[Amended 5-8-1984 by Ord. No. 84-13]
A. The subdivider shall file with the Planning Board
Secretary, at least 15 business days before the date of the monthly
meeting of the Planning Board, an original and 25 copies of an application
for preliminary approval of a major subdivision, accompanied with
a fee of $193, plus $28 per lot computed on the number of lots shown
on the preliminary plat. At the same time of filing the application but in no event
fewer than 15 business days prior to the date set for a meeting at
which the application will be considered, the applicant shall also
file 25 plot plans, maps or other papers required by virtue of any
provision of this chapter and other ordinances of the Borough or any
rule of the Planning Board.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
B. In addition to the required application fee established
herein, the applicant shall be required to establish one or more escrow
accounts for the Borough of Paramus to cover the reasonable costs
of preliminary review and consultation. Said escrow fees shall be
required in the initial amount of $1,650 for major subdivision for:
[Amended 10-13-1987 by Ord. No. 87-35; 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
(1) Preliminary subdivision approval.
(2) Final subdivision approval.
(3) Any subdivision requiring conditional use approval.
(4) Any subdivision requiring site plan approval.
(5) Any subdivision requiring planned development approval.
(6) Any subdivision requiring a variance of any type.
C. Unpaid fees establish liens. Any professional or consultant
fees incurred as part of site plan approval or subdivision approval
shall become a lien upon the subject premises and shall remain a lien
upon the subject premises until they are paid directly or satisfied
by payment from escrow accounts. Any professional or consultant vouchers
which remain unpaid for 30 days or which cannot be satisfied from
existing escrow deposits shall be certified by the Borough Administrator
to the Borough Tax Collector. Said sums shall be levied and collected
at the same time and in the same manner as other Borough taxes. All
such moneys received by the Collector shall be paid over to the Borough
Administrator to be applied only to the purposes for which they were
levied.
[Amended 10-13-1987 by Ord. No. 87-35]
The Borough Engineer shall review the submission
for completeness and take action on accepting or rejecting the submission
as a complete application for preliminary approval within 45 days
of such submission.
If the submission is accepted as complete, a date for a public hearing shall be set and notice given thereof as set forth in Chapter
77, Land Use Procedures, §
77-32, and a hearing held in accordance with Chapter
77, Land Use Procedures, §
77-31.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
Copies of the preliminary plat shall be forwarded
by the Secretary of the Planning Board prior to the hearing to the
following persons:
B. Building Subcode Official.
C. Secretary of Borough Board of Health.
D. Secretary of the Environmental Commission.
E. Such other municipal, county or state officials as
directed by the Planning Board.
Following the public hearing and prior to the
adoption of a resolution of approval or disapproval of a preliminary
plat, the Board may require or the subdivider may request and the
Board may grant permission to make minor revisions of the preliminary
plat. 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
subdivider in the layout of lots or improvements proposed by the subdivider
that have been subject of a hearing, an amended application shall
be submitted and proceeded upon as in the case of an original application.
Preliminary approval shall confer upon the subdivider
the following rights for a three-year period from the date of approval:
A. That the general terms and conditions under which
the preliminary approval was granted will not be changed.
B. That the subdivider may submit on or before the expiration
date the whole or part or parts of said plat for final approval.