This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Site Plan Review Ordinance of the Borough of Hopatcong."
The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide
rules, regulations and standards to guide the appropriate use and
development of land in the Borough of Hopatcong in order to promote
the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the
municipality. It shall be administered to ensure the orderly growth
and development, the conservation, protection and proper use of land
and adequate provision for circulation, utilities and services.
A.
The approval provisions of this chapter shall be administered
by the Borough of Hopatcong Planning Board and, where permitted by
statute, by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in accordance with all
applicable provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
B.
The Planning Board shall have the power to review
and approve or deny conditional uses and 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 for subdivision, conditional
use or site plan approval, shall apply. Whenever approval of a conditional
use is requested by a developer, notice of the hearing on the plat
shall include reference to the request for such conditional use. The
developer shall file the appropriate applications separately and pay
all applicable fees.
C.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall have the power
to grant, to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions
as the Planning Board, site plan approval whenever the Board of Adjustment
is reviewing an application for a use variance, pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-70d.
