[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
An informal submission may be made at the option of the developer. An informal discussion may be held at a meeting of the Planning Board with reference to an informally prepared site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for purpose of discussion. The purpose of such a discussion will be to review overall development concepts in order to assist the applicant in the preparation of subsequent plans. No decisions will be made and no formal action taken on an informal discussion. Discussions and recommendations shall be informal and shall not be binding on the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall have the right to limit and control the extent, length and scope of such informal discussion, to regulate when it may occur, to require prior notice of a request for it and to conclude it in the interests of expediting other business or if the matters being presented, in the judgment of Board, should be presented formally. Any action taken pertaining to such an informal submission shall be without prejudice to the rights of the parties to later proceed formally under the procedures elsewhere set forth in this chapter. Plans for informal discussion shall be submitted to the Planning Board.
A. 
The developer shall file with the Construction Official at least 15 business days before the date of the monthly meeting of the Planning Board 22 copies of an application for preliminary approval of a site plan, accompanied with a fee in accordance with § 371-7 of this chapter. At the time of filing the application but in no event fewer than 15 business days prior to the date set for hearing, the applicant shall also file 22 plot plans, maps or other papers required by virtue of any provisions of this chapter and other ordinances of the Borough or any rule of the Planning Board. The developer shall concurrently file an application with the County Planning Board.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
B. 
The applicant may, however, submit such site plan and accompanying information in final form and may request final approval concurrently with preliminary approval, which request may be granted by the Board if the data required for final approval under Article IV of this chapter hereunder is found to be complete and satisfactory.
C. 
The Construction Official shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Planning Board upon receipt of a complete application and transmit the application and prints to the Secretary of the Planning Board, except one copy of the application and site plan, which the Construction Official shall retain in his office, and the fee, which shall be deposited with the Chief Financial Officer.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
D. 
The Construction Official shall review the submission for completeness as "complete application" is defined in § 371-3 hereunder and shall accept or reject the submission as a complete application within 45 days of such submission. If the application is incomplete, the application shall be returned to the applicant and the Construction Official shall state the reason for such rejection.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
If the submission is accepted as complete, a date for a public meeting shall be set, at which the Board will consider the application. In the case of variances or conditional uses, a date for a public hearing shall be set and a notice thereof given as set forth in Chapter 77, Land Use Procedures, Article III, of the Code of the Borough of Paramus and the hearing held in accordance with Article III of that chapter (§ 77-31).
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
Copies of the preliminary site plan shall be forwarded by the Zoning Officer prior to the hearing to the following persons:
A. 
Borough Engineer.
B. 
Secretary of the Borough Board of Health.
C. 
Such other municipal, county or state officials as directed by the Planning Board.
Following the public meeting or hearing and prior to adoption of a resolution of approval or disapproval of a preliminary site plan, the Board may require or the developer may request and the Board may grant permission to make minor revisions of the preliminary site plan. The Board shall also have the discretion to permit the applicant to submit an amended application in appropriate instances, but if any substantial amendment is required by the Board or desired by the developer in the layout of buildings or improvements proposed by the developer that have been subject of a hearing, an amended application shall be submitted and proceeded upon as in the case of an original application. The Board may allow a lesser application fee than for the original application, if it determines that the review work involved will be less.
A. 
The Planning Board shall act to approve or disapprove the preliminary site plan with revisions, if any, in accordance with the time limits set forth in § 371-6 of this chapter, following the date at which it has been certified that the application submitted is complete.
B. 
The recommendations of the County Planning Board shall be given careful consideration in the final decision of the Borough Planning Board. Any approval by the Borough Planning Board made before the receipt of recommendations from the County Planning Board and before the expiration of the statutory period within which the County Planning Board may submit a report shall be conditioned on County Planning Board approval, where the County Planning Board has approval authority pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-37.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
C. 
If the Borough Planning Board or County Planning Board disapproves a site plan, the reasons for disapproval shall be stated in writing and remedied prior to further consideration. If approval is required by any other officer or public body, the same procedure as applies to submission and approval by the County Planning Board shall apply.
D. 
If the Planning Board acts favorably on a preliminary site plan, a notation to that effect shall be made on the site plan and it shall be signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Board. The site plan shall then be returned to the developer for compliance with final approval requirements.
A. 
Preliminary approval of a site plan shall protect the applicant, for a three-year period from the date of the preliminary approval, from the changes in the general terms and conditions on which preliminary approval was granted, including but not limited to use requirements; layout and design standards for streets, curbs and sidewalks; lot size; yard dimensions; off-tract improvements; and any requirements peculiar to such preliminary site plan approval. However, nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Borough from modifying by ordinance such general terms and conditions of preliminary approval as relate to public health and safety.
B. 
The applicant may submit for final approval on or before the expiration date of preliminary approval the whole or a section or sections of the preliminary site plan.
C. 
The applicant may apply for and the Planning Board may grant extensions on such preliminary approval for additional periods of at least one year, but not to exceed a total extension of two years, provided that if the design standards have been revised by ordinance, such revised standards may govern.