Master-plan reexamination opens; data centers singled out for review

Sep 3, 2026

Board members began a periodic reexamination of Lopatcong’s master plan and discussed whether to remove data centers from the plan to match a council ordinance that now prohibits them; legal and public-notice implications were a focal point of the discussion.

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At the Aug. 26 meeting the planning board opened a periodic reexamination of the township master plan, a review required at least once every 10 years under state municipal land-use law. Staff presented a draft reexamination report and asked the board to review goals and objectives from the 1989 plan and subsequent reexaminations.

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