[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-99]
The municipal engineer shall have such powers and duties as are prescribed in this division and elsewhere in this chapter and shall have the power to adopt such forms, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, as deemed by the municipal engineer to be desirable or necessary to carry out his or her duties.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-100]
Approval by the municipal engineer on such form as he or she shall prepare shall be obtained prior to the undertaking of any development for which permission is required under this chapter, and such undertaking shall be in accordance with such approval and may continue only so long as the approval is valid and subsisting.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-101]
The municipal engineer shall enforce the required implementation of subdivisions, site plans and zoning variances approved under laws or ordinances in effect prior to the adoption of this chapter and superseded hereby, and for such purpose the municipal engineer shall have all of the powers and duties prescribed in this division.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-102]
(a) 
If, before final subdivision approval has been granted, any person transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell as owner or agent, except pursuant to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval, any land that forms a part of a subdivision for which approval is required by this chapter, such person shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed $1,000, and each lot disposition so made may be deemed a separate violation.
(b) 
In addition to the foregoing, the municipality may institute and maintain a civil action for injunctive relief and to set aside and invalidate any conveyance made pursuant to such a contract of sale if a certificate of compliance has not been issued in accordance with Section T10B-103. Any such action must be brought within two years after the date of the recording of the instrument of transfer, sale or conveyance of such land or within six years if unrecorded. In any such action the transferee, purchaser or grantee shall be entitled to a lien upon the portion of the land from which the subdivision was made that remains in the possession of the developer or its successors, to secure the return of any deposits made or purchase price paid and also, a reasonable search fee, survey expense and title closing expense, if any.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-103]
(a) 
The prospective purchaser, prospective mortgagee or any other person interested in any land that forms part of a subdivision may apply in writing to the municipal clerk for the issuance of a certificate certifying whether such subdivision has been approved by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment. Such application shall contain a diagram showing the location and dimensions of the land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the owner thereof.
(b) 
The municipal clerk shall make and issue such certificate within 15 days after the receipt of such written application and the fees therefor. Such officer shall keep a duplicate copy of each certificate, consecutively numbered, including a statement of the fee charged, in a binder as a permanent record of his or her office.
(c) 
Each such certificate shall be designated a "certificate as to approval of subdivision of land," and shall certify:
(1) 
Whether there exists in the municipality a duly established Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment and whether there is an ordinance controlling subdivision of land adopted under the authority of the Municipal Land Use Law;
(2) 
Whether the subdivision, as it relates to the land shown in such application, has been approved by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment and, if so, state the date of such approval and any extensions and terms thereof and that the subdivision of which the lands are a part is a validly existing subdivision; and
(3) 
Whether such subdivision, if the same has not been approved, is statutorily exempt from the requirement of approval as provided in the Municipal Land Use Law.
(d) 
The municipal clerk shall be entitled to demand and receive for such certificate issued by him or her a reasonable fee not in excess of those provided in Section 54:5-14 and 54:5-15 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey. The fees so collected by such officer shall be paid by him or her to the municipality.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-104]
(a) 
Any person who shall acquire for a valuable consideration an interest in the lands covered by any such certificate of approval of a subdivision in reliance upon the information therein contained shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which could be prosecuted or maintained by the municipality pursuant to the provisions of Section T10B-102.
(b) 
If the municipal clerk fails to issue any such certificate within 15 days after receipt of an application and the fees therefor, any person acquiring an interest in the lands described in such application shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which could be prosecuted or maintained by the municipality pursuant to Section T10B-102.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-105]
In case any development is undertaken, occupied or used in violation of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order made under the authority of this chapter, or in case such violation is threatened, the municipal engineer, in his or her own official behalf or on behalf of the municipality or any municipal agency or any interested party, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such violation, or to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, occupancy or use in or about the premises that are the subject of the development; provided, that no such action or proceeding shall be instituted by the municipal engineer in any court other than the municipal court, except in case of emergency, unless the Princeton Council shall first have authorized such.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-106]
The municipal engineer shall have the right to enter any premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of making inspections in the course of his or her duties or, as permitted by law, to investigate violations of this chapter, provided that the owner has, by virtue of signing the application form for development approval or in such other form as he or she provides or on which a municipality requires signature, has consented to such entry. The application form for development approval shall contain a provision providing for such owner consent.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-107]
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in Section T10B-102, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order made under the authority of this chapter, shall be subject to all penalties set forth in this Code. In cases of continuing violations, each day that such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Any complaint to impose such penalty may be filed in municipal court on behalf of the state by the municipal engineer, any municipal police officer or any interested party.
(b) 
Any person who is convicted of violating this chapter or any other rule, regulation, or order promulgated pursuant to this Code within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same provision shall be deemed and treated as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the court upon a person for a repeated offense shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed by the violation of the provision.
(c) 
Any person convicted of violating this chapter or any other land use ordinance of the municipality or any other rule, regulation, or order promulgated pursuant to this code or other municipal ordinance and who is in default of the payment of any fine imposed for the violation may, at the court's discretion, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 90 days or be required to perform community service for a period not exceeding 90 days.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-108]
The administrative officer shall maintain in his or her office a record of all development permits and all actions, proceedings or complaints taken, instituted or filed by him or her.