(A) All formal applications for approval, including minor subdivisions and site plans, preliminary or final major subdivisions and site plans, general development plans, change of use applications, and conceptual use plans, shall be submitted with forms provided by the Administrative Officer. The Administrative Officer shall also provide the applicant with a copy of the checklist for completeness which is contained in Chapter 158, and a copy of the environment impact statement requirements, which are set forth in § 158.04, and a copy of the sustainable development statement requirements, which are set forth in § 158.05. The completed application forms shall be accompanied by all required plans, supporting documentation, application fees and required escrow fees.
(B) Submission standards.
(1) Plans and supporting documentation must contain all information herein required for the type of approval requested. Where there is a question as to classification of the plan, the applicant may seek advice from the Administrative Officer. Failure to provide all required information will result in the plan being declared incomplete.
(2) Twenty copies of all plans and supporting documentation (unless a lesser or larger number, including those copies necessary such that the members of the Environmental Commission shall receive sufficient copies in accordance with § 32.034 of the Township Code, is requested by the Administrative Officer) and the completed application forms shall be submitted by the applicant to the Administrative Officer, whereupon the Administrative Officer or his or her representative shall date stamp the plans upon receipt. This date shall be considered the official submission date.
(C) Upon receipt of an application, the Administrative Officer shall screen the material and determine completeness relative to the details required by the appropriate development checklist in this chapter. The Administrative Officer may also review the application with the reviewing board engineer or such other parties as the Administrative Officer may deem appropriate. The Administrative Officer shall thereafter either determine the application to be incomplete or determine that the application is substantially complete.
(1) Should the Administrative Officer determine that the application is incomplete, the reasons for such determination shall be specified in writing to the applicant, and an appropriately revised plan may thereafter be submitted to the Administrative Officer as in the first instance.
(2) If the Administrative Officer determines the application to be substantially complete, the Administrative Officer shall schedule it as follows:
(a) If complete with major revisions needed, the Administrative Officer shall notify the applicant in writing of the date revised plans must be resubmitted for the application to be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Development Review Committee.
(b) If complete with minor revisions needed, the Administrative Officer shall state the date revised plans must be resubmitted by the applicant for the application to be scheduled for the next regularly scheduled Development Review Committee meeting for which space is available on the agenda. In no case shall action be delayed for longer than the period prescribed by the Municipal Land Use Law unless the applicant has waived the time limits in writing or orally when the waiver is recorded by means of an electronic recording device.
(c) If complete with no revisions needed, the Administrative Officer shall schedule the application for the next regularly scheduled Development Review Committee for which space is available on the agenda. In no case shall action be delayed for longer than the period prescribed by the Municipal Land Use Law unless the applicant has waived the time limits in writing or orally when the waiver is recorded by means of an electronic recording.
(D) The following certifications are required before an application is heard by the Development Review Committee or the reviewing board:
(1) All taxes due to the township on the property for which application is made must be paid in full. Any outstanding tax liens held by the township must be paid in full.
(2) Sufficient monies are in the escrow account to cover the cost of professional reviews.
(3) Where applicable, the applicant shall submit a certification at the time of the Development Review Committee meeting that the plan has been submitted for review by appropriate outside agencies such as the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy in the case of potential wetlands or stream encroachment, the Camden County Board of Health where septic systems are proposed, the Camden County Planning Board when the proposal has frontage on a county road, the New Jersey Department of Transportation when the proposal has frontage on a state highway, and any other agency as may be directed by the Administrative Officer. A final determination by these agencies shall not be required for action by the Development Review Committee or the Planning Board, but any action taken shall be conditional upon the approval of these agencies.
(E) Special submission for "d" variance applications. In all applications for variances pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d, the applicant and owner of the property, if other than the applicant, shall each submit a Contribution Disclosure Statement completed by the applicant and the owner and, if the applicant and/or the owner is other than an individual, all persons who are subject to disclosure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-48.1 or 40:55D-48.2, and all professionals who apply for or provide testimony, plans, or reports in support of the application and who have an enforceable proprietary interest in the property or development which is the subject of the application or whose fee in whole or part is contingent upon the outcome of the application. In addition, during the pendency of the application process until final approval is granted, any applicant for a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d shall amend all required Contribution Disclosure Statements to include continuing disclosure of all Contributions within the scope of the disclosure requirement above. All Contribution Disclosure Statements shall become part of the application and shall be available for public inspection by any member of the public.
(F) Failure to deem application complete. If, within 45 days of the application's official submission date, the Administrative Officer neither certifies to the applicant that the application is complete nor notifies the applicant in writing that the application has been determined to be incomplete, then the application shall be considered certified complete and the period for action by the Board shall commence.
(Ord. 945-99, passed 9-13-99; Am. Ord. 35-00, passed 12-28-00; Am. Ord. 277-16, passed 3-28-16)