructed inmultiple phases to provideinter-linkages betweenrecreational facilities,conservation areas andcommunity activity centers.

These trails are located in the Airport Tract and SawmillPond Tract and through theReedy Creek preservationarea. These trails have beenconstructed of solid surfacesfor walking or bicycling.

Access to these trails isprovided through gravelparking areas located along local roadways. Amenities have been provided in these trail ways for user convenience.

A map of the Saw Mill Pond and Airport Tract bicycle trails are enclosed in this plan. See Map A.




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Waterfront AccessIn 2006, the Township of Brick purchased its first marina, Trader’s Cove Marina located at the foot of theMantoloking Bridge. This marina was purchased through partnerships with Ocean County, Save Barnegat Bay, andNJDEP Green Acres program to provide waterfront access to the public. The current plan for the property is tocontinue the operation of limited marina services limited to rental of boat slips in addition to providing for a publicpark and Boat Museum with additional meeting facilities. In addition to Trader’s Cove Marina, many private areas of waterfront access are available for active and passive recreation. The majority of the access points are privatemarinas and boat slips. The Township has approximately 25 private marinas that provide recreational boating andfishing access. The Township does provide for other water-related recreational activities including canoeing,swimming, fishing and crabbing at various parks and beaches throughout the municipality. The Township of Brickboasts 1.79 miles of oceanfront, 39.5 miles of river (excluding lagoons), creek and 11.93 miles of bay front, makingrecreational opportunities for water-related activities attainable for most residents.

Private Marinas and Boat Basins in Brick Township

Marina SlipsBay Island Marina 202Baywood Marina 200Blue Lagoon Marina 21Brennan Boat Company 80Cassidy’s Brenton Woods 180

Clipper Marina *Comstock Boat Works 100Cove Haven Marina 185Cranberry Cove Marina 29Drum Point Marina 35Forge Landing Marina, Inc. 200Green Cove Marina 283Harbor Yacht Club & Marina 136Hibbard Boat Works 120Johnson’s Boat Basin 175Lightning Jack’s Marina 60Manasquan River Club 200Mentor Marine 100Metedeconk River Yacht Club *Peterson’s Riviera Inn-Marina 65Sails Aweigh 40Shermans’s Boat Basin 35Shore Acres Yacht Club *Starck’s Landing 17Suburban Boatworks 240Weherlen Brothers Marina 197Winter Yacht Basin, Inc. 110

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Recent Recreation AccomplishmentsThe Township developed an Open Space and Recreation Plan in 2000 to identify proposed conservation and park

locations within the Township of Brick. This plan was prepared to qualify for the Planning Incentive Grant Programthrough the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Unit. This plan identifies areassuitable for proposed park and conservation sites. The expansion of the Drum Point Sports Complex was identifiedon this plan and completed in 2004. These parcels were developed to meet the need for more soccer, football andsoftball fields and the addition of a walking track around the facility. Bicycle and walking trails have been constructedthe Sawmill Pond Tract and Airport Tract. These trails provide recreational opportunities to the public while raisingawareness for the protection of these sensitive areas. Perhaps the most notable accomplishment is the purchase of the Trader’s Cove Marina in 2006 to provide for public waterfront access for both passive recreation at the proposedpark facility and waterfront access through a public boat ramp and boat slips available for lease.




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Proposed Park Facilities & ImprovementsThe Township of Brick is currently working towards identifying an area suitable to support a centralized RecreationCenter to provide amenities including indoor soccer facilities, swimming pools, a theatre and ice hockey rinks. Anumber of potential sites are within the Township’s land inventory; however, funding for the improvements is still inthe planning stage.

The Township has identified a number of potential areas for park development on the Open Space & RecreationPlan including but not limited to a six acre area located on Van Zile Road for multi-purpose fields and play areas anda six acre parcel located on Cherry Quay Road that will potentially support additional baseball and multi-purposefields.

In the spring of 2006, the Township submitted a four million dollar grant proposal to the NJDEP Green Acresprogram for improvements to Frede Park, VFW Park, Drum Point Sports Complex, Bernie Cook Memorial Park and

Angela Hibbard Park. These parks are all planned to receive improvements including landscaping, lighting, upgradeof play equipment, a possible dog run, ADA compliant surfaces and Astroturf resurfacing.

RecommendationsIt is recommended that all publicly owned park facilities be re-zoned as “Recreation” on the official Township of BrickZoning Map. This will help to establish development criteria for neighboring properties located in other zones suchas buffers and setbacks. The establishment of buffers and setbacks will help to prevent encroachment of recreational activities into developed residential and commercial areas. It will also provide for added protection and

security for the park facilities by providing a visual barrier between other uses and parks.



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Bay Harbor Beach 0.75 • • •

Bernard J. Cooke MemorialPlayground

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Waltonowski 2 • • • • •

Brick Beach I 2.5 • • • • •

Brick Beach II 2 •

Brick Beach III 7 • • • • •

Brick Lake 4 •

Cherry Quay Beach 1 •

Dock Road Beach 0.2 •

Drum Point Sports Complex 55 • • • • •

Angela Hibbard Park 3.5 • • • • • • •

Edmund Hibbard Park 12 • • • • •

Forge Pond Golf Course 250 • • •

Frede Drive Playground 1.25 • • • •

Herbertsville Playground 3.75 • • • • •

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Norman J. Sherman Park 3.25 • • • • • •

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Riverside Woods 7.5 •

Reedy Creek 1.5 •

Havens Cove 3.2 •

Van Ness Park 2.11 •

Bay Harbor Conservation 6.1 •

Mudhole Branch 4.5 •

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Pinewood Preserve 3 •

Midstreams Greenway 33 •

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Cedar Bridge Manor Park 0.81 •

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Township of Brick, Master Plan – Historic Element

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Map A – Historic Settlements 1

Native Americans 1

Early Settlers 1

Industry and Commerce 2

Development 2

Housing 3

Settlements of Brick Township 3

Cedar Bridge 3

Herbertsville 3

Lake Riviera 4

Laurelton 4

Osbornville Adamston West Mantoloking 5

Peninsula Area 6

Historic Places 6

Historic Structures 6

Preservation 6

Recommendations 7

HISTORIC SITES OF BRICK TOWNSHIP NEW JERSEY - GENE DONATIELLO 2000 8




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Historic Element

IntroductionBrick Township is rich in culture andhistory. The first inhabitants in thearea were Native Americans calledthe Lenni Lenape. The Lenape lived

along the banks of the Manasquan,Metedeconk, Kettle Creek andBarnegat Bay for centuries. Theyhunted the lands and fished thewaters until European settlers arrivedin the area in the 18

thcentury. The

European settlers brought with themtrade and commerce including thetimber, iron, shipping and retailbusinesses. The success of theseindustries helped to shape the further development of the area throughattracting vacationers to the beautifulshores of the Township. Theseresort areas flourished and led to theyear round developments, which nowbring the population of the Townshipto nearly 75,000.

Native AmericansPrior to the arrival of Europeansettlers, Native Americans inhabitedthe area now known as BrickTownship. The Lenni Lenape arethought to have been descendants of a people who arrived during thePaleo-Indian Period over 10,000

years ago. The Lenni Lenape lived inthe area year-round, thriving off of the abundance of fish and shellfish inthe Metedeconk and ManasquanRivers and hunted the dense pineforests for small game. Women of the tribes gathered wild berries andherbs and tended to their children.The arrival of the European settlersled to the reduction of the Native

American population by the late1700’s. However, Brick Townshipresidents live with pleasant

reminders of the former inhabitantsthrough names of neighborhoodsand various landmarks throughout

Township.

Early SettlersIn 1850, the New Jersey State Legislature created Ocean County from parts of Monmouth and Burlington Counties.

At the same time they created Brick Township, naming it after the late Joseph W. Brick who had been its mostprominent citizen.

Map A




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The Herberts were not the first family to settle in Herbertsville, but they were the most numerous. Iassac and SarahMorris Herbert were the first Herberts to settle here; they had thirteen children all born in Herbertsville.

There were two general stores, which carried everything from eggs to hardware. A post office first operated out of Gant’s store and later Sidney Herbert’s store. Merchants were not opposed to bartering. When Herbertvillians couldnot purchase what they needed locally, a trip to Manasquan was called for. By the turn of the twentieth century itbecame fashionable to take a train trip to the big cities of Asbury Park or Newark.

Most of the buildings that lined Herbertsville Road were scattered homes and farms located off roads includingWinding River Road, Turkey Point Road, Herbert Lane, Brushy Neck Drive, and Cedar Lane.

