Township of Readington, NJ Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Board

Where by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness or shape of a specific piece of property or by reason of exceptional topographic conditions or physical features uniquely affecting a specific piece of property or by reason of an extraordinary and exceptional situation uniquely affecting a specific piece of property or the structures lawfully existing thereon, the strict application of any regulation of this chapter would result in peculiar and exceptional practical difficulties to or exceptional and undue hardship upon the developer of such property, grant, upon an application or an appeal relating to such property, a variance from such strict application of such regulation so as to relieve such difficulties or hardship;

Where, in an application or appeal relating to a specific piece of property, the purposes of this chapter would be advanced by a deviation from the zoning requirements and the benefits of the deviation would substantially outweigh any detriment, grant a variance to allow departure from such zoning requirements; provided, however, that no variance from those departures enumerated in Subsection D hereinbelow (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d) shall be granted under this subsection; and provided further, that the proposed development does not require approval by the Planning Board of a subdivision, site plan or conditional use in conjunction with which the Planning Board has power to review a request for a variance pursuant to § 148-93H of this chapter (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60a).

Use variance, variances from conditional use standards and major specific bulk variances. In particular cases and for special reasons, grant a variance to allow departure from the zoning provisions of this chapter to permit a use or principal structure in a district restricted against such use or principal structure; an expansion of a nonconforming use; deviation from a specification or standard set forth in this chapter as pertaining solely to a conditional use; an increase in the permitted floor area ratio as defined in § 148-9 of this chapter and in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-4; an increase in the permitted density as defined in Article IV or Article V of this chapter, as the case may be, and in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-4, except as applied to the required lot area for a lot or lots for detached one- or two-dwelling unit buildings, which lot or lots are either an isolated undersized lot or lots resulting from a minor subdivision or a height of a principal structure which exceeds by 10 feet or 10% the maximum height permitted in the district for a principal structure. A variance under this subsection shall be granted only by affirmative vote of at least five members of the Board.

If an application for development requests one or more variances but not a variance for a purpose enumerated in Subsection D of this section, the decision on the requested variance or variances shall be rendered under Subsection C of this section.

General provisions. No variance or other relief may be granted under the terms of this section unless such variance or other relief can be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and will not substantially impair the intent and purpose of the zone plan and the zoning provisions of this chapter. An application under this section may be referred to any appropriate person or agency, other than the Planning Board, for its report, provided that such reference shall not extend the period of time within which the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall act.

Other powers. The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall have such other powers as prescribed by law, including but not limited to the following:

Direct issuance of a construction permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 for the construction of a building or structure within the bed of a mapped street or public drainageway, flood control basin or public area as shown on a duly adopted Official Map of the municipality whenever one or more parcels of land within said bed cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a construction permit is granted. The Board may grant such relief only by affirmative vote of a majority of the full authorized membership of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, ensuring that such relief will tend to cause a minimum change of the Official Map and will not significantly add to the cost of opening any proposed street. The Board shall impose reasonable requirements as a condition of granting the construction permit so as to promote the health, morals, safety and general welfare of the public. The Board of Adjustment shall not exercise the power otherwise granted by this section if the proposed development requires approval by the Planning Board of a subdivision, site plan or conditional use in conjunction with which the Planning Board has power to direct the issuance of a permit pursuant to Subdivision b of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60.

