All applications for development filed prior to the effective date of this chapter may be continued, but any appeals arising out of decisions made on any such applications shall be governed by the provisions of Article
III of this chapter.
Any other provisions of the ordinances of the Borough of South
River to the contrary notwithstanding, public notice and notice with
respect to all applications for development, with the exception of
applications for final approval pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-50, shall
be given in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12.
At the request of the developer, the reviewing board shall grant
an informal review of a concept plan for development for which the
developer intends to prepare and submit an application for development.
The amount of any fees for such an informal review shall be a credited
toward the application fees for review for the application for development.
The developer shall not be bound by any concept plan for which review
is requested, and the reviewing board shall not be bound by any such
review.
All regular and alternate members of the Planning Board and
the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be required to successfully complete
a course in land use law and planning which has been authorized by
the New Jersey Commissioner of Community Affairs and/or New Jersey
planning officials within 18 months of assuming Board membership.
No new member of the Planning Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment shall
be seated as a first-term member or alternate member of the Board
unless the person agrees to complete the basic course required and
complete that course within 18 months of assuming Board membership.
The Mayor or Class I member, a member of the governing body serving
as a Class III member, and any person licensed as a professional planner
shall be exempt from this requirement.