Township of Washington, NJ
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Part III: Land Use Legislation
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Chapter 540 Land Development
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 13 Contracts
- Ch 15 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 24 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 33 Firemen's Benefits
- Ch 47 Library Board of Trustees
- Ch 60 Payroll Account
- Ch 65 Personnel Policies
- Ch 72 Police Department
- Ch 81 Records, Public
- Ch 87 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 96 Volunteers
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 120 Air Pollution
- Ch 124 Alarm Systems
- Ch 128 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 133 Amusements
- Ch 137 Animals
- Ch 142 Antennas, Commercial
- Ch 175 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 184 Curfew
- Ch 194 Signs
- Ch 206 Excavations
- Ch 212 Fees
- Ch 217 Fences, Bushes and Shrubs
- Ch 223 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 237 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 244 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 252 Games of Chance
- Ch 270 Hours of Operation for Retail Businesses
- Ch 276 Hunting and Discharge of Weapons
- Ch 285 Library Rules
- Ch 291 Littering
- Ch 296 Loitering
- Ch 307 Noise
- Ch 312 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 330 Parking Regulations
- Ch 337 Parks
- Ch 342 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 348 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 360 Property Maintenance
- Ch 373 Sanitation
- Ch 379 Secondhand Precious Metals and Goods
- Ch 385 Sewers
- Ch 391 Shopping Carts
- Ch 402 Smoking and Tobacco Use
- Ch 407 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 415 Solid Waste
- Ch 426 Stormwater Quality
- Ch 433 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 438 Swimming Pools
- Ch 446 Taxicabs
- Ch 461 Towing and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 465 Trees
- Ch 471 Vehicles, Abandoned; Display of Vehicles
- Ch 488 Water
- Ch 499 Weed Control
- Part III: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 505 General Provisions
- Ch 513 Development Fees
- Ch 520 Historic Preservation
- Ch 540 Land Development
- Ch 540 Art I General Provisions
- § 540-1 Title.
- § 540-2 Approval authority.
- § 540-3 Definitions.
- Ch 540 Art II Planning Board
- § 540-4 General powers and duties.
- § 540-4.1 Applications before Planning Board; Checklist.
- Ch 540 Art III Minor Subdivisions
- § 540-5 Procedures for filing.
- § 540-6 Sketch plat details.
- § 540-7 Action on sketch plat; minor subdivision approval.
- § 540-8 Time limits for minor subdivision approval.
- § 540-9 Expiration of minor subdivision approval.
- § 540-10 Approval and dissemination of copies.
- Ch 540 Art IV Major Subdivisions
- § 540-11 Preliminary approval procedure.
- § 540-12 Amended applications.
- § 540-13 Submission of preliminary plat.
- § 540-14 Preliminary plat requirements.
- § 540-15 Time limits for preliminary approval.
- § 540-16 County Planning Board approval.
- § 540-17 Approval by other officials.
- § 540-18 Ancillary powers.
- § 540-19 Plat notations.
- § 540-20 Distribution of copies.
- Ch 540 Art V Hearings
- § 540-21 When required.
- § 540-22 Rules; documentation.
- § 540-23 Witnesses and evidence.
- § 540-24 Testimony.
- § 540-25 Rules of evidence.
- § 540-26 Recordings; transcript.
- § 540-27 Decisions.
- § 540-28 Copies of decisions.
- § 540-29 Publication of notice of decision.
- § 540-30 Distribution of plat copies.
- Ch 540 Art VI Notice of Applications
- § 540-31 General requirements.
- § 540-32 Notice to property owners.
- § 540-33 List of property owners.
- § 540-34 Notice to adjoining municipalities.
- § 540-35 Notice to County Planning Board.
- § 540-36 Notice to Commissioner of Transportation.
- § 540-37 Notice to Commission.
- § 540-38 Filing of affidavit of proof of service.
- § 540-39 When required.
- Ch 540 Art VII Notice Concerning Master Plan
- § 540-40 When required.
- § 540-41 Effect of mailing notice.
- Ch 540 Art VIII Effect of Preliminary Approval
- § 540-42 Conferral of rights; time limit.
- § 540-43 Longer time limits; extensions.
- Ch 540 Art IX Final Approval
- § 540-44 Conditions for granting.
- § 540-45 Time limit.
- § 540-46 Approval subject to County Planning Board reports.
- § 540-47 Submission of copies of final plat.
- § 540-48 Distribution of copies of approved final plat.
