Preliminary plats are required for all major
site plans and major subdivisions.
A. Filing procedure.
(1) The developer shall complete all portions of the application
form and, along with one copy of a plan, file with the administrative
officer no later than 25 days prior to the date set for the hearing.
This initial application will be reviewed for completeness and returned
with notations and/or suggestions for the applicant to prepare the
final application. Within 15 days of the scheduled meeting the following
material must be submitted to the administrative officer: 16 copies
of the application, all plot plans, maps and other papers required
by virtue of any provision of this chapter, as well as the applicable
fee and certification by the Tax Collector that all taxes are paid
to date.
(2) A corporation or partnership applying for permission
to subdivide a parcel of land or for a variance to construct multiple
dwellings or for approval of a site to be used for commercial purposes
shall list the names and addresses of all stockholders or individual
partners owning at least 10% of its stock of any class or at least
10% of the interest in the partnership, as the case may be. If a corporation
or partnership owns 10% or more of the stock of a corporation or a
ten-percent or greater interest in a partnership, subject to the above
disclosure, that corporation or partnership shall list the names and
addresses of its stockholders holding 10% or more of its stock or
a ten-percent or greater interest in the partnership, as the case
may be, and this requirement shall be followed by every corporate
stockholder or partner in a partnership, until the names and addresses
of the noncorporate stockholders and individual partners exceeding
the ten-percent ownership criterion established in this subsection
have been listed. No Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or municipal
governing body shall approve the application of any corporation or
partnership which does not comply with this requirement of N.J.S.A.
40:55D-48.1. The penalty for concealment by a corporation or a partnership
shall be as outlined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-48.1.
[Amended 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1015-10; 8-17-2011 by Ord. No.
1038-11]
B. Action by approving authority.
(1) The approving authority shall review the submission for its completeness and take action on accepting or rejecting the submission as a complete application. If rejected, the applicant shall be notified, in writing, within 45 days of submission in accordance with §
185-11.
(2) Public hearing. If accepted as an application, a public
hearing date shall be set by the approving authority and notice given.
(3) Upon submission of a plat, the administrative officer
shall submit one copy of the plat and supporting data to the Municipal
Engineer, Environmental Commission, Board of Health and any other
agency or person as directed by the approving authority for review
and action. Each shall have not more than 30 days from receipt of
the plat to report to the approving authority. In the event of disapproval,
such report shall state the reasons therefor. If any agency or person
fails to submit a report within 30 days, the plat shall be deemed
to have been approved by it. Upon mutual agreement between the County
Planning Board and the approving authority, with approval of the developer,
the thirty-day period for a County Planning Board report may be extended
for an additional 30 days, and any extension shall so extend the time
within which the approving authority is required to act.
[Amended 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1015-10; 8-17-2011 by Ord. No.
1038-11]
(4) The approving authority shall grant or deny preliminary
subdivision approval within the following time periods unless some
further time has been consented to by the developer. Otherwise, the
approving authority shall be deemed to have granted preliminary approval
of the subdivision:
(a)
A subdivision of 10 or fewer lots: within 45
days of the date of a complete submission.
(b)
A subdivision with more than 10 lots: within
95 days of the date of a complete submission.
(5) The approving authority shall grant or deny preliminary
site plan approval within the following time periods unless some further
time has been consented to by the developer. Otherwise, the approving
authority shall be deemed to have granted preliminary approval of
the site plan.
(a)
A site plan which involves 10 dwelling units
or less: within 45 days of the date of a complete submission.
(b)
A site plan which involves more than 10 acres
or more than 10 dwelling units: within 95 days of the date of a complete
submission.
(6) If the approving authority required any substantial
amendment in the layout of improvements in either a site plan or subdivision
and that plan had been the subject of a hearing, an amended application
shall be submitted and proceeded upon as in the case of the original
application for development. The approving authority shall, if the
proposed development complies with this chapter, grant preliminary
approval.
(7) The approving authority may approve, disapprove or approve with conditions the application, including action on the environmental impact report (§§
185-73 and
185-82). The decision shall be in writing and shall be sent to the applicant and the newspaper as required by §
185-35. If the approving authority grants preliminary approval, its Chairman and Secretary or the Vice Chairman or Assistant Secretary, in their absence, respectively, and the Municipal Engineer shall sign each page of the plat indicating the approval. If the plat is conditionally approved, it shall not be signed until all conditions are corrected on the plat. If the corrections are not completed within 90 days of the conditional approval, the conditional approval shall lapse.
(8) Preliminary approval shall confer upon the applicant the following rights for a three-year period from the date of the preliminary approval; otherwise the approval shall be void (see §
185-11):
(a)
That the general terms and conditions on which
preliminary approval was granted shall not be changed, including but
not limited to use requirements; layout and design standards for streets,
curbs and sidewalks; lot size; yard dimensions; off-tract improvements;
and any requirements peculiar to site plan approval, except that nothing
herein shall be construed to prevent the Township from modifying,
by ordinance, such general terms and conditions of preliminary approval
as relate to public health and safety.
(b)
That the applicant may submit for final approval
on or before the expiration date of preliminary approval the whole
or a section or sections of the preliminary plat.
(c)
That the applicant may apply for and the approving
authority may grant extensions on such preliminary approval for additional
periods of at least one year but not to exceed a total extension of
two years.
(9) In the case of a development for an area of 50 acres or more, the approving authority may grant the rights referred to in Subsection
B(8) above for such period of time longer than three years as shall be determined by the approving authority to be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval, the potential number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area of the section(s) awaiting final approval, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development, provided that if the design standards have been revised, such revised standards may govern.
Plat conformity. All applications shall be submitted
in plat form and all plats shall conform to the submission requirements.
All plats shall be drawn by a licensed land surveyor and all drawings
of improvements shall be prepared by a professional engineer and all
such drawings shall bear the signature, embossed seal, license number
and address of the preparer. Subdivision requirements are set forth
in the checklist in Appendix A.
Plat conformity. All applications shall be submitted
in plat form and all plats shall conform to submission requirements.
All plats shall be drawn by a licensed New Jersey engineer or architect
and shall bear the signature, embossed seal, license number and address
of the engineer, except that plats submitted under the informal discussion
provisions and sketch plats of minor site plans are exempt from this
requirement. Site plan requirements are set forth in the checklist
in Appendix A.
A. As-built site plan required upon project completion.
At the conclusion of construction and prior to issuance of a certificate
of occupancy, for any project which require site plan approval or
any project which has resulted in an alteration of the grade elevations,
a plan, prepared by a licensed New Jersey Engineer, bearing the signature,
seal, license number and address of the engineer, shall be submitted
to the Building Department which shall include the following information:
[Added 3-17-2004 by Ord. No. 904-04]
(1) The original topography extending 10 feet onto adjoining
properties.
(2) The new topography, after completion of construction,
extending 10 feet onto adjoining properties.
(3) Foundation location and building elevations from grade.
B. Upon submission of this plan, it shall be reviewed
by the Township Engineer or Construction Official. All fees in connection
with said review shall be the responsibility of the applicant to be
paid from escrows submitted in connection with the application.
[Added 3-17-2004 by Ord. No. 904-04]