In the 1920’s south of the village of Herbertsville, along the Manasquan, two early resorts were developed, BeverlyBeach developed by Beverly Beach, Inc. of New Brunswick and Riviera Beach developed by Coast FinanceCompany, Newark, New Jersey.

Herbertsville remained semi-rural until the 1960’s when residential development began with single family homes andcondominiums.

Lake RivieraLake Riviera (a twentieth century name) for the southwestern section of Brick Township traces its history back to

John Allen, when in 1755 he established a grist and saw mill on the North Branch of Kettle Creek.

In 1855, the mills and meadows were sold to John C., Reuben, and Eden Irons, who also purchased the land of William and Stephen Patterson. For years the road from Forge Pond to the mills was called Old Irons Mill Road. TheIrons tract was sold to A.O.S. Havens in 1873 and in 1906 was purchased from Havens by Charles and WilliamWheeler who also acquired other properties in the area. The Wheeler property was passed on to Charles daughter Ethel. Ethel married Alan Kissock, a mining engineer from Ironton, Ohio. In 1947, the Kissocks granted right-of-wayfor the construction of Moore Road (Brick Boulevard) and donated land on the corners of Moore Road and Cedar Bridge Road for the Construction of Town Hall.

In the 1950’s Theodore and Benjamin Smith acquired 800 acres of land including a man made lake in order todevelop a residential-resort to be called “Lake Riviera”. The smiths had previously been involved in the developmentof the Riviera Beach section. Building a second dam by Moore Road created a second lake on their property.

With the knowledge that the railroads aided the growth of the other communities by bringing in homeowners,Theodore Smith became very active in promoting the construction of the Garden State Parkway. The campaignworked and the Garden State Parkway was built with an entrance and exit in Brick Township and this led to a boomin housing construction in Brick Township.

On March 1, 1954, lots seventy five by one hundred feet at Lake Riviera went on sale. Houses twenty-four feet bythirty-two feet with a plot of land sold for one hundred dollars down with payments of twenty dollars a month. As waspopular at the time a clubhouse with a lakeside swimming beach, Olympic size pool, two tennis courts, and twobasketball courts were included for a membership fee of twenty dollars a year.

The Lake Riviera section of Brick Township has kept its neighborhood character as it changed from a residential-resort to an all year round residential community. A commercial district has developed along the western edge of the

community along Brick Boulevard and the Township has taken over operation of the Lake Beach and communitycenter.

LaureltonWhere State Highway 88 and State Highway 70 intersect was once located the Village of Metedeconk. In 1808, JohnLippencott began to construct a mill and iron forge there. By 1810 he sold the mill and forge to Benajah Butcher andBarzillia Burr and proprietorship of the forge the village became known as Burrsville. In the early 1900’s when thePark and Tilford Poultry Company opened Laurelton Farms, the village became known as Laurelton. The namechanged and the village grew during those years with little change to the village lifestyle, but in the 1900’s therewould be a major change that would bring an end to the rural village atmosphere of Laurelton.




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The village had always been a rural, residential and commercial center. In 1904, the Ocean County Freeholdersconstructed the first gravel road in the county. Running from Lakewood to Point Pleasant the road passed throughLaurelton. In 1923 the road was topped with concrete. In the 1930’s the Federal Government, looking to put peopleto work, created the Works Progress Administration. One of the local projects of the WPA was to eliminate adangerous intersection in Brick Township. That intersection was where the roads to Toms River, Lakewood andPoint Pleasant met, and was located in Laurelton. The intersection had not changed from the days when horse andwagons plied the roads, however it was now carrying automobiles around what had become known as ”dead manscurve”, and was to be replaced by a traffic circle and so was born the Laurelton Circle.

Many of the homes and businesses were moved and saved from destruction only to be lost years later to theconstruction of shopping centers and the present highway interchange. Traffic moved too quickly to notice that therewas once a forge at Forge Pond. The bridges that cross the Metedeconk River identify the road as once being calledRoute 40 and was constructed in 1937. Nor do people notice the First Baptist Church of Laurelton was constructedin 1857 and that the Laurelton School dates back to 1934, or that one of the buildings occupied by Jersey Paddler was once Walter Haven’s gas station.

Osbornville Adamston West MantolokingOsbornville, Adamston, and West Mantoloking are all located on Metedeconk Neck between the Metedeconk River on the north, Kettle Creek to the South and Barnegat Bay to the east. Today there is no clear dividing line where onebegins and the other ends.

The center of early settlement of Osbornville was along the easterly end of Drum Point Road. The area gets itsname from Isaac Osborn an early settler, the area was first forested by pine, oak, holly and cedar trees, and irrigatedby an abundance of fresh water streams. Along the bay area, which was fresh water at the time, were meadows of field grass. The people who settled here made their living off the land and waterways.

In 1796, when John Havens Jr. purchased land on the Metedeconk Neck his deed stipulated that a plot be set asidefor a cemetery. It was on the land that Kettle Creek Baptist Church was built in 1836. It was through the efforts of

Anner Osborn Havens, John’s wife that a branch of the Manasquan Baptist church was formed here to becomeknown as the Kettle Creek Baptist Church and is known today as the Osbornville Baptist Church. Though the churchwas relocated the responsibility of the cemetery was turned over to the Osbornville Cemetery Association in 1976which continues to run it today. Around 1850, another group formed the Osbornville Protestant Church, with itscemetery on Mantoloking Road.

The beginning of the twentieth century saw a decline in the prosperity of Brick Township. The railroads hadbypassed the area. The proposed trolley line never materialized. The opening of the Point Pleasant Canalintroduced salt water into the upper Barnegat Bay and into the Metedeconk River and Kettle Creek destroying theinexpensive bottomland used for cranberry production. And the highly valued cultivated uplands were too expensivecompared to the vast undeveloped ocean front property of other communities to compete for the lucrative resortindustry. However, a turn around began to take place; the national economy had been good and people werelooking to spend their new found wealth on vacation homes. The idea of building resort communities was catchingon. Resort communities provided beaches, docks for boats, clubhouses and other amenities for the purchaser andBrick Township especially along the Metedeconk River and Kettle Creek was an ideal location for this type of development, with its ample land and pristine forests and waterways.

In 1938, Bert Ward’s Vanard Corporation developed Shore Acres, dredging lagoons for what Ward called ”theVenice of the Jersey Shore”.

Adamston takes its name from George Adams who operated a general store and post office, around 1900, onCedarbridge-Adamston Road (Mantoloking Road) in the vicinity of Breton Woods.Howard Van Ness a sales agent for Riviera Beach on the Manasquan River formed his own company and in the1930’s began to purchase land on the south shore of the Metedeconk River, eventually developing Breton Woods,Cape Breton and Vanada Woods and later Breton Harbor, Mariners Harbor and the Baywood section along withHarris & company of East Orange, New Jersey.

West Mantoloking at the easterly end of Metedeconk Neck is crossed by Mantoloking Road. A one-roomschoolhouse existed here until it was closed and incorporated into the Osbornville School. The land of WestMantoloking was flat and treed with meadow lands out to the bay. It too had resort developments including




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NEJECHO which was originally an Episcopal Choir Camp and later a community. Today we find the Edwin B.Forsythe National Wildlife Preserve there.The resort communities were very selective as to who purchased and lived in their community. Advertised asselective communities, sales agents required each prospective buyer to fill out an application to be reviewed by aboard, which would either accept or reject the applicant.

Resort community construction continued on a smaller scale into the 1950’s. The return of the GI from World War IIcreated a demand for housing and many of the summer homes built during the resort community era were convertedfor all year round living. The opening of the Garden State Parkway in the 1950’s ushered in a new era of construction, the all year round development.

Peninsula AreaThe peninsula area of Brick Township which lies along the Atlantic Ocean and was once a part of Dover Township.When Brick Township was created in 1850 the area was divided between Brick Township and Dover Township.Divided also in the process was the Village of Chadwick, the oldest settlement along the beachfront. Chadwick anineteenth century gunning and fishing club takes its name from Captain William P. Chadwick the owner of the club.

In 1852 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company included Chadwick as a stop on its rail line making Chadwick easilyaccessible to visitors. Fishing remained a major economic activity. In the early 1900’s a major north-south road wasconstructed (Highway 35) opening Chadwick to more visitors. This also brought in Normandy Beach RealtyCompany of Camden, New Jersey, which purchased land and mapped out proposed development which it called

Normandy Beach. The Normandy Beach Company went out of business in 1921, however the Coast and InlandCompany continued the development.

