New block number(s) shall be enclosed in a rectangle formed by solid lines. The numbers and letters used shall be solid and at least 1/2 inch in height.

Old block number(s) shall be enclosed in a rectangle formed by dashed lines. The numbers and letters used shall be solid and at least 1/2 inch in height.

New lot number(s) shall be enclosed in a circle formed by a solid line. The number(s) and/or letter(s) used shall be solid and at least 3/8 inch in height.

Old lot number(s) shall be enclosed in a circle formed by dashed lines. The number(s) and/or letter(s) shall be solid and at least 3/8 inch in height.

No final plat for a major subdivision or phase thereof shall be approved by the approving agency until the completion of all such required improvements has been certified to the approving agency by the Township Engineer, unless the subdivision owner shall have filed with the Township of Franklin a performance guaranty as established in § 253-41, sufficient in amount to cover the cost of all such improvements or uncompleted portions thereof as estimated by the Township Engineer.

Such performance guarantee shall run for a period not to exceed two years from the date of receipt by the Township or one year from the date of issuance of the first construction permit in the subdivision or phase thereof, whichever occurs first. If at the end of the applicable time period the required improvements have not been installed in accordance with the performance guaranty, the obligor and surety shall be liable thereon to the Township of Franklin for the reasonable cost of the improvements not installed or those installed and not meeting the approval of the Township Engineer, and upon the receipt of the proceeds thereof, the Township of Franklin shall install such improvements.

The pavement thickness shall, as a minimum, conform to the following schedule:

In certain areas, due to poor soil characteristics, soil bearing, soil stress and soil sampling tests shall be required as determined by the Engineer and shown on the development plan. In addition to the FABC pavement, when determined by the Engineer, the pavement structure shall also have a four-inch bituminous stabilized base course and a crushed stone subbase (New Jersey Department of Transportation Specifications) with subdrains.

Sidewalks shall be placed in the 10 foot utility strip behind the curb and offset five feet from the face of the curb or curbline.

Sidewalks are to be four feet wide and four inches thick, except at driveway aprons, where they are to be six inches thick. Concrete shall be Class B (New Jersey Department of Transportation Specifications).

The utility strip area and the sidewalk are to slope towards the curb at a rate of 1/4 inch per foot.

Handicapped ramps are to be situated at convenient locations and be designed in accordance with "Barrier Free Design," published by the State of New Jersey.

All site plans and subdivision plans: Where any curbs and/or sidewalks are to be provided or are existing, there shall be handicapped ramps designed in accordance with the above publication.

Curbs shall be required on all new township streets and along existing township streets where a major subdivision is situated and shall be shown on the development plan.

When a major subdivision is situated along an existing township street, curbing shall be required on the side(s) which is being developed.

Curbs shall be required on the street frontage of any site development. Curbs shall also be required on all driveways to a public street from the curbline to a minimum of 10 feet behind the property line. Where a driveway is formed by use of a concrete apron, the curb shall start at the sidewalk, with a smooth transition of one foot six inches.

Combination (monolithic) curb and gutter shall be required on streets in which the street grade is 0.0050, but not less than 0.0035 or in areas that are determined by the engineer to be drainage problems. The size shall be six inches curb face (reveal), six inches wide and 14 inches deep with a two-foot base. The minimum cross-sectional pitch of the gutter shall be 3/4 inch per foot.

On streets where the grade is 0.005 or more, standard vertical concrete curb can be used. The curb shall measure as follows: six inch reveal, six inches wide at top, eight inches wide at bottom and 18 inches in height. Class B concrete is to be used.

All concrete curbs shall have a 1/2 inch rounding on all exposed edges.

The number of driveways provided from a site directly to any one township street shall be as follows:

All entrance and exit driveways to a township street shall be located to afford maximum safety to traffic on the township street.

Any exit driveway or driveway lane shall be so designed in profile and grading and shall be so located to permit the following minimum sight distances: Driveways on site development plans or on subdivisions that have driveways that service two or more families shall have clear sight areas that measure the following distances from the intersection of the driveway center line and the street right-of-way lines: 20 feet along the driveway center line and 90 feet along the street right-of-way.

