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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 25-51.14 Environmental Commission Review. Whenever the Environmental Commission shall have prepared and filed with the Planning Board an index of the natural resources of the Township, the Planning or Zoning Board shall make available to the environmental commission an informational copy of every application for development received by the Planning Board or Zoning Board. Failure of the Board to provide such copy shall not constitute grounds for invalidating any hearing or decision. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25- 8.6N) 25-51.15 Technical Advisory Committee. a. Establishment. There is hereby established a Technical Advisory Committee to assist the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Adjustment and applicants. This Committee shall be comprised of: 1. Director of Planning 2. Township Engineer 3. Director of the Fire Department 4. A Class IV member of the Planning Board who shall hold no other municipal office, appointed by the Planning Board Chairman. b. Initial Review. All applications for development submitted to the Secretary of the Planning Board or the Secretary of the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be forthwith reviewed by the Director of Planning. Within seven (7) days of the receipt of any application for development, the Director of Planning shall either issue a certificate that such application is complete or issue a statement of the missing items. The respective Board Secretary shall forthwith transmit either the certificate or the statement to the applicant forthwith. c. Committee Review. The Technical Advisory Committee shall review all applications where any proposed renovations to the existing commercial and/or retail space exceed twenty-five one hundred thousand ($25100,000.00) dollars in cost; or a change in the existing permitted use is proposed. If the applicant agrees with the conditions and revisions recommended by the Technical Advisory Committee, then the full Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment without a full hearing may vote in favor of the application and a memorializing Resolution with these recommendations. The Technical Advisory Committee shall also review every complete application for development. The applicant shall be notified, in writing not

Resolution with these recommendations. The Technical Advisory Committee shall also review every complete application for development. The applicant shall be notified, in writing not less than seven (7) days nor more than fourteen (14) days before, of the date on which the application shall be reviewed by the committee. The applicant shall be invited to attend, either alone or accompanied by an attorney, architect, engineer and any other experts the applicant chooses. The Committee shall issue its recommendations on every application, in writing. These recommendations shall be filed with the secretary of the proper board and a copy shall be mailed to the applicant. If the applicant does not agree with the conditions recommended by the Technical Advisory Committee, the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment shall hear the application as it would any other application. d. Time for Decisions. Referral of an application to the Technical Advisory Committee shall not extend the time in which the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment may act upon such application. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-8.6O; New; Ord. No. 2100-06 § II) 238