[Added 11-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-25]
A Technical Review Committee of the Planning Board (the "Board")
shall be established to review any applications for development or
requests for review presented to the Board which may benefit from
preliminary review by the Board's professionals.
The Technical Review Committee shall consist of up to five members
and one alternate.
A.
Up to two Board members are to be appointed by the Board Chair. An
alternate shall also be named by the Board Chair, which alternate
shall attend a review meeting as needed in the absence of a regular
Board member so that two Board members are scheduled to be present
for each meeting of the Technical Review Committee.
B.
Other members shall be the Zoning Officer, Planning Board Planner
and Planning Board Engineer.
C.
If the applicant is to be represented by an attorney at the Technical
Review Committee meeting, the Board Attorney, in his or her discretion,
may attend. The Board Attorney may attend in his or her discretion
on other applications where legal issues may be raised.
D.
The terms of Board members and alternates on the Technical Review
Committee shall be one year, computed from the first day of January
of the year of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment, and those that occur other than
by the expiration of a term shall be filled for the duration of the
unexpired term. Members shall continue serving after the expiration
of their terms until such time as their successors shall be appointed.
E.
The Technical Review Committee may meet and make decisions as required
herein as long as at least three members are present.
All applications to the Planning Board shall be initially referred
to the Technical Review Committee. The Technical Review Committee
shall conduct informal meetings at the Municipal Building to review
an application submitted to it. Applicants shall be advised of the
date and time of the meeting and may appear at the meeting on their
own behalf or through an attorney, planner, architect or engineer.
The cost of the Board's professionals to prepare for and
appear at the Technical Review Committee shall be paid by the applicant
prior to the meeting through the escrow established by the Board Secretary
for the application.
The responsibility of the Technical Review Committee shall include,
but not be limited to, the following responsibilities:
Requests for waivers of application requirements must be granted
or denied and completeness certified or denied by the Technical Review
Committee within 45 days of the date of submission of the application
in keeping with the Municipal Land Use Law.
Applicants who disagree with the position of the Technical Review
Committee as to their application may appeal the matter to the Planning
Board for a determination of completeness, waivers and/or the right
to proceed.
Applicants shall be advised that they will not appear at the
regularly scheduled Planning Board meeting the same month that they
are reviewed for completeness at the Technical Review Committee because
the Board Engineer will not have time to prepare a report and submit
it to the Board 10 days prior to the meeting. However, exceptions
may be granted where appropriate, as determined by the Technical Review
Committee.
The report of the Technical Review Committee on an application
shall be presented to Board members at the next meeting of the Planning
Board.
This article shall be effective January 1, 2011.
