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Borough of Tuckerton, NJ
Ocean County
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The final plat shall be submitted to the Planning Board within three years from the date of tentative approval.
The following documents or proofs shall be submitted with all final major subdivision plats:
A. 
Three copies of the final subdivision application forms.
B. 
Six copies of the final plat and final lot grading plan.
C. 
The final subdivision fee to cover the cost of review of the engineering drawings, final plat, site inspection, inspection of construction improvements and other related work required by the application, in the amount of $100 per lot.
D. 
Off-site drainage assessment fee, when required.
E. 
Proof of payment of all current taxes due and assessments for local improvements, if any.
F. 
The approval of the final plat by the Ocean County Planning Board.
G. 
A performance bond in cash or other surety satisfactory to the Planning Board, in accordance with a bond estimate prepared by the Borough Engineer, guaranteeing the construction of all remaining required improvements within two years of final approval.
H. 
A maintenance bond in surety form or cash equivalent to 15% of the value of all required improvements (said value as determined by the Borough Engineer) to remain in effect for a period of not less than two years from the date of final approval.
I. 
A certificate of title and certification of the owner consenting to the subdivision and filing of the plat.
The applicant shall submit all the required proofs or documents to the Secretary of the Planning Board. The Secretary shall then forward copies of the final plat and lot grading plans to the Borough Engineer for review and report. Upon receipt of the Borough Engineer's report, the Planning Board shall act on the final plat. The Planning Board shall act within 45 days of the date whereon the subdivider has complied with all actions required of him by this chapter. Failure of the Planning Board to act within the allotted time or a mutually agreed upon extension shall be deemed to be favorable action and the Borough Clerk shall issue a certificate to that effect.
The Borough Engineer shall review the final plat and report to the Planning Board as follows:
A. 
That he is in receipt of as-built plans and a certification from the developer showing all utilities and improvements in exact location and elevation and identifying those portions already installed and those to be installed.
B. 
That all improvements completed by the developer prior to submission of the final plat to the Planning Board have been inspected and approved by the Borough Engineer.
C. 
That the subdivider has installed all improvements in accordance with the requirements of these regulations.
D. 
That the submitted final plat conforms exactly to the preliminary plat as approved by the Planning Board or the recommendation of the submission of a revised preliminary plat if the final plat does not so conform.
The final plat shall be clearly and legibly drawn on a reproducible tracing base. Any map which in the opinion of the Borough Engineer is not clear and legible shall be returned to the applicant without action by the Planning Board. Final plats shall be drawn to a scale commensurate with the size of the property being subdivided but in no instance shall it be less than one inch equals 100 feet unless approval is obtained from the Borough Engineer. All plats shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or land surveyor in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
The following information shall be shown on all final plats:
A. 
A title box showing the tract name and section, if any; Tax Map block and lot numbers; the map date showing the month, day and year; and a revision box and graphic scale.
B. 
Planning Board approval block.
C. 
The zone of the property being subdivided, together with a tabulation of the minimum zoning requirements of lot width, depth, frontage and area, and front, side and rear setbacks.
D. 
The entire tract acreage to the nearest hundredth of an acre.
E. 
The total number of building lots created by the subdivision.
F. 
The name and address of the subdivider and the name and address of the owner, together with a certification by the owner attesting to his ownership and consenting to the subdivision.
G. 
The tax block and lot numbers of all adjacent lands.
H. 
Reference meridian.
I. 
A key map at an appropriate scale showing the subdivision in relation to surrounding major arteries and waterways.
J. 
Complete survey boundary information.
K. 
All existing streets within and contiguous to the proposed subdivision showing the name, width and established center line.
L. 
All existing easements, rights-of-way and other reserved lands within the subdivision showing width, purpose and grantee.
M. 
All proposed street dedications, easements and rights-of-way showing the location, width, purpose and grantee and all other reserved lands indicating the size and proposed use.
N. 
All existing buildings and watercourses.
O. 
The proposed street names and lot and block numbers which shall be approved by the Borough Engineer.
P. 
The dimensions of each and every lot within the subdivision.
Q. 
All monumentation, both existing and proposed.
R. 
Complete curve data for all street center lines showing the identification number, radius, central angle, tangent length, curve length and chord length.
S. 
The setback lines from all streets properly dimensioned.
T. 
Certification as follows:
(1) 
The Municipal Engineer attesting to conformance with the Map Filing Law[1] and applicable regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.9 et seq.
(2) 
A land surveyor attesting to the accuracy of the map and survey and the status of monuments shown on the plat.
(3) 
The Planning Board attesting to approval of the map, the time limit for filing, the bonding of the monument when such is the case and approval of the street layout without obligation for acceptance.
(4) 
The owner's certification attesting to ownership and consenting to the subdivision and filing thereof.
The final lot grading plan shall be drawn to the same scale as the preliminary plat and shall show the following information:
A. 
All streets and lots within the proposed subdivision, including lot and block numbers. Lot dimensions shall also be shown when they do not obscure the legibility of the other information.
B. 
The existing ground contours at the same interval required for the preliminary plan.
C. 
All surface improvements properly delineating between constructed and to be constructed.
D. 
All storm drainage.
E. 
The as-built center line and the top of curb elevations every 50 feet along all streets.
F. 
The graphic location of all proposed buildings showing type, finished floor elevation, garage elevation and type of foundation (basement, crawl space, slab).
G. 
The proposed elevations at all lot corners, house corners, swales and other locations sufficient to clearly establish the direction of surface runoff from all lot areas.
H. 
Except when permitted otherwise by the Borough Engineer, proposed contours at the same interval as existing contours.
Upon favorable action by the Planning Board, the applicant shall submit the original tracing to the Secretary. The Secretary shall obtain the signatures of the Borough Engineer and Planning Board Chairman and shall endorse all remaining certifications shown on the final plat and return the original tracing, together with a copy of the approving resolution, to the applicant. The applicant shall then file the final plat with the county recording officer and afterwards submit a duplicate original tracing and eight prints of the approved plat, together with a statement from the applicant's engineer that these are true copies of the plat approved by the Planning Board, on which is shown the filing information, to the Secretary who will retain the duplicate original in the Planning Board files and distribute copies to the following:
A. 
Borough Clerk.
B. 
Borough Engineer.
C. 
Tax Assessor.
D. 
Tax Collector.
E. 
Building Inspector.
F. 
Zoning Officer.
G. 
School Board.
Upon filing of the final map, the developer may obtain building permits for all lots shown on the final plat.
No certificates of occupancy shall be issued until all inspections have been made pertaining to the individual structure and until all required improvements and individual site improvements have been completed.