§ 260-118. Procedure for site plan application and approval.

A. 

Preliminary site plan application and approval.

(1) 

The applicant shall submit to the Borough Clerk, at least 10 days prior to the meeting at which consideration is desired, the following:

(a) 

Two copies of the Borough site plan application.

(b) 

Application and review fee.

(c) 

Ten copies of the preliminary site plan.

(d) 

Two copies of the preliminary floor plan and evaluation if building construction is proposed.

(e) 

Four copies of the Camden County Planning Board application if the site plan affects or is located on a county highway or facility.

(f) 

Statement from Tax Collector that taxes have been paid up to date.

(2) 

If the application for development is found to be incomplete, the applicant shall be notified thereof within 45 days of the submission of such application, or it will be deemed to be properly submitted.

(3) 

If the Planning Board requires any substantial amendment in the layout of improvements proposed by the developer that have been the subject of a hearing, an amended application for development shall be submitted and proceeded upon as in the case of the original application for development. The Planning Board shall, if the proposed development complies with this article and the Municipal Land Use Law, grant preliminary site plan approval.

(4) 

Upon the submission of a complete application for a site plan for 10 acres of land or less, and 10 dwelling units or fewer, the Planning Board shall grant or deny preliminary approval within 45 days of the date of such submission or within such further time as may be consented to by the developer. Upon the submission of a complete application for a site plan of more than 10 acres, or more than 10 dwelling units, the Planning Board shall grant or deny preliminary approval within 95 days of the date of such submission or within such further time as may be consented to by the developer. Otherwise, the Planning Board shall be deemed to have granted preliminary approval of the site plan.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

B. 

Final site plan application and approval.

(1) 

The applicant shall submit to the Borough Clerk, at least 10 days prior to the meeting at which consideration is desired, the following:

(a) 

Two copies of the Borough site plan application.

(b) 

Ten copies of the final site plan.

(c) 

Two copies of the preliminary floor plan and elevation if any changes to said plans have been made.

(d) 

Four copies of the Camden County Planning Board application if the site plan affects or is located on a county highway or facilities.

(2) 

Any part or all of the submission for final application may be waived by the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall grant final approval if the detailed drawings, specifications and estimates of the application for final approval conform to the standards established by ordinance for final approval and the conditions of preliminary approval.

(3) 

Final approval shall be granted or denied within 45 days after submission of a complete application or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Failure of the Planning Board to act within the period prescribed shall constitute final approval, and a certification of the administrative officer as to the failure of the Planning Board 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 herein required.

(4) 

Whenever review or approval of the application by the County Planning Board is required in the case of the site plan, the Municipal Planning Board shall condition any approval that it grants upon 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 the required time period.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

C. 

Exception in application for site plan approval; simultaneous review and approval.

(1) 

The Planning Board, 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 for site plan review if the literal enforcement of one or more provisions of this article is impracticable or will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question.

(2) 

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 for subdivision, conditional use or site plan approval, shall apply. Whenever approval of a conditional use is requested by the developer, notice of the hearing on the plat shall include reference to the request for such conditional use.

D. 

Effects of final approval of a site plan. The zoning requirements applicable to the preliminary approval first granted, whether conditionally or otherwise, shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of final approval. If the developer has followed the standards prescribed for final approval, the Planning Board may extend such period of protection for extensions of one year, but not to exceed three extensions. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law, the granting of final approval terminates the time period of preliminary approval.