§ 18-3. Powers and duties.

The duties of the Economic Development Advisory Committee shall be as follows:

A. 

To work with the Township Planner, Township Engineer and/or Township Manager in order to develop an understanding of the vacant commercial, industrial and business property in the Township of Mount Laurel. There shall not be included in such inventory any vacant land which is zoned residential or any vacant land which is zoned for any purposes other than commercial, industrial or business. It is the intention of the Township Council in this section to articulate clearly that it is not the duty of the Economic Development Advisory Committee to locate lands upon which additional commercial, industrial, business or residential development can be sited.

B. 

To recommend to the Township Council and the Planning Board reasonable and desirable restrictions concerning sites for business, commercial and industrial in order to safeguard property values of established residential areas in the township.

C. 

To promote the advantages of the Township of Mount Laurel for business, commercial and industrial users.

D. 

To encourage expansion of existing industry and business to the best interest to the Township of Mount Laurel.

E. 

To specifically inquire of experts in the field of commercial office space how to make Mount Laurel more attractive to businesses which could occupy already existing office spaces in the Township of Mount Laurel.

F. 

To prepare, develop and distribute material and data advertising the advantages of the Township of Mount Laurel to new business and industry.

G. 

To do nothing which would encourage a diminishing of Mount Laurel Township's greenspace.