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Malcolm Kasler, AICP, PP (1938-2005)
Education : Master of Urban Planning, New York University, 1967.
Bachelor of Science, Community Planning Engineering, Rutgers University, 1962.
Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers University, 1962.
Experience : Malcolm Kasler served as the vice president of Kasler Associates, P.A. and previously served as the president of Malcolm Kasler & Associates, P.A. In 1975, prior to establishing his own firm, he served as the New Jersey Director of Regional Planning for Candeub, Fleissig and Associates from 1961 to 1974, the largest planning consultant firm in the United States at that time.
Malcolm Kasler established himself as a recognized planning and land use expert in New Jersey and other states. He had worked in more than two hundred municipalities in nine states, including more than one hundred and fifty communities in New Jersey. He has also been involved in numerous planning programs for private sector clients, including major corporate and development applications.
His efforts as a member of the Drafting Committee of the New Jersey Municipal Land Use have been acknowledged by various professional planning associations and organizations including the New Jersey League of Municipalities.
Malcolm also had been an active participant with the New Jersey Planning Officials and was a member of the Board of Counselors.
Malcolm is also recognized as a leader in the preparation of master plans, periodic re-examination reports, zoning and land use regulations. He had served as an expert witness in literally hundreds of cases before planning boards, boards of adjustment, governing bodies and in superior court in 10 counties of New Jersey.
Accomplishments/Awards:
Recipient - 2005 NJPO Achievement in Planning Award
Member, Municipal Land Use Drafting Committee, 1974 - 1992.
Recipient of League of Municipalities, "President's Distinguished Service Award" for participation in drafting the Municipal Land Use Law.
Court appointed "Master" Mount Laurel II Court, The Honorable Eugene Serpentelli, Hopewell Township, 1985.
Participant in American Institute of Certified Planners, Amicus Brief before the New Jersey Supreme Court with reference to questions of "exclusionary zoning".
Lecturer, New York University: Regional Planning and Mount Laurel Issues, 1992, 1993.
Lecturer, Rutgers University Extension Division: New Techniques in Planning and Zoning, 1975 and 1976; Community Planning Process and the Land Use Law, 1978-1980; and Site Plan Review, 1981 and 1982.
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Municipal Land Use.
Nominator and Author of Phased-Growth P.U.D. Ordinance in Mahwah Township, New Jersey. Community was recipient of "Award of merit" from New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials for contribution to innovative planning, 1974.
Nominator of planned residential development, The Village at Old Tappan, “Award of Merit” from the New Jersey Planning Officials, 1996.
Publications:
Preparing the Master Plan Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) The Municipal Master Plan Manual, Chapter 2, New Jersey Planning Officials, 1997.
Residential Site Improvement Standards: Reference Outline, The New Jersey Planner, May – June 1997, Vol. 57, No. 2
Geographic Information Systems: The Wave of the Future for Planning, League of Municipalities Magazine, Spring/Summer, 1993.
The Impact of Mount Laurel Housing on the Public School System - A Case Study of Mahwah Township, Spring, 1991.
New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials, Local Response Committee, The Administrative Requirements of the Municipal Land Use Law.
New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials, The Municipal Land Use Law and the Zoning Ordinance, Volume XI, No. 4 Winter, 1976.
League of Municipalities, The Municipal Land Use Law, March, 1976.
League of Municipalities, The Proposed Land Use Law: How It Affects Your Community, November, 1974.
Professional Licenses / Organizations:
New Jersey Professional Planner, License #835 American Institute of Certified Planners New Jersey Planning Officials New Jersey Association of Consulting Planners American Planning Association Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions National Trust for Historic Preservation Sierra Club Urban Land Institute |
