A.
Submission of preliminary and final plans. Preliminary
and final plans shall not be required for urban renewal areas, public
housing sites and other lands acquired by public bodies having eminent
domain powers, provided that the municipality approves such other
plans (e.g., urban renewal plans) as are required under local, state
or federal laws and/or regulations.
B.
Monuments and markers. Monuments and markers for urban
renewal areas, etc., as above shall not be required to be placed until
such time as the appropriate public body has acquired all of the land
within the subdivision boundaries.
Where areas have been predominantly improved
with residences prior to the adoption of this chapter, including leased
properties, the municipality may not require improvements to be made
in such areas when the property is subdivided.
In any particular case where the developer or
his or her engineer can show by plan and/or written statement that,
by reason of exceptional topographic or other physical conditions,
strict enforcement of one or more requirements of this chapter would
result in extreme practical difficulties and undue hardship, the municipality
may grant reasonable modifications, provided that they: