[Ord. #603, A 1 § 1]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Site Plan
Regulations of the Borough of Sea Girt."
[Ord. #603, A 1 § 2]
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health,
safety, morals, and general welfare; to secure safety from fire, flood,
panic and other natural and man-made disasters; to provide adequate
light, air and open space; to encourage the appropriate and effective
expenditures of public funds by the coordination of public development
with land use policies; to promote a desirable visual environment
through creative development techniques and good civic design and
arrangements; to promote the conservation of open space and valuable
natural resources and to prevent degradation of the environment through
improper use of land; to encourage coordination of the various public
and private procedures and activities shaping land development with
a view of lessening the cost of such development to the more efficient
use of land; and to encourage orderly development and design consistent
with the purposes and standards of the Zoning Ordinances of the Borough
of Sea Girt.
[Ord. #603, A 2 § 1]
Except as hereinafter provided, no building permit, zoning permit,
or conditional use permit shall be issued for any building or use
or enlargement of any building or use, unless a site plan is submitted
to the Borough Engineer and approved by the approving authority as
hereinafter provided, and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued
unless all development conforms to the approved plan.
[Ord. #603, A 2 § 2]
a.
Single family dwellings and their permitted accessory buildings and
structures are exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
b.
The interior renovation or improvement of a building is exempt from
the requirements of this chapter provided there is no change of use
involved that would have a substantial impact on adjacent properties
by way of parking, traffic, drainage or other considerations normally
addressed in site plan review.
[Ord. #603, A 2 § 3]
Each site plan submitted shall provide for the following:
a.
Compliance with the Municipal Zoning Ordinances.
b.
Streets within the land development shall be of sufficient width
and suitable grade and suitably located to accommodate prospective
traffic and to provide access for firefighting and emergency equipment
to buildings and coordinated so as to compose a convenient system
consistent with the Circulation Element of the Master Plan. No street
shall be required of a width greater than 50 feet within the right-of-way
lines unless the street constitutes an extension of an existing street
of a greater width or already has been shown on the Master Plan at
a greater width.
c.
Adequate water supply, drainage, shade trees, sewerage facilities,
and other utilities necessary for essential services to residents
and occupants.
d.
Any area reserved for public use shall be of suitable size, shape
and location to serve its intended purpose.
e.
Any area subject to flooding shall not be utilized for the location
of any building or structure. Such determinations shall be made by
the Municipal Engineer based on available data.
f.
Adequate protection and conservation of soils.
g.
Standards for the grading, improvement and construction of streets
or driveways and for any required walkways, curbs, gutters, street
lights, fire hydrants, and water, drainage, sewerage facilities and
other improvements found necessary shall be as provided to the developer
by the Municipal Engineer. Where certain utilities to be installed
are under other governmental or authority jurisdictions, the standards
shall be provided by those jurisdictions and shall be adhered to by
the developer. A letter approving the proposed installation and a
statement as to who will carry out the construction shall be required.
h.
Any off-tract water, sewer, drainage, or street improvement, or easements
therefor, required as a result of land development shall be paid for
by the developer on a pro-rata basis at the discretion of the municipal
agency.
i.
All taxes and easements against the site shall be paid before final
approval is given to any application, and the Planning Board may make
this a condition of final approval.
[Ord. #603, A 2 § 4]
a.
Application. The developer shall submit to the Borough Engineer 15
copies of the completed application form and a filing fee as prescribed
by ordinance. The applicant shall also submit 15 copies of a site
plan, which shall be an accurate plot plan drawn to a scale of not
less than 50 feet to the inch and showing the following information:
1.
The lot and block number, exact area and exact dimensions of the
property to be built upon.
2.
Location and dimensions of all existing structures, buildings and
roadways on the site and on adjacent properties, but only if the buildings
or roadways are within 200 feet of the site.
3.
The location, size and shape of all proposed buildings, structures,
roadways, walkways, parking areas, fire zones, loading areas, buffer
strip, outdoor lighting fixtures, fences, signs and landscaping.
4.
Existing and proposed grading of the site shown by contour lines
having a maximum vertical interval of two feet for areas having slopes
of 10% or less and five feet for an area having slopes greater than
10%.
5.
Existing and proposed natural or artificial drainage facilities for
the disposal of surface storm water runoff.
6.
Existing or proposed facilities for sewer disposal showing the location
of proposed facilities or the point of connection with an existing
system.
7.
Existing or proposed facilities for the supply of water showing the
location of wells or the point of connection with an existing public
water supply.
8.
A front elevation and floor plan of all proposed buildings and structures
shall accompany each site plan.
9.
Information pertaining to the nature of the proposed operations to
be conducted on the site in sufficient detail to permit the appropriate
Borough officials to determine whether or not the proposed use will
be in compliance with the standards of this chapter.
[Ord. #603, A 2 § 5]
The Borough Engineer shall promptly refer the site plan to the
Planning Board for its review and recommendation, one copy to the
Zoning Officer and the Fire Code Official for their review and recommendations
to the Planning Board, and when the property abuts a County road,
two copies to the Monmouth County Planning Board for its review pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.6 et seq. The site plan, the complete application
form and filing fee shall be filed at least 28 days prior to the regular
meeting at which the matter is to be heard by the Planning Board.
[Ord. #603, A 2 § 6]
Notice of the hearing for site plan approval shall be given
by the applicant to all owners of real property, as shown on the current
tax duplicate of the Borough of Sea Girt, within 200 feet in all directions
from the property which is the subject of the hearing by serving a
copy thereof on the property owner as shown on the current tax duplicate
or his agent in charge of the property, or by mailing a copy thereof
by certified mail to the property owner at his address as shown on
the tax duplicate.
[Ord. #603, A 3]
The following standards are to be considered in the Planning
Board's review:
a.
The Planning Board shall review any site plan submitted under the
requirements of this chapter for its overall conformity to Borough
ordinances and for its adequacy in providing for good site design,
particularly items such as ingress and egress, vehicular and pedestrian
circulation, location and orientation of buildings, landscaping and
buffer plantings, parking area and number, size and location of signs
and other planning considerations.
b.
The Planning Board shall also consider in its review the report from
the Borough Engineer pertaining to the adequacy of proposed drainage
facilities, water supply and sewerage facilities, paving requirements
and any other engineering requirements.
c.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Planning Board
shall have the power to grant such exceptions from the requirements,
or any portion thereof, for site plan approval as may be reasonable
and within the general purpose and intent of the provisions for site
plan review, if the literal enforcement of one or more provisions
of the site plan requirements is impracticable or will exact undue
hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in
question.
d.
The Planning Board's approval or disapproval and the reasons
therefor shall be set forth in a resolution adopted by it.
[Ord. #603, A 4]
Any and all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent
with any of the terms and provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed
to such extent as they are so in conflict or inconsistent, provided,
however, that the adoption of this chapter shall not prevent or bar
the continuance or institution of any proceedings for offenses heretofore
committed in violation of any existing ordinances of the Borough of
Sea Girt.
