This chapter, together with the Town of Belvidere Interim Zoning
and Development Regulation Ordinance and all amendments and supplements
thereto, shall govern the regulation of development in the Town of
Belvidere. The provisions of this chapter and that ordinance shall
be read in pari materia.
All applications for development filed prior to the effective date of this chapter may be continued, but any appeals arising out of decisions made on any such applications shall be governed by the provisions of Article
III of this chapter.
Immediately upon adoption of this chapter, the Municipal Clerk
shall file a copy of this chapter with the County Planning Board as
required by law. The Clerk shall also file with said County Planning
Board copies of all other ordinances of the municipality relating
to land use.
[Added 6-5-1989 by Ord. No. 89-9]
A. In furtherance of the provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A.
40:55D-10.3), there is herewith adopted and included in the provisions
of this section the following checklists for determining completeness
of applications for land development submitted pursuant to the provisions
of this Code.
B. Application forms. All applicants for development shall obtain application
forms from the secretary of the municipal agency to which the application
is to be submitted.
C. Checklists.
(1) Whenever an application form is issued to an applicant for development
by the secretary of the municipal agency, the secretary shall also
furnish to the applicant a copy of the appropriate checklist or checklists
pertinent to the application or applications to be submitted by the
applicant pursuant to the following list:
Checklist
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Requirement
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Development Review Instructions
|
General information to be furnished to all applicants
|
Checklist Addendum A
|
Must be furnished to applicants for minor subdivision approval
|
Checklist Addendum B
|
Must be furnished to applicants for concept plan approval
|
Checklist Addendum C
|
Must be furnished to applicants for preliminary subdivision
approval
|
Checklist Addendum D
|
Must be furnished to applicants for final major subdivision
approval
|
Checklist Addendum E
|
Must be furnished to applicants for site plan concept plan approval
|
Checklist Addendum F
|
Must be furnished to applicants for preliminary and final site
plan approval
|
Checklist Addendum G
|
Must be furnished to applicants for conditional use permit
|
Checklist Addendum H
|
Must be furnished to applicants for zoning variance approval
or granting of other relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70
|
Checklist Addendum I
|
Must be furnished to applicants for the issuance of a permit
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or 40:55D-36
|
(2) The above checklists are hereby made a part of this section.
D. Completeness of application.
(1) An application for development shall be complete for purposes of
commencing the applicable time period for action by a municipal agency
when so certified by the municipal agency. Certification as to the
completeness of an application shall be in the form of a motion of
that agency duly adopted at a regular meeting or by the written decision
of the agency's agent or designee.
(2) In the event that the agency does not certify the application to
be complete within 45 days of the date of submission, the application
shall be deemed complete upon the expiration of the applicable time
period unless the application lacks information required by the checklists
adopted by the provisions of this section and the municipal agency
or its authorized committee or designee has notified the applicant,
in writing, of the deficiencies in the application within 45 days
of submission of the application.
(3) Notice of an incomplete application shall be mailed to the applicant
at the address set forth in the application.
E. Waiver of defects. The applicant may request that one or more of
the submission requirements be waived, in which event the agency or
its authorized agent committee or designee shall grant or deny the
request within 45 days.
F. Proof of substantiation not relieved. No provisions of this section
shall be construed as diminishing the applicant's obligation to prove,
in the application process, that he is entitled to approval of the
application.
G. Correction and supplementation of application.
(1) The Town may, at any time, require correction of any information
found to be in error and submission of additional information not
specified in this chapter or any revisions in the accompanying documents,
as is reasonably necessary to make an informed decision as to whether
the requirements necessary for approval of the application for development
have been met.
(2) The application shall not be deemed incomplete for lack of any such
additional information or any revisions in the accompanying documents
so required by the municipal agency.