No member of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment
shall act on any matter in which he has, either directly or indirectly,
any personal or financial interest. Whenever any such member shall
disqualify himself from acting on a particular matter, he shall not
continue to sit with the Board on the hearing of such matter nor participate
in any discussion or decision relating thereto.
Minutes of every regular or special meeting shall be kept and
shall include the names of the persons appearing and addressing the
Board and of the persons appearing by attorney, the action taken by
the Board, the findings, if any, made by it and reasons therefor.
The minutes shall thereafter be made available for public inspection
during normal business hours at the office of the Borough Clerk. Any
interested party shall have the right to compel production of the
minutes for use as evidence in any legal proceeding concerning the
subject matter of such minutes. Such interested party may be charged
a reasonable fee as indicated in the Fee Ordinance for reproduction
of the minutes for his use as provided for in the rules of the Board.
Forms and any other required documents for applications or for the rendering of any service by the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment or any member of their administrative staffs which are not otherwise provided for by ordinance may be provided for and adopted as part of the rules of the Board. Copies of said rules or of the separate fee and submission schedule shall be made available to the public. A schedule of fees is detailed in Chapter
155 of this Code.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12c, the administrative officer of the municipality, the Municipal Tax Collector, shall, within seven days after receipt of a request therefor and upon receipt of payment of a fee as provided in Chapter
155, Fees, make and certify a list from the current tax duplicate of names and addresses of owners to whom the applicant is required to give notice pursuant to Article
III, §
50-34A(2), of this chapter.
A brief notice of every final decision shall be published in
the official newspaper of the municipality. Such publication shall
be arranged by the applicant, and said notice shall be sent to the
official newspaper for publication within 10 days of the date of any
such decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39 and 40:55D-65,
the requirement that every application for development submitted to
the Planning Board or to the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be accompanied
by proof that no taxes or any other outstanding fees owed to the Borough
are due or delinquent on the property which is the subject of such
application may be waived at the discretion of the reviewing board.
No zoning permits, building permits, certificates of occupancy or
other permits shall be issued unless proof is submitted by the applicant
that no taxes or any other outstanding fees owed to the Borough are
due or delinquent on the property which is the subject of such application.