An application shall be submitted to the approving authority Secretary, in writing, in duplicate, on forms supplied by the authority. Receipt of an application for final subdivision approval shall be filed no less than 21 days prior to the regular meeting date of the approving authority. The fees required in Article III shall be paid with the application.
The application shall be accompanied by 16 copies
of the proposed final subdivision plat. The plat shall not differ
substantially from the approved preliminary plat.
The final plat shall be drawn in ink on tracing
cloth at a scale of not less than one inch equals 100 feet and in
compliance with all of the provisions of the Map Filing Act (N.J.S.A.
46:23-9.9 et seq.). The final plat shall show or be accompanied by
the following:
A.
The date, name and location of the subdivision, name
of owner, graphic scale and reference meridian.
B.
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets,
street names, easements and other rights-of-way, land to be reserved
or dedicated to public use, all lot lines and other site lines, with
accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, radii, arcs and
central angles of all curves, and the area of each lot.
C.
The names, exact locations and widths of all existing
and recorded streets intersecting or paralleling the plot boundaries
within a distance of 200 feet.
D.
The purpose of any easement or land reserved or dedicated
to public use shall be designated. and the proposed use of sites other
than residential shall be noted.
E.
Lot, block and street numbers as approved by the Municipal
Tax Assessor, including lot and block numbers of abutting property.
F.
Minimum building setback lines on all lots and other
sites.
G.
Location and description of all monuments.
H.
Names of owners of adjoining unsubdivided land.
I.
Certification by licensed civil engineer or surveyor
as to accuracy of details of plat.
J.
Certification that the applicant is agent or owner
of the land or that the owner has given consent under an option or
contingent agreement.
K.
When approval of a plat is required by any other officer
or body of the municipality, county or state, such approval shall
be certified on the plat or evidence shall be submitted that an application
has been made for such approval.
L.
A proposed grading plan of the subdivision, prepared
at a scale of not less than one inch equals 50 feet, showing the proposed
layout of the subdivision, all proposed streets and improvements,
all proposed floor elevations of existing and proposed buildings,
all proposed ground elevations of the entire subdivision to ensure
proper drainage for all lots within the subdivision and further to
ensure that no adverse condition would be created to adjoining properties
as a result of the proposed subdivision.
M.
Proposed final grades of all streets shall be shown
to a scale of one inch equals five feet vertical and one inch equals
50 feet horizontal, on sheets 22 by 36 inches, and drawings shall
include both plans and profiles and shall show elevations of all monuments
referred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey level bench
marks, and such elevations shall be shown in feet and hundredths of
feet.
N.
Plans and profiles of storm and sanitary sewers and
water mains.
O.
Certificate from the Tax Collector that all taxes
are paid to date.
P.
Written proof that the lands set aside or shown for
easement, public use or streets are free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances.
A.
Final subdivision plat review.
(1)
The applicant shall submit the completed application
and maps, together with payment of all required fees, to the administrative
officer, who shall submit copies of the final plat, or notice that
the final plats have been received and may be reviewed at the Borough
approving authority office, to the following:
(a)
Borough Clerk.
(b)
Borough Engineer.
(c)
Police Department.
(d)
Fire Department (Fire Prevention Bureau).
(e)
Board of Health.
(f)
Shade Tree Commission.
(g)
Borough Construction Official.
(h)
Director of Public Works.
(i)
Environmental Commission.
(j)
Such other municipal, county or state officials
or other agencies as may be directed by the Planning Board.
(2)
Said persons, boards and agencies shall make their
recommendations to the approving authority concerning said application
within 45 days of the submission of the application.
B.
Determination as to compliance. The Borough Engineer
and the approving authority Attorney, and such other persons as the
approving authority may designate, shall advise the approving authority
of the following:
(1)
The nature of the improvements to be required as a
condition of final approval.
(2)
The estimated value of the improvements installed
or to be installed.
(3)
The nature and amount of performance guaranties, if
any, to be required as a condition of final approval.
(4)
The provisions of open space reservation or dedication
and the standards for open space organizations.
(5)
The effects, if any, of valuation, assessment and
taxation of the Farmland Assessment Act (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1 et seq.).
(6)
The amounts to be deposited to reimburse the approving
authority and the municipality for costs incurred or to be incurred
for legal, engineering, planning and other professional reviews and
work, for recording fees and for any other costs anticipated by the
approving authority.