Just north of Normandy Beach two twentieth century resorts developed. Sea Bay Park Bathing Pavilion served day-trippers with bathhouses, beach front and parking for camper trailers and cars. The other resort Camp Osborne wasmade up of four streets of bungalows also called the Conny and Piela Cottages.

The remaining area north to the Mantoloking border saw major development in the latter part of the twentieth centurywith names like Mantoloking Shores, South Mantoloking, Dutchman’s Point, and Curtis Point

Historic PlacesThere are many historic places located in the Township of Brick. However, there is only one historic place listed onthe State and National Registers of Historic Places. This registered site is the “Orient Baptist Church” or the First

Baptist Church of Laurelton located on Route 88. This church was moved to Burrsville in 1843 and is the oldestchurch structure in Brick Township today. It was constructed in 1857.

Many other historically significant places exist within the Township. Archeological sites where Paleo-Indian artifactswere discovered exist along the Herbertsville Road area as well as Indian burial grounds in the Princeton Avenuevicinity. In addition, places of worship, burial and homesteads are all evident in the Township. An extensive inventoryof these areas is located in the appendix.

Historic Structures Most of the historic structures located within the Township of Brick are of simple farmstead type architecture. Someexamples of colonial or Federalist style architecture remain. An extensive inventory of these structures is locatedwithin the appendix.

PreservationThe Township of Brick has been somewhat successful at preserving some of the Township’s historic buildings andsites. However, due to the rate of development and private ownership over many of the historic structures in theTownship, many have been lost over the years.

The Township has recently acquired a number of homes in the unofficial Herbertsville Historic District including:Havens Homestead, the Lizzy Herbert House, Haliday House, and the Hulse House. The Haven’s homestead datesback to 1927. The Brick Township historical society restored and recreated the 1850’s farmhouse and operates thehouse as a museum for the public. The museum and the adjoining Delaman Farm property are currently used as acultural arts center for Township residents. The remaining homes are being considered to house other communityand Township organizations after renovation and minor repairs to be completed by the Historical Commission andHistorical Society.




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RecommendationsThe Historic Preservation Commission was created by the Township to encourage the preservation of the heritage of the Township of Brick. The commission is charged with the following advisory powers:

• Recommend to the Planning Board and the Township Council sites to be designated as historic landmarks• Recommend to the Township Council criteria and standards to be made applicable to any designated historic

landmark or district•

If the Township is certified under the state’s Certified Local Government Program (CLG), the commissionshall, in accordance with the State CLG Guidelines, review and comment on all State and National Register nominations for the historic landmarks within the Township of Brick.

• Advise the Planning and Zoning Boards on developments that affect historic landmarks• Assist and advise other municipal agencies and public bodies in the understanding of historic landmark

significance and techniques for achieving the same• Report at least annually to the Planning Board and the Township Council on the state of historic preservation

in the Township and recommend measures to improve the same

The scope of powers for the Commission, are quite limited, however, recommendations to further the protection of historic areas of the Township through the commission are discussed herewith in.

It is recommended that the powers of the Historical Preservation Commission be expanded to:

Review and prepare reports for the Planning and/or Zoning Boards on any applications for development that mayaffect any historic places listed in the Historic Sites of Brick Township

Requests for variances on any development proposal affecting any historic places listed on the Historic Sites of BrickTownship should be referred to the Historic Preservation Commission for comment and report submittal to thegoverning board.

Construction permits for any activity affecting any historic places listed on the Historic Sites of Brick Township shouldbe referred to the Historic Preservation Commission through the permit application process.

It is further recommended that the Herbertsville area be designated as a Historic Preservation Zone from theintersection of Maple Avenue, south of the crossing of Saw Mill Creek, northward to the Ocean/Monmouth CountyLine, encompassing those properties fronting along Herbertsville Road.




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HISTORIC SITES OF BRICK TOWNSHIP NEW JERSEYGENE DONATIELLO

2000History provides the sources of memories for people. Tucked away among the housing developments and shoppingcenters of Brick Township are many historic sites. The following are is a list of sites around towns that provide someof those memories.

1. Van Wickle Pottery Factory 1828-1850, Highway 70 & Riviera Drive.Between 1824 & 1838, Nicholas Van Wickle’s Pottery was on both sides of the road to Squan Village (First Ave.)and along the west shore of the Manasquan River. Van Wickle supplied the local population and general storeswith gray and blue jugs, crocks, bowls, mugs, etc. Van Wickle also served as a Monmouth County Freeholder andas a New Jersey Assemblyman.

2. Havens Homestead Museum (C.1827) 521 Herbertsville Road.Purchased by Curtis Havens on September 25, 1827, from the Allens of Howell Township. The property remainedin the Havens family until 1993, when they turned the building over to the Brick Township Historical Society tooperate as a museum. An 1846 addition accommodated a growing family and an inn.

3. Sidney Herbert’s General Store, 589 Herbertsville Road.The Herbert store sold dry goods, provided mail order service and served as a post office until 1959. It was notuncommon to hear politics discussed around the store sin e Sidney served on the Township Committee from 1882

to 1893. The original rustic building had been converted into a multi family dwelling.

4. Herbertsville Church (C.1875) 621 Herbertsville RoadIn 1830, a Methodist church was formed, and in 1875, the Herbertsville Church was dedicated. About 1890 aparsonage was built across from the church at 2304 Lanes Mill Road. The building was sold to Sons of NorwayLodge and in 1998 Epiphany Roman Catholic Church purchased the building for a parish hall.

5. The Old Herbertsville School, (C.1858) 705 Herbertsville Road.Herbertsville School was built in 1858 as a one room school on land donated by the Herbert Family. A secondroom was added around 1910. The school was heated by a wood burning stove. Kerosene lamps were replacedby electricity in the 1920’s. The school served the community until 1949, when a new four-room school was builton Lanes Mill Road. The old school has been converted to a home.

6. The Burr House (C.1810) 1581 Burrsville RoadBuilt about 1810, this quaint farmhouse, with its brick lined walls (nogging), frequently served as a meeting placefor the township committee in the 1850’s. The Burr family was known for its operation of the iron forge at ForgePond.

7. Goble/Daisy House (C.1830) 1666 Route 88 West.This federal style building was built around 1830 for Jonathan Goble. The name Daisy came from a twentiethcentury owner of the house. The building has been added to and successfully converted to an office building.

8. Native American SitesNative American artifacts dating back to the Paleo-Indian era, have been found scattered throughout the Townshipof Brick. “Indian Stage”, a ceremonial ground was located on a rise overlooking Forge Pond on State Highway 70West. An archeological dig in 1940 uncovered a settlement on the Havens Farm near Saw Mill Creek.

9. Forge Pond 1808-1849 Highway West (one quarter west of the Laurelton intersection) A forge, established by John Lippencott in 1808, and later owned by Benajah Butcher and Barzarallai Burr produced water pipes here. The community surrounding the forge became known as Burrsville for the Burr family.The pond formed by damming the upper Metedeconk River was the largest mill pond in the state. The villagearound the forge included a gristmill, a tavern, two stores and fifteen to twenty houses.

10. Havens & Havens General Store, 6 Princeton AvenueThis building was moved to its present location when the Laurelton Circle was constructed (Intersection of Route88 and 70) in the 1930’s. The Havens brothers sold the usual supplies found in a general store. They alsoprovided mail order service and old a vegetable tonic good for any ailment.




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11. Enoch Robbins house (C.1861) 1845 Route 88 EastEnoch Robbins was a sea captain who brought back many exotic items with which to decorate his home. Todaythe building serves as an office, but still retains the many original out buildings, including its original privy.

12. First Baptist Church of Laurelton (C. 1857) 1824 Route 88 EastThe Orient Baptist Church or First Baptist Church of Laurelton, as it is presently known, was a continuation of theOld Church of the Pines. The present building, the oldest church building in Brick Township today was constructedby James L. Dorsett in 1857and is listed in the State and National Register of Historic Places.

The cemetery behind the church was expanded in 1893, when plots sold for $10.00 each. In 1903, the parsonagewas built east of the church.

13. George Peabody Woolley House (C. 1875) 100 Jack Martin BoulevardOnce located on Route 88 East the Woolley House was moved to make way for the construction of Jack MartinBoulevard. The original building was a Georgian Style home with a center door and symmetrically arrangedwindows and is now used as an office building.