Direct issuance of a construction permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36 for the construction of a building or structure on a lot not abutting a street which is shown on a duly adopted Official Map of the municipality or which is an existing state, county or municipal street or highway; or a street shown upon a plat approved by the Municipal Planning Board; or a street on a plat duty filed in the office of the County Recording Officer. The Board may grant such relief only when the enforcement of the statute requirement that a building lot abut a street would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or where the circumstances of the case do not require the building or structure to abut a street. The Board shall impose requirements or conditions that will provide adequate access for fire-fighting equipment, ambulances and other necessary emergency vehicles for the protection of the health and safety and that will protect any future street layout on the Official Map or on the general circulation plan element of the Municipal Master Plan. The Board of Adjustment shall not exercise the power otherwise granted by this section if the proposed development requires approval by the Planning Board of a subdivision, site plan or conditional use in conjunction with which the Planning Board has power to direct the issuance of a permit pursuant to Subdivision c of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall have the power to grant, to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions as the Planning Board, subdivision, site plan or conditional use approval whenever the proposed development requires approval by the Zoning Board of Adjustment of a variance pursuant to Subsection D of this section. The developer may elect to submit a separate application requesting approval of the variance and a subsequent application for any required approval of a subdivision, site plan or conditional use. The separate approval of the variance shall be conditioned upon a grant of all required subsequent approvals by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. No such subsequent approval shall be granted unless such approval can be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantial impairment of the intent and purpose of the zone plan and the zoning provisions of this chapter. The number of votes of Board members required to grant such subsequent approval shall be as otherwise provided in this chapter for the approval in question and the special vote pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall not be required.

Annual report on variances. The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall, at least once a year, review its decisions on applications and appeals for variances and prepare and adopt by resolution a report of its findings on Zoning Ordinance provisions which were the subject of variance requests and its recommendations for Zoning Ordinance amendment or revisions, if any. The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall send copies of the report and resolution to the governing body and Planning Board.

§ 148-91 Appeals and applications to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Appeals to the Zoning Board of Adjustment may be taken by any interested party affected by any decision of a municipal official of the municipality based on or made in the enforcement of the zoning provisions of this chapter or a duly adopted Official Map. Such appeal shall be taken within 20 days by filing a notice of appeal with the official from whom the appeal is taken, with three copies of the notice given to the Secretary of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The notice shall specify the grounds for the appeal. The official from whom the appeal is taken shall immediately transmit to the Board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the action, order, requirement, decision, interpretation or determination appealed from and to that end have all powers of the municipal official from whom the appeal is taken.

An appeal to the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action in respect to which the decision appealed from was made unless the municipal official from whose action the appeal is taken certifies to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with him, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed other than by an order of the Superior Court upon notice to the municipal official from whom the appeal is taken and due cause shown.

A developer may file an application for development with the Zoning Board of Adjustment for action under any of its powers without prior application to a municipal official.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall act upon any appeal or any application for development within 120 days either from the date the appeal is taken from the decision of the municipal official or from the date the application is certified as a complete application, as the case may be, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant, except that when an applicant elects to submit separate consecutive applications for use variance approval and site plan, subdivision or conditional use approval, the one-hundred-twenty-day time period for action shall apply to the application for approval of the use variance and the time period for granting or denying any subsequent approval shall be as otherwise provided in this chapter.

§ 148-92 Establishment of the Planning Board.

The Planning Board heretofore created is continued, consisting of nine regular and may include two alternate members. The Planning Board members shall be chosen from the following four classes:

Class I: The Mayor.

Class II: One of the officials of the Township other than a member of the governing body, to be appointed by the Mayor, provided that if there is an Environmental Commission, the member of the Environmental Commission who is also a member of the Planning Board, as required by P.L. 1976, c. 245, N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1, shall be deemed to be the Class II Planning Board member for purposes of this act in the event that there is among the Class IV members of the Planning Board both a member of the Board of Adjustment and a member of the Board of Education.

Class III: A member of the Township Committee to be appointed by it.

Class IV Regular: Six other citizens of the municipality to be appointed by the Mayor. The members of Class IV shall hold no other municipal office, except that one member may be a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment (or Historic Preservation Commission if one exists). One Planning Board Member may be a member of the Board of Education. A member of the Environmental Commission who is also a member of the Planning Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56A shall be a Class IV Planning Board member unless there is among the Class IV regular or alternate members of the Planning Board both a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment (or Historic Preservation Commission if one exists) and a member of the Board of Education, in which case the member of the Environmental Commission shall be deemed to be the Class II member of the Planning Board.

Class IV Alternate Members: Two other citizens of the municipality may be appointed by the Mayor. Alternate members shall meet the qualifications of Class IV regular members and shall be designated by the Mayor at the time of their appointment as "Alternate No. 1" and "Alternate No. 2."

