a. Repealed.

b. All improvements required by this Chapter shall be installed under the supervision and inspection of the Township Engineer prior to execution of a final subdivision plat or site plan plat or as a condition of final subdivision or final site plan approval, or in lieu thereof, the developer may elect to post an adequate performance guarantee to assure the installation of these required improvements, provided however that no such performance guarantee shall be considered filed or accepted for filing with the Township Clerk unless and until the following conditions are met

1. The Township Engineer shall have determined the cost of installation of improvements according to the method of calculation set forth in subsection 19-4.1002 and certified in writing to the Planning Board that the amount thereof is sufficient to assure the completion of the improvements

2. The Township Attorney shall have approved the sufficiency of form and execution of the performance guarantee.

3. The Township Council shall have approved the qualifications of the surety and stipulated the duration of the guarantee

c. No building permits in a subdivision or site plan or approved section thereof shall be issued until (1) final approval by the Planning Board of the final plat and the plat has been properly filed with the County Clerk within the time or extended time required by N.J.S.A. 40 55D-54, (Proof of filing shall be submitted to the Planning Board Secretary) and (2) completion of all required improvements, except the following (a) final bituminous concrete surface course, (b) monuments, (c) shade trees, (d) sidewalks, (e) rights-of-way topsoil, seeding, fertilizing and mulching, and (f) in the case of site plans only, landscaping

d. Where an approved preliminary subdivision or site plan is divided into two (2) or more sections for the purpose of obtaining final approval of a portion of the preliminary subdivision or site plan, before consideration of a final subdivision or site plan on a second or subsequent section of the same preliminary subdivision or site plan, the developer shall have installed all deferred improvements in any prior sections including but not limited to wearing course of streets, sidewalks, and shade trees and shall have cleaned up all debris that may have resulted from the building activity so as to place the section of the subdivision or site plan in question in a finished condition acceptable to the Township Upon written notice from the developer, the Township Engineer shall make an inspection of the section in question and shall file a written report to the Planning Board concerning the acceptability of the section

e. All on-site improvements for site plans, as required in this Article, shall be installed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, provided that the Township Engineer may recommend the issuance of a certificate of occupancy prior to completion of those improvements set forth in subsection 19-4 901c (Ord #2-77, 19-4 901, Ord #7-93, 1)

All on-site improvements for site plans, as required in this Article, shall be installed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy (Ord #2-77, 19-4 902, Ord #16-92, 1)