The Town Council declares that these rules and regulations and
standards for guiding the use of land for various purposes have been
promulgated to provide for the orderly growth and coordinated development
of the Town and to ensure and promote the comfort, convenience, safety,
public health and general welfare of its people, and further that
the approval of such development shall be administered in accordance
with the following considerations:
A. Conformance with the various parts of the Master Plan, the Zoning
Ordinance and the Official Map.
B. Recognition of a desirable relationship to the general land form,
its topographic and geologic character, to natural drainage and surface
water runoff and to the groundwater table.
C. Recognition of desirable standards of subdivision design, including
adequate provision for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, for surface
water runoff and for suitable building sites for the land use contemplated.
D. Provision for such facilities as are desirable adjuncts to the contemplated
use, such as parks, recreation areas, school sites, firehouses and
off-street parking.
E. Preservation of such natural assets as mountainous areas, ponds,
streams, shrubs and trees.
F. Provision of adequate utilities services and circulation.
The provisions of this article shall be administered by the
Planning Board of the Town in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et
seq., its amendments and supplements.
Where a use variance is not an issue, any applicant may appear
at a regular meeting of the Planning Board for informal discussion
with reference to a proposed site plan with an informally prepared
plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion.
This informal discussion will be to review the overall development
concepts in order to assist the applicant in the preparation of his
site plan. No decisions will be made and no formal action taken on
an informal submission. The data included on an informal submission
shall include sufficient basic data to enable the Board and the applicant
to comment upon design concepts such as building location, ingress
and egress, parking, major natural features that will have to be recognized
or may influence certain design criteria and the applicant's basic
intent for water, sewerage and storm drainage facilities.
All improvements involving public property, such as roadways, curbs, sidewalks, trees, drainage, lighting, street signs and other such facilities, shall be in accordance with the procedures outlined in Article
I, Subdivision of Land, and shall include all retention and detention facilities and impoundment facilities along streams. Upon completion of all improvements on a site for which site plan approval has been given, two copies of the approved site plans shall be submitted, along with all cross sections and construction plans, all of which shall be marked "as built." These drawings shall show all authorized changes, revisions, deletions, additions or other deviations from the approved site plan drawings.
A. Site plan preparation for preliminary and final approval. Every site
plan shall be at a minimum scale of one inch equals 10 inches, 20
inches, 30 inches, 40 inches or 50 inches, prepared by a New Jersey
licensed architect or engineer, and shall bear his signature and seal
or registration, including accurate lot lines certified by a New Jersey
licensed land surveyor, submitted on one of four of the following
standard sheet sizes: 8 1/2 by 13 inches, 15 inches by 21 inches,
24 inches by 36 inches or 30 inches by 42 inches. A site plan shall
include the following data [If one sheet is not sufficient to contain
the entire territory, the map may be divided into sections to be shown
on separate sheets of equal sizes, with reference on each sheet to
the adjoining sheets]: all lot lines and the exterior boundaries of
the tract; North arrow; graphic scale; zone district(s) in which the
lot(s) is (are) located; date of original drawing and each subsequent
amendment; existing and proposed street(s) and street name(s); existing
and proposed contours at two-foot intervals and other topographic
data throughout the tract and within 100 feet of any building or paved
area under review; title of the plan; streams; total acreage to 1/100
of an acre; total number of parking spaces; all dimensions, areas
and distances needed to confirm conformity with the article, such
as but not limited to building lengths, building coverage, lot lines,
parking spaces, loading spaces, setbacks and yards; a small key map
giving the general location of the parcel within the Town; a separate
map showing the site in relation to all remaining lands in the present
owner's ownership; and names and addresses of applicant, owner and
adjoining property owners.
B. Site plan information for preliminary and final approval. Each site
plan shall have the following information shown thereon or annexed
thereto and shall be designed to comply with the applicable provisions
of this article:
(1) Building and use plan. Size, height, location, arrangement and use
of all proposed buildings, structures and signs, including an architect's
scaled elevation of the front, side and rear of any structure and
sign to be erected or modified to the extent necessary to apprise
the Planning Board of the scope of the proposed work, shall be shown.
