A. 
It shall be the Zoning Officer's duty to examine all applications for permits, issue zoning permits only for uses which are in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. The Zoning Officer shall also record and file applications for permits with any accompanying plans and documents and make such reports as the Committee may require. Permits for construction and uses which are a conditional use or variance to requirements of this chapter shall be issued only upon order of the Planning Board or the Zoning Board.
B. 
The Township Committee may appoint a Deputy Zoning Administration officer who shall perform all of the duties of the Zoning Officer during absences, disability or unavailability, or when so directed by the Zoning Administration Officer. The terms of appointment shall be for the calendar year.
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After approval of site plans or subdivisions by the Planning Board/Board of Adjustment, and prior to the commencement of construction the applicant must complete the following:
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Plans shall be submitted to the Planning/Zoning Board professionals to be reviewed for compliance with the Board's resolution of approval, including the receipt of all required outside agency approvals.
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Once the Board professionals determine the revised plans are in compliance with the approving resolution, a bond estimate will be prepared by the Township Engineer in accordance with Article IV, Improvement Guarantees, of this chapter.
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Inspection Escrows shall be posted in accordance with Article IV, Improvement Guarantees, and § 18-704, Inspection and Escrow Fees, of this chapter.
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Once the inspection fees have been received and the bonds have been approved and any other conditions of the resolution including outside agency approvals have been satisfied, the plans may be submitted and signed. Board escrow funds must be current and taxes paid to date prior to the releasing of the signed maps.
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Following the receipt of the signed plans, the applicant may begin site work. The applicant must notify the Township's Engineering Department 72 hours prior to the anticipation of the commencement of site work and keep the Department informed of the need for inspections throughout the development process.
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A building permit application may be submitted for structures relative to a site plan simultaneous with commencement of site work. A residential subdivision requires Board approval and filing (with the County Clerk) of a final subdivision map or deed prior to applying for a building permit.
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Before a building permit can be issued for a structure related to a site plan or a subdivision "prior approvals" are required:
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A plot plan shall be submitted to the Construction Office to be reviewed by the Township Engineer in accordance with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
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The Zoning Officer reviews the building permit application and issues a zoning permit.
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Following the review and approval of the building permit by the Engineering Department, the building permit application is resubmitted to the Building Department for construction review. Depending upon the scope of development the applicant may also require Ocean County Planning Board, Ocean County Soil Conservation District, Utility Companies, Shade Tree, DEP and/or DOT approvals prior to receiving a building permit.
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A zoning permit ("Zoning Permit") issued by the Zoning Officer stating that the project complies with Township ordinance requirements shall be required prior to:
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The erection or structural alteration of any building, structure, or portion thereof;
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The use or change in use of a building or land;
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Any excavation;
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The change or extension of a nonconforming use;
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The erection, creation or alteration of a permanent or temporary sign;
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The erection or structural alteration of a shed of a size of 200 square feet or less;
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The erection of a fence six feet high and under; and
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The commencement of any home occupation.
The fee for each zoning permit shall be $35.
Application for permits shall be in writing to the Zoning Administration Officer on such forms as may be furnished by the Township. All site plans submitted shall contain the limits of all wetlands, and wetland buffers wherever present. All submitted plans shall be submitted to all applicable law.
Permits shall be granted or refused within the applicable time period as specified by law. Upon completion of the erection or alteration of any building or portion thereof authorized by any permit and prior to occupancy or use, the holder of such permit shall notify the Zoning Administration Officer of such completion. No permit shall be considered complete or permanently effective until the Zoning Administration Officer has certified that the work has been inspected and approved as being in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable ordinances. All applications with accompanying plans and documents shall become a public record.
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The Township is hereby authorized and directed to charge fees for services and materials extended and furnished to or for the benefit of any individual person or entity. The Township Committee shall adopt annually a schedule of fees by ordinance. Such fees and charges may be amended from time to time by the Township Committee. If any fee established by the Township Committee conflicts with a mandatory fee established by State or Federal law, regulation, order, or rule, such State or Federal fee will govern.
B. 
Fees for permits shall be paid in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by the Township Committee and all such fees shall be paid into the Township Treasury.
C. 
Each applicant shall at the time of making application, pay a fee in accordance with the aforementioned fee schedule, for the cost of advertising and mailing notices as required by this and other Township ordinances and the rules of the Zoning or Planning Board.
D. 
A municipality may by ordinance exempt, according to uniform standards, a disabled person, or a parent or sibling of a disabled person, from the payment of any fee charged under this act in connection with any application for development, which promotes accessibility to their own living unit.
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For the purpose of this subsection, "disabled person" means a person who has the total and permanent inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, including blindness, and shall include, but not be limited to, any resident of this State who is disabled pursuant to the Federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416), or the Federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), or is rated as having a 60% disability or higher pursuant to any Federal law administered by the United States Veterans' Act. For purposes of this Subsection "Blindness" means central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a corrective lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees shall be considered as having a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less.
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Editor's Note: Fees for applications or for the rendering of any service by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment or any members of their administrative staffs may be found in Chapter 2 Administration, Subsection 2-36.4 Fees of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of Lakewood, 1999.
