A.
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 or the Subdivision Committee with reference to
an informally prepared plat 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 will be taken on an informal discussion. Discussion
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 approving authority,
should be presented formally.
B.
The Planning Board or its Subdivision Committee may
review any application for development or discuss the same with the
developer to determine whether the development is a major or minor
subdivision or other kind of development; the procedures by which
such application is to be processed; and whether the application is
complete. Any action taken pertaining to such 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.
C.
An informal submission shall be made to the Building
Subcode Official and shall be filed with him as an informal submission.
[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.[1] 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:[2]
[Amended 10-13-1987 by Ord. No. 87-35; 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
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.
[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:
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.
A.
The Planning Board shall act to approve or disapprove the preliminary plat with revisions, if any, in accordance with the time limits set forth in § 387-5 of this chapter, following the date at which it has been certified that the application submitted is complete. However, no final action shall be taken before the expiration of the thirty-day period within which the entire Planning Board may submit a report on said subdivision. In all cases, the recommendation of the County Planning Board shall be given careful consideration in the final decision of the Borough Planning Board. If the County Planning Board has approval authority pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-12,[1] its action shall be noted on the plat, and if disapproved,
two copies of the reasons for disapproval shall be returned with the
plat. If the Borough Planning Board or County Planning Board disapproves
a plat, 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.
[Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23]
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 40:27-12 was repealed
by L. 1968, c. 285, § 22.
B.
If the Planning Board acts favorably on a preliminary
plat, a notification to that effect shall be made on the plat and
it shall be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Board
and the Borough Engineer. The plat shall then be returned to the subdivider
for compliance with final approval requirements.
Preliminary approval shall confer upon the subdivider
the following rights for a three-year period from the date of approval:
