Following receipt of the completed application
with the required fee, the Secretary of the Planning Board or Zoning
Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, shall notify the applicant
within 45 days. The reviewing Board shall:
A.
Review and grant or deny site plan approval within
45 days in the case of developments of 10 acres or less, unless applicant
is also seeking relief subject to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60, in which case
the Board shall grant or deny within 95 days. In either case the time
may be extended if agreed to by the developer.
B.
If the development is of 10 acres or more, the reviewing
Board shall grant or deny site plan approval within 95 days of receipt
of a completed application unless an extension is consented to by
the developer.
C.
If the application has been submitted to the Zoning
Board of Adjustment pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-76b, the Board shall
grant or deny site plan approval within 120 days of receipt of a completed
application unless an extension is consented to by the developer.
D.
If the reviewing Board requires substantial changes
in the site plan presented as a result of a public hearing, an amended
application shall be submitted and processed in the same manner as
the original application.
E.
If the reviewing Board fails to reach a decision within
the specific time periods or extensions, approval of the site plan
as submitted shall result.
F.
The Board and the developer may discuss a plat informally
prior to submission of a completed preliminary site plan application
for purposes of exchanging ideas, neither side bound by the discussion.
After preliminary approval, which shall be by
resolution of the respective reviewing Board, the general terms and
conditions of that approval shall not change for a period of three
years, although the applicant may file for final approval prior to
that date and may receive an extension of one year and not more than
two years, provided that standards revised in the interim are complied
with.
The developer shall submit nine copies of the
final plat to the Secretary of the appropriate Board, which includes
and is accompanied by the following:
A.
A site plan in final form, including all of the information
shown on the preliminary plat along with the conditions of preliminary
approval and any proposed dedication of streets or improvements.
B.
The performance guaranties approved by the Borough
Solicitor in an amount sufficient to cover the completion of improvements.
C.
A statement from the Borough Engineer that construction
plans for streets, drainage and other facilities comply with Borough
standards.
Following receipt of a completed application
with the required fee, the appropriate Board will review and grant
or deny approval within 45 days or within such time as the applicant
consents to. Failure to do so will result in approval.
After final approval is granted, which shall
be by resolution of the appropriate body, the general terms and conditions
of that approval, including applicable zoning rights, shall not change
for a period of two years and may be extended by the reviewing Board
not more than three times for a period of one year.
Time limits for both preliminary and final approval
may be extended for planned developments of over 50 acres upon review
of the Planning Board, subject to development size and comprehensiveness
and/or economic conditions.
