A.
Municipal Land Use Law terms. Unless the context clearly otherwise provides, terms used in this chapter which are defined within N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. shall be given the meanings and be defined in accordance with that statute, and the meanings and definitions provided by that statute are incorporated within this chapter by reference.
B. REZONING REZONING APPLICATION
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Refers to the amendment or other alteration to any development regulation in existence within the Township of Mansfield through the legislative act of the Township of Mansfield's Township Committee by ordinance, resolution or motion, as those terms are defined by N.J.S.A. 40:49-1, which is proposed by the Township Committee, other agencies or boards of the Township of Mansfield, residents of the Township or other persons or entities having an interest in the development of land within the Township of Mansfield and which is proposed or initiated for consideration during the time periods between the date reports are issued by the Township's Consolidated Land Use Board in its periodic reexamination of the community's Master Plan required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-89. This term shall not include any amendment or other alteration to any development regulation which is recommended in the periodic report required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-89d, the Township Committee finding that those amendments or alterations would be developed from a comprehensive review of the community's Master Plan and, therefore, should be free from the procedures set forth in this chapter.
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Refers to an application for rezoning.
(1)
The application shall include a document, approved as to form by resolution of the Township's Consolidated Land Use Board, which states:
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(a)
The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(b)
The nature of the amendment or other alteration sought to the development regulations.
(c)
A brief narrative statement concerning the impact and effect which the proposed amendment or alteration would have on the goals, objectives, policies and assumptions set forth in the most recently adopted Master Plan of the community.
(d)
A brief narrative statement concerning whether and how the proposed amendment or alteration will further any of the purposes sought to be advanced under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-2, through the adoption of development regulations.
(e)
A brief narrative statement concerning whether and how the proposed amendment or alteration meets the general health, safety and welfare concerns of the community or the region of which it is a part and a brief narrative statement concerning why the purposes sought to be advanced by the amendment or alteration could not be addressed in a statutorily recognized application for development and why the purposes sought to be advanced by the amendment or alteration cannot await consideration during the next periodic reexamination of the Master Plan under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-89.
(2)
The applicant shall affix to the document a statement providing the specific language which he seeks adopted as an amendment or alteration to the development regulations, which shall be presented in an ordinance format and specifically address each section of the existing development regulations sought to be amended.
(3)
If the proposed amendment or alteration affects specific property within the Township, the document:
(a)
Shall, in addition to the above, contain the address, block and lot description, size, dimensions and current zoning district designation of the property in issue.
(b)
Shall further contain a narrative statement concerning whether the applicant is the owner of the site and, if not, whether the owner consents to the application and, if not, the nature of the applicant's interest in the application which warrants its consideration by the Township.
(c)
Shall also contain a narrative description of all uses and/or physical features currently in existence on the property in question and on all properties within 200 feet of any point of the property in question and the impact which the proposed amendment or alteration will have on those existing uses or physical features.
(d)
Further, shall contain a narrative description of the impact which the proposed amendment or alteration will have on any regional or indigenous need for low- to moderate-income housing, how this need was determined and what the extent of this need is.
(4)
If the proposed amendment or alteration affects the specific property within the Township, the application shall be accompanied by a plan, drawn, in accordance with the preliminary subdivision and/or site plan standards contained within existing land development regulations, to indicate potential development proposals on the lands in question in accordance with the proposed amendment or revisions, provided that every applicant, by letter request made prior to the filing of an application, may seek from the Township's Consolidated Land Use Board a waiver of any requirement contained within those standards. The Township Consolidated Land Use Board, if it determines that any information required by a preliminary subdivision and/or site plan is unnecessary for its evaluation of the application, shall grant the waiver sought. It is noted that the above plan shall not be deemed to bind either the applicant or the Township on any subsequent development application, but is required merely to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed development in accordance with the requested amendment or alteration and the impact which such development will have on adjacent properties, the zoning district in issue and the goals, objectives, policies and assumptions set forth in the Township's Master Plan.
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