[Amended 1-26-1987 by Ord. No. 1079]
There is hereby established pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq. a Planning Board of seven members consisting of the
following four classes:
B. Class II. One of the officials of the Borough, other
than a member of the Borough Council, to be appointed by the Mayor.
C. Class III. A member of the Borough Council, to be
appointed by it.
D. Class IV. Four other citizens of the Borough, to be
appointed by the Mayor. The members or alternate members of Class
IV shall hold no other Borough office, position or employment.
[Amended 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291]
[Amended 2-8-1982 by Ord. No. 962]
A. The term of the member composing Class I shall correspond
with his or her 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.
B. The terms of all Class IV members, excepting alternate
members as hereinafter provided, first appointed pursuant to this
chapter, shall be so determined that to the greatest practicable extent
the expiration of such terms shall be distributed evenly over the
first four years after their appointment as determined by resolution
of the Borough Council; provided, however, that no term of any member
shall exceed four years; and further provided that nothing herein
shall affect the term of any present member of the Planning Board,
all of whom shall continue in office until the completion of the terms
for which they were appointed. Thereafter, all Class IV members excepting
alternate members as hereinafter provided shall be appointed for terms
of four years, except as otherwise hereinabove provided. All terms
shall run from January 1 of the year in which the appointment is made.
C. There shall also be appointed by the Mayor two alternate
members for Class IV members who shall meet the qualifications of
Class IV members of nine-member planning boards. The alternate members
shall be designated at the time of appointment as "Alternate No. 1"
and "Alternate No. 2." The terms of the alternate members shall be
for 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 in any one year; provided, however, that in no instance shall
the terms of alternate members first appointed exceed two years.
If a vacancy of any class shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment as provided in §
23-3 for the unexpired term.
The Planning Board shall elect a Chairperson
and Vice Chairperson from the members of Class IV and select a Secretary,
who may be either a member of the Planning Board or a Borough employee
designated by it.
There is hereby created the office of Planning
Board Attorney. The Planning Board may annually appoint, fix the compensation
of or agree upon the rate of compensation of the Planning Board Attorney,
who shall be an attorney other than the Borough Attorney.
The Planning Board may also employ or contract
for the services of experts and other staff and services as it may
deem necessary. The Board shall not, however, exceed, exclusive of
gifts or grants, the amount appropriated by the Borough Council for
its use.
[Amended 1-26-1987 by Ord. No. 1079]
A. The Planning Board is authorized to adopt bylaws governing
its procedural operation. It shall also have the following powers
and duties:
(1) To make and adopt and from time to time amend a Master
Plan for the physical development of the Borough, including any areas
outside its boundaries which in the Board's judgment bear essential
relation to the planning of the Borough, in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
(2) To administer the provisions of Chapter
192, Subdivision of Land, and Chapter
192, Subdivision of Land, of the Borough in accordance with the provisions of such ordinances and the Municipal Land Use Law of 1975, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
(3) To approve conditional use applications in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
230, Zoning, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
[Added 9-28-1997 by Ord. No. 1291]
(4) To participate in the preparation and review of programs
or plans required by state or federal law or regulations.
(5) To assemble data on a continuing basis as part of
a continuous planning process.
(6) When authorized by the Borough Council, from time
to time, to prepare a program of Borough capital improvement projects
projected over a period of six years, and amendments thereto, and
recommend such to the Borough Council.
(7) To consider and make report to the Borough Council
within 35 days after referral as to any proposed development regulation
submitted to it pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26a
and also pass upon other matters specifically referred to the Planning
Board by the Borough Council pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40:55D-26b.
(8) Whenever a proposed development requires the approval
pursuant to the Code of the Borough of Glen Rock of a subdivision,
site plan or conditional use, but not a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-70, to grant, to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions
as the Zoning Board of Adjustment, variances pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-70c.
(9) To perform such other advisory duties as are assigned
to it by ordinance or resolution of the Borough Council for the aid
and assistance of the Borough Council or other agencies or officers.
B. The developer may elect to submit a separate application requesting approval of the variance or direction of the issuance of a permit and subsequent application for any required approval of 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 the 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 or purpose of the zone plan and Chapter
230, Zoning.
The Mayor may appoint one or more persons as
a Citizen Advisory Committee to assist or collaborate with the Planning
Board in its duties, but such person or persons shall have no power
to vote or take other action required of the Board. Such person or
persons shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions and purposes
of this chapter. In the issuance of subpoenas, administration of oaths
and taking of testimony, the provisions of the County and Municipal
Investigations Law of 1953, N.J.S.A. 2A:67A-1 et seq., shall apply.