This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Carneys Point of 1978."
A. 
The adoption of this chapter shall not affect the status of any zoning permit heretofore issued or any of the terms and conditions thereof and shall, in no way, affect any prior act, ruling or decision of the Zoning Officer, Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or Township Committee or any pending appeal or any procedure which may hereafter be properly instituted to appeal any prior act, ruling or decision of such Zoning Officer, Board of Adjustment or Township Committee.
B. 
Any application for development filed prior to the effective date of this chapter and on which Township action is pending may be continued at the option of the reviewing board, under the previously applicable regulations only for the time period in which the Township is required to act according to the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law.[1]
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.