The term of the member composing Class I shall correspond with his official tenure. The terms of the members composing Class II and Class III shall be for one year or terminate at the completion of their respective terms of office, whichever occurs first, except for a Class II member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission. The term of a Class II (or Class IV) member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission shall be for three years or terminate at the completion of his term as a member of the Environmental Commission, whichever comes first.

All present Class IV members of the Planning Board shall continue in office until the completion of the terms for which they were appointed. The term of a Class IV member who is also a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment (or Historic Preservation Commission if one exists) or the Board of Education shall terminate whenever he is no longer a member of such other body or at the completion of his or her Class IV term, whichever comes first.

The terms of Class IV regular members first appointed pursuant to this chapter shall be so determined that to the greatest practicable extent the expiration of such term shall be evenly distributed over the first four years. Thereafter the term of each Class IV regular member shall be four years. All terms shall run from January 1 of the year in which the appointment is made.

The terms of the Class IV alternate members shall be two years, except that the terms of the alternate members shall be such that the term of not more than one alternate member shall expire any one year; provided, however, that in no instance shall the terms of the alternate members first appointed exceed two years. All terms shall run from January 1 of the year in which the appointment is made.

Alternate members may participate in discussions of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular member of any class. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. In the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate No. 1 shall vote.

If a vacancy of any class shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment as above provided for the unexpired term. Any member other than a Class I member may be removed by the governing body for cause but only after public hearing, if requested, and other requested procedural due process protection.

If the Planning Board lacks a quorum because any of its regular or alternate members is prohibited by acting on a matter due to the member's personal or financial interests therein, regular members of the Board of Adjustment shall be called upon to serve, for that matter only, as temporary members of the Planning Board in order of seniority of continuous service to the Board of Adjustment until there are the minimum number of members necessary to constitute a quorum to act upon the matter without any personal or financial interest therein, whether direct or indirect. If a choice has to be made between regular members of equal seniority, the Chairman of the Board of Adjustment shall make the choice.

Yearly, the Planning Board shall organize by selecting from among its Class IV regular members a Chairman and a Vice Chairman. The Board shall also select a Secretary who may or may not be a member of the Board or an employee of the Township.

The governing body, after giving due consideration to budget requests that may be submitted by the Planning Board, shall make provisions in its budget and appropriate funds for the expenses of the Planning Board.

The office of Planning Board attorney is hereby created. The Planning Board may appoint to such office and fix compensation or rate of compensation of an attorney at law of New Jersey other than the Township Attorney.

The Planning Board may also employ or contract for and fix the compensation of such experts and other staff and services as it may deem necessary. The Board, however, shall not authorize expenditures which exceed, exclusive of gifts or grants, the amount appropriated by the governing body for its use.

After the appointment of a Planning Board, the Mayor may appoint one or more persons as a Citizens Advisory Committee to assist or collaborate with the Planning Board in its duties, but such person(s) shall have no power to vote or take other action required of the Board. Such person(s) shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.

Whenever the Environmental Commission has prepared and submitted to the Planning Board and to the Board of Adjustment an index of the natural resources of the municipality, the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment shall make available to the Environmental Commission an informational copy of every application for development submitted to either Board. Failure of the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment to make such informational copy available to the Environmental Commission shall not invalidate any hearing or proceeding.

§ 148-93 Powers and jurisdiction of the Planning Board.

The Planning Board shall have the powers listed below in addition to other powers established by law:

Make, adopt and, from time to time, amend a Master Plan for the physical development of the Township, including any areas outside its boundaries which, in the Board's judgment, bear essential relationship to the planning of the Township.

Administer the subdivision and site plan review provisions of this chapter in accordance with the applicable provisions of said chapter.

Hear and decide applications for conditional uses in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.

Participate in the preparation and review of programs or plans required by state or federal law or regulation.

Assemble data on a continuing basis as part of a continuous planning process.

