Township of Washington, NJ
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2022-12-19
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 175 Subdivision of Land
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Article I General Provisions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Contracts
- Ch 9 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 13 Fire Department
- Ch 14 First Aid Squad
- Ch 17 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 21 Officers and Employees
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Ch 27 Police Department
- Ch 31 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 39 Alarm Systems
- Ch 42 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 44 Ambulances
- Ch 46 Animals
- Ch 53 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 56 Building Construction
- Ch 60 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 66 Circuses and Carnivals
- Ch 74 Curfew
- Ch 79 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 81 Dumpsters
- Ch 85 Fertilizer and Pesticide Management
- Ch 87 Fire Prevention
- Ch 92 Floodplain Management
- Ch 96 Games of Chance
- Ch 98 Geologic Hazards
- Ch 101 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 103 Highlands Area Exemptions
- Ch 105 Housing
- Ch 106 Hunting on Township Property
- Ch 108 Insurance
- Ch 111 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 114 Littering
- Ch 117 (Reserved)
- Ch 121 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 125 Noise
- Ch 129 Occupancy Permits
- Ch 132 Open Pits and Trenches
- Ch 137 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 140 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 143 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 148 Property Maintenance
- Ch 155 Sewers
- Ch 159 Site Plan Review
- Ch 164 Soil Disturbance
- Ch 168 Solid Waste
- Ch 170 Stormwater Control
- Ch 172 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 175 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 175 Art I General Provisions
- § 175-1 Long title.
- § 175-2 Short title.
- § 175-3 Purpose.
- § 175-4 Approving agency.
- § 175-5 Definitions.
- Ch 179 Swimming Pools
- Ch 182 Taxation
- Ch 185 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 189 Tobacco and Cannabis Sales
- Ch 192 Towing
- Ch 196 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 200 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 203 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 207 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 213 Water
- Ch 217 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health
- Ch 221 General Provisions
- Ch 224 Administration
- Ch 227 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 231 Animals
- Ch 235 Bathing, Public
- Ch 239 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 240 Housing Standards
- Ch 243 Nuisances
- Ch 247 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 250 Solid Waste
- Ch 252 Tattoo and Body-Piercing Establishments
- Ch 253 Tobacco and Cannabis Products
- Ch 255 Water
- Appendix
- Ch A258 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A259 Communications Facilities
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
This chapter consists of "An ordinance establishing
rules, regulations and standards governing the subdivision of land
within the Township of Washington pursuant to the authority set forth
in the Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291 of the Laws of 1975, and
amendments and supplements thereto, setting forth the procedure to
be followed by the Planning Board in applying and administering these
rules, regulations and standards and providing penalties for the violation
thereof."
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Land Subdivision Ordinance of the Township of Washington."
The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide
rules, regulations and standards to guide land subdivision in the
Township of Washington in order to promote the public health, safety,
convenience and general welfare of said Township and to carry out
the objective of the Municipal Land Use Law.[1] It shall be administered to ensure the orderly growth
and development, the conservation, protection and proper use of land
and adequate provisions for circulation, utilities and services and
the conservation and environmental protection of all land, water and
air resources within the jurisdiction of Washington Township.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[Amended 5-18-1981 by Ord. No. 16-81]
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered
by the Township of Washington Planning Board or, in certain instances,
by the Washington Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, as provided
by and in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291
of the Laws of 1975, as amended and supplemented.
