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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 a. An owner of land, prior to subdividing or resubdividing land as defined in this chapter, shall submit to the Secretary of the Planning Board or other designated official, at least two (2) weeks prior to a regular meeting of the Planning Board, a sketch plat of the proposed subdivision for purposes of classification and preliminary discussion, together with an application for subdivision on a form prescribed by the Planning Board. b. If the proposed subdivision is classified and approved as a minor subdivision by unanimous action of the Subdivision Committee, a notation to that effect shall be made on the sketch plat. The applicant shall cause to be paid a fee of ten ($10.00) dollars, payable to the Township for the cost of processing the application. The Secretary of the Planning Board shall note on the plat that the required fee has been paid. The plat will then be forwarded to the Mayor and the Township Clerk for their signatures and returned to the subdivider within one (1) week following the next regular meeting of the Township Council. No further approval by the Township Council shall be required. c. Before the Township Clerk returns any approved sketch plat to the subdivider, he/she shall have sufficient copies made to furnish one (1) copy to each of the following Township officials: 1. Clerk. 2. Engineer. 3. Construction Official or Zoning Officer. 4. Tax Assessor. 5. Secretary of the Planning Board. The cost of the copies shall be charged to the subdivider and shall be collected before the return of the original sketch plat to the subdivider. d. A deed description or a plat map drawn in compliance with N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.1 et seq. of the Laws of 1953 shall be filed by the subdivider with the County Recording Officer within ninety (90) days from the date of return of the approved sketch plat. e. If the plat is classified as a major subdivision, a notation of that effect shall be made on the plat which shall be returned to the subdivider for compliance with the procedure in subsections 32-7.2 and 32-7.3. (1972 Code § 24-7.1) 32-7.2 Submission of Preliminary Plat of Major Subdivision, for Tentative Approval. a. At least six (6)

liance with the procedure in subsections 32-7.2 and 32-7.3. (1972 Code § 24-7.1) 32-7.2 Submission of Preliminary Plat of Major Subdivision, for Tentative Approval. a. At least six (6) black-on-white prints of the preliminary plat, together with three (3) completed application forms for preliminary approval, shall be submitted to the Township Clerk two (2) weeks prior to the Planning Board meeting at which consideration is desired. At the time of filing, a fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars shall be paid to the Township Clerk. The Township Clerk shall immediately notify the Secretary of the Planning Board upon receipt of a preliminary plat. b. The subdivider of the Planning Board shall notify by mail, at least five (5) days prior to the hearing, all owners of the property within two hundred (200) feet of the extreme limits of the subdivision, as their names appear on the municipal tax record. The notice shall state the time and place of hearing, a brief description of the subdivision and that a copy of the preliminary plat has been filed with the Township Clerk for public inspection. The subdivider shall also cause notice of the hearing to be published in the official newspaper or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing. Proof in the form of an affidavit of the subdivider of compliance with the foregoing requirements shall be submitted to the Planning Board prior to the consideration of the plat. 251