[Amended 1-26-1981 by Ord. No. 1072; 3-13-1989 by Ord. No.
1463-89; 1-27-1992 by Ord. No. 1604-92; 1-29-1997 by Ord. No.
1797-97; 3-9-1998 by Ord. No. 1846-98]
A.
Members; task; terms of office; vacancies.
(1)
There is hereby established the Tree Planting and
Preservation Committee of the Township, which shall consist of seven
regular members and one alternate member, who shall be appointed by
the Township Council, shall be residents of the Township of Moorestown,
shall serve without salary or other compensation and shall each be
removable from office by the Township Council at any time without
cause, upon a vote of a majority of all the members of the Township
Council, except that the absence of a Committee member from three
consecutive Committee meetings shall constitute an automatic forfeiture
of that Committee member's office without need of any action. The
alternate member shall serve during the absence or disqualification
of any regular member.
(2)
The Committee shall advise and assist the Council and the Manager with respect to the selection, planting, care, culture, trimming and development of shade trees in the Township. It shall develop and recommend to the Council and the Manager a suitable shade tree program for the Township. In addition, it shall periodically review and generate the list of recommended tree species to be kept on file with the Department of Community Development and known as "Recommended Trees for Moorestown Streets," which is provided for in § 158-26 of the Township Code.
[Amended 8-19-2019 by Ord. No. 22-2019]
[Added 7-14-1997 by Ord. No. 1827-97[1]]
A.
Membership; terms; designation of Chairman.
[Amended 4-27-1998 by Ord. No. 1851-98; 3-13-2000 by Ord. No. 1920-00; 12-12-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
(1)
The Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Oversight Committee
shall consist of five members and shall be appointed by the Council,
at such time, and for such terms, as determined by the Township Council.
One member of Council shall be appointed, by Council, as a liaison
to the committee.
(2)
The Committee shall select its own Chairperson who
shall convene meetings as needed.
B.
Powers and duties.
(1)
The powers and duties of the Low- and Moderate-Income
Housing Oversight Committee shall be as follows:
[Amended 12-12-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
(a)
To advise and furnish assistance from time to
time to the Township Council on matters regarding affordable housing.
The Committee will meet on an as needed basis as requested by the
Township Council.
(2)
Committee duties shall include such other tasks as
assigned by the Township Council and/or Township Manager.
C.
The Manager shall appoint and remove such technical
and clerical staff as may be budgeted and required for the Committee.
The Township Council shall appoint and remove any professional staff
as may be budgeted and required for the Committee.
[Amended 12-8-1997 by Ord. No. 1841-97]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former § 6-44, Advisory bodies, added 12-29-1986 by Ord.
No. 1333, as amended.
[Added 3-27-1984 by Ord. No. 1185; amended 1-29-1997 by Ord. No.
1799-97; 12-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1906-99; 1-26-2009 by Ord. No.
2-2009; 10-6-2014 by Ord. No. 14-2014]
A.
Within the
Department of Parks and Recreation, there shall be a Recreation Advisory
Committee to consist of 11 members to be appointed by the Council,
each for a term of two years. The Council shall also appoint four
additional members. The additional members' appointments shall be
as follows:
(1)
Upon
adoption of this section, two students, one male and one female, entering
into their sophomore year, shall be appointed to a two-year term.
(2)
Upon
adoption of this section, two students, one male and one female, entering
into their junior year, shall be appointed to a one-year term (if
they have not yet been appointed).
(3)
Each
year thereafter, two students, one male and one female, entering into
their sophomore year, shall be appointed to a two-year term.
(4)
All
student member terms shall run from July 1 to June 30.
(5)
All
student members are required to comply with the meeting attendance
policy for boards and committees as adopted by the Township Council
annually.
(6)
All
student members shall be entitled to receive community service hours
for hours served.
B.
The Committee
shall provide for its own organization and shall consult with and
advise the Council, Manager and Director from time to time with respect
to recreational policies, programs and activities within the Township.
No person may serve more than four successive full terms.
[Added 2-8-1988 by Ord. No. 1395]
A.
Purposes; name.
(1)
The purposes of this section are to promote a desirable
visual environment through development techniques and good civic design
and arrangements pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A.
40:55D-2i), including but not limited to the following:
(2)
The committee established by this section shall be
known as the "Appearance Committee."
(3)
The Appearance Committee shall act only in an advisory
capacity and may make recommendations on development proposals as
provided in this section.
B.
Area. The Appearance Committee shall have jurisdiction
within the entire township.
[Amended 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 1466-89; 3-11-1991 by Ord. No. 1566-91; 1-27-1992 by Ord. No. 1600-92]
C.
Members; terms of office; vacancies.
[Amended 3-28-1988 by Ord. No. 1401; 3-13-1989 by Ord. No.
1466-89; 9-25-1989 by Ord. No. 1491-89; 1-29-1997 by Ord. No.
1799-97]
(1)
There is hereby established the Appearance Committee
of the Township, which shall consist of nine regular members and three
alternate members, who shall be appointed by the Township Council,
shall be residents of the Township of Moorestown, shall serve without
salary or other compensation and shall each be removable from office
by the Township Council at any time without cause, upon a vote of
a majority of all the members of the Township Council, except that
the absence of a Committee member from three consecutive Committee
meetings shall constitute an automatic forfeiture of that Committee
member's office without need of any action. The alternate member shall
serve during the absence or disqualification of any regular member.
[Amended 12-13-1999 by Ord. No. 1906-99]
(2)
Members shall be recognized as knowledgeable in matters
of aesthetic judgment by virtue of training, education or experience.
At least two Committee members shall be licensed in one of the following
professions: architecture, landscape architecture or electrical engineering.
At least two members of the Committee shall be members of the business
community within the Town Center, and at least one of these members
shall be the owner, operator or manager of a business within the Town
Center. The owner, operator or manager of a business does not have
to be a resident of the Township in order to be considered for appointment
to the Appearance Committee.
(3)
Appointments.
D.
Organization; officers, meetings, etc.
(1)
An organization meeting shall be held annually during
January. At such meeting, the Committee shall elect a Chairman and
a Secretary from the Committee. The Committee shall hold at least
one regular meeting each month. Committee procedures shall comply
with the Open Public Meetings Act. A majority of all members shall
constitute a quorum.
(2)
The Committee shall keep minutes of all its proceedings.
(3)
Staff to the Committee shall be provided by the Department
of Community Development.
E.
Powers and duties. The Appearance Committee shall
have the following powers and duties:
(1)
To review applications, hold hearings and make recommendations
concerning the proposed appearance of external architectural features
of buildings or structures, other than single-family or two-family
houses. In the case of an application for site plan review, conditional
use or use variance, recommendations will be forwarded to the Planning
Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, depending on jurisdiction. In
the case of a permit application that does not require a Planning
Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment approval, Committee recommendations
will be forwarded to the Director of the Department of Community Development
and to the Township Construction Official.
[Amended 1-27-1992 by Ord. No. 1600-92]
(2)
To study exterior design drawings, landscape and site
plans and materials for any proposed public works or public improvements
in the Town Center and to make recommendations to the Township Council
or Township Manager as to the architectural or aesthetic aspects thereof.
(3)
To advise the Township Council, Manager or any township
department, board or commission on architectural or aesthetic concerns
within any area of the Township.
(4)
To recommend legislation to the Township Council.
F.
Regulatory powers of the Committee over external architectural
features of buildings and structures.
[Amended 9-26-1988 by Ord. No. 1437]
(1)
No building or other permit or site plan approval shall be issued for the erection, construction, alteration or repair of any building or structure, except upon the review and recommendation of the Appearance Committee. The foregoing requirement shall not preclude the issuance of a permit without such review, if the Zoning Officer shall determine either that no external architectural feature, as defined in Subsection J, is involved in the work for which the permit is sought or that the permit involves a one or two-family dwelling.
[Amended 1-27-1992 by Ord. No. 1600-92][1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 6-45.1F(2),
concerning demolition or removal permits for buildings or structures
within the designated Town Center zoning districts, which immediately
followed this subsection, was repealed 12-20-1999 by Ord. No. 1908-99.
G.
Architectural and aesthetic review procedure.
(1)
Upon the filing of an application for a permit or site plan review for which an architectural and aesthetic review is or may be required under Subsection F, the Zoning Officer shall immediately transmit said application to the Appearance Committee. The fact that an application for review by the Committee has been filed shall not be cause for the Construction Official and/or Zoning Officer to delay the review of plans relating to the building and zoning aspects of the project while such application is pending.
(2)
The Committee shall consider the application for review
within five weeks following submission. In the absence of the issuance
of a recommendation within 60 days following submission of a complete
application, the entire project depicted by such application shall
be deemed recommended.
(3)
At the public hearing, the Committee shall consider
the application and receive additional information from the applicant,
township personnel or other persons as shall be deemed appropriate,
in order to determine whether or not the application is in compliance
with this chapter, including its purposes, and applicable law.
(4)
The Committee shall review site plans, architectural
plans, reports, sketches, drawings, photographs and/or material samples,
as are useful during the review of the application.
