(A) Public notice of a hearing shall be given by the applicant for the following applications for development:
(1) Any request for a variance.
(2) Any request for conditional use approval.
(3) Any request for issuance of a permit to build within the bed of a mapped street or public drainageway or on a lot not abutting a street.
(4) Any request for minor or major site plan and/or subdivision approval.
(5) Any request for amendment to preliminary approval of a major subdivision or preliminary approval of a major site plan, or change of use.
(6) Any request for approval of a general development plan.
(7) Any application for a site plan waiver.
(8) Any application for appeal to the Zoning Board from the determination or decision of the Administrative Officer.
(9) Any hearing before either Board on remand of a court case.
(B) The Administrative Officer or his designee shall notify the applicant, at least two weeks prior to the public hearing at which the application will be discussed, of the date of such public hearing. Notice of a hearing requiring public notice shall be given by the applicant at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing in the following manner:
(1) By publication in the official newspaper of the township, if there is one, or in a newspaper of general circulation in the township.
(2) By notice to all owners of real property located in the state and within 200 feet in all
directions of the property which is the subject of the hearing, as such owners are shown in the current tax duplicate, provided that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied by notice to the (a) condominium association, in the case of any unit owner whose unit has a unit above or below it, or (b) horizontal property regime, in the case of any co-owner whose apartment has an apartment above or below it. Notice shall be given by serving a copy on the property owner, as shown on the current tax duplicate, or his agent in charge of the property or by mailing a copy thereof by certified mail to the property owner at his address as shown on the current tax duplicate. It is not required that a return receipt is obtained as notice is deemed complete upon mailing.
(3) Notice to partnership owner may be made by service to any partner. Notice to a corporate owner may be made by service upon its president, vice president, secretary or other person authorized by appointment or by law to accept service on behalf of the corporation. Notice to a condominium association, horizontal property regime, community trust or homeowner's association, because of its ownership of common elements or areas located within 200 feet of the property which is the subject of the public hearing, may be made in the same manner as to a corporation without further notice to unit owners, co-owners, or homeowners on account of such common elements or areas.
(4) To the clerk of any adjoining municipality or municipalities when the application for development involves property located within 200 feet of said municipality or municipalities. Notice shall be given by personal service or certified mail.
(5) To the Camden County Planning Board when the application for development involves property adjacent to an existing county road or proposed road shown on the County Official Map or on the County Master Plan, adjoining other county land or situated within 200 feet of a municipal boundary. Notice shall be given by personal service or certified mail.
(6) To the Commissioner of Transportation of the State of New Jersey when the property abuts a state highway. Notice shall be given by personal service or certified mail.
(7) To the State Planning Commission when the application for development involves property which exceeds 150 acres or 500 dwelling units, in which case the notice shall include a copy of any maps or documents required to be filed with the township.
(8) Notice of hearings on applications for approval of a subdivision or a site plan requiring public notice pursuant to subsection (A) of this section shall be given to public utilities, cable television companies or local utilities which possess a right-of-way or easement within the township and which have registered with the township in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. Notice shall be given by personal service or certified mail to the person whose name and address appears on the registration form.
(C) Upon the written request of an applicant, the Administrative Officer shall, within seven days, make and certify a list from the current tax duplicates of names and addresses of owners within the township to whom the applicant is required to give notice. In addition, the Administrative Officer or his designee shall include on the list the names, addresses and positions of those persons who, not less than seven days prior to the date on which the applicant requested the list, have registered to receive notice pursuant to subsection B.8. of this section. The applicant shall be entitled to rely upon the information contained in such list, and failure to give notice to any owner or to any public utility, cable television company, or local utility not on the list shall not invalidate any hearing or proceeding. A sum not to exceed $0.25 per name, or $10.00, whichever, is greater, may be charged for such list.
(D) The applicant shall file an affidavit of proof of service with the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, no later than five days prior to the hearing date.
(E) The notice shall state the date, time and place of the hearing, the nature of the matters to be considered, an identification of the property proposed for development by street address, if any, or by reference to lot and block numbers as shown on the current tax duplicate in the Township Tax Assessor's office, and the location and times at which any maps and documents for which approval is sought are available for inspection.
(Ord. 945-99, passed 9-13-99)