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NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-11 - Provisions of master plan for location and use of buildings, structures and facilities; land use; codes and standards

13:17-11. Provisions of master plan for location and use of buildings, structures and facilities; land use; codes and standards  (a) The master plan shall include provisions or criteria for the location and use of buildings, structures, facilities, and land for solid waste disposal, and may include provisions for: (1) the use of land and buildings, residential, commercial, industrial, mining, agricultural, park and other like purposes; (2) service-water supply, utilities, sewerage, and other like matters; (3) transportation, streets, parking, public transit lines and stations both above and below ground level, freight facilities, airports, harbors, channels, docks and wharves, and other like matters; (4) housing, residential standards, clearance, redevelopment, rehabilitation, conservation, and other like matters; (5) water, forest, soil conservation, flood control, and other like matters; (6) public and semipublic facilities including but not limited to civic centers, schools, libraries, parks, playgrounds, fire houses, police buildings, hospitals, and other like matters; (7) the distribution and density of population; (8) planned unit development; (9) community appearance; (10) financing and programming capital improvements; (11) and other related elements of growth and development, including the social implications of any proposed development, and advances in technology related to any subject included in the plan. (b) The plan may also include codes and standards covering land use, comprehensive zoning, subdivisions, building construction and design, housing, and the control of air and water pollution and solid waste disposal which has been approved by the State Department of Health, and other subjects necessary to carry out the plan or to undertake a workable program of community improvement. No codes or standards concerning building construction and design shall be promulgated without the certificate of the chief engineer or equivalent official of the commission that the proposed codes and standards meet the engineering standards adopted by the commission. No municipality shall enact or enforce any code which is inconsistent with the code contained in the master plan insofar as such code applies to property within the district; provided, however, that the governing body or other appropriate body of each constituent municipality may enact zoning ordinances and any other codes or standards, which it is authorized by the laws of this State to enact, for lands within the boundaries of said municipality which are subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and which will effectuate the purposes of the commission's master plan. L.1968, c. 404, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-12 - Construction and alteration of buildings or structures; necessity of permit; referral of action involving specific projects to commission

13:17-12. Construction and alteration of buildings or structures; necessity of permit; referral of action involving specific projects to commission  (a) No building or structure may be constructed or altered within the area shown on the master plan unless the commission shall first issue a permit approving the plans and specifications for the proposed construction or alteration as being in conformity with the master plan. No permit may be issued without a certificate from the chief engineer or equivalent official of the commission that the proposed construction or alteration meets the engineering standards adopted by the commission. (b) Whenever the commission shall have adopted a master plan or any portion thereof, the governing body of any constituent municipality or affected county, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, before taking action necessitating the expenditure of any public funds incidental to the location, character, or extent of one or more projects of said municipality or affected county, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, shall refer action involving such specific project to the commission for review and approval, and shall not act thereon unless the commission has indicated its approval by a majority vote of said commission within 45 days of reference to the commission or by the failure of the commission to disapprove by a majority vote of said commission within said 45 days. L.1968, c. 404, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-13 - Subdivisions and land development; review and regulation by commission; standards

13:17-13. Subdivisions and land development; review and regulation by commission; standards  The commission shall review and regulate subdivisions and land development within the district, in accordance with procedures and engineering and planning standards adopted by resolution, which shall require that: (a) All subdivisions, site plans, buildings and other development be in accordance with the master plan and any applicable redevelopment plan; (b) Adequate drainage facilities and easements be provided; (c) Road improvements be provided for subdivisions or sites where necessary to protect the safety and convenience of the traveling public, such improvements to include, but not be limited to, additional rights-of-way or pavement widths, marginal access streets, reverse frontage and highway and traffic design features necessitated by increased traffic, potential safety hazards or traffic flow impediments caused by the subdivision or development; (d) Public water and sewer systems be provided where necessary to protect public health and to insure an adequate supply of water; (e) Performance guarantees, maintenance bonds and agreements be provided specifying minimum standards of construction for required improvements by the commission and not to exceed the full cost of the facility and installation thereof or the developer's proportionate share thereof. Any bonds, moneys or guarantees received by the commission under this paragraph shall not duplicate bonds, moneys or guarantees required by municipalities for municipal purposes. L.1968, c. 404, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-14 - Application for subdivision, site plan or building permit; review and approval