(5)
The Committee shall make recommendations on the following
application elements.
(6)
The Committee shall act in an advisory capacity only
and shall provide recommendations only on projects for which plans,
drawings, materials or other evidence is furnished by the applicant
and shall not participate in the development of the basic concept,
plans or drawings; provided, however, that the Committee may, in such
cases as it deems appropriate, offer informal reviews and guidance.
H.
Action of the Appearance Committee. The Committee
shall make recommendations to the applicant and the Planning Board,
the Zoning Board of Adjustment and appropriate township officers,
where appropriate, as to changes in the exterior drawings, sketches,
landscaping, lighting, site plans and materials which, in the judgment
of the Committee, would tend to satisfy the purposes of this chapter.
I.
Action of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment shall, when considering
a site plan, conditional use or use or "D"[2] variance application, review the recommendations of the
Committee. Either Board may incorporate any or all of the recommendations
in its actions on such applications.
[2]
Editor's Note: The "D" variance application
refers to variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d.
J.
BUILDING
EXTERNAL ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE
STRUCTURE
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
The architectural style and general arrangement of such building
or structure as is designed to be open to view from a public street,
place or way, including the kind, color and texture of the building
material and the types of windows, doors, lights, signs and other
fixtures appurtenant to the portion of the building or proposed building
which it the subject of an application.
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy,
use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface
of a parcel of land. "Structure" shall include, but not be limited
to, fences, walls and signs.
[Added 4-11-1988 by Ord. No. 1407; amended 3-11-1991 by Ord. No.
1567-91; 1-29-1997 by Ord. No. 1799-97; 3-9-1998 by Ord. No.
1846-98; 12-12-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
A.
There shall be a Telecommunications and Technology
Committee, consisting of five members, who shall be residents of the
Township, appointed by the Township Council at such time, and for
such terms, as determined by the Township Council.
B.
The Committee shall select its own Chairperson who
shall convene meetings as needed.
C.
Staff for the Committee shall be provided by the Township
Manager.
D.
The Telecommunications and Technology Committee shall
study and furnish information and advice on various telecommunication
and technology issues to the Township Council as the Township Council
may from time-to-time request.
F.
The Committee shall provide such other oversight of
any cable television franchise agreement as best assures continued
compliance by all parties to the agreement.
[Added 10-23-1989 by Ord. No. 1490-89]
A.
Purpose; name.
(1)
The purpose of this Committee is to advise and assist
the Township Council, Manager, Planning Board, Zoning Board and any
other municipal department, committee or officials on environmental
issues.
(2)
The Committee established by this section shall be
known as the "Environmental Advisory Committee."
(3)
The Environmental Advisory Committee shall act only
in an advisory capacity and may make recommendations on development
proposals as provided in this section.
B.
Establishment; members; terms of office; vacancies.
[Amended 2-10-1992 by Ord. No. 1603-92]
(1)
There is hereby established the Environmental Advisory
Committee of the Township, which shall consist of six regular members
and two alternate members, who shall be appointed by the Township
Council, shall be residents of the Township of Moorestown, shall serve
without salary or other compensation and shall each be removable from
office by the Township Council at any time, without cause, upon a
vote of a majority of all the members of Township Council, except
that the absence of a Committee member from three consecutive Committee
meetings shall constitute an automatic forfeiture of that Committee
member's office without need of any action. The alternate member shall
serve during the absence or disqualification of any regular member.
[Amended 11-27-2000 by Ord. No. 1941-00]
(2)
Appointments.
(a)
Committee members shall be appointed for two-year
terms, which shall be staggered so that three regular members' terms
expire on December 31 of each year. Alternate members shall be appointed
for one-year terms.
[Amended 1-29-1997 by Ord. No. 1799-97; 11-27-2000 by Ord. No. 1941-00]
(b)
Members may be reappointed to succeed themselves
and for nonsuccessive terms.
C.
Organization; officers; meetings.
(1)
An organization meeting shall be held annually during
January. At such meeting, the Committee shall elect a Chairman and
a Secretary from the Committee. The Committee shall hold at least
one regular meeting each month. Committee procedures shall comply
with the Open Public Meetings Act.[1] A majority of all members shall constitute a quorum.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 10:4-1 et seq.
(2)
The Committee shall keep minutes of all its proceedings.
(3)
A staff to the Committee shall be provided by the
Department of Community Development.
D.
Powers and duties. The Committee is established to
assist in the protection, development and use of natural resources.
In order to carry out these purposes, the Committee shall have the
following functions:
(1)
Promoting the conservation and careful management
of the natural resources of the Township.
