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Township of Franklin, NJ
Somerset County
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[Amended 8-9-2005 by Ord. No. 3560]
A. 
All fees as hereinafter required shall be payable to the administrative officer at the time of filing any application for development; provided, however, that fees required for matters relating to the Township Council shall be payable to the Township Clerk.
B. 
All permits, determinations, resolutions or certificates of approval are subject to the payment of all fees provided for in this chapter, and no approvals shall be given by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment until proof has been submitted to them that the requisite fees have, in fact, been paid to the administrative officer.
All developers or appellants to the Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, Construction Official, Township Engineer or Township Council shall pay the applicable fees in accordance with Schedule 7 at the end of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 112-328, Waiver of fees, was repealed 8-12-2008 by Ord. No. 3767.
A. 
The following fees shall be paid by the applicant at the time of adoption of a resolution of subdivision or site plan approval by the Municipal Planning Board or the Board of Adjustment of Franklin Township for the cost of making upgrades and modifications to the Tax Maps and geographic information system (GIS) of Franklin Township relating to said applications. These fees are subject to modification as needed by adoption of a resolution of the Township Council.
Tax Map Fee
GIS Fee
Minor subdivision:
2 to 3 lots
$300.00
$300.00
Tax Map Fee
GIS Fee
Final major subdivisions:
4 to 7 lots
$750.00
$750.00
8 to 12 lots
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
13 to 19 lots
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
20 lots or more
$2,100.00
$2,100.00
Tax Map Fee
GIS Fee
Plus $75.00 per lot in excess of 20
Site plans
$300.00
$300.00
B. 
Payments by escrow fees required hereunder shall be an expressed condition of any subdivision or site plan approval granted by the Franklin Township Municipal Planning Board or Board of Adjustment.
C. 
At the time the final plat is submitted for signature of the municipal officials, the applicant shall submit CAD-generated data file(s), prepared by a New Jersey licensed land surveyor, directly translatable into an identical image of the file map. The file shall be transmitted on a standard three-and-one-half-inch floppy disk or standard compact disk.
D. 
The format shall be either:
(1) 
A CADD drawing; or
(2) 
An ASCII drawing interchange file (i.e., a "DXF" extension file) compatible with AutoCAD Release 13 or later.
E. 
All required information shall appear on separate layers of the drawing.
F. 
Text shall also appear on a separate layer of the drawing.
G. 
The file must be drawn at its real New Jersey Plane Coordinates NAD83 (or the most current State Plane Coordinate System) position and the view must be unrotated so that the NJPCS North points orthographically up (vertical) in the screen. The drawing shall identify, at a minimum, three monument markers distributed around the corners of the tract. These monument markers shall be identified in US survey feet.
H. 
The information required in the data file(s) shall be:
(1) 
All required information submitted on the final plat which shall appear on separate layers of the drawing.
(2) 
The location of all existing and proposed signage and catch basins, to be given as a layer in the CADD drawing.
(3) 
The location of all existing and proposed culverts, given as the center of the structure at the center line of the roadway, to be given as a layer in the CADD drawing.
(4) 
The data file(s) shall contain any site description information, as required by the Franklin Township Municipal Planning Board or Board of Adjustment. This data includes site description information shown on the preliminary plan and/or site plan, and any data given by the applicant after initial plans are submitted. Site description information shall include the following information as deemed applicable by the Franklin Township Municipal Planning Board:
(a) 
Wetlands.
(b) 
Marshes, ponds, lakes.
(c) 
Vegetated areas.
(d) 
Endangered species habitats.
(e) 
Steep slopes.
(f) 
Floodplains.
(g) 
Conservation easement and open space.
(h) 
Streams and stream corridors.
(i) 
Distinctive scenic and/or historic features.
I. 
At the discretion of the applicant, the Municipal Surveyor who maintains the Tax Map can be requested to do the required conversion to CAS based on those hourly fees listed in the Surveyor's annual professional services agreement.