If a vacancy in any class occurs other than
by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment as above
provided for the unexpired term. Any member other than a Class I member,
after a public hearing if he requests one, may be removed by the Township
Committee for cause.
The Planning Board shall elect a Chairman and
Vice Chairman from the members of Class IV and select a secretary
who may be either a member of the Planning Board or a municipal employee
designated by it.
[Amended 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20]
There is hereby created the office of Planning
Board Attorney. The Planning Board may annually appoint the Planning
Board attorney, who shall be an attorney other than the municipal
attorney. Planning Board Attorney and Engineer shall be compensated
at the rate set by the Planning Board. The Planning Board Attorney
and Engineer shall bill the applicant's escrow for all time spent
on the applicant's application including time spent on the public
hearing of the application. Under no circumstances will the Planning
Board Attorney be compensated on a retainer or compensated with a
flat fee for meeting attendance in addition to the hourly billings.
[Amended 11-23-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-20]
The Planning Board may also employ or contract
for the services of experts and other staff and services as it may
deem necessary. Experts and staff shall be compensated at the rate
set by the Planning Board. The experts and staff shall bill the applicant's
escrow for all time spent on the applicant's application including
time spent on the public hearing of the application. Under no circumstances
will the experts and staff be compensated on a retainer or compensated
with a flat fee for meeting attendance in addition to the hourly billings.
The Planning Board shall adopt bylaws governing its procedural
operation. It shall also have the following powers and duties:
A. To make and adopt and from time to time amend a master
plan for the physical development of the Township including any areas
outside its boundaries, which in the Board's judgment bear essential
relation to the planning of the Township, in accordance with the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
B. To administer the provisions of the land subdivision
and site plan review regulations and requirements of the Township
in accordance with the provisions of the land use chapters and the
Municipal Land Use Law of 1975, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., and as
otherwise required by law.
C. To participate in the preparation and review of programs
or plans required of the Planning Board by state or federal law or
regulations.
D. To assemble data on a continuing basis as part of
a continuous planning process.
E. Upon request, to assist the Township Committee in
preparation of a program of municipal capital improvement projects
and amendments thereto.
F. To consider and make report to the Township Committee
within 35 days after referral as to any proposed development regulation
submitted to it, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26(a),
and also pass upon other matters specifically referred to the Planning
Board by the Committee, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26(b).
G. To review applications for conditional use approval.
H. To perform such other advisory duties as are assigned
to it by ordinance or resolution of the Township Committee for the
aid and assistance of the Committee or other agencies or officers.
I. Commencing on April 1, 2008, the Zoning Board of Adjustment
will be dissolved pursuant to Ord. No. 2007-15, and the Planning Board
shall thereafter assume full responsibility for any matters that remained
unresolved and pending before the Zoning Board of Adjustment as well
as all the powers, duties and functions previously vested in the Zoning
Board of Adjustment, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-25(c)(1). Thereafter,
the Class I and Class III members serving on the Planning Board shall
be precluded from participating in the consideration of applications
for development which involve applications pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d)
("use variances").
[Added 12-26-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-15]