14. Gravelly Graveyard/Old Woolley Cemetery, Fairview Avenue off Princeton AvenueGravelly Graveyard/Old Woolley Cemetery is located on a rise above the north bank of the Metedeconk River.Enoch Jones purchased about eight acres of land from the estate of Adam Woolley. Enoch in turn, deeded theland to Jessie Jones, setting aside less than one half acre for a public cemetery. Among those buried there are

Enoch Jones, who served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and who helped defendToms River during a battle with British forces; Isaac Elmer, Township overseer and a veteran of the War 1812; andWilliam S. Johnson, a member of the first township committee 1850.

15. Trolley Line 1903-1923 Runs diagonally across the northern part of town.On March 4, 1903, George O. Vanderbilt filed papers to build the Trenton, Lakewood and Atlantic Railway, anelectric railway to run from Point Pleasant to Trenton. He had purchased the right-of –way passing through BrickTownship. The right of way was cleared and graded, streams were bridged and rails laid as far as Coolidge Drivein Brick when money ran out. Sold at auction on January 3, 923, the right of way eventually came under theownership of Central Jersey Power & light Co. (General Public Utilities)

16. Osbornville Protestant church (C.1920) 588 Mantoloking RoadEstablished in 1850 as the Methodist Protestant church, the original building was disassembled, moved by wagon

in 1855 and reconstructed at its present location. The original building burned down in 1915. The present structurewas built on the old foundation in the same year as a cemetery adjacent to the church.

17. NEJECHO, New Jersey Episcopal Choir Mantoloking Rd., east of Adamston Rd.Located on the south shore of the Metedeconk River and on the north side of Mantoloking Road in the Adamstonsection of Brick Township, Camp NEJECHO operated from 1907 to 1940. The camp provided a summer getawayfor children from city areas of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania

18. John & Mutah Van Note Patterson House, 203 Drum Point Road.Situated on the corners of Drum Point Road and Cherry Quay Roads, Mutah Van Note Patterson and her husbandJohn Patterson operated a very successful cranberry business in Cedar Bridge, Osbornville and Laurelton. BrickTownship was well known for its production of cranberries at the turn of the century. Local people used cranberriesas a spread on sandwiches for salads, in muffins and over ice cream.

19. Kettle Creek Cemetery, Birch DriveThe Kettle Creek Cemetery was a part of the Kettle Creek Baptist Church, which was organized on August 18,1835. In 1901 the church building was moved to a new location on Drum Point Road.

20. Normandy Beach, Highway 35, North & SouthNormandy Beach in the ocean front section of Brick Township was settled as a fishing and hunting community.The ocean front section runs from the southern boundary of Mantoloking to the northern boundary of Dover Township at Fifth Avenue Located on Mantoloking to the northern boundary of Dover Township at Fifth Avenue.Located on the peninsula area were the summer resorts of Camp Osborne and Sea Bay Park. The NormandyCorner Store (C.1930 is on Route 35 North)



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Community Forestry Element

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Community Forestry Management Plan

IntroductionScopeThis plan has been designed to demonstrate the manner in which Brick Township currently manages the communitytree resources under its jurisdiction including trees along streets, in parks, rights-of-way and around township

buildings and other holdings. This plan will also outline how Brick Township intends to further improve this systemover the next five years.

Mission StatementThe Township of Brick desires to maintain and promote a healthy, sale and sustainable shade tree resource that willphysically and aesthetically benefit the community and its residents in the most cost effective manner possible.

Goals and ObjectivesThe following is a list of goals of Brick Township's Community Forestry Management Plan:

1. Introduce a diversity of trees and shrubbery that will provide for long term coverage of public lands, parks andrecreation areas.

a. Develop a yearly planting program along local streets (municipal) and on recreation lands following theguidelines of an established list of trees developed with consideration of the local climate and environ-

ment (sandy soil, urban, or wetland conditions).b. Develop a cooperative planting program along Ocean County and State rights-of-way in conjunction withthe municipal efforts.c. Obtain Tree City USA designation and strive for growth awards.d. Establish a Memorial Tree Planting Program honoring residents and employees of the township.

2. Establish an ongoing maintenance program on a five year cycle for the trees along township rights-of-way andcoordinate with county, state and utility company maintenance divisions to ensure that their procedures arecompatible with ours.

3. Inventory tree resources on all local, county and state roads, lands and parks. a.) Identig2 maintenancedeficiencies and propose corrective action.

b. Establish a priority list for the implementation of corrective action.4. Revise tree ordinances as necessary to define responsibility for maintenance, removal and replacement.

a. Develop policies for the ongoing maintenance of community shade tree resources. Establish where the

greatest liabilities lie and address these areas.b. Propose policies based on the need to promote the safety and welfare of the community.c.) Develop new ordinances dealing with landscape requirements for all commercial sites, regardless of how

small, specifically cellular tower construction.5. Educate the public about trees and their importance to the entire community.

a.) Develop a map of community tree resources and locate important points of interest.b.) Establish an educational document updated yearly that reinforces the goals and objectives of the shade

tree efforts in the community and develop a citizen stewardship program to encourage publicparticipation in all events.

c.) Develop educational programming to be used in Brick Township's Elementary and Intermediate Schools.6. Develop Brick Township's shade tree resource and take a more proactive role in establishing the

aforementioned goals.a.) Hire a part time forester or share a forester's services with another community.

b.) Have inspections of commercial properties and major subdivisions performed by a qualified forester.7. Identify hazardous trees, develop and implement a plan to remediate hazardous tree conditions.8. Ensure that the goals of the Community Forestry Management Plan are compatible with the Master Plan and

Open Space and Recreation Plan.9. Expand the educational opportunities and training for Shade Tree Commission members and Public Works

employees.a.) Send 1 to 2 members for CORE training annually.b.) Hold in house training for proper pruning, pesticide application, BLS training, etc.c.) Send volunteers or employees to classes at Rutgers, the Shade Tree Federation meeting or other suitable training opportunities.




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Since 1850 Brick Township has evolved from the virgin woodlands to the thriving suburban community it is today.Present day Brick Township is made up of a collection of villages, settlements and developments, includingMetedeconk and Burrsville which are known as Laurelton, Cedar Bridge, Herbertsville, Osbornville, Adamston, WestMantoloking and the Peninsula area of resort communities and Normandy Beach. Later developments which mightbe considered sections of town are Riviera Beach and Lake Riviera.

Within these villages and settlements lies the history, culture, historic structures and places that are important to thedevelopment of Brick Township.

The History of Brick Township's Shade Tree Management ProgramThis once quiet, shore community of mainly summer cottages has become a bustling suburban community, butpreservation of its native woodlands and tree cover have helped maintain its village feel. Just off the highways andinto the neighborhoods you will find much of the quiet, rural charm has been preserved along with its native oak andpine forests. As is the case with other townships of this size, most of the tree resources lie on private property. Thetownship does have a large public tree resource in its parks, along woodlines adjacent to the roadways, and informal street tree planting as well as at other public facilities.

The Brick Township Shade Tree Commission was established in1972 by ordinance to aid in protecting and establishing treesthroughout the township. Currently tree care management needsare met by outside contractors and the Department of Public Works

crews. Parks and Recreations crews also assist with tree plantingand follow up care along with some brush clean up in parks and atother public facilities.

One of the major goals of this plan is to develop a hazardous treeinventory and remediation plan to help beautify the community andreduce potential risks to Brick Township's residents. A completeinventory would cover 360 miles of roadway plus all parks andpublic buildings. A preliminary windshield survey performed in Juneof 2002 covering 62 miles of roadways determined thatapproximately 3.91% of the trees in the sampled area, which was17.2% of the road miles in town, posed a better than average risk of structural failure due to defective or dead limbs, trunks or root flares.

The species diversity in the surveyed area was comprised of 6Quercus, 4 Acer, and 2 Pinus species along with 10 other notablespecies along the roadway covered. There is a lack of age andspecies diversity throughout the township in comparison to towns of similar size and configuration.

The largest notable tree problem aside from the aforementionedstructural dejects above are the after effects of the past few years of drought stress, and the impact that it is having on tree health,especially the more shallow rooted species. Improper pruningthroughout the township is another issue to be dealt with by educating the public and fostering a more cooperativeeffort with the local utility companies. Also there is a need to strengthen the current tree ordinances to help preservetrees during the construction process wherever new construction takes place.

There are most certainly other insect, disease and cultural problems present, but none of these are at an intolerablelevel or worthy of note at this time. Despite the list of maladies listed above, 80 - 85% of trees in the surveyed areaare in fair to good condition or better. The remaining trees are in poor to fair condition, including the 3.91% that havebeen identified as dead or structurally unsound and in need of removal or remediation.

