[Amended 8-14-1969; 4-22-1993 by Ord. No. 0-1-93]
A. The final plat shall be submitted to the Municipal
Clerk for forwarding to the Joint Planning Board for final approval
within three years from the date of preliminary approval. The Municipal
Clerk shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Joint Planning
Board upon receipt of a final plat, and the Joint Planning Board shall
act upon the final plat within 45 days after the date of submission
for final approval to the Municipal Clerk.
B. The original tracing, one translucent tracing, cloth
copy, two cloth prints, six black-on-white prints and three copies
of the application form for final approval shall be submitted to the
Secretary of the Joint Planning Board at least two weeks prior to
the date of a regular meeting of the Joint Planning Board. At the
time of submission, fees are to be paid to the Township Clerk by the
applicant as follows: A filing fee of $500 plus $100 per lot. Unless
the preliminary plat has been approved without changes, the final
plat shall incorporate all changes or modifications required by the
Joint Planning Board.
[Amended 8-26-2004 by Ord. No. 0-9-04]
C. The final plat shall be accompanied by a statement
by the Municipal Engineer that he is in receipt of a map showing all
utilities in exact location and elevation, identifying those portions
already installed and those to be installed, and that the subdivider
has complied with one or both of the following:
(1)
Installed all improvements in accordance with
the requirements of these regulations.
(2)
A performance guaranty has been posted with
the Township Clerk in sufficient amount to assure the completion of
all required improvements.
D. Any plat which requires County Planning Board approval
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-12 shall be forwarded to the County Planning Board for its
action prior to final approval by the Joint Planning Board.
E. If the Joint Planning Board approves the final plat,
a notation to that effect shall be made on each plat and shall be
signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Joint Planning Board.
F. Failure of the Joint Planning Board to act within
the allotted time or a mutually agreed upon extension shall be deemed
to be favorable approval, and the Municipal Clerk shall issue a certificate
to that effect.
G. Upon final approval, copies of the final plat shall
be filed by the Joint Planning Board with the following:
(6)
Official issuing certificates for approved lots.
H. Expiration of approval.
(1)
Except as provided hereinbelow, approval of
a major subdivision shall expire 95 days from the date of signing
of the plat unless within such period the plat shall have been duly
filed by the developer with the county recording officer. The Joint
Planning Board may, for good cause shown, extend the period for recording
for an additional period not to exceed 190 days from the date of the
signing of the plat.
(2)
The Joint Planning Board may extend the ninety-five-day
or one-hundred-ninety-day period if the developer proves to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Joint Planning Board that the developer was barred
or prevented, directly or indirectly, from filing because of delays
in obtaining legally required approvals from other governmental or
quasi-governmental entities and that the developer applied promptly
for and diligently pursued the required approvals. The length of the
extension shall be equal to the period of delay caused by the wait
for the required approvals, as determined by the Joint Planning Board.
The developer may apply for the extension either before or after what
would otherwise be the expiration date.
I. No plat shall be accepted for filing by the county
recording officer unless it has been duly approved by the Joint Planning
Board and signed by the Chairman, Acting Chairman or Secretary.