Where a site occupies a corner of two intersecting roads, no driveway entrance or exit may be located within a minimum of 50 feet of the tangent of the existing or proposed curb radius of that site.

No entrance or exit driveway shall be located on the following portions of a township street: on a traffic circle; on a ramp of an interchange; within 50 feet of the beginning of any ramp or other portion of an interchange; or on any portion of a township street where the grade has been changed to incorporate an interchange.

Where two or more driveways connect a single site to any one township street, a minimum clear distance of 60 feet measured along the right-of-way line shall separate the closest edges of any two such driveways.

Driveways used for two-way operation will intersect the township street at an angle to as near 90º as site conditions will permit, and in no case will be less than 60º.

Driveways used by vehicles in one direction of travel (right turn only) shall not form an angle smaller than 45º with a street, unless acceleration and deceleration lanes are provided.

The dimensions of driveways shall be designed to adequately accommodate the volume and character of vehicles anticipated to be attracted daily onto the land development for which a site plan is prepared. The required maximum and minimum dimensions for driveways are indicated in the accompanying table. Driveways serving a large volume of daily traffic or traffic over 25% of which is truck traffic shall be required to utilize high to maximum dimensions. Driveways serving low daily traffic volumes or traffic less than 25% of which is truck traffic shall be permitted to use low to minimum dimensions.

Any vertical curve on a driveway shall be flat enough to prevent the dragging of any vehicle undercarriage. All driveway profiles and grades shall be submitted and approved by the township.

Should the sidewalk be so close to the curb at a depressed curb driveway as to cause the ramp to be too steep and be likely to cause undercarriage drag, the sidewalk shall be appropriately lowered to provide a suitable ramp gradient.

The closest edge of any driveway shall be a minimum distance of 25 feet from a property line measured along the street right-of-way line.

Driveways to parking lots of more than 20 vehicles and public streets shall be formed with curb returns. A depressed curb shall be used at the curbline. The sidewalk shall be depressed through the driveway and shall be six inches thick. Curb cuts with smooth transitions of one foot six inches shall allow the sidewalk to pass through the curb. The sidewalk transition shall be designed for handicapped use as shown in the New Jersey State publication "Barrier Free Design" and as elsewhere stated in this chapter.

In this curb-return-type driveway entrance, the cross slope on the sidewalk shall be 1/4 inch per foot. The cross slope from the street side edge of the sidewalk to the gutterline (curbline) shall preferably be 3/8 inch per foot draining toward the street. Typical profiles through the driveways shall be shown on the plan.

When a new street is to be incorporated in the plan of a subdivision, there shall be no driveways within 125 feet of an existing township, county or state highway. This distance shall be measured along the new street right-of-way (row) from the nearest point of tangency, formed by the new street and the 25 foot curve connecting the new street to the existing street right-of-way, to the proposed driveway.

Pipeline submerged.

Pipeline flowing full. This method is based on the assumption that the hydraulic gradient will match the inside top of the pipe when the system is under the maximum hydraulic load. For this method, head losses through manholes, inlets, etc., shall be ignored. The minimum slope of any pipe shall be such that a minimum velocity of 2.5 feet per second shall be maintained when the pipe is flowing 1/4 full. When the pipe sizes change, the inside tops of the pipes shall be matched. Continuous profiles for each reach of pipe shall be plotted, along with the location of the hydraulic gradient and the hydraulic information pertinent to reach within the system. This information shall include the pipe size and type, the "n" factor, the slope of the hydraulic gradient, slope of the pipe, the design capacity and the velocity at the design capacity.

Stormwater inlets shall be equal to New Jersey State Highway Department inlet Type B. The maximum collecting capacities of the inlets shall be considered to be:

Sufficient inlets shall be located and constructed so that the length of surface runoff will not contribute to a runoff to the inlets exceeding the preceding designed collecting capacities.

