No member of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment shall
act on any matter in which he or she has, either directly or indirectly, any
personal or financial interest. Whenever any such member shall disqualify
himself or herself from acting on a particular matter, be shall not continue
to sit with the Board on the hearing of such matter nor participate in any
discussion or decision relating thereto.
A.
Each decision on any application for development shall
be set forth in writing as a resolution of the Board, which shall include
findings of fact and legal conclusions based thereon.
B.
A copy of the decision shall be mailed by the Board within
10 days of the date of decision to the applicant, or if represented, then
to his or her attorney, without separate charge. A copy of the decision shall
also be mailed to all persons who have requested it and who have paid the
fee prescribed by the Board for such service. A copy of the decision shall
also be filed in the office of the Municipal Clerk, who shall make a copy
of such filed decision available to any interested party upon payment of a
fee calculated in the same manner as those established for copies of other
public documents in the municipality.
C.
A brief notice of every final decision shall be published
in the officially designated newspaper of the municipality. Such publication
shall be arranged by the Secretary of the Planning Board as to final decisions
of such Board, or by the Secretary of the Zoning Board of Adjustment as to
final decisions of such Board, or by the Clerk of the Township as to decisions
of the Township Committee. The applicant shall pay a reasonable charge for
such publication. Said request for publication shall be delivered or sent
to the official newspaper for publication within 10 days of the date of any
such decision.
[Amended 4-10-1987 by Ord.
No. 87-17]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39 and 40:55D-65, every
application for development submitted to the Planning Board or to the Zoning
Board of Adjustment shall be accompanied by proof that no taxes or assessments
for local improvements are due or delinquent on the property which is the
subject of such application.[1]
