PB 24 01 West Essex Highlands Inc Application and Relevant Documents

(the “Steep Slope Ordinance”), including the Adequate Contiguous Area Ordinance (§ 25-28.9), the Steep Slope Ordinance shall not apply to the Proposed Development, which shall be reflected in the Zoning Amendment. 2.5.6. The Parties’ engineering representatives shall consult with one another and other professional staff as they deem appropriate to discuss the status of the application once the application is submitted. Such communications are intended to allow for informal review, comments and discussion in order to facilitate consideration of the Proposed Development, with the understanding that the Township professional staff has no authority to approve or reject an application and that these technical review meetings and other communications are not intended to usurp or limit the Planning Board’s statutory authority. Said discussions shall continue until the Parties deem further meetings unnecessary. The same process shall be followed for final approval applications, if separate from the preliminary approval application, and for subsequent applications. WEHI shall have the right to file simultaneous applications for preliminary and final site plan and subdivision approvals. Insofar as this application qualifies as a major site plan, it shall also be subject to review by the Site Plan Review Advisory Board (“SPRAB”) prior to a public hearing by the Planning Board. 2.5.7. The Township agrees that WEHI may elect, to the extent permitted by law, to pursue approval of development phases, provided that every phase must provide the mandated affordable units in each phase pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:97-6.3(d) and cannot be backended. 2.6. Because the Proposed Development provides a substantial set aside of affordable housing units, any affordable housing residential development fees required by Township ordinance for non-inclusionary developments shall not apply to the Proposed Development.