Annually, at the request of the Township Committee, prepare a program of municipal capital improvements projects projected over a term of six years and recommend the same to the Township Committee.

Consider and report to the Township Committee within 35 days after referral as to any proposed development regulation submitted to it and also pass upon other matters specifically referred to the Planning Board by the Township Committee.

Whenever the proposed development requires approval of a subdivision, site plan or conditional use, but not a variance pursuant to § 148-90D of this chapter (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d), to grant to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions as the Zoning Board of Adjustment:

Variances pursuant to § 148-90C of this chapter (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c).

Direction pursuant to § 148-90G(1) of this chapter (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34) for issuance of a permit for a building or structure in the bed of a mapped street or public drainageway, flood control basin or public area reserved pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32.

Direction pursuant to § 148-90G(2) of this chapter (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36) for issuance of a permit for a building or structure not related to a street.

Whenever relief is requested pursuant to this section, notice of the hearing on the application for development shall include reference to the request for a variance or direction for issuance of a permit, as the case may be.

The developer may elect to submit a separate application requesting approval of the variance or direction of the issuance of a permit and a subsequent application for any required approval for a subdivision, site plan or conditional use. The separate approval of the variance or direction of the issuance of a permit shall be conditioned upon grant of all required subsequent approvals by the Planning Board. No such subsequent approval shall be granted unless the approval can be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantial impairment of the intent and purpose of the zone plan and the zoning provisions of this chapter.

§ 148-94 Provisions applicable to both the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Conflicts of interest. No regular or alternate member of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment shall act on any matter in which he has either directly or indirectly any personal or financial interest. Whenever any such member shall disqualify himself from acting on a particular matter, he shall not continue to sit with the Board on the hearing or participate with the Board as a Board member on such matter nor participate in any discussion or decision relating thereto.

Meetings.

Meetings of both the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be scheduled no less than once a month, and any meeting so scheduled shall be held as scheduled unless canceled for lack of applications for development to process.

Special meetings may be provided for at the call of the Chairman or on the request of any two Board members, which meetings shall be held on notice to its members and the public in accordance with all applicable legal requirements.

No action shall be taken at any meeting without a quorum being present, said quorum to be the majority of the full authorized membership of the Board.

All actions shall be taken by majority vote of the members of the Board present at the meeting except as otherwise required by a provision of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. A member of the Board who was absent for one or more of the meetings at which a hearing was held shall be eligible to vote on a matter upon which the hearing was conducted, notwithstanding his absence from one or more of the meetings; provided, however, that such Board member has available to him the transcript or recording of all of the hearing from which he was absent and certifies in writing to the Board that he has read such transcript or listened to such recording.

All regular meetings and all special meetings shall be open to the public, except as provided in the Open Public Meeting Law, c. 231, Laws of New Jersey, 1975. Notice of all such meetings shall be given in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meeting Law, c. 231, Laws of New Jersey, 1975.

Public hearings.

The Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, shall hold a hearing on each application for development. Each Board shall make rules governing such hearings.

Any maps and documents for which approval is sought at a hearing shall be on file and available for public inspection at least 10 days before the date of the hearing during normal business hours in the office of the Administrative Officer. The applicant may produce any documents, records or testimony at a hearing to substantiate or clarify or supplement the previously filed maps and documents.

The officer presiding at the hearings, or such person as he may designate, shall have the power to administer oaths and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant evidence, including witnesses and documents presented by the parties and the provisions of the County and Municipal Investigations Law, P.L. 1953, c. 38, N.J.S.A. 2A:67A-1 et seq., shall apply.

The testimony of all witnesses relating to an application for development shall be taken under oath or affirmation by the presiding officer or such other person as he may designate and the right of cross-examination shall be permitted to all interested parties through their attorneys, if represented, or directly, if not represented, subject to the discretion of the presiding officer and reasonable limitations as to time and number of witnesses.

Technical rules of evidence shall not be applicable to the hearing, but the Board may exclude irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence.

Public notice of a hearing.

Public notice of a hearing shall be given for the following applications.