(2)
Planning and implementing programs to educate the
public about local conservation programs and issues.
(3)
Maintaining an up-to-date inventory of the Township's
natural resources, including all relevant mapping and documentation.
(4)
Maintaining an up-to-date inventory of all open space
and recreation areas, both publicly and privately owned, and investigating
possible appropriate uses for publicly owned open space.
(5)
Assisting the Planning Board and Zoning Board in the
latter's duties and responsibilities, including input to the Master
Plan and long-range planning.
(6)
Rendering nonbinding opinions with respect to any
matter referred for review by the Planning Board and Zoning Board
within 30 calendar days of such referral.
(7)
Reviewing and making recommendations with respect
to all environmental impact reports filed by a developer with the
Planning Board or Zoning Board.
(8)
Acting as a clearinghouse and resource for the community
on local environmental issues.
(9)
Pursuing the recommendations of the open space plan
prepared by the Open Space Committee, and taking over said Committee's
functions, reports and files upon the dissolution of the Open Space
Committee.
(10)
Performing such other duties as directed by
the Township Council or Manager.
[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord.
No. 14-2015]
A.
Establishment. The Sustainable Moorestown Green Team (hereinafter
"Green Team") be and is hereby established as an advisory committee
to the Township Council.
B.
Purpose. The general purposes for the Green Team shall include but
not be limited to:
(1)
Managing Moorestown's participation in the Sustainable Jersey program;
(2)
Encouraging the Township staff to pursue sustainable practices where
possible and implement the Township Council's economic, social and
environmental goals;
(3)
Work with the existing groups within the Township whose actions affect
economic, social and environmental issues so as to eliminate duplication
and assure that important tasks are covered;
(4)
Coordinate input for the website;
(5)
Provide suggestions for further research and action to the Township
Council;
(6)
Provide advice and suggestions to the Planning Board, Zoning Board
of Adjustment and the Environmental Advisory Committee to assure that
economic, social and environmental issues are considered in their
deliberations and actions;
(7)
Manage and organize various ad hoc environmental groups within the
Township;
(8)
Solicit and evaluate economic, social and environmental ideas and
suggestions from the community; and
(9)
Promote the causes of sustainability within the Township.
C.
Membership; term of office.
(1)
The Moorestown Township Council shall appoint nine Township residents
to serve as the Green Team. The Green Team shall elect from among
its members a Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary/Treasurer.
(2)
Initially, five members shall be appointed with a term ending December
31, 2016, and four members with a term ending December 31, 2015. Thereafter,
all terms shall be for two years.
(3)
The Green Team shall select Township volunteers to work on Green
Team projects. The names of the Green Team volunteers shall be periodically
submitted to the Director of Community Development.
D.
Meetings. The Green Team shall meet monthly. Additional meetings
of the Green Team may be scheduled by the Chair at his/her discretion.
[Added 9-12-2022 by Ord. No. 19-2022]
A.
Purpose; name.
(1)
The purpose of this Committee is to advise Township Council on how
Moorestown Township can better protect and celebrate diversity and
equity while ensuring inclusion among our residents, businesses and
visitors. The Better Together Advisory Committee will promote an innovative,
engaged and informed community and will advise and assist the Township
Council, Manager, and any other municipal board, department, committee
or municipal officials on matters involving diversity, equity and
inclusion in our community, with the purpose of ensuring that cultural,
economic, and ethnic differences are considered in the decision-making
process.
(2)
The Committee shall be known as the "Better Together Advisory Committee."
B.
Establishment. The Better Together Advisory Committee of the Township
shall consist of 11 regular members and one member of the governing
body, all of whom shall be appointed by the Township Council, shall
be residents or business owners of the Township of Moorestown. The
membership structure and parameters shall be as more fully set forth
below. Appointments will be made to establish a membership that encourages
and represents the diverse perspectives we have in our community.
Members shall serve without salary or other compensation and shall
each be removable from office by the Township Council at any time,
without cause, upon a vote of a majority of all the members of Township
Council, except that the unexcused absence of a Committee member from
three or more Committee meetings within a twelve-month period shall
constitute a forfeiture of that Committee member's office by
majority vote of Council. All members shall be voting members except
the governing body member appointee.
(1)
Membership. The membership of the Committee shall include a total
of 12 members as follows:
(a)
Eleven regular members, who shall be appointed from diverse
backgrounds, with consideration to ability, age, ethnicity, gender,
race, religion, sexual orientation and the like and should have expertise
in fields and interests such as conversations across differences,
communications, community engagement, community organizations, community
outreach, compassionate community initiatives, diverse populations,
diversity training, educations/schools systems, equity and inclusion,
facilitation, fundraising, marketing, disability advocacy, research
and welcoming initiatives. At least one shall be a Moorestown-based
business owner, who may or not reside in the Township; and at least
two members shall be youth, ages 14 to 19, who are residents of Moorestown.
