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The Planning Board shall have the power to review and approve
or deny conditional uses or site plans simultaneously with review
for subdivision approval without the developer being required to make
further application to the Planning Board or the Planning Board being
required to hold further hearings. Prior to being scheduled for a
hearing, all reports, application forms, checklists, plans and details
must be provided electronically, such as through Princeton's Seemless
Docs form link or such other means as may be directed from time to
time by the planning department.
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Every subdivision or site plan shall conform to the applicable
zoning regulations of this Chapter.
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Every subdivision or site plan shall conform to the state highway
access management code adopted by the commissioner of transportation
under section 3 of the "State Highway Access Management Act", P.L.
1989, c. 32, with respect to any state highway within the municipality.
Every subdivision or site plan shall conform to any access management
code adopted by the county under N.J.S.A. 27:16-1, with respect to
any county roads within the municipality.
Every subdivision or site plan shall conform to any municipal
access management code adopted under N.J.S.A. 40:67-1, with respect
to municipal streets.
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The Planning Board, when acting on applications for subdivision approval or site plan approval, shall have the power to grant such exceptions from the requirements of subdivision or site plan approval as may be reasonable and within the general purpose and intent of the provisions of this Chapter for subdivision or site plan review and approval, if the literal enforcement of one or more of such provisions is impracticable or will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question, subject to the provisions of Section
T10B-227.
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If in the course of reviewing an application for preliminary
approval of a major subdivision or for preliminary approval of a site
plan the Planning Board requires any substantial amendment in the
layout of improvements proposed by the developer that have been the
subject of a hearing, an amended application shall be submitted and
proceeded upon as in the case of the original application.
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Preliminary approval of a major subdivision or a site plan shall,
except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, confer upon the
applicant the following rights for a three-year period from the date
of the preliminary approval:
(a)
That the general terms and conditions on which preliminary approval
was granted shall not be changed, including, but not limited to, use
requirements; layout and design standards for streets, curbs and sidewalks;
lot size; yard dimensions; off-tract improvements; and any requirements
peculiar to site plan approval. However, nothing herein shall be construed
to prevent the municipality from modifying by ordinance such general
terms and conditions of preliminary approval as relate to public health
and safety.
(b)
That the applicant may submit for final approval on or before
the expiration date of preliminary approval the whole or sections
of the preliminary subdivision plat or site plan.
(c)
That the applicant may apply for and the Planning Board may
grant extensions of such preliminary approval for additional periods
of at least one year but not to exceed a total extension of two years;
provided, that if the design standards have been revised by ordinance,
such revised standards may govern.
(d)
In the case of a subdivision or site plan for an area of 50
acres or more, the Planning Board may grant the rights referred to
in the above paragraphs of this section for such period of time, longer
than three years, as shall be determined by the Planning Board to
be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units
and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval,
economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development.
The applicant may apply for thereafter and the Planning Board may
thereafter grant an extension to preliminary approval for such additional
period of time as shall be determined by the Planning Board to be
reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units
and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval,
the potential number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area
of the section or sections awaiting final approval, economic conditions
and the comprehensiveness of the development; provided, that if the
design standards have been revised, such revised standards may govern.
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The Planning Board, in the course of reviewing an application
for final approval of a major subdivision or a site plan involving
a planned unit residential development or a residential cluster, may
permit minimal deviations from the conditions of preliminary approval
attaching to such development or cluster plan if necessitated by change
of conditions beyond the control of the developer since the date of
preliminary approval, without the developer being required to submit
another application for development for preliminary approval.
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The Planning Board may permit a deviation from a subdivision
or site plan as finally approved if caused by change of conditions
beyond the control of the developer since the date of final approval
and if the deviation would not substantially alter the character of
the development or substantially impair the intent and purpose of
the master plan and zoning ordinance.
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When approving subdivision and site plan applications, including
applications for residential and nonresidential clusters, the may
require that any improvements, such as sidewalks, bike paths, jogging
trails, and recreational facilities, designed to be made available
to the general public or to the residents or occupants of the development
shall be completed at such time in the sequence of development as
it deems appropriate, including before issuance of the first certificate
of occupancy.
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Applicants for subdivision and site plan approval containing any of the improvements set forth in Section
T10B-136.1 or providing for land dedications or conveyances to the municipality of any other interest in the property which is the subject of the development application, including easements, shall provide a notice of the improvements and proposed land dedications or conveyances to prospective purchasers of dwelling units within the development. Such notice shall be in plain language and shall be in a form acceptable to the attorney for the Board. It shall be provided prior to the time a contract of sale is executed. As to conveyances which have not been made and as to improvements which have not been completed, such notice shall also be provided to any subsequent purchaser of the unit prior to the time the contract therefor is executed. A copy of each executed notice, with a signed acknowledgment that the purchaser has read and understood the notice, shall be filed by the developer and any subsequent seller with the Board. Failure of a seller to give the required notice to a purchaser shall not be a basis for the purchaser to object to the proposed improvements, dedications, or conveyances.