Upon the adoption of a Master Plan by the Planning Board of
the Township of Mine Hill, the Township Council by amendment to this
chapter may adopt, and from time to time amend, an Official Map of
the Township which shall reflect the appropriate provisions of the
Master Plan.
The Official Map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location and width of streets and public drainageways and the location and extent of flood-control basins and public areas, whether or not such streets, ways, basins or areas are improved or unimproved or are in actual physical existence. Upon receiving an application for development, the Township may reserve for future public use the aforesaid streets, ways, basins and areas shown on the subdivision plat or site plan for a period of one year as provided in §
310-88.
For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the Official Map of the Township, no permit shall be issued for any building or structure in the bed of any street or public drainageway, flood-control basin or public area as shown on the Official Map, or shown on a plat filed pursuant to this chapter before adoption of the Official Map; provided, however, whenever one or more parcels of land, upon which is located the bed of such a mapped street or public drainageway, flood-control basin or public area reserved pursuant to §
310-51, cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a building permit is granted, the Board may, in a specific case, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the full authorized membership of the Board, direct the issuance of a permit for a building or structure in the bed of such mapped street or public drainageway or flood-control basin or public area shown on the Official Map, which will as little as practicable increase the cost of opening such street, or tend to cause a minimum change of the Official Map, and the Board shall impose reasonable requirements as a condition of granting the permit so as to promote the health, morals, safety and general welfare of the public.