No member of the Planning Board or Zoning Board
of Adjustment shall act on any matter in which he or she has, either
directly or indirectly, any personal or financial interest. Whenever
any such member shall disqualify himself or herself from acting on
a particular matter, he or she shall not continue to sit with the
Board on the hearing of such matter nor participate in any discussion
or decision relating thereto.
Minutes of every regular or special meeting
shall be kept and shall include the names of the persons appearing
and addressing the Board and of the persons appearing by attorney,
the action taken by the Board, the findings, if any, made by it and
the reasons therefor. The minutes shall thereafter be made available
for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of
the Municipal Clerk. Any interested party shall have the right to
compel production of the minutes for use and evidence in any legal
proceeding concerning the subject matter of such minutes. Such interested
party may be charged a fee for reproduction of the minutes for his
use as provided for in the rules of the Board.
Fees and documents for applications or for the
rendering of any service by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of
Adjustment or any member of their administrative staffs which are
not otherwise provided by this chapter may be provided for and adopted
as part of the rules of the Board, and copies of said rules or of
the separate fee and submission schedule shall be available to the
public.
[Amended 4-19-1990 by Ord. No. 90-16]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12c,
the administrative official of the municipality, the Building Inspector,
shall, within seven days after receipt of a request therefor and upon
receipt of payment of a fee not to exceed $0.25 per name or $10, whichever
is greater, make and certify a list from the current tax duplicate
of names and addresses of owners to whom the applicant is required
to give notice pursuant to § 160-34b of this chapter.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39
and 40:55D-65, every application for development submitted to the
Planning Board or to the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be accompanied
by proof that no taxes or assessments for local improvements are due
or delinquent on the property which is the subject of such application;
or, if it is shown that taxes or assessments are delinquent on said
property, any approvals or other relief granted by either Board shall
be conditioned upon either the prompt payment of such taxes or assessments
or the making of adequate provisions for the payment thereof in such
manner that the municipality will be adequately protected.