[Added 3-24-1969]
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Editor's Note: This article formerly consisted of §§ 101-91 through 101-95. These sections were renumbered as §§ 101-60 through 101-64, respectively, by Ord. No. 0-79-7, adopted 5-1-1979.
A. 
An application for a sand and gravel extraction permit shall be submitted by the prospective operator, lessee or licensee to the Plainsboro Township Planning Board at least 10 days prior to a scheduled public meeting. Said application shall be in writing and shall include or be accompanied by the following information:
(1) 
Name of the applicant (names of principal officers if a corporation) and all other parties having any interest (specify such interest) in the land covered by the application.
(2) 
A map (five copies) drawn to a minimum scale of one inch equals 200 feet, showing the entire tract proposed for sand and gravel extracting, including the balance of any parcels partially included. The map shall also show:
(a) 
All watercourses and drainageways.
(b) 
All existing buildings and structures.
(c) 
All public roads and utilities.
(3) 
Satisfactory proof to the Plainsboro Planning Board, which shall include but not be limited to a certification by a duly qualified (licensed) geologist, that a deposit of sand and gravel of suitable quality and ample quantity is available to warrant commercial extraction.
(4) 
A statement setting forth the applicant's interest in the land and in whom the ultimate ownership will be vested upon completion of the extraction process.
B. 
To be eligible for further consideration, the applicant must have a parcel of 200 acres and have access to rail for transportation of the finished product.
A. 
A fifty-foot buffer area shall be observed from the zone boundary or the property line, and no excavation shall take place within 100 feet of any residential structure existing and occupied at the time of passage of this article and which is on a parcel which is not a part of the application. Unless otherwise determined, all buffer areas should be left in their natural state.
B. 
All processing equipment shall be located adjacent to railroad facilities and so located as to be remote as practicable from a residential zone.
C. 
Any rail spurs should be so designed and located as to readily accommodate future uses requiring rail freight service.
D. 
Any resultant bodies of water shall have banks with an angle of repose to avoid slippage of material. Any bank adjacent to areas designated for future public or residential use shall have a slope of 3:1 or flatter.
E. 
Suitable recreation or conservation areas shall be held for public acquisition for the use and enjoyment of the residents of Plainsboro Township. The Plainsboro Township Committee shall be given the right of first refusal of any such land and shall have a one-year period after such offer to act to secure said land. Preferably such areas should have water frontage or access to water.
A. 
Land areas from which materials are being currently and actively extracted shall be fenced with an eight-foot chain link fence.
B. 
No explosives shall be used.
C. 
All state regulations and approvals regarding air and water pollution, vibration and noise, when legally required, shall be met.
D. 
Electrically powered equipment shall be used where feasible.
E. 
Disposition of overburden or spoil material shall not interfere with the natural drainage of adjoining land.
F. 
Plans for the permanent or temporary diversion of any flowing stream shall be approved by the State Division of Water Policy and Supply when legally required.
G. 
Plans for the control of siltation and soft erosion control shall be submitted to the Plainsboro Planning Board for approval.
H. 
All sand and gravel produced shall be transported by rail.
I. 
No concrete mixing plant will be permitted as a part of or an accessory use to a sand and gravel extracting operation.
A. 
A preliminary general plan for the total operation shall be submitted to the Planning Board for review and approval. This plan shall show:
(1) 
All existing and proposed roads and railroads and rail spurs within and immediately adjacent to the limits of the proposed operation.
(2) 
All areas of proposed resource extraction.
(3) 
All existing and proposed structures and processing facilities.
(4) 
Drainage and siltation control plans.
(5) 
Overburden and spoil material storage areas.
(6) 
Buffer area plans.
B. 
The Planning Board shall hold a public hearing on the preliminary generalized plan prior to taking official action thereon. Said action shall be taken within 60 days after the submission of the plan.
C. 
Plans must be submitted 10 days prior to a regular Planning Board meeting, and the sixty-day limit shall run from the 10 days prior to the subsequent regular meeting. The sixty-day limit may be extended for another sixty-day period upon consent of the Planning Board and the applicant. The Planning Board shall immediately report its action on the preliminary generalized plan to the Township Committee.
A. 
After a generalized plan for the total operation is approved, the applicant shall submit detailed operating plans, prepared by a professional engineer, for final approval for any section of the total plan. Said plan shall be reviewed by the Planning Board, which shall report its determination to the Township Committee within 30 days after submission of the plan. A plan (called a "restoration plan") prepared by a landscape architect showing the manner in which the worked-out area is to be left shall also accompany a sectional operating plan.
B. 
The Township Committee shall consider the report of the Planning Board, and if satisfied that the best interests of the Township are assured, it shall, within 45 days from receipt of the Planning Board report, direct the issuance of a sand and gravel extraction permit. Alternatively, if the Township Committee does not expressly disapprove a favorable report of the Planning Board within 45 days after its receipt, then this shall be deemed to be and shall be a direction to issue the permit.
C. 
Subsequent sectional operating plans and plan of restoration may be submitted for approval, which approval shall be granted, provided that performance of previously approved sections have met all ordinances, conditions and requirements.
D. 
Before commencing operations in any section, a suitable performance guaranty at the rate of $1,000 per acre for the acreage contained in the section shall be posted with the Township. A performance guaranty in the sum of $20,000 shall be retained to cover the dismantling of equipment no longer in use.
E. 
Revised plans may be submitted for consideration based on experience, on the finding of unusual or theretofore unknown conditions.
F. 
The satisfactory operation and/or completion of previously approved sections shall ensure the approval of future sections, provided all required conditions are met.