(a)

Any request to hear and decide appeals in accordance with 40:55D-70a;

(b)

Any requests for an interpretation in accordance with 40:55D-70b;

(c)

Any request for a variance;

(d)

Any request for conditional use approval;

(e)

Any request for issuance of a permit to build within the bed of a mapped street or public drainageway on a lot not abutting a street [see § 148-90G(1) and (2)];

(f)

Any request for site plan and/or subdivision approval involving one or more of the aforesaid elements;

(g)

Any request for preliminary approval of a major subdivision and/or preliminary major site plan; and

(h)

Any request for approval of a planned development.

The Secretary of the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, shall notify the applicant at least two weeks prior to the public hearing at which the application will be discussed. Notice of a hearing requiring public notice shall be given by the applicant at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing in the following manner:

(a)

By publication in an official newspaper of the Township, if there is one, or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township in the absence of an official newspaper.

(b)

By notification by personal service or certified mail to the following. An affidavit of proof of the giving of the required notice shall be filed by the applicant with the municipal agency at, or prior to, the hearing. It is not required that a return receipt is obtained; notice is deemed complete upon mailing (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-14).

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To all owners of real property as shown on the current tax duplicate, located in the state and within 200 feet in all directions of the property which is the subject of the hearing, provided that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied by notice to the whose unit has a unit above or below it or horizontal property regime, in the case of any co-owner whose apartment has an apartment above or below it.

[a]

Notice to a partnership owner may be made by service upon any partner.

[b]

Notice to a corporate owner may be made by service upon its president, a vice president, secretary or other person authorized by appointment or by law to accept service on behalf of the corporation.

[c]

Notice to a condominium association, horizontal property regime, community trust or homeowners' association, because of its ownership of common elements or areas located within 200 feet of the property which is the subject of the hearing, may be made in the same manner as to a corporation without further notice to unit owners, co-owners or homeowners on account of such common elements or areas.

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To the Clerk of any adjoining municipality or municipalities when the property involved is located within 200 feet of said adjoining municipality or municipalities.

[3]

To the Hunterdon County Planning Board when the application for development involves property adjacent to an existing county road or proposed road as shown on the County Official Map or County Master Plan, adjoining other county land or situated within 200 feet of a municipality boundary.

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To the Commissioner of Transportation of the State of New Jersey when the property abuts a state highway.

[5]

To the Director of the State Planning Commission when the hearing involves an application for the development of property which exceeds 150 acres or 500 dwelling units, in which case the notice shall include a copy of any maps or documents required to be filed with the Township.

(c)

Upon the written request of an applicant, the Office of Code Enforcement shall, within seven days, make and certify a list from current tax duplicates of names and addresses of owners within the Township to whom the applicant is required to give notice. The applicant shall be charged $0.25 per name or $10, whichever is greater, for said list and shall be entitled to rely upon the information contained in such list, and failure to give notice to any lot owner not on the list shall not invalidate any hearing or proceeding. Additionally, the applicant shall be responsible for giving proper notice to all property owners pursuant to § 148-94D(2)(b) above who do not reside within the Township.

(d)

The notice shall state the date, time and place of the hearing and the nature of the matters to be considered and an identification of the property proposed for development by street address, if any, and by reference to lot and block numbers as shown on the current tax duplicate in the Township Tax Assessor's office and the location and times at which any maps or documents for which approval is sought are available for inspection.

Records.

Minutes of every regular or special meeting shall be kept and shall include the names of the persons appearing and addressing the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment and of any persons appearing by attorney, the action taken by the Planning or Zoning Board, the findings, if any, made by it and the reasons therefor. The minutes shall thereafter be made available, after approval by the Board, for public inspection during the normal business hours at the office of the Administrative Officer. Any interested party shall have the right to compel production of the minutes for use as evidence in any legal proceedings concerning the subject matter of such minutes. Such interested party shall be charged a reasonable fee for the reproduction of the minutes, as indicated in § 148-104 of this chapter.

