A. 
Filing an application. A final subdivision application shall be submitted to the administrative officer or designee within three years after the date of preliminary approval or any authorized extension thereof.
B. 
Distribution. At least 10 days prior to the first regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Board, the administrative officer or designee shall distribute the copies of the final plat or final plan and the application in the following manner:
(1) 
Township files.
(2) 
Board Chairperson.
(3) 
Township Engineer.
(4) 
Township Planner.
(5) 
Township Health Department.
(6) 
Construction Official.
(7) 
Fire Subcode Officer.
(8) 
Environmental Commission.
(9) 
Subdivision Committee Chairman.
(10) 
Board Attorney.
(11) 
MUA.
(12) 
Tax Assessor.
(13) 
Police Department.
(14) 
At the direction of the Board, additional copies of the final plat or plan and the supportive material may be forwarded to other Township, county or state officials.
A. 
Procedural requirements. All applications for final subdivision shall include the following support documents and information:
(1) 
Thirteen copies of the final subdivision plan.
(2) 
Application and escrow fees as specified in Chapter 414, Fees, Land Development (see § 470-46).
(3) 
Completed final subdivision form.
(4) 
Completed final subdivision checklist.
(5) 
Completed checklist waiver request form.
(6) 
Certificate of ownership if the applicant is not the property owner.
(7) 
Proof of submission to the County Planning Board.
(8) 
Affidavit of disclosure for corporations as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-48.1.
(9) 
Health Department approval.
B. 
Map requirements. All applications for final subdivision shall include maps and/or exhibits depicting the following information:
(1) 
All additional details required at the time of preliminary approval shall be submitted.
(2) 
The applicant shall submit the following details:
(a) 
Submit one of the following:
[1] 
As-built constructions plans; or
[2] 
Final construction plans and a performance bond covering the cost of installation for the items of incomplete work; or
[3] 
The items in both Subsection B(2)(a)[1] and [2] if work is only partially completed.
(b) 
The final plat indicating all property lines:
[1] 
Shown in degree, minutes and seconds.
[2] 
With dimensions in feet to the nearest two decimal places.
(c) 
The drainage plan as per Article XV, Stormwater Management, of this chapter.
(d) 
Operation and maintenance agreement of the detention facility in accordance with § 470-82 of the Land Development Ordinance.
(e) 
All dimensions of the exterior boundaries of any subdivision shall be balanced and closed to a precision of one to 10,000 and the dimension of all lot lines to within one to 20,000. All dimension, angles and bearings shall be tied to at least two permanent monuments not less than 300 feet apart and all information shall be indicated on the plat. At least one corner of the subdivision shall be tied to the U.S.G.S. benchmarks with data on the plat as to how the bearings were determined.
(f) 
Phasing plan for improvements, if proposed.
A. 
Time for decision. Upon the submission of a complete application for final approval, the Board shall grant or deny final approval within 45 days of the date of such submission or within such further time as may be consented to by the developer. Failure of the Board to act within 45 days or such further time as agreed to by the applicant shall constitute final approval. In such case, the administrative officer shall certify the submission date of the application and the failure of the Board to act within the specified time period, and this certification shall be sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement of the Board.
B. 
Approval. If the Board acts favorable on the final submission, the Chairman and Secretary of the Board, or the Acting Chairman and Secretary where either or both may be absent, shall affix their signatures to the plat or plan with a notation that it has been approved.
C. 
Distribution of approved final plat. After approval of the final plat or plan by the Board, signed copies of the signed plat or plan shall be furnished by the Secretary of the Board to each of the following within 10 days from the date of such approval:
(1) 
Township Clerk.
(2) 
Township Engineer.
(3) 
Planning Board or Board of Adjustment.
(4) 
Township Health Department.
(5) 
Construction Official.
(6) 
Tax Assessor.
(7) 
To the subdivider or developer.
D. 
Filing with County Clerk. Final approval of a major subdivision shall expire 95 days from the date of signing of the plats unless within such period the plat shall have been duly filed by the developer with the county recording officer. The Planning Board may for good cause shown extend the period of recording for an additional period not to exceed 190 days from the date of signing of the plat.
E. 
Rejection of plat. If the Board, after consideration and discussion of the final submission, determines that it is unacceptable, a notation shall be made by the Chairman of the Board to that effect on the plat or plan, and a resolution adopted setting forth the reasons for such rejection. One copy of the plat or plan and the resolution shall be returned to the applicant within 10 days of such memorialization.
Final approval of a subdivision or site plan shall confer upon the applicant the following rights for a two-year period from the date of final approval, provided that in the case of a major subdivision the rights conferred by this section shall expire if the plat has not been duly recorded pursuant to § 470-20D of this chapter:
A. 
The zoning requirements applicable to the preliminary approval first granted and all other rights conferred upon the developer pursuant to § 470-17 of this chapter, whether conditionally or otherwise, shall not be changed.
B. 
If the developer has followed the standards prescribed for final approval, the Board may extend the period of protection for extensions of one year each, not exceeding three such extensions.
C. 
In the case of a subdivision or site plan for a planned development of 50 acres or more, conventional subdivision or site plan for 150 acres or more, or site plan for development of a nonresidential floor area of 200,000 square feet or more, the Board may grant the rights referred to above for such period of time longer than two years, as shall be determined by the Board as prescribed in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-52b. In no case shall more than 10 years be granted from the date of preliminary approval if construction has not commenced without a rehearing of preliminary approval.
D. 
If an applicant fails to complete construction as per the site plan submitted within a two-year period or within an approved or statutorily required extension period from the date of final approval, the approval of said site plan and all variances granted with said site plan shall lapse and become null and void.
E. 
Conditional approvals.
(1) 
Conditions precedent. Whenever any application for development is approved subject to specified conditions, intended to be fulfilled before the approval becomes effective, said conditional approval shall lapse and become null and void unless all specified conditions are fulfilled within 190 days or within an approved or statutorily required extension period of the date of conditional approval.
(2) 
The fulfillment of all conditions precedent shall be reported in writing to the municipal agency, which may cause such reports to be verified in an appropriate manner. Only upon fulfillment of all conditions shall any subdivision map or site plan be assigned or any required building permit, occupancy permit or zoning permit be issued.
(3) 
Conditions subsequent. Whenever any application for development is approved subject to conditions, which by their terms are incapable of being fulfilled, or are not required to be fulfilled prior to the final approval of the application, the performance of which are not guaranteed by bonds or securities of any type, failure to fulfill any such conditions within 190 days or within an approved or statutorily required extension period from the date of the final approval of the application for development shall be grounds for the issuance of a stop-work order by the enforcing official and the withholding of any zoning permit, certificate of occupancy or any other approval until such condition or conditions are fulfilled.
(4) 
The fulfillment of all conditions shall be reported in writing to the municipal agency which may cause such reports to be verified in an appropriate manner. Only upon fulfillment of all conditions shall any subdivision map or site plan be signed or any required building permit, occupancy permit, zoning permit or other required approval be issued.
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Editor's Note: For current statutory provisions related to effect of final approval of a site plan or major subdivision, see N.J.S.A. 40:55D-52.