A.
An application shall be submitted to the administrative officer in
writing. Twelve copies shall be submitted on forms supplied by the
approving authority.
B.
Receipt of an application for final subdivision approval shall be
filed no less than 14 days prior to the regular meeting date of the
approving authority.
The application shall be accompanied by either an original cloth
or plastic tracing and 11 black-and-white or blue prints of the proposed
final subdivision. The plat shall not differ substantially from the
approved preliminary plat.
A.
The final plat for filing purposes shall be drawn in ink on tracing
cloth at a scale of not less than one inch equals 50 feet and in compliance
with all the provisions of the Map Filing Law, N.J.S.A. 46:26B-1 et
seq.[1]
B.
The final plat shall show or be accompanied by the following:
(1)
Date, name and location of the subdivision, name of owner, graphic
scale and reference meridian.
(2)
Tract, boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, street names,
easements and other rights-of-way, land to be reserved or dedicated
to public use, all lot lines and other site lines, with accurate dimensions,
bearings or deflection angles, and radii, arcs and central angles
of all curves, and area of each lot.
(3)
The names, exact locations and widths of all existing and recorded
streets intersecting or paralleling the plot boundaries within a distance
of 200 feet.
(4)
The purpose of any easement or land reserved or dedicated to public
use shall be designated, and the proposed use of sites other than
residential shall be noted.
(5)
Lot, block and street numbers as approved by the Borough Engineer
of the Borough of Wood-Ridge, including lot and block numbers of abutting
property.
(6)
Minimum building setback line on all lots and other sites.
(7)
Location and description of all monuments.
(8)
Names of owners of adjoining unsubdivided land.
(9)
Certification by applicant's surveyor and engineer as to accuracy
of details of plat.
(10)
Certification that the applicant is agent or owner of the land
or that the owner has given consent under an option agreement.
(11)
When approval of a plat is required by any other officer or
body of a municipality, county or state, such approval shall be certified
on the plat or evidence shall be submitted that an application has
been made for such approval.
(12)
A statement of the Borough Engineer that he is in receipt of
maps showing the position of all stormwater drains, sanitary sewer
mains and all utilities in exact location and elevation, together
with any other data required, and indicating the estimated cost of
the installation of all public improvements required to be installed
by the applicant.
(13)
Proposed final grades of all streets shall be shown to a scale
of one inch equals five feet vertical and one inch equals 50 feet
horizontal, on sheets 22 inches by 35 inches, and drawings shall include
both plans and profiles and shall show elevations of all monuments
referred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey level bench marks,
and such elevations shall be shown in feet and hundredths of feet.
(14)
Certificate from the Tax Collector that all taxes are paid to
date.
(15)
Written proof that the lands set aside or shown for easement,
public use or streets are free and clear of all liens and encumbrances.
A.
The applicant shall submit 12 copies of the completed application
and maps and payment of all required fees to the administrative officer,
who shall submit copies of same to:
B.
The said persons and boards shall make recommendations in writing
to the approving authority within 35 days of the application submission.
The Borough Engineer and planning consultant and the approving
authority attorney, where appropriate, shall advise the approving
authority of the following:
A.
The nature of the improvements to be required as a condition of final
approval.
B.
The estimated value of the improvements installed or to be installed.
C.
The nature and amount of performance guaranties, if any, to be required
as a condition to final approval.
D.
The provisions of open space reservation or dedication and the standards
for open space organizations.
E.
The amounts to be deposited to reimburse the approving authority
and Borough for costs incurred for legal, engineering, planning and
other professional reviews and work, for recording fees and for any
other costs anticipated by the approving agency, where applicable.
F.
Any other conditions upon which final approval will be granted or
conditioned.
The applicant shall be required to submit the following for
the approving authority approval:
A.
A developer's agreement, prepared by the approving authority
attorney, setting forth the obligations of the applicant in connection
with the final approval.
C.
Maintenance guaranties, if any, for work completed prior to final
approval.
D.
Deeds for any easements, rights-of-way or public lands in a form
satisfactory to the approving authority and Borough Attorney.
E.
Evidence of compliance with other conditions imposed by the approving
authority.
F.
Proof of payment of taxes and assessments.
G.
Funds to be deposited to reimburse the approving agency and Borough
for costs incurred or to be incurred for legal, engineering, planning
and other consultant reports, for recording fees and for any other
costs anticipated by the approving authority.
Any final approval required for county subdivision approval
or by other governmental agencies shall be submitted by the applicant
to the Bergen County Planning Board or other governmental agencies
for review and approval. The approving authority may condition any
approval that it may grant upon the timely receipt of a favorable
report on the application by the County Planning Board or other governmental
agency or by its failure to report thereon within the required time
period.
A.
Final approval.
(1)
Final approval shall be granted or denied within 45 days after submission
of a complete and perfected application to the administrative officer
or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant.
[Amended 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 86-16]
(2)
Unless the preliminary plat has been approved without changes, the
final plat shall incorporate all changes or modifications required
by the approving authority.
(3)
The final plat shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Borough
Engineer that he is in receipt of a map which shows all utilities
in exact location and elevation and which identifies the utilities
already installed and those to be installed. The certificate shall
also state:
B.
Upon final approval by the approving authority and the signatures
of the Chairperson and Secretary of the approving authority have been
placed on the original tracing, the administrative officer shall request
the applicant to have one translucent tracing cloth copy, three cloth
prints and 12 prints of such final plat, filing a copy thereof with
each of the following:
A.
Final subdivision approval shall expire 95 days from the date of
signing of the plat unless, within such period, the plat shall have
been duly filed by the applicant with the County Recording Officer.
The approving authority may, for good and sufficient cause shown,
extend the period of recording for an additional period not to exceed
190 days from the date of signing the plat.
B.
No subdivision plat shall be forwarded for filing to the County Recording
Officer until it has been approved by the approving authority as indicated
on the instrument by the signatures of the Chairperson and Secretary
of the approving authority or a certificate has been issued pursuant
to P.L. 1975, c. 291.[1] The signatures of the Chairperson and Secretary of the approving authority shall not be affixed until the developer has posted the guaranties required pursuant to Article X of this chapter, where appropriate. If the County Recording Officer records any plat without such approval, such recording shall be deemed null and void upon request of the Borough of Wood-Ridge.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
C.
It shall be the duty of the County Recording Officer to notify the
approving authority in writing within seven days of the filing of
any plat, identifying such instrument by its title, date of filing
and official number.
A.
The zoning requirements applicable to the preliminary subdivision approval first granted and all other rights conferred upon the applicant pursuant to Article IV, § 335-25, of this chapter, whether conditionally or otherwise, shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of final approval, provided that the rights conferred by this section shall expire if the plat has not been duly recorded within the required time period. If the applicant has followed the standards prescribed for final approval and has duly recorded the plat as required, the approving authority may extend such period of protection for extensions of one year but not to exceed three extensions. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the granting of final approval terminates the time period of preliminary approval pursuant to Article IV, § 335-25, of this chapter for the section granted final approval.
B.
In the case of a subdivision or site plan for a planned development or planned residential development or residential cluster of 50 acres or more or conventional subdivision for 150 acres or more, the approving authority may grant the rights referred to in Subsection A above for such period of time longer than two years as shall be determined by the approving agency to be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under final approval, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development. The applicant may apply for thereafter, and the approving authority may thereafter grant, an extension of final approval for such additional period of time as shall be determined by the approving authority to be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area remaining to be developed, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development.
