This Part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "Site Plan
Review Ordinance of the Borough of Somerdale."
The purpose of this Part 2 shall be to provide rules, regulations
and standards to guide land development in the Borough of Somerdale
in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general
welfare of the Borough.
[Amended 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]
The approval provisions of this Part 2 shall be administered
by the Planning Board of the Borough of Somerdale.
[Amended 3-13-1991 by Ord. No. 91:02]
A.
Site plan review and approval shall be required as a condition for
the issuance of a building permit, for the issuance of a certificate
of occupancy and/or for the issuance for any permit required for any
construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation
or enlargement of any building or other structure; and as a condition
for any excavation, mining, removal of soil, clearing of a site and
placing of any fill on lands contemplated for development; and as
a condition for any use or change of use of any building or other
structure, or land or extension of use of land, for which permission
may be required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 at seq. or any amendments
or supplementary legislation thereto.
[Amended 5-12-1993 by Ord. No. 93:07]
B.
Exemptions.
(1)
Site plan review and approval shall not be required for:
(a)
Building permits for individual lot applications involving only
a detached one- or two-dwelling-unit building.
(b)
Accessory uses such as a private garage, unless it is part of
an apartment or townhouse project.
(c)
A sign for an existing use or structure which meets all applicable
zoning requirements as determined by the Zoning Officer.
(d)
Other building incidental to residential or agricultural land
use, provided that the proposed use is not a roadside stand.
(e)
In connection with the alteration or repair of an existing building
or use which is not either a detached one- or two-dwelling-unit building
or agricultural use when the Zoning Officer determines that said alterations
or repair:
[1]
Will not result in additional lot coverage;
[2]
Will conform to the maximum and minimum building standards set forth in Part 4, Zoning, of this chapter;
[3]
Will not increase the number of required off-street parking
or loading spaces; and
[4]
Is not proposed in connection with a use requiring conditional
use approval by the Planning Board.
(2)
This shall not limit the requirements for submission and approval
of subdivision plats as otherwise required by this chapter.
C.
The reviewing board may waive site plan approval requirements whenever
it determines that the proposed construction or alteration or change
of occupancy or use does not affect existing circulation, drainage,
relationship of buildings to each other, landscaping, buffering, lighting
and other considerations of site plan review. Any applicant desiring
a waiver under this provision shall present sufficient evidence to
allow the Board to reach such conclusions as would permit a waiver.
This evidence shall consist of sketches, description of property and
appurtenances, methods of operations, photographs or other information
or documentation as the Board may require. The Board shall base its
decision on such evidence and may attach conditions to any waiver.
