A. 
Except as provided herein, no building excavation or foundation permit shall be issued for a building, structure or use or any enlargement, expansion or change of use unless a site plan is first submitted to and approved by the Planning Board of the Borough of Ridgefield, except that, wherever the Board of Adjustment has jurisdiction over a site plan pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-76, then, and in that case, by the Board of Adjustment. Hereafter, "municipal agency" shall mean either the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment of Ridgefield.
B. 
No certificate of occupancy shall be given unless all construction and conditions conform to the site plan as approved, unless conditionally approved by the municipal agency as provided herein.
A. 
Site plan review shall not be required for single-family and two-family detached dwellings or for such accessory uses as a private garage, toolhouse, garden and private greenhouse, swimming pool and other similar uses incidental to a single- or two-family detached dwelling or for similar improvements as accessory uses to a principal use.
B. 
Site plan approval shall not be required where:
[Amended 5-23-1983 by Ord. No. 1232; 4-11-1988 by Ord. No. 1347; 11-22-1993 by Ord. No. 1499; 10-26-1998 by Ord. No. 1645; 6-27-2011 by Ord. No. 2176]
(1) 
Minor repairs to the interior of a building do not involve structural change or enlargement of the building, as determined by the Borough Building Inspector.
(2) 
Renovations or alterations to the exterior design of a building or structure do not involve any enlargement of the building or major structural change, as determined by the Borough Building Inspector.
(3) 
The cost of construction, reconstruction or other interior improvement is less than $50,000 or exterior improvement is less than $25,000.
C. 
The Building Inspector, at his discretion, may refer any application for a building permit to the Planning Board for site plan approval, Subsection B(1), (2) and (3) notwithstanding, where, in the Inspector's judgment, the construction, reconstruction, alteration or change of use will affect existing circulation, drainage, landscaping, lighting or off-street parking or there is a lack of any or all of these factors or other considerations as specified in this Part 4.
Except as provided in § 390-127 herein, all construction, reconstruction, alteration or enlargement of a building, structure, use or lot shall require site plan approval by the municipal agency.
In cases where an applicant proposes to expand or otherwise enlarge an existing use, structure or building, the standards established by this Part 4 shall be applicable only to the new addition, provided that the same constitutes a small addition. Under the terms of this Part 4, a small addition shall not exceed 15% of the gross floor area of the existing use or 2,000 square feet, whichever is greater. All other additions shall comply with the provisions of this Part 4, subject to § 390-132 herein.
The provisions of this Part 4 shall not limit in any way the requirements for submission and compliance with other municipal, county, state or federal regulations, resolutions, codes and ordinances.
A. 
In addition to the referral of site plans to other agencies required by law to review site plans, the municipal agency may refer site plans to any other local, county, state, federal or private or quasi-public agencies for their recommendations within their particular fields of expertise.
B. 
Each application for site plan approval, where required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.6, shall be submitted by the applicant to the County Planning Board for review or approval, and the municipal agency shall condition any approval that it grants upon the timely receipt of a favorable report on the application by the County Planning Board or approval by the County Planning Board by its failure to report thereon within 30 days as set forth in § 390-149 herein.
A. 
The municipal agency, when acting upon applications for preliminary site plan approval, shall have the power to grant such exceptions from the requirements for site plan approval as may be reasonable and within the general purpose and intent of the provisions of this Part 4 for site plan review and approval if the literal enforcement of one or more provisions of this Part 4 is impracticable or will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question.
B. 
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 is subdivision, conditional use or site plan approval, shall apply. Whenever approval of a conditional use is requested by the developer pursuant to this subsection, notice of the hearing on the plat shall include reference to the request for such conditional use.