The preliminary plat shall be submitted to the
administrative officer. The submission shall include the following:
A. Application for subdivision plat approval, 10 copies.
B. The preliminary plat, 10 prints.
C. A filing fee as provided in §Â
360-22 of this Code and other required fees as appropriate.
D. Environmental impact statement, 10 copies, pursuant to Article
III of Chapter
361, Design and Performance Standards.
E. Key location map on eight-and-one-half-inch-by-eleven-inch
paper clearly showing the location of the subject property within
the Township.
[Amended by Ord. No. 10-90]
[Amended 11-10-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-13]
Publication of decision. A brief notice of the decision shall be published in the manner provided in §Â
360-14I.
Approval of the preliminary plat shall expire
three years after the date of such formal action, except that in cases
of 50 acres or more, extensions may be granted, pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-49d, its amendments and supplements thereto.
Approval of the preliminary plat confers upon
the subdivision applicant the following rights for a three-year period
from date of approval:
A. The general terms and conditions on which preliminary
approval was granted shall not be changed, including, but not limited
to, use requirements, layout and design standards for streets, curbs
and sidewalks, lot size, yard dimensions and off-tract improvements,
except that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Township
from modifying by ordinance such general terms and conditions of preliminary
approval as may be related to public health and safety.
B. The applicant may submit for final approval, on or
before the expiration date of preliminary approval, the whole or a
section or sections of the preliminary subdivision plat.
C. The applicant may apply for and the approving authority
may grant extension of such preliminary approval for additional periods
of at least one year but not to exceed a total extension of two years,
provided that, if the design standards have been revised by ordinance,
such revised standards shall govern.
D. In the case of a subdivision for an area of 50 acres or more, the approving authority may grant rights referred to in Subsection
A,
B, or
C hereinabove for such period of time longer than three years as shall be determined by the approving authority to be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval, economic conditions, and the comprehensiveness of the development. The applicant may apply for thereafter, and the approving authority may thereafter grant, an extension of preliminary approval for such additional period of time as shall be determined by the approving authority to be reasonable, taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval, the potential number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area of the section or sections awaiting final approval, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development, provided that, if the design standards have been revised, such revised standards shall govern.
[Amended 2-24-1999 by Ord. No. 99-05; 5-9-2007 by Ord. No.
2007-5]
If the developer has not supplied the water testing certifications required by §Â
413-4 of Code of the Township of Mansfield for each lot proposed as part of the preliminary subdivision application, the approving authority shall condition any preliminary subdivision approval which is granted on the subsequent compliance by the developer or the developer's successors and assigns with the requirements of that section, provided that the developer has provided the Board with the groundwater studies required by §Â
361-54B. The approved preliminary subdivision plat and the resolution memorializing the approval shall contain the following language:
"Potable water supply for this subdivision may be provided by individual on-lot wells. Approval of this subdivision is not based on any determination of the adequacy of the yield, recovery, rate, or water quality of any well to be placed on any lot. No construction permit shall be issued for the construction of a new residential structure on this property unless the Mansfield Township Board of Health, acting through its agent the Warren County Health Department, has certified that either: (a) the structure will be connected to an approved public water system; or (b) a well or wells are located and operating on the lot which have been tested and provide sufficient yield and recovery rates to satisfy the requirements of §§Â
413-5 and
413-6 of the Code of the Township of Mansfield.
"No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any new residence on this property unless the Mansfield Township Board of Health, acting, through its agent the Warren County Health Department, has certified that the water supplied by the water system serving the residence has been tested and meets the water quality requirements of §Â
413-7 of the Code of the Township of Mansfield.
"In the event yield or recovery rates do not
meet established standards, multiple wells may be required on a single
lot, or the developer may be required to reconfigure the lots as shown
on the preliminary plat so that each lot shall have a water system
that meets established standards.
"In the event the water system to be installed
on any lot does not provide water which meets established quality
standards, the developer or owner may be required to install and maintain
water treatment devices in order to assure continued compliance with
water quality standards."