Any applicant wishing to subdivide or resubdivide land within the Township of Bridgewater shall apply for and obtain the approval of the Planning Board in accordance with the following procedure. The applicant or his agent shall appear at all regular meetings of the Planning Board whenever the application is being considered. Failure to appear shall give the Planning Board the right to postpone action on the application for that particular meeting if applicant's or his agent's absence deprives the Planning Board of information necessary to make a decision.
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 126-205, Preapplication conference; 126-206, Submission of sketch plat and 126-207, Action of Technical Coordinating Committee, were repealed 6-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-11.
[Amended 6-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-11]
No plat shall be classified as a minor subdivision if it results in any remaining lands capable of being resubdivided into one or more building lots.
A. 
If classified as a minor subdivision, two copies of the plat shall be retained by the Board and copies of the plat shall be forwarded to the following for review and comment:
(1) 
Township Engineer.
(2) 
County Planning Board.
(3) 
Township Health Officer.
(4) 
Township Building Inspector.
(5) 
Township Tax Assessor.
(6) 
Environmental Commission.
(7) 
Other agencies as may be determined by the Planning Board.
B. 
The applicant shall be responsible for forwarding copies of all plats and required exhibits to the County Planning Board and should furnish a receipt indicating the delivery to the Township Planning Board.
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Editor's Note: Former § 126-210, Action by Subdivision Committee, was repealed 6-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-11.
If approved as a minor subdivision, a plat drawn in compliance with Chapter 141 of the Laws of 1960 or a deed stamped with the date of the Planning Board approval shall be filed with the county recording officer within 190 days from the date of approval. Failure to file within 190 days shall void said subdivision approval.
Any lands, lots or parcels resulting from a minor subdivision shall not be resubmitted as a minor subdivision.
Before the Planning Board Secretary returns any approved minor subdivision to the subdivider, the applicant shall provide the Secretary with a certificate of filing from the County Clerk's office. The Secretary shall distribute copies of the approved subdivision to each of the following:
A. 
Township Clerk.
B. 
Township Engineer.
C. 
Township Building Inspector.
D. 
Township Tax Assessor.
The granting of minor subdivision approval shall guarantee that the zoning requirements and general terms and conditions, whether conditional or otherwise, upon which minor subdivision approval was granted shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of minor subdivision approval, provided that the approved minor subdivision shall have been duly recorded as provided herein. Applicants shall be responsible for necessary approvals prior to development under the Soil Erosion, Hillside Development and Stormwater and Floodplain Ordinances.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Part 11, Special Environmental Requirements.