No member of the Planning Board or Zoning Board
of Adjustment shall act on any matter in which he has either directly
or indirectly any personal or financial interest. Whenever any such
member shall disqualify himself from acting on a particular matter,
he shall not continue to sit with the Board on the hearing of such
matter nor participate in any discussion or decision relating thereto.
Minutes of every regular or special meeting
shall be kept and shall include the names of the persons appearing
and addressing the Board and of the persons appearing by attorney,
the action taken by the Board, the findings, if any, made by it and
reasons therefor. The minutes shall thereafter be made available for
public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the
Municipal Clerk. Any interested party shall nave the right to compel
production of the minutes for use as evidence in any legal proceeding
concerning the subject matter of such minutes. Such interested party
may be charged a fee for reproduction of the minutes for his use as
provided for in the rules of the Board.
Fees for applications or for the rendering of
any service by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment or
any member of their administrative staffs which are not otherwise
provided for by ordinance may be provided for and adopted as part
of the rules of the Board, and copies of said rules or of the separate
fee schedule shall be available to the public.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12c, the Tax Assessor of the Borough of Wanaque shall, within seven days after receipt of a request therefor and upon receipt of payment of a fee of $10, make and certify a list from the current tax duplicate of names and addresses of owners to whom the applicant is required to give notice pursuant to §
98-31 of this chapter.
A brief notice of every final decision shall
be published in the official newspaper of the municipality, if there
is one, or in a newspaper of general circulation in the borough. Such
publication shall be arranged by the Secretary of the Planning Board
or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, and the applicant
shall reimburse the borough for the cost thereof. Said notice shall
be sent to the official newspaper or other paper if there is no official
paper for publication within 10 days of the date of such decision.
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 Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be accompanied
by proof that no taxes or assessments are due or delinquent on property
which is the subject of such application; or if it is shown that taxes
or assessments are delinquent on said property, any approvals or other
relief granted by either Board shall be conditioned upon either the
prompt payment of such taxes or assessments or the making of adequate
provision for the payment thereof in such manner that the municipality
will be adequately protected.
In the event that, during the period of approval
heretofore or hereafter granted, the developer should be barred or
prevented, directly or indirectly, from proceeding with the development
otherwise permitted under such approval by a legal action instituted
by any state agency, political subdivision or other party to protect
the public health and welfare or by a direction or order issued by
any state agency, political subdivision or court of competent jurisdiction
to protect the public health or welfare and the developer is otherwise
ready, willing and able to proceed with said development, the running
of the period of approval under this chapter shall be suspended for
the period of time said legal action is pending or such directive
or order is in effect.
Whenever review or approval of the application
by the County Planning Board is required by Section 4 of P.L. 1968,
c. 285 (N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.2), in the case of a subdivision, or Section
8 of P.L. 1968, c. 285 (N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.6), in the case of a site
plan, the municipal agency shall condition any approval that it grants
upon timely receipt of a favorable report of the application by the
County Planning Board or approval by the County Planning Board by
its failure to report thereon within the required time period.