A. 
If a check or other negotiable instrument delivered to the Township or any agency or instrumentality thereof in payment of any tax, fee, assessment, fine, interest, late charge escrow, judgment or other debt due and owing from such person or entity pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, resolution or code provision of the State, County or the Township or pursuant to any contract or agreement to which the Township is a party is returned to the Township as uncollectible due to insufficient funds or other reasons, there shall be insufficient funds or other reasons, there shall be added to the amounts due from such person or entity to the Township a service charge as established by the Township Committee per check or other negotiable instrument per return.
B. 
Service charges, which become due pursuant to Subsection A above shall be collected in the same manner as the original tax, fee, assessment, fine, interest, late charge, escrow, judgment or other debt may be collected. Such service charges attributable to payment of taxes or special assessments shall be included on the list of delinquent accounts prepared for the enforcement of the lien of such tax or special assessment.
C. 
Payment of the original tax, fee, assessment, fine, interest, late charge, escrow, judgment or other debt and all service charges due pursuant to this article after any check or other negotiable instrument for the original payment thereof is returned uncollected due to insufficient funds or other reasons shall only be accepted by the Tax Collector or other authorized officer if presented in the form of cash or a certified or cashier's check.
A. 
All fees other than application fees and miscellaneous fees shall be escrow fees to pay the services of any professional personnel employed by the Planning Board, Zoning Board or Township Committee to process, review, inspect, study or make recommendations to such Planning, Zoning Board or Township Committee concerning the nature and substance of the applicant's application and/or to pay the services of any such professional personnel and the costs and expenses incurred by such professional personnel and/or the Planning Board, Zoning Board and/or Township Committee to create, amend or modify, including but not limited to the costs and expenses to draft, finalize and publish the official Tax Map and/or Zoning Map of the Township, which creation, amendment and/or modification is necessitated by the approval of the applicant's application.
B. 
If during the existence of this escrow account the balance of funds held by the Township shall be insufficient to cover vouchers submitted by the professionals, the applicant shall deposit additional sums with the Township to cover the amount of the deficit and the anticipated amount to cover all remaining work within 10 days after receipt of written notice from the Township Finance Office in the amounts owed. In the event that an application fails to deposit the additional escrow moneys as required within the time set forth in this division, the Township, through its agents and employees, shall take whatever action deemed necessary in order to compel the payment of the escrow amount. In addition, the professional personnel may take any action individually as they deem necessary to satisfy the vouchers submitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any applicant who does not deposit such additional escrow moneys within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Township Finance Office of the amounts owed shall be charged a late fee equal to 10% times the amounts owed from the date such sums were due pursuant to such notice until paid in full (including all accrued late fees). No permit, approval or certificate shall be issued to any applicant or property owner by any Board, Zoning Officer, Township Committee, Township Clerk or any other agency of the Township unless all amounts owed pursuant to this section by such applicant or owner or with respect to the subject property are paid in full.
C. 
All excess monies in the escrow account will be returned at the time of final release of maintenance bonds for improvements to the applicant with a statement of money expended against the account. If at any time prior to final approval the applicant elects to withdraw his request for approval and abandon the project, any moneys remaining in the escrow account, after all proper charges have been paid, will be returned to the applicant with a statement of money expended against the account.
If an applicant for site plan approval, subdivision approval, or a zoning permit or certificate of conformance withdraws such application or request prior to action by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment or issuance of the permit or certificate, the fees paid for such approval, permit or certification pursuant to this section shall be refunded to the applicant, except that the Township shall be permitted to retain such portion of such fees as shall pay for actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Township in connection with such application (including but not limited to engineering and legal review charges) and an administrative charge equal to 15% of the fees paid by such applicant.
A. 
For each and every violation of any provision of this chapter, the owner contractor, or other persons interested as general agent, architect, building contractor, owner, tenant, or any other persons who commit any violation of this chapter, or who maintain any building or premises in which any violation of this chapter shall exist, and who shall have refused to make a reasonable attempt abate said violation within 10 days after written notice shall have been served upon them either by mail or by personal service, shall for each and every violation be imprisoned in the Township or County Jail for a period not exceeding 30 days or be fined an amount not exceeding $1,000 or both, at the discretion of the Court before whom a conviction may be had. For each and every 30 day period that such violation continues after such notice shall be considered a separate and specific violation of this chapter.
B. 
In addition to the remedy or remedies hereinbefore provided, any person, persons, company or corporation violating this chapter or any provision or section thereof, may be proceeded against by the Township of Lakewood by appropriate action or by proceeding in equity or otherwise to enjoin any violation of this chapter or to prevent and enjoin any threatened violation of this chapter.
A. 
If any article, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this chapter.
B. 
This chapter shall take effect upon the filing thereof with the County Planning Board after final passage, adoption and publication in the manner prescribed by law.
A. 
Any interested part may submit to the Township Committee a request for a zoning change of the parcel.
B. 
The applicant shall clearly indicate the requested zoning district in which the parcel will be located.
C. 
The applicant shall submit the necessary application and escrow fees as specified.
D. 
The applicant should indicate all uses located within two hundred feet (200) of the parcel in which the zoning change is requested.
