All development regulations adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq., including this Ordinance, shall be construed and applied
with reference to the nature and use of condominium or cooperative
structures or uses without regard to the form of ownership. The further
provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-58 shall also apply to this Ordinance
and any other development ordinance, ordinances or regulations of
the municipality.
The miscellaneous provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66 of the Municipal
Land Use Law are as required by said statute hereby adopted and are
made applicable to this Ordinance and any other development ordinance
or regulation of the municipality.
Certificates designated a "Certificate as to Approval of Subdivision
of Land" shall be made and issued by the Administrative Officer of
the municipality, certifying whether or not a subdivision has been
approved by the Board to a prospective purchaser, prospective mortgagee,
or any other interested person, as provided for and in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-56.
The Administrative Officer shall be entitled to demand and receive for such certificate issued by him a reasonable fee not in excess of those provided in N.J.S.A. 54:5-14 and N.J.S.A. 54:5-15, and such fees collected by such official shall be paid by him to the municipality. Any person who shall acquire for a valuable consideration an interest in the lands covered by any such certificate in reliance upon the information therein contained shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which could be prosecuted or maintained by the municipality pursuant to § 25-900.7 of this Ordinance and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-55. The further provision of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-54 shall also apply.
The governing body shall, at least every six (6) years, provide
for a general reexamination of its Master Plan and development regulations
by the Planning Board, which shall prepare a report on the findings
of such reexamination, and said reexamination and report shall be
in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-89. In accordance
with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-90, the prohibition of development in order to
prepare a Master Plan and development regulations is prohibited.
The Zoning, Subdivision, Site Plan Review Ordinances or other
development ordinances, or any revision or amendment thereto, and
the Official Map of the municipality shall not take effect until a
copy thereof shall be filed with the County Planning Board. Copies
of all development regulations and any revision or amendments thereto
shall be filed and maintained in the Office of the Municipal Clerk.
If, before final subdivision approval has been granted, any
person transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell, except pursuant
to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval,
as owner or agent, any land which forms a part of a subdivision for
which municipal approval is required by this or other ordinances,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., such person shall be subject
to a penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and each
lot disposition so made may be deemed a separate violation. In addition,
the municipality may institute and maintain a civil action:
a.
For injunctive relief; and
b.
To set aside and invalidate any conveyance made pursuant to such
contract of sale if a certificate of compliance has not been issued
in accordance with this Ordinance (as authorized by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-56).
The further provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-55 shall also apply.
The governing body shall enforce the provisions of the (Municipal
Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1, et seq. and any ordinance or regulation
made and adopted thereunder, including this Ordinance, in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55-18.
Valuation, assessment and taxation of land receiving preliminary
subdivision site plan or planned development approval or extended
tentative planned unit development approval shall be in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-59.
The municipality may, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
40:55D-77 through N.J.S.A. 40:55D-88, inclusive, by ordinance or resolution,
enter into, terminate and administer such joint agreements as therein
provided.
