[Adopted 3-27-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-20]
A.
Municipal and public purposes.
(1)
Upon the adoption of this article in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Jersey, a portion of the current balance
of the water allocation to the City of Vineland shall be set aside
for municipal and public purposes. That amount shall be 31,000,000
gallons per year.
(2)
Upon the receipt of any new allocation amount granted
to the City of Vineland by the NJDEP, a portion of that new allocation
shall be set aside for municipal and public purposes. That amount
shall be 31,000,000 gallons per year.
(3)
For purposes of this section, "municipal and public
purposes" shall mean the expansion, addition or construction of municipal
buildings, parks and the like in which water allocation is necessary,
public or private schools, colleges and educational institutions,
any redevelopment project within designated redevelopment areas or
federal empowerment zone or the Urban Enterprise Zone.
(4)
Distribution of allocation reserved for municipal
and public purposes shall be in accordance with the ranking of projects
as is hereinafter set forth unless otherwise determined by City Council
after a public hearing.
(5)
Distribution of the reserved allocation for municipal
and public purposes shall be utilized only after the exhaustion of
existing allocation distributed in accordance herewith.
B.
Industrial/commercial and residential.
(1)
Based upon a review of the ten-year history of industrial/commercial
and residential water use in the City of Vineland, industrial/commercial
accounts for 52% thereof and residential accounts for 48% thereof.
As such and based thereon, the net remaining allocation, after deducting
that amount set aside for municipal and public purposes, shall be
divided with 52% reserved for industrial/commercial projects and 48%
reserved for residential projects.
A.
The following point system and procedure shall determine
the order upon which a project shall be granted requested allocation:
(1)
Planning/Zoning Board approval.
(a)
Upon receipt of preliminary Planning/Zoning
Board approval, an applicant project will receive a total of five
points.
(b)
Upon receipt of final Planning/Zoning Board
approval, an applicant project will receive a total of 15 points.
(c)
If no Planning/Zoning Board approval is required,
an applicant project will receive a total of 20 points upon the issuance
of a zoning permit.
(d)
If no zoning permit is required, an applicant
project shall receive a total of 20 points.
(2)
Sewer/septic approval.
(a)
Upon receipt of preliminary sewer approvals
as defined by the Landis Sewerage Authority (LSA), an applicant project
will receive a total of two points.
(b)
Upon receipt of a fully executed allocation
agreement between the LSA and the applicant and the payment of all
fees required by the LSA, an applicant project will receive a total
of eight points.
(c)
For purposes of this subsection, all residential
projects approved with septic systems shall automatically receive
a total of 10 points.
(3)
City of Vineland Water Utility approvals.
(a)
Upon completion of preliminary review by the
City of Vineland Water Utility, an applicant project shall receive
a total of two points.
(b)
Upon the adoption of a resolution by the City
Council of the City of Vineland authorizing the Superintendent of
the Water Utility to execute a water allocation permit application
and the payment of all water connection fees, the applicant shall
receive eight points.
(c)
For purposes of this subsection; no application
for City of Vineland Water Utility preliminary review shall be considered
until the project application is deemed complete and all fees have
been paid for preliminary site plan/subdivision approval.
A.
All water allocation previously reserved in accordance
with this article shall expire on the three-year anniversary of the
date upon which the applicant project attained 40 points pursuant
to this article unless the applicant project has recorded the final
plat in the Clerk's Office of the County of Cumberland, New Jersey.
Water allocation previously reserved in accordance with this article
shall also expire upon cancellation by the applicant.
B.
No municipal or public purposes project shall be subject
to the recision of reservation of allocation except by ordinance of
the City Council of the City of Vineland.
A.
There shall be created a Water Allocation Review Committee
(hereinafter referred to as WARC), whose purpose is to review and
make recommendations to the City Council of the City of Vineland regarding
the distribution or redistribution of allocation set aside for the
three use groups, residential, commercial/industrial and municipal
and public purposes. The WARC shall make recommendations to Council
regarding the percentage of distribution of allocation among said
uses whenever the City of Vineland receives any new allocation by
the NJDEP. Further, in the event water allocated to any use group
is reasonably anticipated to be depleted based upon approved allocations,
the distribution as set forth herein shall be reviewed by the WARC.
The WARC shall recommend any redistribution of water allocation to
City Council. City Council shall consider any recommendation after
a public hearing duly advertised in accordance with the procedures
of the adoption of a municipal ordinance.
B.
The Water Allocation Review Committee shall consist
of the following officers of the City of Vineland: City Planner; City
Engineer; Superintendent/Manager of Public Works; Director of Economic
Development; Business Administrator; Superintendent of the Water Utility;
City Solicitor; and City Council Liaison to the Water Utility.
