Applications shall be submitted to the Planning Board Secretary, in duplicate, on forms supplied by the Planning Board. An application for preliminary site plan approval shall be filed no less than 21 days prior to the meeting date for which consideration is requested. Required fees shall be submitted with the application form.
The Planning Board may accept simultaneous applications for preliminary and final site plan approval where so requested by the applicant, provided that all of the conditions, requirements and safeguards established for preliminary and final site plan approval are adhered to.
A. 
The applicant shall submit the preliminary site plan application and 20 copies of plat maps, plus any prints and reproducibles required by the County Planning Board and payment of all required fees to the Planning Board Secretary, who shall submit copies of the preliminary plat to the following:
(1) 
Planning Board Attorney.
(2) 
Township Engineer.
(3) 
Planning consultant.
(4) 
Construction Official.
(5) 
Board of health.
(6) 
Fire Department.
(7) 
Police Department.
(8) 
Other municipal officials and agencies, as directed by the Planning Board.
(9) 
Environmental Commission.
B. 
The above persons, departments, boards and commissions shall make recommendation to the Planning Board, in writing, within 35 days of the application submission. The Planning Board shall take such recommendation into account, but shall have the authority to proceed in the absence of such recommendations, which are not essential to its determination.
C. 
If the preliminary site plan is found to be incomplete by the Planning Board Secretary, the applicant shall be notified thereof within 45 days of the date of submission, or it shall be deemed complete for purposes of commencing the applicable time period.
D. 
Where adjustments or changes are required in the site plan submission, the applicant shall be required to modify the plat in order to qualify as a complete application as to content and for public hearing purposes.
The Planning Board shall condition any approval that it may grant upon the timely receipt of a favorable report on the application by the County Planning Board or other governmental agency to which the site plan application is required to be submitted, or by the approval by the County Planning Board by its failure to report thereon within the required time period.
All application fees shall be paid at the time of submission of application.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Part 6, Fees and Deposits.
Upon submission of a complete application, the Planning Board Secretary shall schedule a public hearing for the applicant. The applicant shall meet all of the requirements established in Part 1, Land Use Procedures, for public hearings.
The applicant shall provide proof of payment of taxes and assessments, as provided in Part 1, Land Use Procedures.
The Planning Board shall grant, condition or deny preliminary site plan approval within 45 days of receipt of a complete site plan application for a site plan which involves 10 acres or less and 10 dwelling units or less, or within 95 days of submission of a complete application for a site plan of more than 10 acres or more than 10 dwelling units, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Failure of the Planning Board to act within the prescribed time periods, or to obtain an extension from the applicant, in writing, shall constitute a preliminary approval by the Planning Board.
A. 
Rights conferred. Preliminary approval of a site plan shall confer upon the applicant the following rights for a three-year period from the date of preliminary approval:
(1) 
That the general terms and conditions on which preliminary approval was granted shall not be changed, such as use requirements, layout and design standards for streets, curbs and sidewalks, lot size, yard dimensions and on-tract and off-tract improvements and any requirements peculiar to the specific site plan. The Township may modify by ordinance such general terms and conditions of preliminary approval as they may relate to public health and safety, provided that such modifications are in accord with amendments adopted by ordinance subsequent to approval.
(2) 
That the applicant may submit for final approval, on or before the expiration date of preliminary approval, the whole or a section or sections of the preliminary site plan.
(3) 
That the applicant may apply for, and the Planning Board may grant, extensions on such preliminary approval for an additional period of one year, but not to exceed a total extension of two years, provided that if the design standards have been revised by ordinance, such revised standards may govern.
B. 
Site plan of 50 acres. In the case of a site plan for an area of 50 acres or more, the Planning Board may grant the rights referred to in Subsection A for such a time period longer than three years as shall be determined by the Planning Board to be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development. The applicant may apply for thereafter, and the Planning Board may thereafter grant, an extension to the preliminary approval for such additional period of time as shall be determined by the Planning Board to be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval, the potential number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area of the section or sections awaiting final approval, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development, provided that if the design standards have been revised, such revised standards shall govern.
Failure to obtain final approval within the prescribed time limits as herein defined shall void the preliminary plat approval.