Requires basic course in land use law and planning offered to certain officials to include module on warehouse development and high-density development.

New Jersey bill A 2890 requires the Commissioner of Community Affairs to add a specific module on warehouse development and high-density development to an existing mandatory training course for local government officials. The course, required for members and alternates of planning boards, zoning boards, and combined boards, must include this new module to address challenges from large warehouse facilities. New members must complete the training within 18 months of joining (6 months for supplemental zoning boards), while current members have 18 months from the course's launch date. The bill aims to better equip local officials to evaluate warehouse projects and their regional impacts, as highlighted in a 2022 state planning document.