The Meadowlands' 31 square miles belong to 14 municipalities, which yielded many of their land-use powers to the commission.

It delegated land-use power to local authorities for the conservation of community welfare and provided guidelines for appropriate regulation usage.

New Commission The charter commission has proposed abolishing the board and giving most of its major zoning and land-use powers to the Council.

So much for the longstanding controls and checks and balances that have been built into all of our land-use powers during the last century!

The Council has been flexing its political muscles lately under a City Charter revision that have given it new finance and land-use powers.

The judges also said the Council had failed to demonstrate "irreparable injury," noting that even without a referendum, the Council could conceivably block a new stadium through its budget and land-use powers.

To be more than cosmetic, any reform of land-use powers must include the following elements: (1) - Statewide land-use goal and policy setting, coupled with regionalized master-planning and development review.

That first project, a renovation of a city-owned garage and storage center, could not go forward without his approval under the Council's land-use powers.

Since the Council has land-use powers, Mr. Vallone responded by saying he would create his own commission.

Under the City Charter approved in 1989, the Council received new budget and land-use powers and was expanded from 35 seats to 51.