The Planning Board shall have the powers listed below in addition
to other powers established by law:
A. Make, adopt and, from time to time, amend a Master Plan for the physical
development of the borough, including any areas outside its boundaries
which, in the Board's judgment, bear essential relation to the planning
of the borough.
B. Administer the subdivision and site plan review provisions of this
chapter.
C. Participate in the preparation and review of programs or plans required
by state or federal law or regulation.
D. Assemble data on a continuing basis as part of a continuous planning
process.
E. As directed by the governing body, prepare a program of municipal
capital improvements projects projected over a term of six years and
amendments thereto and recommend same to the governing body.
F. Consider and make report to the governing body within 35 days after
referral as to any proposed development regulation submitted to it
and also pass upon other matters specifically referred to the Planning
Board by the governing body.
G. The Planning Board shall have such other powers prescribed by law
and shall have and exercise all of the powers, duties and procedures
prescribed by the Statutes of the State of New Jersey for Planning
Boards and shall exercise all of the powers, duties and procedures
established by Ordinance pursuant to the provisions of the "Municipal
Land Use Act."
Additionally, the Planning Board shall exercise, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations or restrictions, all powers provided by statute and by ordinance to the Zoning Board of Adjustment including, without limitation, the exercise of all powers and jurisdiction heretofore established in the Zoning Board of Adjustment by Section
70-36 of the Woodbury Heights Code and as provided by the "Municipal Land Use Law" (NJSA 40:55 D-1, et seq.; Chapter 291 of the Public Laws of 1975, as amended and supplemented) except that Class I and Class III members of the Planning Board shall not participate in or act upon applications for development seeking relief pursuant to subsection
(b) of Section 57, at Chapter 291 of the Public Laws of 1975, as amended and supplemented (NJSA 40:55 D-70).
[Amended 12-20-95 by Ord. No. 26-95]
Any decision of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment
when acting upon an application for development and any decisions
of the governing body when acting upon an appeal shall be given notice
in the following manner:
A. A copy of the decision shall be mailed by the Board within 10 days
of the date of decision to the applicant or appellant, or, if represented,
then to his attorney, without separate charge. A copy of the decision
shall also be mailed to any interested party who has requested it
and who has paid the fee prescribed by the Board for such service.
B. A brief notice of every final decision shall be published in the
official newspaper of the borough. Such publication shall be arranged
by the Secretary of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment,
as the case may be, without separate charge to the applicant. The
notice shall be sent to the official newspaper for publication within
10 days of the date of any such decision.
C. A copy of the decision shall also be filed in the office of the Borough
Clerk, who shall make a copy of such filed decision available to any
interested party upon payment of a fee calculated in the same manner
as those established for copies of other public documents in the borough.