A.
The improvements required for final approval by § 297-9 and any subsequent amendments thereto shall be in accordance with the Lacey Township Code Standard Specifications for Subdivisions, which specifications are incorporated herein as though fully set forth. Three (3) copies of said code shall be on file with the Planning Board Secretary.
B.
All of the required improvements shall be subject
to inspection and approval by the Township Engineer, who shall be
notified by the developer at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to
the start of construction. No underground installation shall be covered
until inspected and approved.
[Amended 3-17-1978]
[Amended 2-14-1991 by Ord. No. 5-91]
No area shall be approved for subdivision which, being of low, wet or swampy nature, shall not have first been filled to a depth of five (5) feet above sea level or four (4) feet above local mean high water, whichever is greater, or a cleared surface free of fallen trees, brush and debris and sufficiently high above the minimum to assure proper operation of domestic sanitary sewer facilities where required; such fill shall be compacted and shall provide sufficient grade for surface drainage of all areas; and such an area shall not be approved until surface drainage has been provided for by installation of an adequate drainage system. Within the Pinelands Area, filling of wetlands is prohibited pursuant to Chapter 335, Zoning, of this Code.
A.
No subdivision shall be named or designated in such
a manner as to indicate that the subdivision is of a waterfront or
lakefront character if the lands in question are not capable of waterfront
or lakefront development.
B.
Lakes or ponds to be shown on a subdivision plan shall
have sufficient source of water supply and runoff to prevent drying
up and stagnation.
C.
All waterfront subdivisions shall provide fire stations
available to the public within a maximum distance of one thousand
(1,000) feet across land.
D.
All waterfront and lakefront subdivisions shall conform
to all requirements of all agencies, local, state and federal, having
jurisdiction over waterfront or lakefront development. Copies of all
application submissions shall be furnished to the Planning Board and
Planning Board Engineer as part of the preliminary plat submission.
All final plat approvals granted to waterfront or lakefront development
shall be conditional upon the developer's receiving all approvals
as required by outside agencies having jurisdiction over the subject
development and the developer's providing evidence of receipt of all
approvals to the Planning Board.
[Added 12-18-1980 by Ord. No. 32-80]
A.
No trees, brush or debris shall be used as landfill
or in lieu thereof, nor shall any landfilling operation be performed
in such a manner as to cover unremoved trees and debris on any streets,
lots or other areas.
B.
All filling operations shall be conducted in accordance
with the requirements of Soil Conservation District, any other agency
having jurisdiction over the development in question and as directed
by the Planning Board or Township Engineer.
[Added 12-18-1980 by Ord. No. 32-80]
The subdivider shall make provision for filling
in all stormwater pockets, holes or areas in which stormwater may
collect.
A.
Land subject to flooding and land deemed by the Planning
Board to be uninhabitable shall not be platted for residential occupancy
nor for such other uses as may increase danger to health, life or
property or aggravate the flood hazard. However, such land within
the plat may be set aside for such uses as will not be endangered
by periodic or occasional inundation or will not produce unsatisfactory
living conditions.
A.
All streets or roads which are designed to become
part of the street or road system of the Township of Lacey and environs,
as shown on the preliminary and final plans, shall be coterminous
with adjoining links to said system.
B.
Dead-end streets shall be avoided wherever possible.
If their use is unavoidable, all such streets and roads serving several
otherwise isolated lots, where necessary, in the opinion of the Planning
Board Engineer and the Planning Board, shall have a circular turning
space at the end with a minimum radius of fifty (50) feet at the curbline;
the overall minimum radius of the right-of-way shall be sixty (60)
feet.
[Amended 3-17-1978]
A.
The subdivider or developer shall pay to the Township
Planning Board Secretary, in addition to the application fee, six
percent (6%) of the estimated cost of improvements, for inspection
by the Township Engineer of the installation of all improvements required
to be installed by said subdivider or developer. Payment of the inspection
fees shall be made in the following manner: As a condition of final
approval or prior to commencing actual construction, whichever is
first in time, the developer shall deposit with the Secretary of the
Planning Board an amount as determined above, which will be a reasonable
charge for inspections.
B.
Payments for inspection charges by the Township Engineer
or his agents shall be paid out of this fund upon presentation of
bills by the Township Engineer to the Township Chief Financial Officer
for such inspections.
C.
When the subdivision has been completed and all engineering
inspection fees have been paid to the Township Engineer, any remaining
balance in the account shall be returned to the subdivider by resolution
of the Township Committee, without interest.
