The purpose of this article is to provide for the establishment
of a fee schedule for the payment of fees with respect to all applications
submitted to the Borough pursuant to Borough land use development
regulations.
On each application for a "d" variance filed pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-70d, the applicant shall be required to post to the professional
review escrow account a minimum amount of $1,000. The applicant shall
also be required to post such additional amounts into the professional
review escrow account as may be deemed to be reasonably required by
the Board to appropriately consider the application. The amounts required
pursuant to this section shall be required to cover the costs of review
of the application by the Board's engineer, planner and attorney as
well as the costs of possible review, in appropriate instances, by
special professionals, e.g., traffic, landscaping and environmental
professionals, required to review specific aspects of the application.
An applicant shall be notified in writing when additional amounts
to restore the professional review escrow account shall become due
and payable. Prior to withdrawal of any funds from this professional
review escrow account, an invoice shall be submitted to the Board
Chairperson or his/her designee, and simultaneously therewith to the
applicant, setting forth the work performed for which such fees are
being requested. Following conclusion of the hearings and meeting
regarding the application, any unused portion of this professional
review escrow account shall be refunded to the applicant simultaneously
with payment of the Board's professional(s). Upon reimbursement of
any unused funds, an applicant may request an accounting of expended
funds, and the same will be provided to the applicant within 30 days
of a written request filed with the Board.