(b)
In addition, one member of the governing body shall be appointed,
as a nonvoting member.
(2)
Appointments.
(a)
Regular committee members shall be appointed for two-year terms,
except that the first appointments shall be split into six appointments
for the balance of the current year plus one full calendar year, and
six appointments for the balance of the current year plus two full
calendar years, so that appointments will be evenly staggered going
forward.
(b)
Youth members, as well as the governing body member, shall be
appointed to a one-year term.
(c)
There are no term limits. Members may be reappointed to succeed
themselves and for nonsuccessive terms. Vacancies shall be filled
for the balance of any unexpired term.
(3)
Organization; officers; meetings.
(a)
An organization meeting shall be held annually during January.
At such a meeting, the Committee shall elect a Chair, a Vice-Chair,
and a Secretary from the Committee.
(b)
The Committee shall hold at least one regular meeting each month.
(c)
The Committee shall keep minutes of all its official proceedings.
(d)
A quorum shall consist of a minimum of seven members present
at a properly called meeting in order to conduct business in the name
of the Committee. The nonvoting member shall be included in determining
a quorum.
C.
Powers and duties. The Committee is established to be an advisory
body, with no governing power or fiduciary responsibility, whose duties
shall be to provide advice and recommendations to the Township about
the following:
(1)
Supporting Moorestown to become a welcoming town that encourages
equality, fairness, cooperation, and respect among and by all persons
who live, work, do business in, visit, worship or otherwise engage
with Moorestown Township.
(2)
Recommending effective strategies for public engagement, removing
barriers, and increasing inclusion and access.
(3)
Recommending opportunities for community partnerships as a strategy
to better understand and address equity impacts throughout the Township.
(4)
Facilitate building relationships between the Township and underserved,
underrepresented, and marginalized communities and serving as trusted
messengers to those communities and the community at large.
(5)
Advising the Township on strategies that strengthen diversity, equity
and inclusion.
(6)
Acting as a clearinghouse and resource for the community on local
diversity, equity and social inclusion issues.
(7)
Performing such other duties as directed by the Township Council
or Manager.
[Added 12-12-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
A.
Membership; terms; designation of Chairman.
(1)
The Economic Development Advisory Committee shall consist of nine
members, one of whom shall be the President of the Moorestown Business
Association, or the President's designee. The Township Council
shall, at its annual reorganization meeting, appoint one of its members
to the Economic Development Advisory Committee, where he or she will
serve as the liaison to the Committee. The Township Council, at its
annual reorganization meeting, shall appoint the President of the
Moorestown Business Association (or the President's designee)
to the Economic Development Advisory Committee and such person shall
take his or her seat on the Economic Development Advisory Committee
after the annual reorganization meeting of the Moorestown Business
Association in January each year.
(2)
The remaining members shall be residents of the Township of Moorestown
who shall be selected on the basis of their qualifications and fitness
for service on the Economic Development Advisory Committee, except
that no more than two members may be nonresidents if they own or are
employed by a business located in the Township.
(3)
Terms.
(a)
The Township Council and the Moorestown Business Association
members shall each be appointed in January for a term of one year.
(b)
The term of any member of the Township Council or the Moorestown
Business Association member shall be automatically deemed vacant in
the event that such member is no longer a member of the Township Council
or the Moorestown Business Association. Their replacements shall be
named by the Township Council and the Moorestown Business Association,
respectively, to fulfill the unexpired term.
(c)
The remaining members shall be appointed for staggered two-year
terms by the Township Council. A vacancy occurring other than by expiration
of the term shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
(4)
The Committee shall, year to year, select a Chair and Vice Chair.
B.
Powers and duties. The duties of the Economic Development Committee
shall be as follows:
(1)
To promote the advantages of the Township of Moorestown for business,
commercial and industrial users.
(2)
To advise and consult with the Township Council, Township Manager,
Planning Board and Director of Community Development concerning reasonable
and desirable policies to foster appropriate business, commercial
and industrial development. All such policies and recommendations
shall be designed to safeguard property values of established residential
areas in the Township.
(3)
To encourage expansion of existing industry and business in the best
interest of the Township.
(4)
To prepare, develop and distribute material and data advertising
the advantages of the Township to new business and industry.
(5)
To provide recommendations for content related to business recruitment
and promotion to the Township.