- § 540-49 Final plat details.
- Ch 540 Art X Effect of Final Approval
- § 540-50 Major subdivision.
- § 540-51 Planned unit development.
- § 540-52 Recording of final approval.
- § 540-53 Signing of plat.
- Ch 540 Art XI Proof of Payment of Taxes
- § 540-54 Proof required.
- Ch 540 Art XII Exceptions to Application of Regulations
- § 540-55 Subdivision approval.
- § 540-56 Site plan approval.
- § 540-57 Simultaneous review and approval.
- Ch 540 Art XIII Design Standards
- § 540-58 Compliance required.
- § 540-59 General requirements.
- § 540-60 Streets.
- § 540-61 Blocks.
- § 540-62 Lots.
- § 540-63 Public use and service areas.
- Ch 540 Art XIV Performance Guaranties
- § 540-64 Improvements.
- § 540-65 Performance guarantee requirements.
- § 540-66 Extension of time limits for installation of improvements.
- § 540-67 Default in fulfilling.
- § 540-68 Notification of completion of improvements; inspection.
- § 540-69 Approval or rejection of improvements.
- § 540-70 Completion of rejected improvements.
- § 540-71 Right to contest determinations.
- § 540-72 Inspection fees.
- § 540-73 Maintenance guaranties.
- § 540-74 Developer's agreement.
- § 540-75 Development in stages.
- Ch 540 Art XV Site Plan Review
- § 540-76 Site plan approval required.
- § 540-77 Minor site plan approval.
- § 540-78 Application for preliminary site plan approval.
- § 540-79 Site and environmental design standards.
- § 540-80 Off-street parking.
- § 540-81 Special requirements.
- § 540-82 Time limits for preliminary approval.
- § 540-83 Application for final site plan approval.
- § 540-84 Demolition of residences, tree preservation and related requirements.
- Ch 540 Art XVI Fees and Deposits
- § 540-85 Payment required.
- § 540-86 Definitions.
- § 540-87 Variances.
- § 540-88 Other proceedings.
- § 540-89 Preliminary discussion.
- § 540-90 Minor subdivision or minor site plan approval.
- § 540-91 Major subdivision and major site plan preliminary approval.
- § 540-92 Major subdivision and major site plan final approval.
- § 540-93 Monuments.
- § 540-94 Lot inspections.
- § 540-95 Resubmissions.
- § 540-96 Liability for Township expenses.
- § 540-97 Payment of fees and deposits.
- Ch 540 Art XVII Inspections
- § 540-98 Inspections by Engineer prior to certification of improvements.
- § 540-99 Engineering and legal services fee.
- Ch 540 Art XVIII Appeals
- § 540-100 Appeals to the governing body.
- Ch 540 Art XIX Off-Tract Improvements
- § 540-101 General requirements.
- § 540-102 Standards for determining necessity.
- § 540-103 Procedure upon determination.
- § 540-104 Methods of implementation.
- § 540-105 Conditions not requiring cash contributions.
- § 540-106 Method of payment of cash contributions.
- Ch 540 Art XX Violations and Penalties
- § 540-107 Sale of land prior to approval.
- § 540-108 Other remedies.
- § 540-109 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 540 Art XXI Affordable Housing
- § 540-110 Purpose and applicability.
- § 540-111 Definitions.
- § 540-112 Certificates of occupancy.
- § 540-113 Administration.
- § 540-114 Requirements for affordable housing.
- § 540-115 Alternative living arrangements.
- § 540-116 Enforcement of affordable housing regulations.
- § 540-117 Appeals.
- § 540-117.1 Monitoring requirements.
- Ch 540 Art XXII Mandatory Affordable Housing Set-Aside
- § 540-118 Purpose.
- § 540-119 Providing affordable housing units.
- § 540-120 Rights to rezoning, variance or other relief.
- Ch 548 Official Map
- Ch 553 Planning Board
- Ch 565 Soil Removal
- Ch 574 Stormwater Management
- Ch 580 Zoning
- Ch 585 Zoning Board of Adjustment
- Appendix
- Ch A605 Communications Facilities Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Washington 1-31-1977 by Ord.
No. 77-3 (Ch. 239 of the 1985 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Commercial antennas — See Ch. 142.
Signs — See Ch. 194.
Fees — See Ch. 212.
Flood hazard areas — See Ch. 244.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 433.
Development fees — See Ch. 513.
Zoning — See Ch. 580.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Planning Board Checklist
