To assist with the application process, the Zoning Official
and a representative of the Commission are available to meet with
developers informally to discuss their plans and provide guidance.
These meetings can be scheduled in the Waterford Township Municipal
Building on the third Tuesday of each month. The following shall be
submitted 15 days prior to the meeting date:
A. When the developer requests the Municipal or Planning Board Engineer be present, the required escrow must be deposited in accordance with §
176-20D(6).
B. A statement listing the following information:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of applicant;
(2) Street address and/or lot and block numbers for the parcel to be
discussed;
(3) A brief description of the proposed development.
The Planning Board's responsibilities are outlined in Article
V.
A. Simultaneous review. The Planning Board shall have the power to act
upon subdivision, conditional use, site plan or variance applications
simultaneously without the applicant making further application for
hearings. The longest time period for action by the Board, whether
it is for subdivision, conditional use, site plan or variance approval,
shall apply. Whenever approval of a conditional use or variance is
requested by the applicant in conjunction with a site plan or subdivision
application, notice of the hearing on the plan shall include reference
to the request for such conditional use or variance.
B. Exceptions. The Planning Board shall have the power to grant such exceptions from the design and performance standards in accordance with §
176-19N.
C. Administrative review.
(1) An application shall not be scheduled for hearing before the Planning
Board until deemed complete in accordance with this section. Upon
submittal, the Clerk of the Board shall provide a copy of the application
to the Zoning Official, who shall submit a report of the Administrative
Review Committee to the Planning Board. The Clerk of the Board shall
send a copy of the Review Committee's report for major and minor site
plan and/or subdivision applications to the Board's engineer.
(2) Applications which are exempt from Planning Board review shall be
subject to administrative review.
All applications requiring Planning Board review must be filed
no later than 30 days prior to the anticipated hearing date.
If it is determined that any proposed development may create,
either directly or indirectly, an adverse effect on either the remainder
of the property being developed or nearby property, the Planning Board
may require the developer to revise the plat. Where the remaining
portion of the original tract is of sufficient size to be developed
or subdivided further, the developer shall be required to submit a
sketch plat of the entire remaining portion of the tract to indicate
a feasible plan whereby the design of the proposed development, together
with subsequent subdivisions or development, will not create, impose,
aggravate or lead to any such adverse effect.
Regulations of the development of land and the attachment of
reasonable conditions to development applications are an exercise
of valid police power delegated by the state to this Township. The
applicant has the duty of compliance with reasonable conditions laid
down by the approving authority for design, dedication of improvements,
and the use of the land to conform to the physical and economical
development of the Township and to the safety and general welfare
of the future residents and/or owners in the development and in the
community at large. In addition to conditions imposed by the Planning
Board, the following conditions will be part of all approvals:
A. When County Planning Board review or approval is required on a subdivision
or site plan, the approving Board shall condition the approval it
grants upon either timely receipt of a favorable report by the County
Board or approval by the County Board. If the County Board's report
is negative or attaches conditions, the original action by the municipal
Board shall be null and void and a new resolution shall be adopted
which considers the County Board's report or approval.
B. When review is required by the Soil Conservation District, or any
federal, state, county, or municipal agencies, the Board shall condition
the approval it grants upon such other required approvals.
C. No development involving the use of PDCs shall be approved until
the developer has provided the Commission and the Township with evidence
of his ownership of the requisite PDCs. The Township may grant preliminary
subdivision or site plan approval conditioned upon such evidence being
presented as a prerequisite to final subdivision or site plan approval.
For such a final subdivision or site plan, the developer shall provide
evidence of PDC ownership to secure the same proportion of lots or
residential units as was approved for PDC use in the preliminary approval.
D. No approval shall be given under this chapter for subdivision, site
plan or planned development, unless the developer submits satisfactory
proof that no taxes or assessments for local improvements are due
or delinquent for the property for which application is made.
E. The plat of a final major site plan shall include all data required
on the preliminary major site plan drawn to incorporate all changes
required as a condition of preliminary approval.
F. For major subdivision and site plan approvals to be effective the applicant shall produce evidence of a comprehensive general liability insurance policy in accordance with §
176-21.
G. For applications requiring a certificate of filing from the Commission, approval shall be subject to review by the Commission in accordance with §
176-14H,
I and
J.
[Amended 8-10-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-14]
H. Where the Planning Board has conditionally granted N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70b
use variance relief, subject to the applicant's subsequent submission
and receipt of site plan approval, the applicant must submit the required
site plan application no more than 90 days following the date the
Board adopts the applicant's memorializing the resolution of use variance
approval. The Board may extend the ninety-day deadline herein upon
good cause shown by the applicant. Any submission extension shall
be submitted by the applicant prior to the expiration of the current
submission deadline.
[Added 8-10-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-14]
Minor subdivisions from a parcel in residential zones shall
be limited to one such approval by the Municipal Planning Board in
a three-year period commencing with the date of adoption of this chapter
and thereafter from the date of such minor subdivision approval.