Ideally, this Community Forestry Management Plan should be linked to the Township's Master Plan and OpenSpace Plan. It is the intent of this plan to establish goals and initiate objectives that will protect and enhance the treeresource of Brick Township through a program of planting and preservation that will benefit present and futuregenerations of the community. The 2003 Master Plan is currently under review by the Township's Planning Boardand is scheduled for adoption in the spring of 2003. The Community Forestry Management Plan will be incorporatedas a new element at the time of adoption.




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Community Forestry Program Administration

The Brick Township Shade Tree Commission is the entity charged with overseeing the care of the Township's treeresource. In reality, it is a cooperative effort of the Mayor and Council, Department of Public Works and many other boards and agencies working with the Brick Township Shade Tree Commission to achieve this goal. The followingchart depicts those involved in the Shade Tree Management process as they pertain to township, county or stateroadways.

A. The Mayor and Council1) The Mayor with consent of Council is responsible for appointing the members of the Brick Township

Shade Tree Commission along with one liaison from the Township Council.2) The Mayor and Council review the policies and plans of Brick Township Shade Tree Commission.3) The Mayor and Council approve annual budgets for the Brick Township Shade Tree Commission and

the Department of Public Works.B. Township Administrator

1) Reviews plans and policies submitted by the Brick Township Shade Tree Commission and makesrecommendations to the Mayor and Council.

2) Recommends the annual budget of the Shade "Free Commission to the Mayor and Council.C. Brick Township Shade Tree CommissionThe Brick Township Shade Tree Commission is a five member volunteer board appointed by the Township Council.They are the advisory agency for all community trees on municipal streets, rights-of-way, parks, or other properties.

Their duties include:1) Provide advice regarding the planting, removal and general maintenance of township trees.2) Develop and recommend the policies and goals that will preserve and develop Brick Township's tree

resource.3) Perform public outreach to foster better understanding and care for Brick's trees on both public and

private properties.4) Propose tree related items for inclusion in the annual township budget.

Township

Administrator

Dept of Land Use

EngineeringDepartment

PlanningBoard

ZoningBoard

NJ D.O.TTree Crews

Ocean Cty.Tree Crews

UtilityContractors

Mayor and

Council

Dept of Parks& Recreation

Dept of Public Works

Environmental

Commission

Shade Tree

Commission

Private

Contractors

General

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Tree Service Request Process Planting, removal, or pruning requests can be made by any department or individual residing in Brick Township solong as the property in question is one owned and maintained by Brick Township. All requests must follow thisprocedure.

• All requests must be mailed or called in to the Brick Township Department of Public Works, EngineeringDepartment or Brick Township Shade Tree Commission.

• All information pertinent to the request should be sent to the Brick Township Shade Tree Commission prior to action, except in the ease of emergencies -which will be sent directly to the Director of Public Works tobe handled in an expeditious manner.

• All non-emergency work will be inspected by the Engineering or Land Use Departments and thenprioritized and referred to the appropriate department, Ocean County, State D.O.T. or private contractors.

• Work requests will be completed in the order in which they were received (excluding emergency or prioritywork) and will be completed in a reasonable time period.

• All property owners adjacent to the requested work and/or those making the request will be notified of anyaction to be taken, even if no action is deemed necessary at that time.

Training PlanSince arboriculture is constantly changing with fast-paced technological and scientific innovations, Brick Townshiprecognizes the need for a broad based and ongoing training program for individuals at all levels of the CommunityForestry Management Program. From Public Works employees to Shade Tree Commission members andadministrators, all need continued technical and managerial information to benefit Brick Township's tree resource.

Current Training1. The Brick Township Shade Tree Commission utilizes a portion of its budget for ongoing training of its

members.2. The Brick Township Shade Tree Commission encourages and provides for its members to participate in

continuing education classes and CORE training as included in the New Jersey Shade Tree &Community Forestry Assistance Act. At the time of this writing, Brick Township has no CORE trainedmembers in its Shade Tree Program, but has budgeted for two members to receive training in 2003.

3. Several members of the DPW tree crews have attended continuing education classes including Right toKnow training, Work Zone Safety, Personal Protective Equipment, Lockout/Tagout training and EHAPtraining.

4. The above mentioned courses and others are available to all individuals involved in managing treeresources.

Goals and Objectives1. To have all individuals involved in the management of tree resources CORE trained. To accomplish this,

one Commission member and one township employee will be sent each year to be CORE trained.2. Increasing the quality of care given to Brick Township's trees by providing tree maintenance crews and

Shade Tree Commission members with the most current technical arboricultural information.3. Ensuring the safety of tree maintenance crews and residents by providing current and advanced training

in hazard tree identification, equipment safety, and electrical hazard awareness.

Public Education, Awareness and OutreachSince its beginnings in 1972, the Brick Township Shade Tree Commission has supported public education withregard to tree care. While this provides a valuable service to the community at large, it also encourages publicsupport for the Shade Tree Commission. Upon acceptance of this management plan, the Brick Township ShadeTree Commission hopes to pursue a more aggressive outreach program. In the past, tile Shade Tree Commission

has provided community forestry education through some of the following public outreach methods and hopes toexpand this program to include each of these objectives.

• Working with Garden Clubs to help maintain and beautify public spaces and parks.• Providing tree advice to residents at no charge.• Providing seeds or seedlings to schools for Arbor Day plantings at an annual assembly program designed for

second graders.• Adhering to the Sunshine Law by notifying the public of all meetings.• Notifying local newspapers of tree-related events when appropriate.• Advising the Planning and Zoning Boards regarding trees proposed in development applications.• Inviting Scouts and other youth groups to Arbor Day activities and getting schools more involved with the Shade

Tree Program by establishing an annual program.




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Y Continue yearly Public Relations activities, such as Tree City USA recertification, Arbor Day celebrations, 2newspaper articles, quarterly newsletter, Sunshine Law notifications, and participation at the Summerfest ConcertSeries.

Y Continue attendance at the New Jersey Shade Tree Federation Meeting (Shade Tree Commission andDepartment of Public Works). Continue in-house training of Public Works employees. The goal for this year is tohold tree identification and hazard tree identification courses.

Y Look into the feasibility of hiring or sharing with another community a part time forester or consultant.

Y Expand outreach into elementary schools with an educational program and Arbor Day celebration.Y Submit Annual Accomplishment Report to the New Jersey Forestry Service.

Y Continue monthly meetings with site plan reviews.

Year 3, 2005

Y Hazard tree removals / pruning should move on to the next priority zone as established in the windshieldassessment.

Y Tree planting goals remain the same as last year.

Y Begin comprehensive street tree inventory. The goal for this year is to complete the first 2 zones.

Y Initiate discussions with the planning board to gain recognition of the Community Forestry Management Plan in thenew Master Plan and Open Space Plan for the municipality, which will be under review in 2006.

Y Continue every year Public Relations activities: Tree City USA recertification, Arbor Day celebration, 2 articles inthe local newspaper, participation at the Summerfest Concert Series, quarterly news letter and Sunshine Law

notifications.Y Continue training program with attendance at the NJ Shade Tree Federation Meeting (keep up with CORE and

CEU requirements). Continue in-house training with Public Works, address any training needs that may presentthemselves as we work through the plan or as other things happen. Perhaps training on how to recognize and dealwith Bacterial Leaf Scorch and Asian Long Homed Beetle will be necessary.

Y Continue working with Ocean County on a proactive pruning and removal cycle in Brick Township along countyroadways.

Y Continue working with utility companies to remove hazardous or high maintenance trees under the overheadconductors and begin replacing them with smaller ornamental varieties.

Y Hire a part time forester or consultant to help oversee the Community Forestry Management Plans goals and movethe program forward. This is the CSIP goal for this year.

Y Submit Annual Accomplishment Report to NJ Forest Service.

Y Begin "Memorial" tree planting program at annual Arbor Day celebration. Continue monthly ShadeY Tree Commission meetings with site plan reviews.

Year 4, 2006

Y Hazard tree removals/pruning should move into the third priority zone.

Y Continue the comprehensive street tree inventory. The goal for this year is to complete the next two zones.

Y Tree planting goals should remain the same as in previous years, with possible adjustments considering thenumber of removals necessary as part of the hazard removal program and availability of grant money.

Y Continue the trend of the "annual meeting" with the Planning Board, to keep them informed of our progress and toaddress any concerns. Push for the incorporation of the Community Forestry Management Plan into the Master Plan.

