[Adopted 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 98-11; amended
in its entirety 10-4-1999 by Ord. No. 99-12]
[Amended 12-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-16]
All applications for development to the Planning
Board or the Planning Board acting as a Board of Adjustment shall
be in such form and submitted to the respective Board in accordance
with the rules prescribed by the Board and by this article.
[Amended 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-8; 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]
Applications for development shall be accompanied
by the payment to the Borough of an application fee, escrow deposit
and, if appropriate, an inspection fee. The application fee and escrow
deposit shall be paid separately according to the following schedule:
|
Application
|
Fee
|
Escrow
|
|---|---|---|
|
MINOR SUBDIVISION
|
$500
|
$1,000 per lot
|
|
Resubmission or amendment
|
$100
| |
|
Concept review
|
$400
|
$300 to be credited
|
|
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
| ||
|
Preliminary
|
$1,000
|
$600 per lot
|
|
Final
|
$500
|
$500 per lot
|
|
Resubmission or amendment
|
$300
|
$400 per lot
|
|
Extension
|
$150
| |
|
Concept review
|
$500
|
$500 to be credited
|
|
SITE PLAN
| ||
|
Preliminary
| ||
|
Residential
|
$600
|
$10 per unit; minimum $1,000
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$700
|
$0.10 per square foot improved; minimum $1,000
|
|
Final
| ||
|
Residential
|
$400
|
$10 per unit; minimum $500
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$500
|
$0.05 per square foot improved; minimum $1,000
|
|
Resubmission or amendment
| ||
|
Residential
|
$300
|
$300 + $10 per unit
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$400
|
$500 + $0.10 per square foot improved
|
|
Waiver
|
$400
|
$500
|
|
Extension
|
$150
|
$500
|
|
Concept review
|
$300
|
$1,000 to be credited
|
|
CONDITIONAL USES
| ||
|
Residential
|
$500
|
$1,000
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$600
|
$1,500
|
|
INTERPRETATIONS
| ||
|
Residential
|
$300
|
$1,000
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$600
|
$1,000
|
|
APPEALS
| ||
|
Residential
|
$300
|
$1,000
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$500
|
$1,000
|
|
VARIANCES
| ||
|
Bulk
| ||
|
Residential
|
$300 per variance
|
$2,000
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$500 per variance
|
$1,500 per variance
|
|
Use
| ||
|
Residential
|
$500
|
$2,000
|
|
Nonresidential
|
$600
|
$3,000
|
|
SPECIAL MEETING OF BOARD
|
$1,000
| |
|
ZONING PERMITS
| ||
|
Residential
| ||
|
Fence
|
$25
| |
|
Principal use
|
$60
| |
|
Accessory use
|
$30
| |
|
Commercial
| ||
|
Fence
|
$50
| |
|
Principal use
|
$150
| |
|
Accessory use
|
$60
| |
|
Temporary activity permit
|
$50
| |
|
Residential conversion
|
$100
|
[Amended 12-29-1999 by Ord. No. 99-16]
The application fee as set forth hereinabove
is a flat fee to cover direct administrative expenses, other than
professional services, and is nonrefundable. The escrow amount as
set forth hereinabove is established to cover the cost of professional
services, including but not limited to engineering, professional planning,
legal and other expenses connected with the review of the submitted
materials, the related hearing process and followup thereto. The applicant
shall execute an escrow agreement to authorize payment of said expenses.
Sums not utilized in the review process shall be returned to the applicant
within a reasonable period of time after the adoption of a resolution
of memorialization by either the Planning Board or Planning Board
acting as a Board of Adjustment disposing of the pending land development
application. If additional funds are deemed necessary, the applicant
shall be notified of the required additional amount and add such sum
to the account as required by the Planning Board or Planning Board
acting as a Board of Adjustment. Where applicable, no building permit
or development certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all
escrow charges have been paid. All escrow charges which are due and
owing shall become a lien upon the premises with respect to which
said charges are required and shall remain so until paid. Said overdue
charges shall accrue the same interest from time to time as taxes
upon real estate in the Borough. The Borough shall have the same remedies
for the collection thereof with interest, costs, and penalties as
it has by law for the collection of taxes upon real estate. All escrow
fees shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the
Municipal Land Use Law, as amended from time to time.
