Every municipal agency of the township shall adopt and may amend reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter or any other applicable ordinance or with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., for the administration of its functions, powers and duties and shall furnish a copy thereof to any person upon request and may charge a reasonable fee for such copy. Copies of all such rules and regulations and amendments thereto shall be maintained in the office of the township clerk. (Code 1988, § 175-4)

No member of the planning board or zoning board of adjustment shall act on any matter in which he has, either directly or indirectly, any personal or financial interest. Whenever any such member shall disqualify himself from acting on a particular matter, he shall not continue to sit with the board on the hearing of such matter nor participate in any discussion or decision relating thereto. (Code 1988, § 175-5)

(a) Exclusive authority. Any power expressly authorized by this chapter to be exercised by the planning board or the zoning board of adjustment shall not be exercised by any other body. If an application is submitted for approval in sections, the board having original jurisdiction over the first section shall retain that jurisdiction for approval of all succeeding sections, even if another board must take temporary jurisdiction to approve a variance or conditional use or for some other purpose. When a portion of an application is denied but the remainder of the application may proceed, the application shall proceed before the board which properly has jurisdiction over the remainder of the application.

(b) Review by other municipal agencies. The municipal agency may request any other agency to review an application for development and offer advice and recommendations to it. Whether or not such request is made, a municipal agency may send a representative to a meeting or hearing on an application to set forth its findings and recommendations to the agency having jurisdiction over the application. Such representative may be a member of the board, the board's attorney, the township engineer, the township planner or any other person the municipal agency may designate. (Code 1988, § 175-6)

(a) Time of meetings. Meetings of both the planning board and zoning board of adjustment shall be scheduled no less often than once a month, and any meeting so scheduled shall be held as scheduled unless canceled for lack of applications for development to process.

(b) Special meetings. Special meetings may be provided for at the call of the chairman or on the request of any two board members. Special meetings shall be held on notice to its members and the public in accordance with all applicable legal requirements.

(c) Quorum required. No action shall be taken at any meeting without a quorum being present.

(d) Vote required. All actions shall be taken by majority vote of the members present at the meeting, except as otherwise required by any provision of this chapter or by the Municipal Land Use Act, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.

(e) Open to public. All regular meetings and all special meetings shall be open to the public. Notice of all such meetings shall be given in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Law, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq. (Code 1988, § 175-7)

Minutes of every regular or special meeting of the planning board or zoning board of adjustment shall be kept and shall include the names of the persons appearing and addressing the board and of the persons appearing by attorney, the action taken by the board, the findings, if any, made by it and the reasons therefor. The minutes shall thereafter be made available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the secretary of the appropriate board. (Code 1988, § 175-8)

**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, the definition for Street in 62-3 through 62-40, have been amended as per Supplement No. 23.

(a) Every application for development shall be accompanied by a check payable to the township in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) Subdivisions. Application charges and escrow account amounts for subdivision plats and plans shall be as follows:

(2) Site plans. Application charges and escrow account amounts for site plans shall be as follows: