Bound Brook City Zoning Code
21-9.18 Certificates
of approval.
[Ord. No. 04-12 § 21-9.18]
The prospective purchaser, prospective mortgagee, or any other person interested in any land which forms part of a subdivision, or which formed part of such a subdivision three years preceding the effective date of the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), may apply in writing to the administrative officer of the Borough, for the issuance of a certificate certifying whether or not subdivision has been approved by the Planning Board. Such application shall contain a diagram showing the location and dimension of the land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the owner thereof.
The administrative officer shall make and issue or deny such certificate within 15 days after the receipt of such written application and the fees therefor. Said officer shall keep a duplicate copy of each certificate, consecutively numbered including a statement of the fee charged, in a binder as a permanent record of his office.
Each such certificate shall be designated a "certificate as to approval of subdivision of land," and shall certify:
a.
Whether there exists in the Borough of Bound Brook a duly established Planning Board and whether there is an ordinance controlling subdivision of land adopted under the authority of the Municipal Land Use law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
b.
Whether the subdivision, as it relates to the land shown on said application, has been approved by the Planning Board, and, if so, the date of such approval and any extensions and terms thereof, showing that subdivision of which the lands are a part is a validly existing subdivision.
c.
Whether such subdivision, if the same has not been approved, is exempt from the requirement of approval as provided in this chapter and the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.). The administrative officer shall receive for such certificate issued by him/her a fee not in excess of those provided in N.J.S.A. 54:5-14 and N.J.S.A. 54:5-15 and pursuant to this chapter. The fees so collected by such official shall be paid by him/her to the Borough of Bound Brook.