Y Continue Public Relations activities: Tree City USA recertification, Arbor Day celebrations, Summerfest ConcertSeries, 2 articles in local newspaper, quarterly newsletter and Sunshine Law notifications.

• Initiate a training program for residents, a one day or evening seminar for residents on pertinent treeissues.

Y Training program will continue as usual, with the addition of inviting members of the Planning Board or other departments to join the (Shade Tree Commission and Department of Public Works) at the Shade Tree FederationMeeting.

Y Continue working with the utilities on the proactive removal and replacement project under the overhead utilities.

Y Review the part time forester position and duties, apply for a CSIP grant again to fund this position.

Y Continue working with Ocean County on a proactive pruning and removal cycle in Brick Township along countyroadways.

Y Submit annual accomplishment report to New Jersey Forest Service.

Y Continue monthly Shade Tree Commission meetings with site plan reviews.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Circulation and Transportation Element

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Goals & ObjectivesTransportation issues within Brick Township are numerous and far reaching. Like many other larger municipalitiesNew Jersey, transportation issues in Brick have an affect on individuals (municipal employees, residents of Brick,and shoppers/visitors to the town) on a daily basis. As growth takes place within Brick as well as throughoutwithin the state, the emphasis on transportation issues increases on many levels, including:

• Engineering: Increased planning/engineering efforts to maintain and adapt infrastructure.• Education: Increased municipal, county and state programs; Increased community involvement,

outreach and input in projects.•

Enforcement: Police involvement, patrols and outreach.The Township of Brick has establishes a series of Goals and Objectives for the Circulation Element of the Master Plan. These goals and objectives are broad based recommendations to be instituted in all future transportationrelated projects. Specific transportation improvements are discussed further in the recommendation section of thereport.Brick Township has been proactive in addressing transportation issues and has employed some innovativeapproaches to obtain results and reach its goals. At this time it is important to list the township’s circulation goalsfor the future.

1 - To provide improved traffic circulation and the reduction of hazardous traffic condition throughout theTownship.

2 - Establishing minimum construction standards and programs for roadway construction and restoration

3 - Coordinate transportation related projects and concerns with surroundingmunicipalities, adjacent Counties and State agencies.

4 - To establish a unified circulation system by properly relating local roads to the 1990 State and Countyfunctional road classification system and provide a uniform system of way-finding, as well as directionalsignage for each route.

5 - To continue to seek funds from Federal, State & County resources for Township road improvement

projects.

6 - To provide opportunities for alternative means of travel including but not limited to pedestrian walkways,bicycle paths, bus routes, air and rail transit and the utilization of the inland waterways.

7 - To provide an additional North-South means of crossing the Metedeconk River/Forge Pond and providean additional means of connecting northern and southern Brick.




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Table No. 1Functional Classification of Roads

Township of Brick

Freeways The Garden State Parkway

Principle Arterials Route 70*Route 88 from Point Pleasant to Route 70 *Brick Boulevard**

Chambers Bridge Road**

Minor Arterials Cedar Bridge Avenue**Mantoloking Road**Burnt Tavern Road**Burnt Tavern Road Extension**Herbertsville Road**

Route 88 west from Route 70 to the Lakewood *

Minor Collectors Hooper Avenue**Drum Point Road**Adamston Road**Midstreams RoadJordan RoadVan Zile RoadMaple AvenueLanes Mill Road**Sally Ike Road**Forge Pond Road

* Indicates State of New Jersey jurisdiction

** Indicates Ocean County jurisdiction

Note: All roads not otherwise indicated on the Functional Classification Map are considered local streets.




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The Intercostal Inland WaterwayBrick Township is situated along the intercostal waterway, which provides inland passage for vessels from thePoint Pleasant Inlet, to the Florida Keys. These waters are regulated and maintained by the United States CoastGuard, however, Brick Township is committed to providing its residents with access to the inland waterway.Capital projects such as lagoon dredging enable boaters to access channels. Dock, bulkhead, and shorelinestabilization projects typically occur where a Township right-of-way terminates at a water body. These projectsprotect the barrier between the roadways and waterways.

As we look ahead, the Township should continue lagoon maintenance and shoreline stabilization/protectionprojects, as well as actively pursue acquiring public access points where the two systems of transportation canmeet. Currently, there are no pubic facilities available for boaters to launch their craft.

BusesBus service is present through a variety of different companies that offer services for different needs in town. BusService reduces the dependence on personal automobiles. The existing bus services have been summarizedbelow. The existing bus services in town concentrate on regional destinations. The improvements to the Parkwayinterchange 91 should encourage more community residents to utilize the North Jersey New Jersey Transit Busservices available. Commuter traffic is a phenomenon that transverse county and state boundaries into New Yorkand Philadelphia. Brick has been and must continue to work with the surrounding municipalities, Ocean andMonmouth County, and the State Department of Transportation and the State Transportation authority toencourage the providers of mass transportation to propose and coordinate improvements and expansions to theexisting services.

1) NJ Transit

Route 1371 Route 317

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2) Academy Bus3

3) Ocean Ride4

4) Summerfest Shuttles5

5) Recreational ShuttlesSenior Living Shuttles

1 Serving Island Beach State Park (seasonal), Seaside Park (seasonal), Seaside Heights (seasonal), Toms River, Dover

Township, Brick Township, Lakewood, New York. Brick Township stops include CR 549 at Kettle Creek Road, CR 549 atBrick Plaza, the Park & Ride at CR 549 at Dorado Shopping Center, and the Brick Township Park & Ride Lot. (Effective

09/02/03)2 Serving Philadelphia, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mt. Laurel, Mt. Holly, Pemberton, Burlington Co. College, Browns

Mills, Fort Dix, McGuire AFB, Wrightstown, Cassville, Lakewood, Brick, Point Pleasant Beach, Belmar, Asbury Park. Brick Township stop is Brick Plaza on Brick Boulevard. (Effective 09/02/03).3 Wall Street Express – Garden State Parkway. Brick Township stops include Brick Park & Ride, Dorado Park & Ride, Brick

Plaza on Brick Boulevard, CR 549 at Drumpoint Road, Bricktown Bay Harbor Mall, Silverton & Kettle Creek Road, Silverton

A&P on Polhemus Road, Hooper Avenue & Fischer Boulevard. (Effective 09/09/02)4 Ocean Ride is Ocean County’s Transportation system. Originally designed to serve seniors and people with disabilities, Ocean

Ride has evolved into providing east/west service (to complement the NJTransit north/south service pattern) to the general

public at nominal fares. The Brick Link Route begins at the Point Pleasant rail station, travels through Point Pleasant into Brick,continues along Cedar Bridge Road, links into the Lakewood Industrial Park, and terminates in downtown Lakewood.5 The award-winning SummerFest is a series of summer concert series held every Thursday evening during July and August at

Brick’s Windward Beach Park. Shuttle buses leave from convenient locations throughout the Township beginning at 5PM and

continuing until 8PM to transport audiences to the park. Return shuttles from the park begin at 9PM.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Housing Element and Fair Share Plan

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Housing 2

Fig. 1 - Total Housing Units 1980 – 2000 2Fig. 2 - Average Household Size 3

Households 3

Fig. 3 - Household size groups 4

Projection of Housing Stock 4

Demographics 4

Fig .4 - 50 year Population Growth 4

Fig. 5 - Population Growth 5

Fig. 6 - Comparative Population Growth 5

Fig. 7 – Percent Population Growth 5

Fig. 8 - Comparative Population Growth 6

Fig. 9 - Comparative Percent Population Growth 6

Density 6

Age 6Fig. 10 – Median Age 6

Fig. 11 – Senior Citizen Population 7

Fig 12 - Change in Population 7

Population Projection 8

Population and Employment Projections 8

Employment Characteristics 8

Race 8

Available Land for Development 8

Residential Building Permits 9

Fig. 13 - Residential Building Permits 9

Income 9

Fig 14 – Median Family Income 9

Poverty 10

Conclusion 10

Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for 2000 10

Fair Share Compliance Program 12

Growth Share Calculation – 2005 13

Fair Share Plan Summary 13

Municipal Growth Share Obligation 14

Residential 16

Table R-1 MPO Residential Growth Projection 14

Table R- 2 Historic Trend of Certificates of Occupancy and Demolition Permits 14

Table R-3 Anticipated Developments & Number of Residential Units by the Year that COs are Anticipated to beIssued 14

Table R-4 Projected Certificates of Occupancy and Demolition Permits 14Table R-5 Total Net Residential Growth (Sum of Actual and Projected Growth) 15

Table R-6 Affordable Housing Unit Growth Projections 15

Commercial 15

Table NR-1 MPO Non-Residential Growth Projection 15

Table NR-2 Ten-year Historic Trend of Certificates of Occupancy and Demolition Permits of Commercial Development by Square Feet . 15

Table NR-3 Use Group Actual Developments 2004 16

Table NR-4 Developments & Anticipated Developments by year that COs are Anticipated to be Issued – Full Build-Out & Know Development Approvals 17



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Housing Element & Fair Share Plan

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HOUSING ELEMENT & FAIR SHARE PLANIntroduction Under the Municipal Land Use Law(C. 52:27D-310), A municipality’s housing element shall be designed to achievethe goal of access to affordable housing to meet present and prospective housing needs, with particular attention tolow and moderate income housing.