The gutter grade of all inlets shall be set not less than 11/2 inches nor more than three inches below the gutter grade. The surface of the paving adjacent to the inlets shall be constructed to blend into the lowered gutter grade at the inlet in such a manner that a sudden drop-off or dip at the inlet will not be created. At such locations where drainage is entirely dependent on inlets, the collecting capacities of the inlets shall be designed for 1/2 the preceding considered capacities.

Where surface water is collected from two directions at one street corner, the required inlet or inlets shall be placed accordingly along the arc to properly receive the runoff.

Access manholes shall be spaced at five-hundred-foot intervals (maximum) through rights-of-way and at sewer junctions where there are no catch basins.

Open channel design should be based on the following hydraulic considerations and shall be shown on the plan:

Ample freeboard should be provided on all channels.

The channels should be designed to conform, wherever possible, to the adjacent ground conditions. This means that it should not be projecting excessively above the surrounding ground or placed excessively below the surrounding ground.

Continuous profiles for each reach of open channel shall be plotted, along with the adjacent average ground and the hydraulic information pertinent to each reach within the system. This information shall include the type of channel lining, the "n" factor, the width of the channel bottom, the side slopes, the water depth, the design capacity and the velocity at the design capacity.

Open channels shall have a maximum side slope of three to one and shall have adequate slope protection as required by the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance.

When different types of open channels interface or when a storm sewer pipe interfaces with an open channel, energy dissipators and suitable channel liners to protect against soil erosion shall be provided. Design calculations and geometric layout shall be shown on the plan.

Computation of the rate of volume of flow at any given point shall be based on the following schedule:

Storm frequencies design criteria.

When retention or detention basins are designed by the rational equation method, they shall be based on a twenty-four-hour storm duration. Flow hydrographs with calculations shall be shown on the development plan (separate hydrologic and hydraulic report shall be submitted when determined by Engineer).

All detention basins and retention basins shall have the following design criteria which shall be shown on the plan:

The outfall of any approved storm sewer system shall be a minimum of 25 feet from any property line. The term "outfall" shall be defined as the last man-made structure used to convey storm runoff.

In the Pinelands Area, the requirements of Chapter 335, Article I, shall be met.

All sanitary sewer systems, sewage and industrial waste treatment works shall comply with the rules and regulations established by the Department of Environmental Protection of the State of New Jersey, as amended and revised.

Sanitary sewer pipe shall be sized for full flow from the tract. The utilities authority may require larger pipe sized to accommodate future extensions.

Minimum grades at terminal runs of all sanitary sewer lines shall be 0.50%.

Manholes shall be placed at every point where the sanitary sewer line changes direction. In no instance shall the spacing exceed 400 feet.

Prior to final approval, the engineer for the utilities authority shall approve all sanitary sewer designs which will become a part of the utilities authority facilities.

All water supplies and water treatment works shall comply with the rules and regulations established by the Department of Environmental Protection of the State of New Jersey, as amended and revised.

Water mains shall be sized for adequate delivery of pressure and volume. In general, the following policies shall be followed in determining the size of water mains:

In any event, the appropriate authority shall decide upon the size of lines to be used, and the above general criteria are set forth only as a guide to the subdivider.

In general, the criteria affecting value and hydrant locations shall be that not more than one hydrant is affected by shutting off any one section; hydrants are located within 600 feet along street lines of any property in the subdivision; not more than three valves are necessary to shut off any one section; and the number of homes affected by shutting off any one section shall be limited to approximately 25.

The area bounded by the right-of-way lines and a straight line connecting sight points on street center lines which are the following distances from the intersection of the center lines:

Clear sight distance with sight areas and sight triangles shall be a line of unobstructed vision from a point 31/2 feet above the center line of a street to the nearest point on the top of an object eight inches high on any other center line within the sight triangle.

Where a driveway serves as an entrance to a land development providing 40 or more parking spaces or a land subdivision of 20 or more lots when a new township road is to be built in conjunction with the subdivision, a deceleration lane shall be provided for traffic turning right into the driveway from the township road. The deceleration lane is to be at least 150 feet long and at least 13 feet wide, measured from the township road curbline. A minimum thirty-foot curb return radius will be used from the deceleration lane to the driveway.

