There is hereby established pursuant to P.L.
1975, c. 291, in the Township of Mount Laurel, a Planning Board of nine
members, consisting of the following four classes:
B. Class II: one of the officials of the municipality,
other than a member of the governing body, to be appointed by the
Mayor, provided that if there is an Environmental Commission, the
member of the Environmental Commission who is also a member of the
Planning Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 shall be deemed to
be the Class II Planning Board member if there is both a member of
the Zoning Board of Adjustment and a member of the Board of Education
among the Class IV members.
C. Class III: a member of the governing body, to be appointed
by it.
D. Class IV: six other citizens of the municipality,
to be appointed by the Council. The members of Class IV shall hold
no other municipal office, except that one member may be a member
of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and one may be a member of the Board
of Education. A member of the Environmental Commission who is also
a member of the Planning Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 shall
be a Class IV Planning Board member unless there be among the Class
IV members of the Planning Board both a member of the Zoning Board
of Adjustment and a member of the Board of Education, in which case
the member of the Environmental Commission shall be deemed to be the
Class IV member of the Planning Board.
[Added 5-19-1986 by Ord. No. 1986-14]
A. The Township Council hereby ordains and provides for
the existence of two alternate members to the Mount Laurel Township
Planning Board. Any such person or persons appointed as alternates
to the Mount Laurel Township Planning Board shall meet the qualifications
of Class IV members of the Planning Board.
B. At the time of the appointment by the Township Council
of the alternates, each alternate shall be designated as "Alternate
No. 1" or "Alternate No. 2," as the case may be.
C. The term of the alternate members shall be for two
years, except that the initial term of "Alternate No. 2" shall be
for a period of one year. Thereafter, one alternate membership on
the Planning Board will expire in each calendar year.
D. Any vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration
of the term of such alternates shall be filled by the appointing authority
for the unexpired term only.
E. No alternate member of the Planning Board shall be
permitted to act on any matter in which he or she has directly or
indirectly any personal or financial interest.
F. In the event that a choice must be made as to which
alternate member is to vote at a given Planning Board Meeting, Alternate
No. 1 shall vote.
G. Alternate members may participate in discussions of
the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification
of a regular member of any class.
If a vacancy of any class shall occur otherwise
than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment as above
provided for the unexpired term.
The Planning Board is authorized to adopt bylaws
governing its procedural operation. It shall also have the following
powers and duties:
A. To make and adopt and, from time to time, amend a
Master Plan for the physical development of the township, including
consideration of any areas outside its physical boundaries which in
the Board's judgment bear essential relation to the planning of the
township, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
B. To administer the provisions of the Land Subdivision
Ordinance, the Site Plan Review Ordinance, the P.A.R.C. Ordinance,
the Floodplain Ordinances, the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance
and applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, all in accordance
with the provisions of said ordinances and the Municipal Land Use
Law of 1975, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
C. To participate in the preparation and review of programs
or plans required by state or federal law or regulations.
D. To assemble data on a continuing basis as part of
a continuous planning process.
E. To annually prepare a program of municipal capital
improvement projects projected over a term of six years, and amendments
thereto, and recommend same to the governing body.
F. To consider and report to the governing body 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-26(a), and also
pass upon other matters specifically referred to the Planning Board
by the Township Council pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26(b).
G. When reviewing applications for approval of subdivision
plats, site plans or conditional uses, to grant, to the same extent
and subject to the same restrictions as the Zoning Board of Adjustment:
(1) Variances pursuant to Subsection 57c of Chapter 291,
Laws of New Jersey 1975 from lot area, lot dimensional, setback and yard requirements,
provided that such relief from lot area requirements shall not be
granted for more than one lot. Whenever relief is requested pursuant
to this subsection, notice of a hearing on the application for development
shall include reference to the request for a variance or direction
for issuance of a permit, as the case may be.
H. To hear and decide applications for a conditional
use. The term "conditional use" shall mean a use permitted in a particular
zoning district only upon the showing that such use in a specified
location will comply with the conditions and standards for the location
or operation of such use as contained in the Zoning Ordinance. All
uses contained in the Zoning Ordinance designated as "special exceptions"
shall be considered to be conditional uses.
I. To perform such other advisory duties as are assigned
to it by ordinance or resolution of the governing body for the aid
and assistance of the governing body or other agencies or officers.
[Amended 3-15-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-3]
A. All required review and approval powers over previously
approved planned unit development shall hereby be granted to the Planning
Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Mount Laurel.
The Mayor and Council of said township shall no longer have any jurisdiction
over said review, approval or enforcement of the ordinances of the
Township of Mount Laurel insofar as they relate to tentative and final
approvals of the previously approved planned unit developments, with
said transfer of jurisdiction being accomplished simultaneously with
the effective date of this amendment.
B. Variances which are part of a request for final site
plan(s) or subdivision approval(s) within planned unit developments
previously granted tentative approval that do not involve use variance
shall be under the jurisdiction of the Planning Board. All use variance,
sign applications, applications for decks and/or swimming pools and
bulk variances not part of an application for either final site plan(s)
or subdivision approval(s) within a planned unit development shall
be heard, reviewed and determined by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
C. All applications for commercially designated sites
shall be governed by the bulk area standards of the Business Zoning
District.