[Added 12-17-2020 by Ord. No. 16-2020[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former Articles I through VI as Articles II through VII, respectively.
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23 and 40:55D-69, there is hereby established a Joint Land Use Board of nine members, whose membership shall be as set forth in the statute. The Joint Land Use Board shall exercise both the powers of a planning board, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-25, and the powers of a zoning board of adjustment, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70. The Joint Land Use Board shall exercise the powers assigned to the Borough Planning Board, pursuant to § 124-9 of the Code of the Borough of Mendham, and the powers assigned to the Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment, pursuant to § 124-20 of the Code of the Borough of Mendham.
B. 
In addition to the mandatory powers and responsibilities as set forth in the statute, the Joint Land Use Board shall participate in the preparation and review of programs or plans required by state or federal law or regulation, assemble data on a continuing basis as part of a continuous planning process and perform such other advisory duties as are assigned to it by the governing body.
C. 
The Joint Land Use Board shall have the following additional powers and duties:
(1) 
To prepare a Master Plan in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
(2) 
To administer the provisions of Chapter 124, Land Use Procedures, of the Code of the Borough of Mendham.
(3) 
To approve conditional use applications, in accordance with the appropriate provisions of Chapter 215, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Mendham, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.
D. 
The Joint Land Use Board shall reorganize annually in the month of January on some date scheduled after the annual reorganization meeting of the governing body.
A. 
All powers formerly vested in the Board of Adjustment, as set forth under Chapter 124, Land Use Procedures, Article III, Zoning Board of Adjustment, and other chapters in the Borough of Mendham Code, shall be vested in the Borough of Mendham Joint Land Use Board.
B. 
The Joint Land Use Board shall have four alternates who shall be appointed and shall serve as set forth by law.
C. 
Any ordinances or sections thereof which are presently in effect in the Borough of Mendham and refer to the "Board of Adjustment" shall hereinafter be taken to refer to the "Joint Land Use Board."