There is hereby established in the Township
of Parsippany-Troy Hills a Planning Board of nine members consisting
of the following four classes:
B. Class II: One of the Township officials other than
a member of the Township Council, to be appointed by the Mayor.
C. Class III: A member of the Township Council to be
appointed by the Township Council.
D. Class IV: Six citizens of Parsippany-Troy Hills to
be appointed by the Mayor, none of whom hold any Township office,
except that one member of the Board of Adjustment and one member of
the Board of Education may be a Class IV member of the Planning Board.
[Added 2-26-1980 by Ord. No. 80:3]
A. The governing body may, by ordinance, provide for
the appointment to the Planning Board of not more than two alternate
members. Alternate members shall be appointed by the appointing authority
for Class IV members and shall meet the qualifications of Class IV
members of nine-member planning boards. Alternate members shall be
designated at the time of appointment by the Mayor as "Alternate No.
1" and "Alternate No. 2."
B. The terms of the alternate members shall be for two
years, except that the terms of the alternate members shall be such
that the term of not more than one alternate member shall expire in
any one year; provided, however, that in no instance shall the terms
of the alternate members first appointed exceed two years. A vacancy
occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by
the appointing authority for the unexpired term only.
C. No alternate member shall be permitted to act on any
matter in which he has, either directly or indirectly, any personal
or financial interest. An alternate member may, after public hearing
if he requests one, be removed by the governing body for cause.
D. Alternate members may participate in discussions of
the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification
of a regular member of any class. A vote shall not be delayed in order
that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. In
the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member
is to vote, Alternate No. 1 shall vote.
The Planning Board shall elect a Chairman and
Vice Chairman from the members of Class IV and select a Secretary,
who shall be a municipal employee. The Planning Board Chairman may
appoint a Minor Subdivision and Site Plan Committee which shall act
as a classification committee and may, without notice and public hearing,
hear and determine applications for minor subdivisions and site plans.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations
as may be reasonably necessary and appropriate to its functions. In
the issuance of subpoenas, administration of oaths and the taking
of testimony, the provisions of the County and Municipal Investigations
Law of 1953 (N.J.S.A. 2A:67A-1 et seq.) shall apply.
The Planning Board shall have the power to:
A. Prepare and, after public hearing, to adopt or amend
a Master Plan or component parts thereof to guide the use of lands
within the municipality in a manner which protects public health and
safety and promotes the general welfare and is otherwise consistent
with the purposes of this chapter.
B. Administer the provisions of the Municipal Land Use
Law, including land subdivision, site development, conditional uses
and off-site improvements.
C. Grant variances pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c when
reviewing applications for approval for subdivisions, site development
plans or conditional uses.
[Amended 2-26-1980 by Ord. No. 80:3]
D. Incidental to its primary powers, to direct the issuance,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34, of a permit for a building or structure
in the bed of a street or public drainageway, flood control basin
or public area reserved pursuant to the Official Map adopted by the
Township Council.
E. Incidental to its primary powers, to direct the issuance,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36, of a permit for a building or structure
not related to a street.
F. Annually prepare a program of municipal capital improvement
projects, with the exception of water, storm and sanitary sewer facilities,
projected over a period of six years and recommend the same to the
governing body, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-29.
G. Participate in the preparation and review of the programs
or plans required by state or federal law and regulations.
H. Assemble data on a continuing basis as part of a continuing
planning process.
I. Consider and report to the Township Council, within
35 days after referral, as to any proposed development regulations
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26a and also to pass upon such other matters
as may be specifically referred to the Planning Board by the Township
Council or other public agency pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40:55D-26b and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-31.
J. Perform such other advisory duties as are from time
to time assigned to it by ordinance or resolution of the Township
Council for the aid and assistance of the Township Council or other
municipal agencies or officers, including reviewing, holding hearings,
if deemed necessary, and reporting to the Board of Adjustment with
respect to the opinion of the Planning Board on matters within its
expertise on applications for development or appeal filed with the
Board of Adjustment.
Every member of the Planning Board shall be
eligible to vote on all applications and/or hearings held thereon,
except that when any hearing before the Board shall carry over two
or more meetings, a member of the Board who was absent for one or
more meetings shall not be eligible to vote on the matter upon which
the hearing was conducted unless such Board member has available to
him a transcript or recording of the meeting from which he was absent
and certifies in writing to the Board that he has read such transcript
or listened to such recording.
Upon receipt of a complete application for land
development by the Secretary of the Planning Board and after classification,
the Secretary shall forward a copy of the plat, together with such
additional material as may be necessary and appropriate, to the various
county, state and Township offices and departments having jurisdiction
thereof for their reports and recommendations concerning the proposed
development. The reports shall be presented to the Planning Board
at a regularly scheduled meeting on the application. If a report disapproves
of the application, detailed reasons for the disapproval must be set
forth.
