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A Technical Review Committee of the Planning Board (the "Board")
shall be established to review any applications for development or
requests for review presented to the Board for the purposes of reviewing
completeness and/or which may benefit from preliminary review by the
Board's professionals.
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The Technical Review Committee shall consist of up to seven
members and one alternate including the following:
a.
The Board Chair and up to three additional Board members which are
appointed by the Board Chair, for a total of four regular members.
An alternate shall also be named by the Board Chair, which alternate
shall attend a review meeting as needed in the absence of a regular
Board member.
b.
Other members shall be the Planning Board Attorney, Planning Board
Planner and Planning Board Engineer.
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The following terms shall apply to Technical Review Committee
members:
a.
The terms of Board members and alternates on the Technical Review
Committee shall be one year, computed from the first day of January
of the year of appointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment, and those that occur other than
by the expiration of a term shall be filled for the duration of the
unexpired term. Members shall continue serving after the expiration
of their terms until such time as their successors shall be appointed.
b.
The Technical Review Committee may meet and make decisions as required
herein as long as at least four members are present.
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All applications to the Planning Board shall be initially referred
to the Technical Review Committee. The Technical Review Committee
shall conduct informal meetings at the Municipal Building to review
an application submitted to it. Applicants shall be advised of the
date and time of the meeting and may appear at the meeting on their
own behalf or through an attorney, planner, architect or engineer.
A waiver of referral to the Technical Review Committee may be granted
by determination of the Board Engineer that the application is minor
and nature and doesn't require the additional review of the Technical
Review Committee. Following such a finding, the application will be
scheduled for a completeness hearing before the Planning Board.
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The cost of the Board's professionals to prepare for and appear
at the Technical Review Committee shall be paid by the applicant prior
to the meeting through the escrow established by the Board Secretary
for the application.
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The responsibility of the Technical Review Committee shall include
but not be limited to the following responsibilities:
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Requests for waivers of application requirements must be granted
or denied and completeness certified or denied by the Technical Review
Committee within 45 days of the date of submission of the application
in keeping with the Municipal Land Use Law.
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Applicants who disagree with the findings of the Technical Review
Committee with respect to their application may appeal the decision
to the Planning Board for a determination of completeness, waivers
and/or the right to proceed.
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Applicants shall be advised that they will not appear at the
regularly scheduled Planning Board meeting the same month that they
are reviewed for completeness at the Technical Review Committee because
the Board Engineer and Board Planner, as applicable, will not have
time to prepare a report and submit it to the Board 10 days prior
to the meeting. However, exceptions may be granted where appropriate,
as determined by the Technical Review Committee.
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The report of the Technical Review Committee on an application
shall be presented to Board members at the next meeting of the Planning
Board.