Brick Township has historically provided a variety of housing types and opportunities. While many communitiesenacted zoning regulations designed to exclude housing which might be affordable to low and moderate incomehouseholds, Brick has always been open to housing for these families.

Brick Township, in fact, embodies the antithesis of what the Mount Laurel doctrine is all about. In Mount Laurel II,the Supreme Court Stated:

“But if the sound planning of an area allows the rich and middle class to live there, it must also realistically and practically allow the poor. And if the area will accommodate factories, it must also find space for the workers.”

Brick Township never adopted exclusionary zoning or regulatory practices and its housing continues to be affordableto most of those in the housing market. The Township’s zoning allows for very small lots of 5,000 to 7,500 squarefeet for single family homes. It also provides for a variety of affordable housing types such as apartments,manufactured housing, town houses, condominiums and retirement communities. In addition to its “inclusionary”

zoning practices, the Township actively took steps to improve housing conditions and to provide affordable units for its needy residents. For senior citizens, the Township has built low and moderate income public housing. For thehandicapped, it has increased housing opportunities through rehabilitation of public housing & new construction. For low and moderate income families, it has reduced substandard conditions in housing units through an assistedhousing rehabilitation program. For others, it has zoned land for the development of housing, affordable at marketrates and now occupied by low and moderate income families.

The ability of Brick Township to absorb new housing development is limited by the diminishing amount of vacantdevelopable land within its borders. Most of the remaining vacant parcels are generally small and scattered, limitingtheir potential for intensive development.

The amount of vacant developable land in Brick Township decreased significantly as a result of Federal and Statefreshwater wetlands, coastal zone and surface water environmental regulations. These laws include the New Jersey

Coastal Wetlands Act of 1970, the Coastal Area Facility Review Act of 1973, the Waterfront Development Act andthe Freshwater Wetlands Act of 1987, the Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain regulations and theNew Jersey Surface Water Quality Standards, C-1 designation for the Metedeconk River. Updates of these andother State and Federal regulations further restrict development in environmentally sensitive areas such asfloodplains, wetlands, and habitat areas of threatened and endangered wildlife species. The majority of large vacanttracts of land remaining in the Township are considered mostly un-developable since the enactment of theseregulations.

The amount of available land has been reduced further by the expansion of the Edwin B. Forsythe National WildlifeRefuge. This conservation area extends along portions of the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County. Large tracts of coastal land in Brick, known as the Reedy Creek Additions were designated in 1990 for inclusion in the ForsytheRefuge. Approximately 2,400 acres of land in the southeastern portion of the Township are being acquired inaccordance with an approved Federal acquisition program. To date, over close to 3,000 acres have been acquiredthrough Federal, State, County, Municipal and Non-profit acquisition programs. Green Acres Funding for theacquisition of open space in Brick Township has been approved in accordance with the Township’s Master Plan andRecreation and Open Space Plan. In the northern half of the Township the one hundred seventy-five (175) acreSawMill Pond tract has been acquired.In addition, the Township has acquired a twenty-five (25) acre tract know as Dealaman/Havens Farm in theHerberstville neighborhood. A two hundred seventy-five (275) acre parcel known as the Airport Tract, and aseventeen (17) acre site known as the Drum Point Road conservation area have been acquired in the southernportion of the Township, along with several acquisitions of sites less than ten (10) acres.

In a continuing effort to promote its affordable housing goals, the Township developed a Housing and Fair SharePlan submitted to the Council on Affordable Housing in January 1987. Since that time, an Appellate Court has ruledthat a municipality should be credited for its efforts to house the poor. Pursuant to that decision, Brick Township




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However, regarding population and development projections, the Township of Brick, Office of Land Use and theBrick Township Municipal Utility Authority have been utilizing a much more reliable and up-to-date geographicinformation system data set based on vacant and underdeveloped parcels in the Township. This parcel data isbased on tax maps and filed sub-division maps and is continually updated by Township and BTMUA staff. This dataserves as the basis for all planning and land use analysis as well as open space preservation.

In 2000, the Township prepared an inventory of all property of one-acre or more that remained undeveloped or

underutilized to determine a priority system for open space preservation and park development. The data setcreated through manipulation of the parcel layer coverage calculates the amount of vacant land in the Township at

just below 400 acres. The 400 acres includes our environmentally sensitive properties that are tidally influenced or subjected to wetland preservation and buffers. When subtracting the environmentally sensitive areas from the totalacreage of vacant land, the net developable area is substantially less than 400 acres. Therefore, the Township of Brick does not accept the data prepared in the Rutgers report as being the most up-to-date reliable data and wehave not utilized this data in the preparation of our population and employment projections for the Township.Furthermore, in 2005, the Township updated this build-out analysis to identify all properties within the Townshipavailable for development, regardless of size and identified 340 acres available for development.

Residential Building Permits A good indicator of a municipalities’ growth is the number of building permits issued annually. According to theOcean County Planning Department, between the years 1990-2000, 4,000 new construction - building permits were

issued in the Township of Brick as shown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 13

Building permits issued in 2003 for new residentialand commercial developments reflect the decline inavailable land for development. In 2003,approximately 17 acres was approved for residential development by the Planning Board.The 17 acres includes major and minor subdivisions, some of which involved two lotsubdivisions where homes were already located onone lot. In some cases, the application onlyincluded adjustments to lot lines with no newstructures planned for development. The netnumber of new homes constructed in BrickTownship in 2003 was only 80. In 2004, 155housing units were certified, and a total of 71demolition permits were issued for residential units,with a net new development of 84 units. This

demonstrates that the building occurring in the Township is primarily in-fill or the replacement of older, smaller homes with new more modern housing for single families.

Due to the lack of available land for development and the declining baby boom population, building permits areexpected to continue to decline.

Income At present, the 2000 Census money

income data ranks the Township of Brick at 353rd for the State of NewJersey. The Township of Brickexceeds Ocean County’s Per CapitaIncome average by more than$1,000. The Township of Brickcontinues to have higher thanaverage income levels than OceanCounty, but slightly lower than theNew Jersey average as shown in Fig. 14. Fig. 14




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Table R-5Total Net Residential Growth (Sum of Actual and Projected Growth) Township of Brick

Actual _ Projected

‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Total

Total COs Issued (fromTable R-3)

153 70 181 357 52 52 35 35 18 18 971

Demolitions 40 20 16 16 20 20 15 15 10 10 -182Net 113 50 165 341 32 32 20 20 8 8 789

Note 1: Table R-6 and R-7 as shown in Council on Affordable Housing, Projecting Your Municipal Growth Share Obligation, Revised May 23,2005, include (Table R-6 - Second Round Affordable and Market-Rate Units in Inclusionary Developments to be excluded from GrowthProjections, by Year that CO’s are anticipated to be issued) and (Table R-7 – Net Residential Growth Projections after Subtracting Second Round Affordable and Inclusionary Market Rate Units). At this time, the Township of Brick does not have any units to exclude, therefore these tableswere not included in our calculation. Table R-6 of the Township of Brick’s calculation addresses Table R-8 – Affordable Housing Unit GrowthProjections as shown in Council on Affordable Housing, Projecting Your Municipal Growth Share Obligation, Revised May 23, 2005.

Table R-6Affordable Housing Unit Growth Projections Township of Brick

‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Total

Table R-5 Total 113 50 165 341 32 32 20 20 8 8 789

Divide by Nine 12.55 5.55 18.33 37.88 3.55 3.55 2.22 2.22 0.88 0.88 87.66

Note 2: As described in Council on Affordable Housing, Projecting Your Municipal Growth Share Obligation, Revised May 23, 2005, net projectedresidential growth is divided by nine (9). The reason you divide by nine (9) is that affordable units that will meet a third round obligation areassumed to be included in these projections, rather than generating additional growth over and above these projections.