E. 
The Township Planner shall issue a report to the Township Committee which analyzes the requested zone change.
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CHECK LIST
Minor Subdiv
Prelim Maj Sub
Final Maj Sub
Major Site Plan
Minor Site Plan
A. PLAT SPECIFICATIONS
1. Plat clearly and legibly drawn or produced at a scale not smaller than one inch equals 50 feet.
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2. Sheet size either 8.5" x 11",
11" x 17", 18" x 24", or 24" x 36"
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3. Plans shall be prepared by an architect or engineer if application involves only the location of proposed buildings and their relationship to the site and the immediate environs.
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4. Plans shall be prepared by an architect, planner, or engineer if application involves only the location of drives, parking layout, pedestrian circulation, and means of ingress and egress.
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5. Plans shall be prepared by an engineer if application involves only drainage facilities for site plan of ten acres or more, or involving storm water detention facilities, or traversed by water course.
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6. Plans shall be prepared by a licensed land surveyor which shows existing conditions and exact location of physical features including metes and bounds, drainage, waterways, specific utility locations and easements. Survey information may, however, be transposed to a site plan if the date of the survey and by whom and for whom it was prepared is noted on the site plan, and a signed sealed copy of the survey prepared by a licensed land surveyor must accompany the site plan submission.
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7. Property line shown in degree, minutes, and seconds.
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8. Key map or tax map showing location of tract to be considered in relation to surrounding area
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9. Title block containing name of preparer, lot and block numbers, tax map sheet number, date prepared, and date of last amendment.
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10 Each block and lot numbered in conformity with the municipal Tax map as determined by the municipal tax assessor.
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11. Scale of map, both written and graphic.
12. North arrow giving reference meridian.
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13. Space for signatures of chairman, secretary, and engineer of the approving authority and all required certifications pursuant to the NJ Map Filing Law.
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14. Names of all property owners within 200 feet of subject property attached thereto
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15. Location of existing and proposed property lines with dimensions in feet to the nearest two decimal places.
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16. Zoning district in which parcel is located and a zoning schedule listing all requirements of the zone district and a notation of any variances.
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17. General notes identifying the name and address of the property and applicant, acreage of affected parcel to the nearest hundredth of an acre, and the existing and proposed use.
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18. Number and size of lots after subdivision to be designated.
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19. Digital PDF copies of all submissions should be submitted in the mode requested by the Board Secretary (such as CD, email, etc.).
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20. Written approval of the project by the Department of Public Works with respect to trash pick up and snow plowing.
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21. Traffic Study.
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22. Proof of Submission to the Ocean County Planning Board.
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B. SITE FEATURES
1. Topography of the site.
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2. Topography within 200 feet thereof.
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3. Contours on the site to determine the natural drainage of the land.
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4. Contours of the area within 200 feet of the site boundaries.
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5. Flood plains, wetlands, wetland buffers. If any portion of the project contains wetlands or wetland buffers, proof of submission of a letter of interpretation to the NJDEP shall be required.
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6. Natural and artificial water courses, streams, shore lines, water boundaries, and encroachment lines.
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7. Wooded areas.
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8. Areas in which construction is precluded due to presence of stream corridors and/or steep slopes.
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9. Man-made features on-site.
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10. Man-made features within 200 feet thereof.
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C. IMPROVEMENTS
1. Location of existing and proposed structures and their set backs from existing and proposed property lines.
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2. Location of all existing and proposed easements or rights of way, including power lines.
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3. Location of existing railroads, bridges, culverts, drain pipes, water and sewer mains, and other man-made installations affecting the tract.
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4. Location of existing and proposed wells and septic systems.
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5. When applicant intends to use conventional septic disposal system, location of test holes, test results and approximate location of the intended disposal field.
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6. Plans and profiles of proposed utility layouts such as sewers, storm drains, and water, showing feasible connection to existing proposed utility systems.
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7. Location and description of monuments and other survey markers whether set or to be set.
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8. Location, names, and widths of all existing and proposed streets on the property and within 200 feet of tract.
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9. Required road dedication or road widening easements.
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10. Shade trees.
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11. Proposed or existing easements (i.e., utility, sight triangle, access).
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12. Proposed drainage easements where required.
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13. Environmental Impact Statement.
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14. Tree Protection Management Plan.
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15. Landscaping plan including the types, quantity, size and location of all proposed vegetation. The scientific and common names of all vegetation shall be included.
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16. Soil erosion and sediment control plan consistent with requirements of the local soil conservation district.
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17. Design calculation showing proposed drainage facilities to be in accordance with the appropriate drainage runoff requirements.
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18. The purpose of any proposed easement of land reserved or dedicated to the public or common use shall be designated and the proposed use of sites other than residential shall be noted.
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19. Identification by type and nearest street intersection of existing public utilities.
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20. Shade tree easement, if necessary.
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21. Architectural drawings of the proposed structures-generalized elevations (all four sides of non-residential) and floor plans.
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PLANS PREPARED BY:
Print Company & Preparer's Name
Preparer's Signature
Date
WAIVER REQUESTS:
(Submit Reasons)