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Township of Mansfield, NJ
Warren County
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[Amended by Ord. No. 11-90]
No person, corporation, partnership, or other form of legal entity, their agents or subcontractors, shall commence any construction, grading, filling or other form of land disturbance in furtherance of any approved preliminary or final subdivision or site plan unless a permit for same shall have first been obtained from the issuing authority, who shall be the Township Engineer.
No permit shall be issued unless, at least 10 days prior to the date on which construction is proposed to commence, the applicant shall have applied for such permit, in writing, on an approved application form.
Prior to the issuance of any such permit, the issuing authority shall have first determined that the following provisions have been satisfied:
A. 
All conditions of Board approval have been met.
B. 
All fees and escrow monies due Mansfield Township have been paid or deposited.
C. 
All required permits have been obtained, and documentation of permit issuance submitted.
D. 
All proposed construction is in accordance with the approved plan.
E. 
A preconstruction meeting has been held with the Township Engineer.
F. 
All off-tract improvement contributions have been deposited with Mansfield Township.
G. 
All required surety has been posted and accepted by the Township Committee.
H. 
A developer's agreement, as may be required, has been executed with the Township Committee.
I. 
The developer has submitted a traffic protection plan which has been reviewed by the Township Engineer and reviewed and approved by the Mansfield Township Police Chief. Said plan shall be prepared in compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1988, with amendments and revisions thereto.
[Amended by Ord. No. 11-90]
A land disturbance construction permit shall be valid for a period of one year from date of issuance and shall automatically expire, by limitation, unless construction pursuant thereto shall have been actually commenced within such period and shall have been diligently pursued.
A. 
Violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in § 1-17 of the Code of the Township of Mansfield.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
In addition to the foregoing, the Township shall be entitled to apply to the Superior Court for an injunction to prohibit the commencement or continuation of such construction undertaken in violation of this chapter.