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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."