13:17-14. Application for subdivision, site plan or building permit; review and approval  (a) Each application for a subdivision, site plan or building permit shall be submitted to the commission for review and, where required, approval prior to approval by the local constituent municipal approving authority. Commission approval of any subdivision application shall be limited by and based upon the rules, regulations and standards established by and duly set forth in a resolution adopted by the commission. The constituent municipal approval authority shall defer taking final action on a subdivision application until receipt of the commission report thereon. The commission shall report to the municipal authority within 45 days from the date of receipt of the application. If the commission fails to report to the municipal approving authority within the 45-day period, said subdivision application shall be deemed to have been approved by the commission unless, by mutual agreement between the commission and municipal approving authority, with approval of the applicant, the 45-day period shall be extended for an additional 45-day period, and any such extension shall so extend the time within which a municipal approving authority shall be required by law to act thereon. (b) The commission shall review each subdivision plan and building permit application and withhold approval if said application does not meet the approval standards previously adopted by the commission, in accordance with this section. In the event of the withholding of approval, or the disapproval of, any such application, the reasons for such action shall be set forth in writing and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the applicant. L.1968, c. 404, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-14.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-14.1 - Development application

13:17-14.1. Development application  2. Whenever the commission receives an application for the development, improvement or redevelopment of, or for the construction or reconstruction of buildings or structures on, land in the district, the commission shall notify within seven days, in writing by certified mail, the governing body of the municipality or municipalities in which the land is located and any municipality immediately adjacent thereto. Before approving an application, the commission shall consult with the notified governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities in which the land is located. If the commission approves an application which the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities in which the land is located oppose in any manner, the commission shall inform the governing body or bodies, in writing by certified mail, of the reasons for approval within seven days of that approval.  L.1988,c.136,s.2; amended 1992,c.54,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-15 - Filing of subdivision plats; necessity of certification by commission

13:17-15. Filing of subdivision plats; necessity of certification by commission  The county clerk or registrar of deeds and mortgages shall not accept for filing any subdivision plat for lands in the district unless it bears the certification of approval of the commission in addition to all other requirements for filing a subdivision plat. If the commission shall have taken no action to approve or disapprove a subdivision within the period required by section 13 of this act it shall, at the request of the developer, certify such fact upon the plat. Such certification shall be sufficient authorization for further action by the municipal approving authority and filing with the appropriate county recording officer. L.1968, c. 404, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-16 - Notice of hearing by constituent municipality or affected county; contents; commission as party in interest

13:17-16. Notice of hearing by constituent municipality or affected county; contents; commission as party in interest  (a) Whenever a hearing upon notice is required in any constituent municipality or affected county with respect to the adoption or amendment of a master plan, official map, zoning or subdivision regulations, or to the granting of variances or special exceptions, involving property within the district or within 200 feet of its borders, the person required to give such notice shall also, at least 45 days prior to the hearing, give written notice of the hearing to the commission by registered or certified mail. Said notice of hearing shall contain a brief description of the property involved, its location, a concise statement of the matters to be heard, and a copy of any plan, code, regulations or standards to be approved. (b) The commission shall be considered a party in interest at such hearing, and no action involving a municipal master plan, zoning ordinance, subdivision, building, or site plan approval, the official map, or the grant or variance or special exception shall be taken by a public body of a constituent municipality, or affected county which shall be inconsistent with the master plan. L.1968, c. 404, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-17 - Project sites; suitability of locations and sizes; reservation; grant of building permits

13:17-17. Project sites; suitability of locations and sizes; reservation; grant of building permits  (a) If portions of the master plan contain proposals for drainage rights-of-way, roads or streets, schools, colleges, parks, playgrounds, or for any project as defined in this act, before approving any subdivision or site plan, the commission may require that such project sites be shown in locations and of sizes suitable to their intended uses. The commission shall be permitted to reserve the location and extent of such project sites shown on the master plan or any part thereof for a period of 1 year after the approval of the subdivision or site plan or within such further time as agreed to by the applying party. Unless during each 1 year period or extension thereof the commission shall have entered into a contract to purchase or institute condemnation proceedings according to law for said project site, the developer shall not be bound by the proposals for such areas shown on the plan. This subsection shall not apply to streets and roads and drainage rights-of-way required for approval of any subdivision or site plan and deemed essential to the public welfare. (b) Whenever one or more parcels of land on which is located such a project site cannot yield a reasonable return to the owner unless a building permit is granted or a subdivision or site plan is approved, the commission may, in a specific case, by a majority vote, grant a permit for a building on such project site, which will as little as practicable diminish the area and use of the project site for its intended purposes, or may pay over to the developer the amount of damages found by the commission to have been caused by the delay in approval or acquisition. L.1968, c. 404, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-18 - Waiver of strict compliance with standards; exemption of certain subdivisions from regulations

13:17-18. Waiver of strict compliance with standards; exemption of certain subdivisions from regulations  Provision may be made by the commission for the waiver, according to definite criteria, of strict compliance with the standards promulgated, where necessary to alleviate hardship. The commission may exempt subdivisions of less than a designated number of lots or site plans involving single-family residences from its regulations where no new streets are involved. L.1968, c. 404, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-19 - Penalties for failure to obtain approval

