A.
The Planning Board, when reviewing applications for approval of subdivision plats, site plans or conditional uses, shall have the power to grant, to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions as the Board of Adjustment, the following:
(1)
Variances, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c, pertaining to bulk standards as set under the zoning regulations of this chapter.
(2)
Direction, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34, for issuance of a permit to build in the bed of a mapped street or public drainageway, flood control basin or public area reserved on the Official Map.
(3)
Direction, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36, for issuance of a permit to build a structure not related to a street.
B.
Whenever relief is requested under this section, notice of the hearing shall include reference to the request for a variance or for direction for issuance of a permit, as the case may be.