Any applicant wishing to subdivide or resubdivide land within the Borough of Glen Gardner shall apply for and obtain the approval of the Planning Board in accordance with the following procedure. The applicant or his or her agent shall appear at all regular meetings of the Planning Board whenever the application is being considered. Failure to appear shall give the Planning Board the right to postpone action on the application for that particular meeting if the applicant's or his or her agent's absence deprived the Planning Board of information necessary to make a decision.
An applicant for the subdivision of land shall submit to the Planning Board Secretary an application for subdivision, the required application fee, sufficient blueprints of a sketch plat containing the information required at least three weeks prior to a regular meeting of the Planning Board. The Planning Board or its designee shall determine if the application is complete and, if not, inform the applicant of any deficiencies.
A. 
The Planning Board or a designated subcommittee thereof shall review the plat prior to the Planning Board meeting and classify it as a minor or major subdivision. Subdivisions failing to receive a unanimous vote as a minor subdivision shall be considered a major subdivision.
B. 
To be classified as a minor subdivision, a subdivision must be in accordance with the following guidelines:
(1) 
A minor subdivision may not involve a planned development, any new street or the extension of any off-tract improvement the cost of which is to be prorated.
(2) 
A minor subdivision shall result in the creation of not more than two new lots per property from the date of this chapter adoption. Any subsequent subdivision beyond the two lots permitted shall constitute a major subdivision.
A. 
If classified as a minor subdivision, two copies of the plat shall be retained by the Board, and copies of the plat shall be forwarded to the following for review and comment:
(1) 
Borough Engineer.
(2) 
County Board of Health.
(3) 
Borough Tax Assessor.
(4) 
Borough Zoning Officer.
(5) 
Borough Planner.
(6) 
Environmental Commission.
(7) 
Other agencies as may be determined by the Planning Board.
B. 
The applicant shall be responsible for forwarding copies of all plats and required exhibits to the County Planning Board and should furnish a receipt indicating the delivery to the County Planning Board.
The Planning Board or designated subcommittee thereof shall act within 45 days on a minor subdivision or complete application for a minor subdivision. The Board or subcommittee shall not approve or conditionally approve the minor subdivision prior to receipt of comments by the above agencies or officials until 30 days has elapsed from referral without any comments. If approved, a notation to that effect shall be made on the plat, and it shall be signed by the Planning Board Chairman and the Planning Board Secretary and returned to the subdivider within one week following the next regular meeting of the Planning Board. If rejected, the reasons for rejection shall be noted on all copies of the application form, one of which shall be returned to the applicant. The Planning Board or designated subcommittee may attach conditions of approval to any minor subdivision.
If approved as a minor subdivision, a plat drawn in compliance with Chapter 141 of the Laws of 1960 or deed stamped with the date of the Planning Board approval shall be filed with the County Recording Officer within 190 days from the date of approval. Failure to file within 190 days shall void said subdivision approval.
The applicant shall provide the Secretary with a certificate of filing from the County Clerk's office. The Secretary shall distribute copies of the approved subdivision to each of the following:
A. 
Borough Clerk.
B. 
Borough Engineer.
C. 
Borough Building Inspector.
D. 
Borough Tax Assessor.
The granting of minor subdivision approval shall guarantee that the zoning requirements and general terms and conditions, whether conditional or otherwise, upon which minor subdivision approval was granted shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of minor subdivision approval, provided that the approved minor subdivision shall have been duly recorded as provided herein. Applicants shall be responsible for necessary approvals prior to development under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control provisions herein and other applicable ordinances.