No application shall be deemed complete unless the Planning Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment, or its authorized committee or designee, has certified that the applicant has provided all of the information required by the application checklist, set forth in Appendix A-7 of this section.[1] The completeness determination will be made within forty-five (45) days of the submission of the application to the board secretary. If the application is deemed to be complete, the board, or its committee or designee, shall so certify in writing, as of the date of certification. If the application is deemed incomplete, the applicant will be notified in writing of the deficiencies of the application, with specific reference to the missing items that are required by the application checklist.

The applicant may request that one or more of the checklist requirements be waived. If the applicant makes this request, the board, or its authorized committee or designee, shall grant or deny the request within forty-five (45) days of the receipt of the request.

Nothing herein shall be construed to diminish the applicant's obligation to prove in the application process that he is entitled to approval of the application. The board may subsequently require correction of any information found to be in error and the submission of additional information not specified in this subsection or any revisions in the accompanying documents, as are reasonably necessary to make an informed decision whether the requirements necessary for approval of the application for development have been met.

All applicants seeking approval from the Planning Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment will be provided with a copy of the checklist with all application forms.