[Adopted 12-9-1976 by Ord. No. 128]
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23 et seq., a Planning
Board to be known as "Planning Board of the Borough of Medford Lakes," is
hereby created and established.
The Planning Board is authorized to adopt bylaws governing its procedural
operation, such bylaws being in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq. It shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from the members
of Class IV, select a Secretary who may or may not be a member of the Planning
Board, or a municipal employee, and create and fill such other offices as
are established by ordinance by the governing body. The Planning Board shall
have the power and authority to employ, or contract for, and fix the compensation
of legal counsel, other than the Municipal Attorney, and experts, and other
staff and services as it may deem necessary, not exceeding, exclusive of gifts
or grants, the amount appropriated by the governing body for its use.
The Planning Board shall have all the powers conferred upon it under
the provisions of the New Jersey Revised Statutes, N.J.S.A. 4:55D-23 et seq.,
and amendments and supplements thereto.
The governing body, by ordinance only, may provide for the reference
of any matter or class of matters to the Planning Board before final action
is taken by the governing body or the Borough officer having final authority.
Whenever a public hearing is required on any matter before the Planning
Board, the Planning Board shall follow the procedures as prescribed in Section
6, Chapter 291 of the Laws of 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10).
[Adopted 3-2-1995 by Ord. No. 408]
Pursuant to the authority granted by P.L. 1994, c. 291, commonly cited
and referred to as the "Municipal Land Use Law," N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.,
as amended by P.L. 1985, c. 516, and P.L. 1994, c. 186, the Planning Board
of the Borough of Medford Lakes shall consist of nine members and shall exercise
to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions all of the powers
of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-25c, the Class I and III members of such
Planning Board shall not participate in the consideration of applications
for development which involve relief pursuant to Subsection d of Section 57
of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70).
Immediately upon this article taking effect, the Mayor shall appoint
two additional Class IV members to the Planning Board for terms that shall
be so determined that, to the greatest practicable extent, the expiration
of such terms shall be distributed evenly over the next four years, said appointments
being made pursuant to Subsection B of Section 14 of P.L. 1985, c. 516.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23.1, the Borough of Medford Lakes hereby
establishes the classification of "alternate members" of the Medford Lakes
Planning/Zoning Board, created hereunder, which is a joint Planning/Zoning
Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-25(c), which members shall be Class IV members
of a nine-member Planning Board. The initial term of the alternate designated
as Alternate No. 1 shall be two years, and the term of Alternate No. 2 shall
be one year.
The present Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be abolished upon the effective
date of the enactment of this article, subject, however, to the requirements
of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-72.1.