Any existing structures shall be identified as either to remain or
be removed. A written description of the proposed use(s) and operation(s)
of the building(s) shall be included, including the number of employees
or members of nonresidential buildings; the proposed number of shifts
to be worked and the maximum number of employees on each shift; expected
truck and tractor-trailer traffic; emission of noise, glare, vibration,
heat, odor, air and water pollution; safety hazards; and anticipated
expansion plans incorporated in the building design. Floor plans shall
be submitted.
(2) Circulation plan. This plan shall show access streets and street
names, acceleration/deceleration lanes, curbs, aisles and lanes, access
points to public streets, sight triangles, traffic channelization,
easements, fire lanes, driveways, number and location of parking and
loading spaces, loading berths or docks, pedestrian walks and all
related facilities for the movement and storage of goods, vehicles
and persons on the site, and including lights, lighting standards,
signs and driveways within the tract and within 100 feet of the tract.
Sidewalks shall be shown from each entrance/exit along expected paths
of pedestrian travel, such as but not limited to access to parking
lots, driveways, other buildings on the site and across common yard
areas between buildings. Plans shall be accompanied by cross sections
at a scale of one inch equals five feet at fifty-foot intervals of
new streets, aisles, lanes and driveways. Any expansion plans for
the proposed use shall show feasible parking and loading expansion
plans to accompany building expansion.
(3) Natural resources plan. This plan shall show existing and proposed
wooded areas, buffer areas, including the intended screening devices
and buffers, grading at two-foot contour intervals inside the tract
and within 50 feet of its boundaries, seeded and/or sodded area, ground
cover, retaining walls, fencing, signs, recreation areas, shrubbery,
trees and other landscaping features. This plan shall show the location
and type of man-made improvements and the location, species and caliper
of plant material and trees to be located on the tract. All portions
of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall
be landscaped and fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock
formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting of coniferous
and/or deciduous trees native to the area in order to maintain or
reestablish the vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact
of the structures and paved areas shall be taken into consideration.
The established grades and landscaping on any site shall be planned
for aesthetic, drainage and erosion control purposes. The grading
plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to
prevent erosion and siltation as outlined under the soil erosion and
sediment control, the soil removal and the grading provisions of this
article, as well as to ensure that the capacity of any natural or
man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water from the
site and contributing upstream areas.
(4) Facilities plan. This plan shall show the existing and proposed locations
of all drainage; open space; common property; fire, gas, electric,
telephone, sewerage and water line locations; and solid waste collection
and disposal methods, including proposed grades, sizes, capacities
and materials to be used for facilities installed by the applicant.
Installations by utility companies need only show their locations
on the plan. All easements acquired or required on the tract and across
adjacent properties shall be shown and copies of legal documentation
that support the granting of an easement by an adjoining property
owner shall be included. All proposed lighting shall be shown, including
the direction, angle, height and reflection of each source of light.
All utilities shall be installed underground. All required state and
federal approvals for environmental considerations shall be submitted
prior to site plan approval. Drainage facilities shall include facilities
to comply with the stormwater runoff provisions of this article. The
method of sewage treatment and solid waste disposal shall be shown,
and percolation tests from sufficient locations on the site to allow
a determination of adequacy by the Town Board of Health and Warren
County Health Department shall be included where septic tanks and
leaching fields are permitted and are proposed. Such plans shall be
reviewed by the Board of Health, Warren County Health Department or
Town Engineer, as applicable, with recommendations to the Planning
Board. All public services shall be connected to an approved public
utilities system where one exists.
(5) Flood hazard area considerations. Any proposal for a development
on a tract where any part of the tract contains a flood hazard area
shall comply with the Belvidere Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance,
1979.
