Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, neither
subdivision approval nor site plan approval shall be required for
any acquisition or sale of lands by the City of Englewood, or for
any development undertaken by the City of Englewood on lands owned,
leased or to be owned or leased by the City of Englewood, provided
that such acquisition, sale or development is authorized by resolution
or ordinance adopted by the City Council.
Any proposal for acquisition, sale or development as described in §
250-133 of this article which, if undertaken by someone other than the City of Englewood, would require subdivision and/or site plan approval shall be referred by the City Council, or by such officer or officers of the City as shall be designated by the City Council, to the Planning Board for its review, comments and recommendations prior to effecting such acquisition or sale or commencing construction of such development, and the Planning Board shall review and evaluate the same and apply the same criteria thereto as if such acquisition, sale or development did in fact require subdivision and/or site plan approval.
Within 45 days of a referral to the Planning Board of any such
proposed acquisition, sale or development, the Planning Board shall
submit to the City Council its report and recommendations respecting
same.
The City Council shall be guided by and shall proceed pursuant
to the report and recommendations of the Planning Board, unless, by
resolution duly adopted, it shall reject or disapprove all of any
of same. Adoption of any such resolution of rejection or disapproval
shall require the votes of three Council members or, in the event
of a tie vote among the Council members, a vote of two Council members
and the Mayor.
Failure of the Planning Board to submit its report and recommendations
within the aforesaid forty-five-day period shall be deemed to constitute
and be the equivalent of a favorable report and recommendation from
the Planning Board.