[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount
Laurel 7-18-1977 as Ord. No. 1977-8. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law and specifically
Article 5 thereof dealing with the Official Map (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq.),
there is hereby established as the Official Map of the Township of Mount Laurel
the map entitled "Official Map Township of Mount Laurel, Burlington County,
New Jersey," consisting of two sheets, with the first sheet dated July 11,
1968, with most recent revision by Richard A. Alaimo Associates dated March
30, 1977, and the second sheet entitled "Part of Official Map" as prepared
by M. Paul Austin Engineering Associates, Inc., dated November 17, 1969, with
most recent revision by Richard A. Alaimo Associates dated March 30, 1977.
The said map is hereby adopted as fully as if a replica of said map were printed
herewith, and the provisions of said map shall be controlling in all matters
relating to or affected by the statutes of the State of New Jersey dealing
with official maps.
The Official Map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location
and width of streets and public drainageways and the location and extent of
flood control basins and public areas, whether or not such streets, ways,
basins or areas are improved or unimproved or are in actual physical existence.
Upon receiving an application for development, the municipality may reserve
for future public use the aforesaid streets, ways, basins and areas in the
manner provided in Section 32 of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-44.
The establishment of the Official Map herein is hereby declared to be
for the purposes enumerated under Section 2 of the Municipal Land Use Law,
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-2, in general, and in particular those purposes which encourage
the location and design of transportation routes, promote the conservation
of open space and valuable natural resources, encourage the appropriate and
efficient expenditure of public funds by the coordination of public development
with land use policies and encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate
use or development of all lands in this municipality in a manner which will
promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
[Added 6-2-1980 by Ord. No. 1980-23]
A.
Design cross section.
(1)
Union Mill Parkway shall consist of two travel lanes,
each 13 feet in width, constructed to township specifications as set forth
in the most current amendment of the Subdivision Ordinance of the Township
of Mount Laurel[1] with respect to the quality and design of the paving, and two
ten-foot shoulders to be constructed of quarry-blend gravel installed to a
depth of six inches immediately adjacent to the travel lane, sidewalks to
be constructed three feet from the furthermost edge of the municipal right-of-way
unless located otherwise by the appropriate municipal entity or the Municipal
Engineer at the direction of the appropriate municipal entity. No curbs shall
be required unless a determination has been made by the appropriate municipal
entity or the Township Engineer with the consent of the appropriate municipal
entity that curbs are necessary in order to direct the surface water flow.
(2)
Acceleration and deceleration lanes may be required at
entrance drives to all developments, turning lanes, or other channelization
techniques may be required at existing intersecting streets. Storage lanes
and turning lanes may be required at intersections. "Developments" shall be
construed and/or defined as any construction requiring either a major subdivision
or major site plan approval.
B.
Right-of-way requirements.
(1)
An eighty-six-foot right-of-way shall be required. The
eighty-six-foot right-of-way shall be equal on both sides of the center line,
except that it will be offset on the inside of curves and in those cases where
existing development precludes use of the center line for establishment of
an eighty-six-foot right-of-way. Where use of the center line is precluded
as set forth above, the position of the realignment shall be determined by
the Township Engineer and based on providing a fifty-mile-per-hour curve.
(2)
Where property exceeding the above dimension has already
been dedicated on both sides of the road to the Township of Mount Laurel,
the township shall retain ownership of said excess. This section shall not
be deemed to be a vacation of the township's rights to the above right-of-way.
However, the township will vacate the township rights if the contiguous property
owner(s) requests same and if deemed appropriate by the Township Council.
(3)
Where property exceeding the above-prescribed right-of-way
has been dedicated to the Township of Mount Laurel on one side of the road,
the township shall continue to own it and use only what is required from the
other side, if practicable, or, in the alternative, realign the center line.
(4)
Where not enough property is taken on one side and that
side is already developed precluding additional dedication, the township shall
utilize whatever is necessary from the opposite side of the roadway. In no
case shall the use be more than that shown on the original map of Union Mill
Parkway dated November 1969, revised March 1977.
(5)
Where a proposed development is currently before a board
or agency of the Township of Mount Laurel and is between preliminary and final
stages, the township shall advise the developer of the new requirement, if
applicable, or continuance with his existing preliminary approval. No further
public hearing on the redesign of the preliminary plat shall be required of
the developer if he elects to use the new design and right-of-way requirements.
C.
Developer's improvements.
(1)
When a developer proposes to make improvements to his
property, he shall be required to make improvements to Union Mill Parkway
in accordance with the design set forth above or deposit a cash contribution
in an amount to be determined by the appropriate municipal entity.
(2)
The general policy for improvement of Union Mill Parkway
shall be that the improvement required of the developer for a major development
as defined above consist of two traffic lanes, two shoulders, one sidewalk
and storm drainage properly installed rather than widening to four lanes,
shoulder, curb and sidewalk as previously required. The improvements shall
be on that portion of the roadway abutting the site of the major development
and defined in Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42, as an on-tract
improvement. Off-tract improvements, if same are found to be required as a
result of the public hearing with respect to the major development, shall
be in such manner and form as are deemed appropriate by those sections of
the Municipal Land Use Law dealing with off-tract improvement, particularly
N.J.S.A. 40:55D42, and the appropriate ordinances of the Township of Mount
Laurel. With respect to off-tract improvements, the standards set forth above
shall be for guidance only and shall not be definitive or mandatory.
