[Added 12-22-2015 by Ord.
No. O-15-26; amended 2-11-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-5]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-25c(2), Class I and Class III members,
as well as any designees or alternates who may be serving in their
place, shall not participate in the consideration of applications
for development which involve relief pursuant to Subsection d of N.J.S.A.
40:55D-70.
[Amended 12-27-2005 by Ord. No. O-05-48]
Each year in the month of January, the Planning
Board 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 Township employee, and create and fill such other
offices as established by ordinance. It may employ, or contract for,
and fix the compensation of legal counsel, other than the Township
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 Township Committee for its use. All such appointments
shall be subject to confirmation by the Township Committee as professional
appointments pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq. In the interest
of uniformity of treatment for development, the Township Engineer
shall serve the Planning Board in his respective field of expertise.
The Planning Board shall have the power to review
and approve or deny conditional uses or site plans simultaneously
with review for subdivision approval without the developer being required
to make further application to the Planning Board, or the Planning
Board being required to hold further hearings. The longest time period
for action by the Planning Board, whether it be for subdivision, conditional
use, or site plan approval, shall apply. Whenever approval of a conditional
use is requested by the developer pursuant to this section, notice
of the hearing on the plat shall include reference to the request
for such conditional use.