Commercial

Table NR-1MPO Non-Residential Growth

ProjectionTownship of Brick

2015MPO

2005 MPOEmployment

Change

19,673 14,888 4,785

Table NR-2Ten-year Historic Trend of Certificates of Occupancy and

Demolition Permits of Commercial Development by Square FeetTownship of Brick

‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03

COs Issued B-Office 14,759 100,016 21,794 12,855 2,778 1,756 86,450 7,189

COs Issued M-Retail 2,400 149,935

35,614 896 41,055 106 185,468

COs Issued S-

WarehouseCOs Issued A1 44,784

COs Issued A2-Resturant

1,250

COs Issued A3- 6,717 384 13,770 2,000 11,870

COs Issued A4- 3,250 10,274

COs Issued A5 856

COs Issued Multi-Family/Dormitory

11,921 19,793 10,544 156,136

70,320 35,828 1,584

COs Issued Education 5,340 7,962 3,000 52,074

COs Issued Industrial 23,553




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These areas were then double checked by the secretaries of the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment andthe Assistant Zoning Officer to ensure accuracy.

GIS was then utilized to create overlay mapping to confirm the data provided by the Tax Assessor.

Each property was grouped by zone. Then each parcel was reviewed for development potential from reviewing taxmaps, GIS data and in some cases, site inspections.

The total amount of acreage for each zone was then calculated.

The net build-able area for each zone was calculated based upon the schedule of building requirements includingland needed for infrastructure, building coverage and setbacks.

This acreage calculation was then utilized to determine a growth share calculation for projected residential andcommercial developments. Those calculations are shown in the series of tables above.

Fair Share Compliance DetailsMinimum 25% - Rental = 24 UnitsRental Housing (N.J.A.C. 5:94-4.20)

Dottie’s House Expansion - 9Owner – Homes Now, Inc. – Dottie’s HouseBlock 195, Lot 302.5 Acres

Homes Now Inc., a nonprofit corporation has constructed and operates Shelter Support Housing rental units on avacant site located on the East Side of Adamston Road in the R-R-1 Rural Residential Zone. The property provideshousing to victims of domestic abuse. An expansion of this 8 unit Alternative Living Facility has been approved toprovide nine (9) additional apartment units for low and very low income families. This site has been extremelysuccessful and has experienced a need to expand to meet a waiting list of potential residents. This site has receivedapproval from the Zoning Board of Adjustment to expand the facility to provide a mix of apartment units consisting of 4 new two bedroom units, 4 new three bedroom units and 1 new one bedroom unit. A copy of the resolution of approval is attached hereto.

Municipally Sponsored Rental Program (N.J.A.C. 5:94-4.11)The Township will seek 15 rental credits for a municipally sponsored rental program. The Township will use a mix of properties in its current inventory, as well as existing properties within the Township that it will acquire throughdonation, purchase of existing market rate units, and possible foreclosure, condemnation or purchase of propertiesfailing to meet property maintenance codes. A list of properties in the Township inventory as well as a list of properties currently available for sale in the Township is attached hereto. The cost of acquisition, construction andrenovation will exceed $25,000 per unit. COAH regulations state that a municipally sponsored rental program islimited to 10 units until the viability of the program is documented. The Township will seek a waiver from the 10-unitlimit based upon the experience and success of its existing scattered site program. The program will be fundedthrough fees collected through the Growth Share and Development Fee ordinances. In the event that the feescollected through these ordinances are insufficient to fund the program, the Township shall appropriate sufficientfunds to fulfill its obligation and cover the cost of the program.

Dottie’s House Transitional Housing - 4The Township of Brick currently has a number of property holdings that are available for use in the creation of transitional housing for residents that previously resided in Dottie’s House. The properties will be constructed and/or renovated by Homes Now, Inc. which will also administer the occupancy of the property to ensure compliance withCOAH’s regulations pertaining to marketing and affordability. Current residents of Dottie’s House will move to thetransitional housing units until they are ready to obtain their own housing. The properties the Township anticipatesutilizing are vacant lots or open space properties that are in residentially zoned areas or currently occupied by asingle-family home. The Township anticipates being capable of providing a minimum of four units for utilization under this category. Two properties that are being identified for this housing include:




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1. Block 340, Lot 88344 Cherry Quay Road1.24 AcresZoned as R-R-1 – Rural ResidentialOccupied by a Single Family Residential Unit available for occupancy after renovation

Anticipated occupancy in early 2007

2. Block 321, Lot 4.02425 Drum Point Road1.17 AcresZoned as B-2 & R-R-1Occupied by a Single Family Residential Unit available for occupancy after Renovation

Anticipated occupancy in early 2007

Municipal Conversions to Rentals - 11Brick Township has a history of completing scattered-site construction of affordable housing units. Prior to thereceiving certification of its second round plan, the Township had completed the construction of 12 scattered siteproperties which were purchased by low and moderate income families. Subsequent to certification, the Township

completed the construction of 6 additional units on municipally owned scattered sites located throughout theTownship. All 18 units are occupied by COAH qualified families consisting of seven (7) low income and eleven (11)moderate income families. In addition, a three (3) bedroom low income unit is anticipated for occupancy in 2005.The Township will continue this program to satisfy its rental obligation.

The Township anticipates acquisition of additional property through donation, purchase of existing market rate units,and possible foreclosure, condemnation or purchase of properties failing to meet property maintenance codes for construction of rental units. The Township will use the properties currently within its inventory as well as other properties that it will acquire. The Township is currently reviewing properties originally purchased for open spaceand recreation that have buildings or homes located on the properties. These homes will be converted to affordablehousing rental units. The majority of these properties are located in residentially zoned areas. The administration of marketing and affordability controls will be done by Rehabco, an experienced administrator of affordable units.

Maximum 50% Senior Age Restricted - 48 New Visions @ Chambers Bridge – 38Owner – Township of BrickBlock 701, Lot 923 Acres

Inclusionary Age Restricted Townhouse Development The Township of Brick obtained Planning Board approval for the construction of eight (8) four-story buildings with atotal of 300 age-restricted residential units, with approximately two hundred four (204) units represented as 2 (two)bedroom units and the remaining ninety-six (96) units as having one (1) bedroom. The approval for 300 unitsincludes thirty-eight (38) low and moderateincome age-restricted residential units.

The project site is located in the PMRRC (Planned Multi-family Residential Retirement Community Zone). The sitewill meet COAH’s requirements for phasing, income and bedroom distribution and marketing. The property consistsof 23.78 acres, with a total of 2.35 acres of wetlands. The site was granted CAFRA approval in July of 2001.Infrastructure is available to the site for all major utilities including sanitary sewer and water supply. The Townshipcurrently has title to the property but will make the property available for public bid. The successful bidder will taketitle to the property and construct the project.



Township of Brick, Master Plan –Conclusion

Conclusion

The Township of Brick Master Plan has been a long awaited document that updates the current state of development and character of the Township. The Township of Brick is described throughout the document as acoastal community with a mix of densely populated suburban neighborhoods and commercial corridors with amplerecreational and open space opportunities. With guidance and vision, these areas have the potential to redevelop

into traditional Town Center developments. Neighborhood and regional commercial areas that serve resident andpass through populations will be improved to include better circulation, cross access between commercial sites,aesthetically pleasing architecture with design themes tied to the history of Brick Township, increased pedestrianconnections and amenities and more accessible transit opportunities.

The Master Plan, when considered in development and review of applications before both the Planning and ZoningBoard of Adjustment, will serve to guide the future development and redevelopment of Brick Township to beconsistent with the State Plan and improve the quality of life for all of Brick Township’s residents.



Township of Brick, Master Plan – Assumptions

Assumptions

• That the population of Brick Township will continue to increase, but at a substantially slower rate due to the

limited availability of vacant land without environmental constraints which prevent or inhibit development.

• That the Planning Board and the Board of Education will work together to plan for the Educational and

Recreational needs of the student population.

• That due to the rate of population growth over the last 30 years in Brick and surrounding communities, new

commercial development will continue, but at a lesser pace. The focus is now on redevelopment of existing

commercial centers, conforming to upgraded improvement standards and construction of mixed use

developments to encourage growth into the Brick Town Center.

• That continued road improvements will be required due to past population growth and development.

• That infrastructure will require expansion and improvement. Recurring drought conditions have made apparent

Brick Township Master Plan

Documents

Transcript of Brick Township Master Plan