[Amended 7-3-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-19; 9-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-25; 12-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-18; 12-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-30; 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-16]
A. 
There is hereby adopted, pursuant to the provisions of Section 23 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32), a document known as the "Official Map of the Township of Florence," prepared by Environmental Resolutions, Inc., dated August 30, 2022.
[Amended 10-5-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-13]
B. 
The Official Map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location and width of streets and public drainageways and the location and extent of flood-control basins and public areas, whether or not such streets, ways, basins or areas are improved or unimproved or are in actual physical existence. Upon receiving an application for development, the Township may reserve for future use the aforesaid streets, ways, basins and areas in the manner provided by applicable laws of the State of New Jersey and the Code of the Township of Florence.
For purposes of preserving the integrity of the Official Map, no permit shall be issued for any building or structure in the bed of any street or public drainageway, flood control basin or public area reserved pursuant to § 91-41 of this chapter as shown on the Official Map or shown on a plat filed pursuant to this chapter before adoption of the Official Map, except as provided herein. Whenever one or more parcels of land, upon which is located the bed of such mapped street or public drainageway, flood control basin or public area reserved pursuant to § 91-41 hereof, cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a building permit is granted, the Board of Adjustment may, in a specific case, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the full authorized membership of the Board, direct the issuance of a permit for a building or structure in the bed of such mapped street, public drainageway, flood control basin or public area reserved pursuant to § 91-41 hereof, which will, as little as practicable, increase the cost of opening such street or tend to cause a minimum change to the Official Map, and the Board shall impose reasonable requirements as a condition of granting the permit so as to promote the health, morals, safety and general welfare of the public. Sections 91-152 through 91-155 of this chapter shall apply to applications or appeals pursuant to this section.
No lot shall be created by approval of a subdivision application and no permit for the erection of a building or structure shall be issued unless the lot abuts a street giving access to such proposed building or structure. Such street shall have been duly placed on the Official Map or shall be an existing state, county or municipal street or highway or a street shown upon a plat approved by the Planning Board or a street on a plat duly filed in the office of the County Clerk of Burlington County prior to the passage of this chapter or its predecessor or any prior law which required prior approval of plats by the governing body or other authorized body. Before any such permit shall be issued, such street shall have been certified to be suitably improved to the satisfaction of the governing body, or such suitable improvement shall have been assured by means of a performance guaranty in accordance with standards and specifications for road improvements approved by the governing body as adequate with respect to the public health, safety and general welfare of the special circumstances of the particular street.
Where the enforcement of § 91-43 hereof would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship or where the circumstances of the case do not require the building or structure to be related to a street, the Board of Adjustment may, upon application or appeal, vary the application of § 91-43 hereof and direct the issuance of a permit, subject to conditions that will provide adequate access for fire-fighting equipment, ambulance and other emergency vehicles necessary for the protection of health and safety and that will protect any future street layout shown on the Official Map or a general circulation plan element of the Municipal Master Plan pursuant to § 91-36B(4) of this chapter. Sections 91-152 through 91-155 of this chapter shall apply to applications or appeals pursuant to this section. The Zoning Board  of Adjustment may not grant relief from street improvement requirements for lots yet to be created as a result of subdivision approval.