Section 10401 - Grant of power(a) The governing body of each municipality shall have the power to make or cause to be made an official map of all or a portion of the municipality which may show appropriate elements or portions of elements of the comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to section 302 with regard to public lands and facilities, and which may include, but need not be limited to:(1) Existing and proposed public streets, watercourses and public grounds, including widenings, narrowings, extensions, diminutions, openings or closing of same.(2) Existing and proposed public parks, playgrounds and open space reservations.(3) Pedestrian ways and easements.(4) Railroad and transit rights-of-way and easements.(5) Flood control basins, floodways and flood plains, storm water management areas and drainage easements.(6) Support facilities, easements and other properties held by public bodies undertaking the elements described in section 301.(b) For the purposes of taking action under this section, the governing body or its authorized designee may make or cause to be made surveys and maps to identify, for the regulatory purposes of this article, the location of property, trafficway alignment or utility easement by use of property records, aerial photography, photogrammetric mapping or other method sufficient for identification, description and publication of the map components. For acquisition of lands and easements, boundary descriptions by metes and bounds shall be made and sealed by a licensed surveyor.1968, July 31, P.L. 805, No. 247, art. IV, § 401. Reenacted and amended 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1329, No. 170, § 26, effective in 60 days.