13:17-19. Penalties for failure to obtain approval  (a) If any person transfers, sells, or rents to another, or agrees to transfer, sell or rent to another any land or building or other structure or constructs or alters any building or structure within the district, or directly causes the transfer, sale or rental to another, or arranges for an agreement to transfer, sell or rent to another any land or building or other structure or directly causes the construction or alteration of any building or structure within the district, without first obtaining the approval of the commission of any application for a subdivision, site plan or building permit as may be required by P.L. 1968, c. 404 (C. 13:17-1 et seq.), the person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000.00, and each parcel, lot, plot, building, or rental unit so disposed of or agreed or caused to be disposed of shall be deemed a separate violation.  The commission may cancel and revoke any permit, approval or certificate required or permitted to be granted or issued to any person pursuant to P.L. 1968, c. 404 (C. 13:17-1 et seq.), if the commission finds that the person has violated this subsection. Where any violation of this subsection is of a continuing nature, each day during which the continuing violation remains unabated, after the date fixed by the commission in any order or notice for the correction or termination of the violation, constitutes an additional, separate and distinct violation. The commission, in the exercise of its administrative authority pursuant to P.L. 1968, c. 404 (C. 13:17-1 et seq.), may levy and collect the fines in the amounts set forth in this subsection. Where an administrative penalty order has not been satisfied, the penalty may be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the commission in a civil action brought in a summary proceeding pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.), in Superior Court.  (b) In addition to the foregoing, the commission may in the case of any violation of subsection (a) of this section, institute civil action: (1) For injunctive relief; (2) To set aside and invalidate any conveyance or lease made pursuant to contract for sale or otherwise in violation of subsection (a) of this section; (3) To prevent such unlawful sale, rental, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use; (4) To restrain, correct, or abate such violation; (5) To prevent the occupancy of said dwelling, structure or land; or (6) To prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises. L. 1968, c. 404, s. 18; amended 1989,c.27,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-21 - Redevelopment plans for renewal areas; authority of commission in undertaking projects

13:17-21. Redevelopment plans for renewal areas; authority of commission in undertaking projects  (a) The commission is authorized to prepare and adopt redevelopment plans for areas in the district determined by the commission to be renewal areas; (b) In undertaking projects pursuant to any redevelopment plan, the commission may: (1) Acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, real or personal property, or any interest therein, including such property as it may deem necessary or proper, although temporarily not required for such purposes, in a renewal area and in any area within the district designated by it as necessary for relocation of residents, industry or commerce displaced from a renewal area; (2) Clear or reclaim any area so acquired and install, construct or reconstruct projects therein necessary to prepare such area for development; (3) Relocate or arrange or contract with public or private agencies for the relocation of residents, industry or commerce displaced from the renewal area; (4) Dispose of real property so acquired by sale, lease or exchange for the uses and purposes specified in the redevelopment plan, to any person or public agency; (5) Study the recommendations of any planning board for redevelopment of any area and make its own investigations as to current trends and blighting factors in the district, or any area thereof; (6) By contract or contracts with public agencies or redevelopers or by its own employees or consultants plan, replan, construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain and repair any redevelopment or other project or any part thereof; (7) Make and adopt plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements, and for the enforcement of codes and laws relating to the use of land, the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the control over the pollution of water and air and the disposal of solid waste; (8) Prepare and adopt from time to time a workable program, representing an official plan of action for effectively dealing with the problem of urban renewal areas within the district and for the establishment and preservation of well-planned communities with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life; for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of blight and deterioration; to encourage needed conservation or rehabilitation; to provide for the redevelopment of renewal areas; or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program. L.1968, c. 404, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 13:17-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Conservation and Development--Parks and Reservations|Section 13:17-22 - Required provisions in agreements, leases, deeds or other instruments from or between commission and to or with a redeveloper

13:17-22. Required provisions in agreements, leases, deeds or other instruments from or between commission and to or with a redeveloper  All agreements, leases, deeds and other instruments from or between the commission and to or with a redeveloper shall contain, without being limited to, the following provisions: (a) a covenant running with the land to the effect that the land, and any buildings or improvements thereon, shall only be used for the purposes designated in the redevelopment plan; (b) a provision that the redeveloper shall be without power to sell, lease or otherwise transfer the redevelopment area or project or any part thereof without the prior written consent of the commission; (c) any lease to a redeveloper may provide that all improvements shall become the property of the commission; (d) such other covenants, provisions and continuing controls as may be deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1968, c. 404, s. 21.