A. 
Submission of application for final plat approval. Application for approval of a final plat or part thereof shall be submitted by the subdivider to the Building, Housing and Land Use Department, together with the fee prescribed by § 150-18 of this chapter, within three years following the date of approval of the preliminary plat. The Building, Housing and Land Use Department shall record the date of submission of the application and forthwith deliver the final plat to the Secretary of the Planning Board.
B. 
Form of application for final plat approval. Application for final approval shall be submitted in duplicate, in writing, together with an original cloth tracing and three black and white prints of the final plat.
A. 
The final plat shall not differ substantially from the preliminary plat as approved. It shall be clearly drawn and legibly lettered in ink on tracing cloth at a scale not smaller than one inch equals 100 feet; it shall be accurate and certified by a licensed land surveyor or licensed engineer; it shall be designed in compliance with the design standards set forth in Article V of this chapter; and it shall comply with the requirements of New Jersey Revised Statutes 46:23-9.1 and 9.4 (1953).
B. 
The final plat shall show or include or be accompanied by, in addition to such other information as the Planning Board may require, the following information:
(1) 
Date, name and location of the subdivision, name of owner, graphic scale and reference meridian.
(2) 
Tract boundary lines, right-of-way lines of streets, street names, easements and other rights-of-way, lands to be reserved or dedicated to public use, all lot lines and other site lines, with accurate dimensions, bearings or deflection angles, and radii, arcs and central angles of all curves.
(3) 
The exact location and widths of all existing and recorded streets intersecting or paralleling the plot boundary within a distance of 200 feet.
(4) 
The purpose of any easement or land reserved or dedicated to public use shall be designated, and the property use of sites other than residential shall be noted.
(5) 
Lot, block and street numbers as approved by the City Engineer, including lot and block numbers of adjacent properties.
(6) 
Main building setback lines on all lots and other sites.
(7) 
Location and description of all monuments, which shall comply in all respects with New Jersey Revised Statutes 46:23-9 et seq.
(8) 
Names of owners of adjacent or adjoining properties.
(9) 
A certification that the applicant-subdivider is the owner of the land to be subdivided or the agent of the owner, or that the owner has given consent under an option agreement.
(10) 
When approval of a plat is required by any officer or department or body of the city, county or state, approval shall be certified on the plat.
(11) 
Plans and profiles of street, storm and sanitary sewers and water mains.
(12) 
Certificate from Tax Collector that all taxes and assessments are paid to date.
(13) 
Written proof, satisfactory to the Planning Board, to the effect that all liens or encumbrances on the lands set aside for highway or street purposes do not exist or have been released and are properly recorded.
(14) 
A written statement that the specifications for the construction of any proposed streets, sidewalks, curbs, storm drains and appurtenances and all other contemplated improvements meet with the requirements of all ordinances of the city relating to the acceptance of streets and with the standard specifications of the city on file with the City Engineer, if any.
(15) 
A written agreement to pay to the city all engineering and inspection fees incurred by it in connection with the proposed inspection of the construction of said improvements.
(16) 
A written estimate of the total cost of construction, installation and completion of all said improvements and monuments.
A major subdivision application for final plat approval shall be accompanied by a fee of $10, payable to the City of Hackensack.
A. 
Prior to the granting of final approval, the City Engineer must have certified in writing to the Planning Board that he has received from the subdivider a map showing all improvements and installations, both proposed and existing, in exact location and elevation, identifying those portions already installed and those to be installed, and that the subdivider has made all installations in accordance with the requirements of this chapter or has furnished one or more performance guaranties in sufficient amounts in accordance with Chapter 96.
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B. 
All said improvements or installations shall be subject to inspection and approval by the City Engineer, who shall be notified by the subdivider at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of construction or installation. No underground installation shall be covered until inspected and approved by the City Engineer.
C. 
If the required improvements are not installed in accordance with the performance guaranty, the obligor and surety shall be liable thereon to the city for the reasonable cost of the improvements not installed, and upon receipt of the proceeds thereof the city shall install such improvements.
A. 
Action by Planning Board. The Planning Board shall act to approve or disapprove the final plat within 45 days following the official submission of the application for final approval to the Building, Housing and Land Use Department or within such further time as may be agreed to by the subdivider. Failure of the Planning Board to act within the above-specified time or within the mutually agreed upon time extension shall be deemed to be favorable approval, and the Building, Housing and Land Use Department shall, upon request of any interested person and upon the payment of a fee of $5, issue a certificate to that effect within 15 days after written application for such certificate.
B. 
Disapprovals. If the Planning Board disapproves of a final plat, the reasons for disapproval shall be stated in writing, a copy of which shall be attached to the application and returned to the Building, Housing and Land Use Department for transmittal to the subdivider.
C. 
Approvals. If the Planning Board shall act to approve the final plat, the Chairman of the Planning Board shall affix his signature to the plat, with a certification that it has received final approval, and thereupon return the plat to the Building, Housing and Land Use Department for transmittal to the subdivider within one week after its approval by the Planning Board, provided that payment has been made to the Building, Housing and Land Use Department for all fees in connection therewith, including planning consultant's report, Engineer's report, Engineer's inspection of required construction and improvements and all reproductions required by § 150-24 of this chapter.
A. 
The Building, Housing and Land Use Department is hereby designated and authorized to make and issue certificates as to the final approval of land subdivision.
B. 
Within 15 days after the receipt of written request therefor, the Building, Housing and Land Use Department shall issue a certificate of final subdivision approval to any interested person upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each such certificate issued.
C. 
Each such certificate shall be designated a "Certificate as to Approval of Subdivision of Land" and shall certify the following:
(1) 
That there exists in the city a duly established Planning Board which meets regularly on a monthly basis and that this chapter of the Code of the City of Hackensack controls the subdivision of land and was adopted under the authority of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
(2) 
That the subdivision or resubdivision, as it relates to the land shown on the subdivision application, has been approved by the Planning Board and the date of such approval.
(3) 
That such subdivision or resubdivision, if the same has not been approved, is exempted from the requirements of approval by virtue of 40:55 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes or by virtue of any provision of this chapter.
A copy of the final plat, as approved by the Planning Board, shall be submitted forthwith by the subdivider to the Bergen County Planning Board with a written request for storm drainage approval.
After receipt of storm drainage approval by the Bergen County Planning Board and within 90 days from the date of final approval by the City Planning Board, the final plat shall be filed with the County Clerk. If notice of Bergen County Planning Board approval shall not have been given to the subdivider within 60 days from the date of the written request for such approval, the subdivider shall file the plat before the expiration of the ninety-day period without waiting further for such County Planning Board approval. If any final plat is not filed within the ninety-day period, the approval of the Planning Board of the city shall expire.