Subdividers are urged to prepare sketch plans
for review with the Planning Board. Such sketch plans shall be considered
for informal discussion and shall not constitute official submission.
Based on the data on the plan and information received during the
discussion, the Planning Board will advise the subdivider of the extent
to which the proposed subdivision conforms to these regulations and
suggest any modifications which are deemed advisable or necessary
to secure conformance with these regulations where applicable.
Each application for subdivision approval, where
required pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.),
shall be submitted by the applicant to the County Planning Board for
review and approval, and the Township Planning Board shall condition
any approval that it grants upon timely receipt of a favorable report
on the application by the County Planning Board or approval by the
County Planning Board by its failure to report thereon within the
required time period.
The Planning Board, when acting upon applications
for preliminary or minor subdivision approval, shall have the power
to grant such exceptions from the requirements for subdivision approval
as may be reasonable and within the general purpose and intent of
the provisions for subdivision review and approval of this chapter,
if the literal enforcement of one or more provisions of this chapter
is impracticable or will exact undue hardship because of peculiar
conditions pertaining to the land in question.
The Planning Board shall have the power to review
and approve or deny conditional uses and site plans simultaneously
with review for subdivision approval without the developer being required
to make further application to the Planning Board or the Planning
Board being required to hold further hearings. The longest time period
for action by the Planning Board, whether it is for subdivisions,
conditional use or site plan approval, shall apply. Whenever approval
of a conditional use is requested by the developer pursuant to this
subsection, notice of the hearing on the plat shall include reference
to the request for such conditional use.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39
and 40:55D-65, every application for development submitted to the
Planning Board shall be accompanied by proof that no taxes or assessments
for local improvements are due or delinquent on the property which
is the subject of such application, or if it is shown that taxes or
assessments are delinquent on such property, any approvals or other
relief granted by the Board shall be conditioned upon either the prompt
payment of such taxes or assessments or the making of adequate provision
for the payment thereof in such manner that the Township will be adequately
protected.