Where one application for development included
several approval requests, the sum of the individual required fees
shall be paid.
Each applicant for subdivision or site plan
approval shall agree, in writing, to pay all reasonable costs for
professional review of the application and for inspection of the improvements.
All such costs for review and inspection must be paid before any approved
plat, plan or deed is signed or any construction permit is issued,
and all remaining costs must be paid in full before any occupancy
of the premises is permitted or certificate of occupancy issued.
[Amended 12-29-1999 by Ord. No. 99-16]
If either the Planning Board or the Planning
Board acting as a Board of Adjustment determines that a land development
application requires a traffic study, then, in accordance with the
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.1 et seq., either the Planning Board
or Planning Board acting as a Board of Adjustment shall notify the
land development applicant that a traffic study is necessary for the
proper review and analysis of said application. In lieu of having
the applicant hire a traffic consultant to prepare said study, the
applicant shall deposit with the Borough sufficient funds so as to
allow the Borough to contract for professional engineering services
in order to prepare the traffic study for the application. Once the
study is completed, a copy shall be furnished to the applicant, as
well as to the board of jurisdiction. The Chief Financial Officer
of the Borough shall also, simultaneously with providing the applicant
with a copy of the traffic study, prepare and send to the applicant
a statement advising as to the cost of the study and the balance,
if any, remaining in the applicant's land development escrow account
which shall be utilized to pay for said study. If there are insufficient
funds in said escrow account, the applicant, within reasonable time
period, shall post an additional deposit to said account to cover
the cost of said traffic study and such other consulting expenses
as are authorized by the above-referenced provisions of Chapter 291,
Laws of New Jersey, 1975, as amended from time to time.
If an applicant desires a court reporter, the
cost for taking testimony and transcribing it and providing a copy
of the transcript to the Borough shall be at the expense of the applicant,
who shall arrange for the reporter's attendance.
Any request for a waiver or modification of
an application fee shall be made to the appropriate board which may
grant a waiver or modification upon a finding of economic hardship,
governmental relationship or the interests of fairness and justice
so require.
In addition to the fees provided for hereinabove,
each applicant for development shall reimburse the Borough for all
reasonable inspection fees required for the inspection of work to
be performed by the applicant. Prior to the issuance of any developmental
permits, the developer shall deposit with the Borough, for placement
in a special trust fund account, a sum equal to 5% of the amount of
the performance guaranty estimate of the cost of improvements to be
built in the development to be applied to payment of inspection costs.
If the inspection costs exceed such fund, the developer shall deposit
with the Borough additional sums upon notice from the Borough Engineer.
The inspection fee shall in no case be less than $100. If the 5% of
the amount of performance guaranty estimate of costs of improvement
in the opinion of the Borough exceeds the anticipated reasonable inspection
fees, the Borough Engineer shall adjust the deposit provided for hereinabove
to reflect the anticipated inspection fees. The Borough shall return
any balance of the inspection deposit to the developer upon expiration
of the maintenance bond, together with the paid invoices for all expenses
charged.
Miscellaneous fees shall be as follows:
A.
Copy of zoning ordinance: $40.
B.
Copy of Master Plan: $25.
C.
Subdivision approval certificate: $25.
D.
Certified list of property owners: $0.25 per name
or $10, whichever is greater.
[Amended 4-5-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-5]
E.
[1]USB copy of meeting: $20.
[Added 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-8;
amended 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection E, regarding tapes of meetings,
added 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-8, was repealed 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10. This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection F as Subsection
E.