C. The standards noted above and elsewhere in this article shall be
for the general purpose of enhancing the neighborhood; providing adequate
access to off-street parking and loading facilities for employees,
visitors and residents; providing buffering techniques for safety
and/or aesthetic purposes; preventing uses which violate applicable
state and federal safety and environmental regulations; preserving
floodways and flood hazard areas; and requiring that all raw materials,
fuel, goods in process, finished goods, machinery and equipment shall
be housed and/or screened from residential uses.
D. Recycling facilities. There shall be included (designed and built)
within all multifamily housing developments, which shall mean any
building containing three or more dwelling units occupied or intended
to be occupied by persons living independently of each other or a
group of such buildings, recycling facilities, which shall mean an
area allocated for collection and storage of source-separated recyclable
solid waste materials, meeting the following criteria:
[Added 5-16-1994 by Ord. No. 94-07]
(1) The facility may be located either indoors or out-of-doors and shall
provide for the safe, efficient and sanitary collection and storage
of residentially generated recyclable materials.
(2) The dimensions and volume capacity of the recycling facilities shall
be sufficient to accommodate recycling bins or containers which are
of an adequate size and number so as to be consistent with the anticipated
usage and current methods of collection of such materials in the Town
of Belvidere.
(3) The dimensions and capacity of the recycling facility and of the
bins and containers contained therein shall be determined after prior
consultation with the Recycling Coordinator of the Town of Belvidere.
(4) The recycling facilities shall be consistent with the district recycling
plan adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 13:1E-99.13 and with all applicable
provisions of the Recycling Plan Element of the Master Plan of the
Town of Belvidere and the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28b(12), with
the exception that the provisions thereof shall be deemed applicable
to multifamily housing developments as hereinabove defined.
(5) The recycling facility shall be conveniently located for efficient
disposition by the residents of source-separated recyclable materials
in proximity of but clearly separated from a solid waste refuse dumpster
or dumpster area.
(6) The recycling facility area shall be well lighted and shall provide
safe and convenient access to the users thereof and the recycling
personnel, their vehicles and equipment, which shall be able to readily
access the recycling facility area without interference from parked
cars or other obstacles.
(7) Reasonable measures shall be taken to secure and protect the recycling
facility area against the theft of recyclable materials, bins or containers.
(8) The recycling facility shall be designed, located and protected against
adverse environmental conditions which might otherwise render the
collected materials unusable or unmarketable, including, but not limited
to, provision that recyclable paper and cardboard shall be stored
in a facility with a closed lid, in order to keep the same dry.
(9) Signs shall be installed clearly identifying the recycling facility
area and the individual materials bins located therein, which shall
be posted at all points of access to the area. Each individual bin
or collection container shall be placarded with a sign indicating
the nature of the materials to be placed therein.
(10)
Landscaping and/or effective fencing or other screening shall
be provided around any outdoor recycling area in a manner so as to
effectively screen the same from view of adjoining residences and
vehicles traveling on adjoining streets or roadways in an aesthetically
pleasing manner.
The excavation and grading for completion of a site plan or
subdivision shall be done in accordance with the approved subdivision
plat or site plan which contains soil erosion and sediment control
provisions. Any application proposing the disturbance of more than
5,000 square feet of surface area of land as defined in the Soil Erosion
and Sediment Control Act, P.L. 1975, c. 251, shall include on its subdivision or site plan the following:
the means to prevent erosion and provide for sedimentation control,
drainage, dust and mud on the premises as well as on abutting lands;
the preservation of soil fertility and the resulting ability of the
area affected to support plant and tree growth by maintenance of adequate
topsoil consisting of at least six inches of the original layer; maintenance
of necessary lateral support and grades of abutting lands, structures
and other improvements; prevention of pits and declivities which are
hazardous or which provide insect breeding locations; the physical
characteristics and limitations of the soil for the use to which the
land may lawfully be put; and such other factors as may reasonably
bear upon or relate to the public health, safety and general welfare.
