As a condition of final subdivision or site plan approval, the
Planning Board may require an applicant to pay his pro-rata share
of the cost of providing reasonable and necessary street improvements
and water, sewerage and drainage facilities, and easements therefor,
located outside the property limits of the development but necessitated
or required by construction or improvements within such development.
The proportionate or pro-rata amount of the cost of such facilities
that shall be borne by each developer or owner within a related or
common area shall be based on the criteria established herein.
In cases where the reasonable and necessary need for an off-tract
improvement or improvements is necessitated or required by the proposed
development application and where no other property owners receive
a special benefit thereby, the applicant may be required, as a condition
of approval, at the applicant's sole expense, to provide for and construct
such improvements as if such were an ontract improvement in the manner
provided hereafter and otherwise provided by law.
In cases where the need for any off-tract improvement is necessitated
by the proposed development application and where it is determined
that properties outside of the development will also be benefited
by the improvement, the following criteria shall be utilized in determining
the proportionate share of such improvements to the developer:
A.
Sanitary sewers. For distribution facilities, including the installation,
relocation or replacement of collector, trunk and interceptor sewers,
and the installation, relocation or replacement of other appurtenances
associated therewith, the applicant's proportionate share shall be
computed as follows:
(1)
The capacity and the design of the sanitary sewer system shall
be based on Rules and Regulations for the Preparation and Submission
of Plans for Sewerage Systems, New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, and all Quinton Township sewer design standards, including
infiltration standards and all other Township stormwater drain standards.
(2)
The capacity of the existing system to service the entire improved
drainage area shall be computed. If the system is able to carry the
total developed drainage basin, no improvement or enlargement cost
will be assigned to the developer.
(a)
If the existing system does not have adequate capacity for the
total developed drainage basin, the prorated enlargement or improvement
share shall be computed as follows:
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Total enlargement
or improved cost
Developer's cost
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=
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Total tributary
gallons per day
Development gallons per day
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(b)
If it is necessary to construct a new system in order to service
the proposed development, the prorated enlargement share to the developer
shall be computed as follows:
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Total project cost
Developer's cost
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=
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Total tributary gallons
per day to new system
Development tributary
gallons per day
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(c)
The plans for the improved system or extended system shall be
prepared by developer's engineer. All work shall be calculated by
the developer and approved by the Township Engineer.
B.
Roadways. For street widening, alignment, channelization of intersections,
construction of barriers, new or improved traffic signalization, signs,
curbs, sidewalks, trees, utility improvements uncovered elsewhere,
the construction or reconstruction of new or existing streets and
other associated street or traffic improvements, the applicant proportionate
cost shall be as follows:
(1)
The Township Engineer or Planner shall provide the applicant
with the existing and anticipated future peak hour flows for the off-tract
improvement.
(2)
The applicant shall furnish a plan for the proposed off-tract
improvement which shall include the estimated peak-hour traffic generated
by the proposed development. The ratio of the peak-hour traffic generated
by the proposed development to the future additional peak-hour traffic
anticipated to impact the proposed off-tract improvement shall form
the basis of the proportionate share. The proportionate share shall
be computed as follows:
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Developer's Cost
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=
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Total cost of the off-tract improvement
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x
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Future peak-hour traffic
generated by the developer
Future additional peak-
hour traffic
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(%)
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C.
Drainage improvements. For stormwater and drainage improvements,
including the installation, relocation and replacement of storm drains,
culverts, catch basins, manholes, rip-rap or improved drainage ditches
and appurtenances thereto and relocation or replacement of other storm
drainage facility or appurtenances associated therewith, the applicant's
proportionate share shall be determined as follows:
(1)
The capacity and the design of the drainage system to accommodate
stormwater runoff shall be based on a method described in Urban Hydrology
for Small Watershed Technical Release 55, Soil Conservation Service,
United States Department of Agriculture, January 1975, as amended,
computed by the developer's engineer and approved by the Township
Engineer.
(2)
The capacity of the enlarged, extended or improved system required
for the subdivision and areas outside of the developer's tributary
to the drainage system shall be determined by the developer's engineer
subject to approval of the Township Engineer. The plans for the improved
system shall be prepared by the developer's engineer, and the estimated
cost or the enlarged system calculated by the Township Engineer. The
prorated share for the proposed improvement shall be computed as follows:
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Total enlargement or improve-
ment cost of drainage facilities
Developer's cost
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=
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Total tributary cfs
Development cfs
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Where the proposed off-tract improvement is to be undertaken
at some future date, the moneys required for the improvement shall
be deposited to the credit of the Township in a separate account until
such time as the improvement is constructed. If the off-tract improvement
is not begun within 10 years of deposit, all moneys and interest shall
be returned to the applicant.
In any case in which an applicant shall not provide the approving
authority with the estimates of a traffic consultant and/or consulting
engineer with regard to estimated improvement costs and all other
information necessary to proportion costs, the approving authority
may rely on the estimates of the Township Engineer and/or Planner
in order to prorate costs.