A verbatim recording shall be made of every hearing. The recording of the proceedings shall be made either by stenographer, mechanical or electrical means. The municipality shall furnish a transcript or duplicate recording in lieu thereof on request to any interested party at his expense, provided that the charge for a transcript shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted in N.J.S.A. 2A:11-15,[1] and as indicated in § 148-104 of this chapter. Each transcript shall be certified in writing by the transcriber to be accurate.

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Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 2A:11-15 was repealed by L. 1991, c. 49, § 4.

Decisions.

Each decision on any application for development shall be reduced to writing by the Board and shall include findings of facts and conclusions based thereon.

The Board shall provide the findings and conclusions through:

(a)

A resolution adopted at a meeting held within the time period provided in this chapter for action by the Board on the application for development; or

(b)

A memorializing resolution adopted at a meeting held no later than 45 days after the date of the meeting at which the Board voted to grant or deny approval. Only the members of the Board who voted for the action taken may vote on the memorializing resolution, and the vote of a majority of such members present at the meeting at which resolution is presented for adoption shall be sufficient to adopt the resolution. An action pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-9 (resulting from the failure of a motion to approve an application) shall be memorialized by resolution as provided above, with those members voting against the motion for approval being the members eligible to vote on the memorializing resolution.

The vote on any memorializing resolution shall be deemed to be a memorialization of the action of the Board and not to be an action of the Board; however, the date of the adoption of the resolution shall constitute the date of the decision for purposes of the mailings, filings and publications required in § 148-96 of this chapter and for tolling the time of approval and the period of protection that the approval provides.

If the Board fails to adopt a resolution or memorializing resolution as hereinabove specified, any interested party may apply to the Superior Court in a summary manner for an order compelling the Board to reduce its findings and conclusions to writing within a stated time, and the cost of the application, including attorneys fees, shall be assessed against the municipality.

Variance time limitations. Any variance from the terms of § 148-90C (40:55D-70c) or § 148-90D (40:55D-70d) granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment or the Planning Board permitting the erection or alteration of any structure or structures or permitting specified use of any premises shall expire by limitation unless such construction or alteration shall have been actually commenced on each and every structure permitted by said variance or unless such permitted use has actually been commenced, within 12 months from the date of entry of the judgment or determination of the Zoning Board of Adjustment or Planning Board; except, however, that the running of the period of limitation herein provided shall be tolled from the date of filing an appeal from the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment to the governing body or to a court of jurisdiction for such appeal or proceeding. In the event that a site plan or subdivision is granted in connection with the variance, the time limitation of the variance shall be extended to coincide with the term of approval of the site plan or subdivision and permitted extensions of time if granted (see N.J.S.A. 40:55D-47, 40:55D-49 and 40:55D-52 for these time limitations).

Conditional approvals.

Effective date of approval. The date of the memorialization of the resolution shall be the effective date of conditional approvals and shall start the tolling of the time period of the approval.

Conditions subsequent. Whenever any application for development receives preliminary or final approval subject to conditions which by their terms are incapable of being fulfilled or are not required to be fulfilled prior to final approval of the application, the performance of which are not guaranteed by bonds or security of any type, such conditions subsequent being defined to include but not limited to those required by the Hunterdon County Planning Board, approvals to be issued by third party governmental agencies/entities such as the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, the Hunterdon County Soil Conservation District and any sewerage authority, failure to fulfill any of such conditions within 180 days from the date of final approval of the application for development shall be grounds for the issuance of a stop-work order by the enforcing official and the withholding of any zoning permit, certificate of occupancy or any other approval until such condition or conditions are fulfilled.

The date of preliminary or final approval of a development application subject to conditions subsequent shall be the date on which the relevant planning agency or the Board of Adjustment adopted its resolution of memorialization on the development approving same and shall be the date from which the six-month time period commences.

The fulfillment of all conditions shall be reported in writing to the municipal agency which may cause such reports to be verified in an appropriate manner. Only upon the fulfillment of all conditions shall any subdivision map or site plan be signed or any required building permit, occupancy permit, zoning permit or other required approval be issued.