[Amended 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-06; 7-22-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-13]
A. All stormwater management measures for a development regardless of use, including structural stormwater management strategies, detention basins and other stormwater management facilities and stormwater collection and conveyance structures shall be designed in accordance with and comply with the provisions of Chapter
433, Stormwater Control, of the Code of the Town of Belvidere and N.J.A.C. 5:21-7 et seq.
B. For development not defined as a "major development" in Chapter
433, stormwater management measures shall be developed to meet the stormwater runoff quantity requirements in Chapter
433, Stormwater Control, §
433-3 of the Code of the Town of Belvidere.
[Amended 1-1-1985 by Ord. No. 84-51; 8-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-6; 8-1-1988 by Ord. No. 88-13; 5-21-1990 by Ord. No. 90-8; 7-20-1992 by Ord. No.
92-09]
Every application for a site plan review by the Planning Board
or a review and hearing before the Planning Board shall be accompanied
by a check payable to the Town of Belvidere in accordance with the
following schedule:
A. Filing fee. The following application fees covering administration
and overhead shall be charged to the applicant for a site plan review
and shall be collected by the Town Clerk, or such person that may
be appointed as Board Secretary, at the time of submission of an application
to the Planning Board for approval:
(1) Preliminary site plan: $400.
(3) Combined preliminary/final site plan: $500.
B. Required deposits.
(1) The following deposits shall be submitted by the applicant at the
time of submission of an application to the Planning Board for approval.
Said deposit shall cover the costs of engineering, legal and professional
planner review and documentation fees and disbursements.
(a)
Preliminary site plan: $1,500.
(2) The Town shall tabulate the costs of the Planning Board and Town
Engineer, Planner and Attorney, their staffs and any additional experts
required for a proper review and documentation. These costs shall
be deducted from the engineering/planning/legal review fee deposit.
Where the review costs exceed or are anticipated to exceed the review
deposit, an applicant shall pay the additional amount prior to further
consideration on the application. Failure to remit the additional
required deposit within 15 days of request shall render the application
incomplete, and no further action shall be taken by the Planning Board
until after compliance. Where the review fee costs are less than the
review fee deposit, the difference shall be refunded to the applicant
within 120 days of the signing of the site plan.
C. Site plan resubmission. Such resubmission of a site plan previously
withdrawn by the applicant or disapproved by the Planning Board: $500
filing fee and $250 review deposit.
D. Engineering/inspection fees and costs associated with site plan improvements.
(1) The applicant shall estimate the costs of improvements required as
part of the site plan approval by the Planning Board and shall submit
same to the Town Engineer, who shall then tabulate an inspection fee
deposit to cover the costs of inspection of the construction of improvements
on the site. The amount of the deposit shall be based upon the estimated
costs of improvements and shall be as follows:
Estimated Cost of Improvement
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Inspection Fee Deposit
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$0 to $10,000.00
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$150.00, plus 7% over $1,000.00
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$10,000.01 to $50,000.00
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$1,000.00 plus 5% over $10,000.01
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$50,000.01 to $100,000.00
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$4,600.00, plus 5% over $50,000.01
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$100,000.01 to $200,000.00
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$8,400.00, plus 4 1/2% over $100,000.01
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Over $200,000.00
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$15,000.00 plus 4% over $200,000.00
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(2) The inspection fee deposit shall be paid to the Town Clerk or such
person that may be appointed as Board Secretary prior to final approval
of the site plan. In the event that the inspection costs are less
than the inspection fee deposit, the difference shall be refunded
to the applicant within 120 days of the completion of the improvements.
E. List of persons within 200 feet: $15.
F. Extension of approvals: $250 filing fee and $350 review deposit.
G. Zone changes: Applications or requests to consider a change in the
zoning ordinance made either to the Planning Board or the Town Council
shall be subject to the payment of a filing fee of $1,000 and a review
deposit in the amount of $3,500.