Source: https://www.ecode360.com/7163098
Timestamp: 2019-09-23 09:21:25
Document Index: 25965201

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300']

Town of Boonton, NJ Off-Tract Improvements
Ch 300 Pt 3 Art XII Off-Tract Improvements
§ 300-49 General.
§ 300-50 Allocation of costs; criteria in determining allocation.
§ 300-51 Determination of cost of improvements.
§ 300-52 Manner of construction.
§ 300-53 Amount of contribution.
§ 300-54 Payment of allocated cost.
§ 300-55 Assessment of properties.
§ 300-56 Credit for work performed.
§ 300-57 Installation of improvements by applicant.
§ 300-58 Design standards.
Article XII Off-Tract Improvements
As a condition of preliminary approval and prior to any construction and to the filing of an application for final approval of a subdivision or site plan, the applicant shall have made cash payments, or, with the consent of the town, installed all off-tract improvements stipulated by the Planning Board in the manner provided below with respect to the immediate or ultimate installation of any required off-tract improvements stipulated by the Planning Board.
The allocation of costs for off-tract improvements as between the applicant, other property owners and the town, or any one or more of the foregoing, shall be determined by the Planning Board, with the assistance of the appropriate Town agencies, on the basis of the total cost of the off-tract improvements, the increase in market values of the property affected and any other benefits conferred, the needs created by the application, population and land use projections for the general area of the applicant's property and other areas to be served by the off-site improvements, the estimated time of construction of the off-site improvements and the condition and periods of usefulness, which periods may be based upon the criteria of N.J.S.A. 40A:2-22. Requirements for off-tract improvements shall be consistent with Section 30 of P.L. 1975, C. 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.). In addition, the following criteria may also be considered, as well as any other reasonable criteria.
Street, curb, sidewalk, shade trees, streetlights, street signs and traffic light improvements may also be based upon the anticipated increase of traffic generated by the application. In determining such traffic increase, the Planning Board may consider traffic counts, existing and projected traffic patterns, quality of roads and sidewalks in the area and other factors related to the need created by the application and the anticipated benefit thereto.
Water supply and distribution facilities may be also based upon the added facilities required by the total anticipated water use requirements of the property of the applicant and other properties in the general area benefiting therefrom.
Sewerage facilities may be based upon the proportion that the total anticipated volume of sewage effluent of the applicant's property and other properties connected to the new facility bears to the existing capacity of existing sewerage facilities, including but not limited to lines and other appurtenances leading to and servicing the applicant's property. Consideration may also be given to the types of effluent and particular problems requiring special equipment or added costs for treatment. In the event the applicant's property shall be permitted to be connected to existing sewer facilities, the applicant shall pay a charge or be assessed in accordance with law.
The cost of installation of the required off-tract improvements shall be determined by the Planning Board with the advice of the Town Engineer and appropriate Town agencies.
When those estimates are received and the work is not to be done exclusively by the applicant as specified by the Planning Board, the Board of Aldermen shall then decide whether the off-tract improvement is to be constructed:
By the applicant under a formula providing for partial reimbursement by the Town for benefits to properties other than the subdivision or site plan.
When the manner of construction has been determined, the applicant may be required to provide a cash deposit to the Town in one of the following amounts:
If the improvement is to be constructed by the Town as a local improvement, then in addition to the amount referred to in Subsection A, the estimated amount by which the subject property will be specifically benefited by the off-tract improvement.
If the improvement is to be constructed by the applicant, an amount equal to the estimated cost of the off-tract improvement, less and offset for benefits to properties other than the subject property.
The estimated costs of the off-tract improvement allocated to the applicant if deposited in cash, shall be paid by the applicant to the Town Treasurer, who shall provide a suitable depository therefor, and such funds shall be used only for the off-tract improvements for which they are deposited or improvements serving the same purpose, unless such improvements are not initiated by the Town within a period of 10 years from the date of payment, after which time the funds so deposited shall be returned together with accumulated interest or other income thereon, if any.
In the event the payment by the applicant to the Town Treasurer provided for herein is less than its share of the actual cost of the off-tract improvements, then the applicant shall be required to pay its additional appropriate share of the cost thereof.
In the event the payment by the applicant to the Town Treasurer provided for above is more than its appropriate share of the actual cost of installation of the off-tract improvements, it or its successors or assigns, shall be repaid an amount equal to the difference between the deposit and its share of the actual cost.
If the applicant shall deem that any of the amounts so estimated by the Planning Board are unreasonable, it may challenge them and seek to have them revised in appropriate proceedings brought to compel subdivision approval.
Upon receipt from the applicant of its allocated share of the costs of the off-tract improvements, the Town may adopt a local improvement assessment ordinance for the purpose of construction and installation of the off-tract improvements based upon the actual cost thereof. Any portion of the cost of the improvements not defrayed by a deposit by the applicant may be assessed against benefiting property owners by the town. Any assessments for benefits conferred made against the applicant or his successors in interest shall be first offset by a pro rata share credit of the allocated costs previously deposited with the Town Treasurer pertaining thereto. The applicant or his successors in interest shall not be liable for any part of an assessment for such improvements unless the assessment exceeds the pro rata share credit for the deposit, and then only to the extent of the deficiency.
In the event the applicant, with the town's consent, decides to install and construct the off-tract improvement, or any portion thereof, the certified cost shall be treated as a credit against any future assessment for that particular off-tract improvement, or portion thereof, constructed by the Town in the same manner as if the subdivider had deposited its apportioned cost with the Town Treasurer, as provided herein.
In the event the Town so elects to contribute to the cost and expense of installation of the off-site improvements by the applicant, the portion contributed by the Town shall be subject to possible certification and assessment as a local improvement against benefiting property owners in the manner provided by law, if applicable.
Should the applicant and the Town enter into a contract for the construction and erection of the off-tract improvements to be done by the applicant, it shall observe all requirements and principles of this and other Town ordinances, in the design of such improvements.