Application for approval of a final plat or a final site plan shall be filed in accordance with § 166-58 and shall contain all the information prescribed in § 166-85 or 166-88, as the case may be. Said application shall be filed within the period prescribed in § 166-58B and may be for the whole or a section or sections of the preliminary plat or site plan, as the case may be. The application will be forwarded to the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment for processing as herein required.
If the application is in compliance with the general terms and conditions of the preliminary approval of said application, the Board shall schedule a hearing on the application pursuant to Article VI of this chapter. If the application is found to be deficient in any respect, the Board shall so inform the applicant and shall require the filing of an amended application, which shall be processed as in the case of the original application.
After the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, is satisfied that the proposed application, together with any conditions as imposed by said Board, meets all the conditions of preliminary approval, it shall grant final approval.
If final approval is granted, copies of the plat or site plan shall be signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Board granting said approval, and the Secretary shall file the approved plans with the following;
A. 
Township Clerk.
B. 
Township Engineer.
C. 
Building Inspector.
D. 
Tax Assessor.
E. 
County Planning Board.
[Amended 12-11-1997 by Ord. No. 34-97]
A. 
The zoning requirements applicable to the preliminary approval first granted and all other right conferred upon the developer by preliminary approval, whether conditionally or otherwise, shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date on which the resolution of final approval is adopted, provided that in the case of a major subdivision the rights conferred herein shall expire if the plat has not been duly recorded within the time period provided herein.
B. 
If the developer has followed the standards prescribed for final approval and, in the case of a subdivision, has duly recorded the plat as required above, the Board may extend such period of protection for extensions of one year, but not to exceed three extensions. The developer may apply for an extension either before or after what would otherwise be the expiration date. Whenever the Board grants an extension of final approval and the final approval has expired before the date on which the extension is granted, the extension shall begin on what would otherwise be the expiration date.
C. 
In the case of a subdivision or site plan for a planned development of 50 acres or more, conventional subdivision or site plan for 150 acres or more or site plan for development of a nonresidential floor area of 200,000 square feet or more, the Board may grant the rights referred to in Subsection A above for such period of time, longer than two years, as shall be determined by the Board to be reasonable taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under final approval, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development. The developer may apply for thereafter, and the Board may thereafter grant, an extension of final approval for such additional period of time as shall be determined by the Board to be reasonable taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under final approval, the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area remaining to be developed, economic conditions and comprehensiveness of the development.
D. 
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the granting of final approval to the development or section of the development terminates the time period of protection for the preliminary approval granted to the same development or section of the development.
A. 
Final approval of a major subdivision shall expire 95 days from the date of signing of the plat unless within such period the plat shall have been duly filed by the developer with the county recording officer. The Board may, for good cause shown, extend the period of recording for an additional period not to exceed 190 days from the date of signing of the plat. Furthermore, the Board may extend the ninety-five-day or one-hundred-ninety-day filing period if the developer proves to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board that the developer was barred or prevented, directly or indirectly, from filing because of delays in obtaining legally required approvals from other governmental or quasi-governmental entities and that the developer applied promptly for and diligently pursued the required approvals. The length of the extension shall be equal to the period of delay caused by the wait for the required approvals, as determined by the Board.
[Amended 12-11-1997 by Ord. No. 34-97]
B. 
No subdivision plat shall be accepted for filing by the county recording officer until it has been approved by the Planning Board, as indicated on the instrument by the signature of the Chairman and Secretary of the Planning Board, or a certificate has been issued pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 291.[1] The signatures of the Chairman and Secretary of the Planning Board shall not be affixed until the developer has posted the guaranties required pursuant to §§ 166-63 through 166-71. If the county recording officer records any plat without such approval, such recording shall be deemed null and void.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to permit the issuance of a building permit on any lot in a subdivision or on any lot requiring site plan approval until final approval as heretofore required is granted by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, and properly filed by the county recording officer in Morris County as herein required.