Any applicant desiring to subdivide lands in
the township shall first present to the Land Use Board Engineer a
sketch showing the entire contiguous lands owned by the applicant
with their dimensions. The Land Use Board Engineer shall immediately
classify the proposed subdivision and give to the applicant forms
for subdivision application for a major or minor subdivision as the
case may be. The application, completed in full, together with written
authorization of the record owner of the lands in question, shall
be submitted to the Land Use Board Engineer at least 60 calendar days,
in the case of major subdivision application, and 40 calendar days,
in the event of a minor subdivision application, prior to the date
upon which action by the Planning Board shall be desired. The application
shall be accompanied by the required fee as set forth. No application
shall be received unless and until it has received approval from the
Ocean County Planning Board. In addition, the materials set forth
below shall accompany all subdivision applications.
A. Minor subdivision applications. Minor subdivision
applications, in addition to the material set forth above, shall be
accompanied by the following:
(1) One linen tracing or equivalent plastic drafting film.
(2) Sixteen copies of the proposed plat.
(3) An official tax search by the official tax search
officer of the township, dated within 10 days of the submission of
the application.
B. Major subdivision applications. Major subdivision
applications, in addition to the materials hereinabove set forth,
shall be accompanied by the following:
(1) One linen tracing or equivalent plastic drafting film.
(2) One clear plastic tracing reduction eight by eleven
(8 x 11) inches.
(3) Sixteen prints of the proposed plat, showing plans,
profiles and cross-sections of all grading, paving roads, sidewalks,
storm and sanitary sewers and appurtenances, water mains, gas mains,
bridges, street signs and connections to existing or proposed utilities,
all in mean sea level datum.
(4) An official tax search by the official tax search
officer of the township, dated within 10 days of the submission of
the application.
C. Disclosure of deed restriction and restrictive covenants
in major and minor subdivision applications. Applications for minor
subdivision and/or major subdivision shall include as part of the
application copies of all deed restrictions, and restrictive covenants
pertaining to the property proposed to be divided by subdivision and
any notices required to be sent to property owners within 200 feet
in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et
seq., shall include any deed restrictions or restrictive convenants
of record which have been filed with the application and shall state
that they are available for inspection in the office of the Clerk
of the Board during normal business hours.
[Added 11-15-1985 by Ord. No. 85-22C]
All applications shall contain a certification
by the applicant's licensed engineer or licensed land surveyor that
the proposed subdivision complies in all respects with all ordinances
of the township. The Township Engineer may, in his or her discretion,
request that the applicant's licensed engineer or licensed land surveyor
supply a graphic presentation or representation showing, in accordance
with engineering standards, that the application complies in any particular
respect questioned by the Township Engineer.
The applicant shall comply with the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10 and any supplements and amendments thereto as
regards to the procedure for giving notice of any required public
hearing. The applicant shall file with the Township Clerk at least
48 hours before the public hearing affidavits of mailing and publication
as hereinabove required.
A. The Planning Board shall approve or disapprove the
plat within a period of 45 days after filing of the application or
within such further time as the applicant shall agree. If the Planning
Board shall disapprove a plat, the reason for disapproval shall be
remedied prior to further consideration.
B. If the Planning Board acts favorably on a plat, the
Chairperson of the Planning Board shall affix his/her signature to
the plat with a notation that it has received tentative approval.
It shall then be returned to the subdivider for compliance with final
approval requirements.
C. Failure of the Planning Board to act within the allotted
time shall be deemed to constitute approval of the plat, and the Township
Clerk shall issue a certificate to that effect.
[Amended 5-2-1975 by Ord. No. 75-7C; 7-21-1978 by Ord. No. 78-20C; 7-6-1979 by Ord. No. 79-13C]
A. Fees for applications for minor subdivision, tentative approval and final approval shall be as set forth in Chapter
18, Land Use Procedures.
B. Holdover fees.
[Added 5-2-1975 by Ord. No. 75-7C; amended 2-1-1980 by Ord. No. 80-3C]
(1) Should an application be pending before the Planning
Board, whereby said application was submitted with a fee prescribed
by ordinance and in the interim, a fee schedule is amended to increase
the application fee, then said applicant shall be required to pay
the difference between the old fee schedule and the fee schedule which
is in effect at the time the application is finally heard and resolved.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection
B(1), any applicant who for any reason is compelled to holdover action on said application, there shall be an additional fee imposed as follows:
(a)
Seventy-five dollars for each application for
a minor subdivision.
(b)
One hundred fifty dollars for each application
for major subdivision.
C. Inspection fees. Each applicant shall be required to pay an inspection fee, which fee is set forth in Chapter
18, Land Use Procedures.
[Added 2-1-1980 by Ord. No. 80-3C]