No member of the Planning Board shall act on any matter in which
he has, either directly or indirectly, any personal or financial interest.
Whenever any such member shall disqualify himself from acting on a
particular matter, he shall not continue to sit with the Board on
the hearing of such matter nor participate in any discussion or decision
relating thereto.
[Added 4-3-85 by Ord. No. 1125]
A. All applications for development shall be filed with the Planning
Board Secretary. At the time of the filing of application, the applicant
shall also file the fee, a completed Checklist as set forth in the
schedule of forms attached to and made a part of this chapter, any
request for waiver and any and all maps required by this Article.
The applicant shall obtain all necessary forms from the Secretary
of the Planning Board.
B. Upon receipt of an application for development, the Planning Board
Secretary shall forward the submitted material to the Planning Board
Planner for review. A written review of the submitted items shall
be filed with the Completeness Committee.
C. Within 45 days from the filing as required in Section
53-2.1A, the Completeness Committee shall review and certify the application to be complete or incomplete.
(1) If incomplete, the Planning Board Secretary shall certify, in writing,
the deficiencies in the application on a checklist as specified in
the schedule of forms attached to and made a part of this chapter.
(2) The application shall be deemed complete within 45 days of the date
of its submission if the Planning Board does not certify the application
to be incomplete.
D. The applicant may request a waiver of one or more of the submissions required in Section
53-2.1A. The request must be in writing stating the reason therefor. The Planning Board Completeness Committee shall grant or deny the request within 45 days of the request.
E. The Secretary shall assign a hearing date and notify the applicant
of the same within five days of the application being deemed complete.
Notice to the applicant shall be in writing by regular mail. Upon
receipt of a date for hearing, the applicant shall proceed to give
proper notice of the hearing and comply with all other provisions
of this chapter.
Minutes of every regular or special meeting shall be kept and
shall include the names of the persons appearing and addressing the
Board and of the persons appearing by attorney, the action taken by
the Board, the findings, if any, made by it and reasons therefor.
The minutes shall thereafter be made available for public inspection
during normal business hours at the office of the Municipal Clerk.
Any interested party shall have the right to compel production of
the minutes for use as evidence in any legal proceeding concerning
the subject matter of such minutes. Such interested party may be charged
a fee for reproduction of the minutes for his use as provided for
in the rules of the Board.
Fees and documents for applications or for the rendering of
any service by the Planning Board or any member of their administrative
staffs which are not otherwise provided for by ordinance may be provided
for and adopted as part of the rules of the Board, and copies of said
rules or of the separate fee and submission schedule shall be available
to the public.
[Amended 4-3-85 by Ord. No. 1125]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12c, the administrative official of the municipality, the Tax Collector, shall, within seven days after receipt of a request therefor and upon receipt of payment of a fee of $10, make and certify a list from the current tax duplicate of names and addresses of owners to whom the applicant is required to give notice pursuant to Section
53-7A(2) of this chapter.
[Amended 4-3-85 by Ord. No. 1125]
A. The municipal agency shall include findings of fact and conclusions
based thereon in each decision on any application for development
and shall reduce the decision to writing. The municipal agency shall
provide the findings and conclusions through:
(1) A resolution adopted at a meeting held within the time period provided
in the act for action by the municipal agency on the application for
development; or
(2) A memorializing resolution adopted at a meeting held not later than
45 days after the date of the meeting at which the municipal agency
voted to grant or deny approval.
B. A copy of the decision shall be mailed by the Board within 10 days
of the date of decision to the applicant, or if represented, then
to his attorney, without separate charge. A copy of the decision shall
also be mailed to all persons who have requested it and who have paid
the fee prescribed by the Board for such service. A copy of the decision
shall also be filed in the office of the Municipal 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 fees
established for copies of other public documents in the municipality.
[Amended 4-3-85 by Ord. No. 1125]
A brief notice of every final decision shall be published in
the official newspaper of the municipality. Such publication shall
be arranged by the Secretary of the Planning Board; the municipality
shall make a reasonable charge for its publication. Said notice shall
be sent to the official newspaper for publication within 10 days of
the date of any such decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39 and 40:55D-65,
every application for development submitted to the Planning Board
shall be accompanied by proof that no taxes or assessments for local
improvements are due or delinquent on the property which is the subject
of such application; or, if it is shown that taxes or assessments
are delinquent on said property, any approvals or other relief granted
by the Board shall be conditioned upon either the prompt payment of
such taxes or assessments or the making of adequate provision for
the payment thereof in such manner that the municipality will be adequately
protected.