(7)
Any other conditions upon which final approval will
be granted or conditioned.
C.
Applicant's responsibilities. The applicant shall
be required to submit the following for the approving authority's
approval:
(1)
A developer's agreement prepared by the approving
authority's Attorney setting forth the obligations of the applicant
and the municipality concerning the subdivision approval and future
development of the applicant's land.
(2)
A performance guaranty, in a form approved by the Municipal Attorney and approving authority Attorney, complying with Article VII of this chapter, guaranteeing the performance of the developer's agreement by the applicant.
(3)
Maintenance guaranties, if any, for work completed
prior to final approval.
(4)
Deeds for any easements, rights-of-way or public lands,
in a form satisfactory to the Municipal Attorney and approving authority
Attorney.
(5)
Funds to be deposited to reimburse the approving authority
and municipality for costs incurred or to be incurred for legal, engineering,
planning and other consultant reports, for recording fees and for
any other costs anticipated by the approving authority.
(6)
Evidence of compliance with any other conditions imposed
by the approving authority.
(7)
Proof of payment of taxes and assessments for municipal
improvements on the land being subdivided.
D.
County Planning Board and other governmental agency
approvals. Any final approval requiring county subdivision approval
or other governmental agency approval shall be submitted by the applicant
to the County Planning Board or other governmental agency for review
and approval. The approving authority may condition any approval that
it may grant upon the timely receipt of a favorable report on the
application from the County Planning Board or such other governmental
agency or by the County Planning Board or other governmental agency
by its failure to report thereon within the time required by law.
E.
Approving authority action.
(1)
Final approval shall be granted or denied within 45
days after submission of a complete and perfected application to the
administrative officer or within such further time as may be consented
to by the applicant. Failure of the approving authority to act within
the period prescribed shall constitute final approval, and a certificate
of the Borough Clerk as to the failure of the approving authority
to act shall be issued on request of the applicant, and it shall be
sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement or other evidence of
approval and shall be so accepted by the county recording officer
for the purposes of filing subdivision plats.
(2)
Upon final approval by the approving authority and
after all required signatures are placed on the original tracing,
the administrative officer shall request the applicant to prepare
one cloth print and one Mylar reproducible print and 15 copies made
of such final plat as approved and shall file a copy thereof, or notice
that the final plats have been received and may be reviewed at the
approving authority office, to the following:
(a)
Borough Clerk.
(b)
Borough Engineer.
(c)
Police Department.
(d)
Department (Fire Prevention Bureau).
(e)
Board of Health.
(f)
Shade Tree Commission.
(g)
Borough Construction Official.
(h)
Director of Public Works.
(i)
Environmental Commission.
(j)
Such other municipal, county or state officials
or other agencies as may be directed by the Planning Board.
F.
Final subdivision approval plats; filing.
(1)
Final subdivision approval shall expire 95 days from
the date of signing of the plat unless, within such period, the plat
shall have been duly filed by the applicant with the county recording
officer.
(2)
The approving authority may, for good and sufficient
cause shown, extend the period within which said plat may be filed
for an additional period not to exceed 190 days from the date of the
signing of the plat.
(3)
No subdivision plat shall be accepted for filing by the county recording officer until it has been approved by the approving authority as indicated on the instrument by the signature of the Chairman and Secretary of the approving authority or a certificate has been issued by the Borough Clerk pursuant to § 250-29E(1) of this chapter. The signatures of the Chairman and Secretary of the approving authority shall not be affixed until the applicant has executed and delivered the developer's agreement and the performance guaranties required by this chapter. If the county recording officer records any plat without such approval, such recording shall be deemed null and void, and, upon the request of the municipality, such plat be expunged from the official records.
(4)
It shall be the duty of the county recording officer
to notify the approving authority within seven days of the filing
of any plat, identifying such instrument by its title, date of filing
and official number.
The zoning requirements applicable to the preliminary subdivision approval first granted and all other rights conferred upon the applicant pursuant to § 250-25 of this chapter, whether conditionally or otherwise, shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of final approval; provided, however, that the rights conferred by this section shall expire if the plat has not been fully recorded within the required time period. If the applicant has followed the standards prescribed for final approval and has recorded the plat as required, the approving authority may extend such period of protection for extensions of one year but not to exceed three extensions. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the granting of final approval terminates the time period of preliminary approval pursuant to § 250-25 of this chapter for the section granted final approval.