[Amended 4-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79:6; 10-27-1981 by Ord. No. 81:46; 11-26-1985 by Ord. No. 85:63; 8-14-1990 by Ord. No.
90:57; 4-25-1995 by Ord. No. 95:8; 6-20-1995 by Ord. No. 95:19; 5-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96:11; 8-16-2005 by Ord. No. 2005:19; 4-28-2009 by Ord. No. 2009:15]
Upon the filing of an application for development
within the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, the following fees shall
be paid to the Secretary of the Planning Board:
B. Upon the filing of an application for a proposed minor
subdivision: a fee of $200. The escrow fee shall be $3,000.
[Amended 12-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021:24]
C. Upon the filing of a sketch plat of a proposed major
subdivision: a fee of $250, plus $50 for each proposed lot as shown
on such sketch plat. The escrow fee shall be $1,500.
D. Upon the filing of an application for preliminary
approval of a major subdivision: a fee of $250, plus $50 per lot shown
on the plan. The escrow fee shall be $5,000.
E. Upon the filing of an application for final subdivision
approval: a fee of $250, plus $25 per lot shown on the plan. The escrow
fee shall be $3,500.
F. Minor site plans.
(1) Upon the filing of an application for minor site plan
approval:
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Number of Parking Spaces
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Fee
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Fewer than 10
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$100
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11 to 50
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$200
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More than 50
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$300
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(2) The escrow fee shall be $2,500.
[Amended 12-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021:24]
G. Upon the filing of an application for approval of
a preliminary major site plan:
(1) Residential:
(a)
Fifty dollars per dwelling unit, one to 30.
(b)
Thirty dollars per dwelling unit, 31 to 100.
(c)
Twenty dollars per dwelling unit, 101 and above.
(e)
The escrow fee shall be $5,000.
(2) Commercial, industrial, public, etc.:
(a)
Fifty dollars for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area with a minimum fee of $300 and a maximum fee of $4,000.
(b)
The escrow fee shall be $5,000.
H. Upon an application for approval of a final major site plan review: 50% of the fees for preliminary site plan as established in Subsection
G, except that the escrow fee for a final site plan shall be $3,000.
J. Upon the filing of an application which includes a request for approval, pursuant to the ancillary powers of the Planning Board: the fee applicable to the application of which such request forms a part shall be in addition to the applicable fees provided in §
225-27 of this chapter.
K. In all cases where applications for site plan approval
for apartment houses or multifamily dwellings may be required under
any ordinances of the Township, the applicant for such site plan approval
shall pay a fee of $10 per apartment unit.
L. Upon the filing of an application for a conditional
use, payment for fees shall be made as follows:
[Amended 7-19-2022 by Ord. No. 2022:17]
(1) Customary
home occupation:
(2) Professional
home office:
(3) Nonresidential
conditional use:
M. Upon the filing of an application for a conditional
use approval in conjunction with a site plan, payment for fees shall
be made as follows:
[Amended 7-19-2022 by Ord. No. 2022:17]
(1) Minor site plan:
(a)
Application fee: total proposed parking spaces.
[1]
Fewer than 10 parking spaces: $100.
[2]
Eleven to 50 parking spaces: $200.
[3]
More than 50 parking spaces: $300.
(2) Preliminary major site plan (residential):
(a)
Application fee: dwelling units.
[1]
One to 30 dwelling units: $50 per unit.
[2]
Thirty-one to 100 dwelling units: $30 per unit.
[3]
One hundred one and more dwelling units: $20 per unit.
(3) Preliminary major site plan (nonresidential):
(a)
Application fee: square footage of gross floor area.
[1]
Per 1,000 square feet: $50.
[4]
Apartments or multifamily: $10 per unit.
(4) Final major site plan:
(a)
Application fee: percentage of preliminary application.
[1]
Fifty percent of fee for preliminary application.
N. Upon the filing of an application for mixed use development:
a fee of $500, plus $15 per single-family residential lot, plus $10
per attached dwelling unit, plus a sum equal to $0.03 per square foot
of building area for the first 10,000 square feet of nonresidential
building area, plus a sum equal to $0.01 per square foot of building
area for the next 90,000 square feet of building area, plus a sum
equal to $0.005 per square foot of building area for all square footage
of building area in excess of 100,000 square feet.
Q. In cases where the applicant is seeking variance approval
pursuant to the ancillary powers of the Planning Board, in conjunction
with conditional use approval, only one fee will be required, which
will be the highest fee for any one type of application.
R. To request a zone change: $500. The escrow fee shall
be $1,500.
The Mayor may from time to time appoint one
or more persons, who are citizens of the Township of Parsippany-Troy
Hills and are not employees or officials of the Township, as a Citizens'
Advisory Committee to assist or collaborate with the Planning Board
in performance of its duties, but such person or persons shall have
no right to vote or take other action required of the Board. Such
person or persons shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.