Where a driveway serves an exit from a land development providing 60 or more parking spaces or a land subdivision of 40 or more lots when a new township road is to be built in conjunction with the subdivision, an acceleration lane shall be provided for traffic turning right onto the township street from the driveway or new subdivision street. The acceleration lane is to be at least 200 feet long and at least 14 feet wide measured from the township curbline. A minimum 30 foot curb return radius will be used from the acceleration lane into the driveway or new subdivision street. A five to one curb transition with two 50 foot arcs shall be used to transition the acceleration lane width to normal cartway width.

The arrangements of streets not shown on the Master Plan or Official Map shall be such as to provide for the appropriate extension of existing streets.

Minor streets shall be so designed as to discourage through traffic.

Subdivisions shall be so designed as to minimize the total area of the subdivision devoted to street rights-of-way.

The right-of-way width shall be measured to the lot lines and shall not be less than 50 feet. The right-of-way and cartway for internal roads and alleys in multifamily, commercial and industrial developments shall be determined on an individual basis and shall be subject to approval by the Township Engineer and the Fire Marshal or Fire Commissioners.

No subdivision showing reserve strips controlling access to streets shall be approved except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been conveyed to the governing body under conditions approved by the Planning Board.

Subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets that do not conform to the width as shown on the Master Plan or Official Map or the street width requirements of this chapter shall dedicate additional width along either one or both sides of said road. If the subdivision is along one side only, 1/2 of the required extra width shall be dedicated.

Grades on all streets shall not exceed 6% unless a unique natural state shall exist. On the basis of such a situation, the Township Engineer shall review the particular deviation and report his findings and recommendations to the Planning Board. No street shall have a minimum grade of less than 0.50%.

Street intersections shall be as nearly at right angles as is possible and in no case shall be less than 80º. The block corners at intersections shall be rounded at the curbline with a curve having a radius of not less than 25 feet.

Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 125 feet shall be prohibited.

A tangent at least 100 feet long shall be introduced between reverse curves.

The minimum cartway width on township streets shall be 30 feet. The top of the curb shall match and be the same elevation as finish grade at the center line of the cartway.

Street horizontal curves shall be designed in accordance with AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) policy. At the minimum, the following criteria shall be used:

All changes in grade shall be connected by vertical curves of sufficient radius to provide a smooth transition and proper sight distance as determined by the Township Engineer.

Dead-end streets (culs-de-sac) shall not be longer than 400 feet and shall provide a turnaround at the end with a radius of 50 feet to the outside edge of the cartway and 60 feet to the outside edge of the right-of-way and tangent whenever possible to the right side of the street. The length of the cul-de-sac shall be measured along its center line from its intersection with the intersecting street's center line to the center of the radius of the cul-de-sac.

If a dead end is of temporary nature, a similar turnaround shall be provided and provisions made for future extensions of the street and reversion of the excess right-of-way to the adjoining properties.

No street shall have a name which will duplicate or so nearly duplicate as to be confused with the names of existing streets. The continuation of an existing street shall have the same name. All street names shall be checked against the township master file of street names.

The need for streetlighting facilities shall be considered by the Planning Board for possible incorporation into the development plan. All required lighting shall be installed by the developer, at no cost to the township.

Typical section(s) of proposed street(s) with curbs and sidewalks with appropriate cross-slopes are to be shown on the development plan.

Plan and profiles of any new street shall be submitted for review by the Engineer. The horizontal scale shall be not less than one inch equals 50 feet. The vertical scale shall be 10 times greater than the horizontal scale. Example: A scale of one inch equals 50 feet horizontal shall have a vertical scale of one inch equals five feet on the profile.

The manual on uniform traffic control devices shall be the criteria for all signs.

Deployment and placement of all signs shall be shown on the plan, and a table shall be used to show total number and type of signs proposed.

All design calculations, criteria and details, and data of any kind pertinent to the design and functioning of the development plan, shall be shown on the plan.

Separate reports shall not be permitted unless specifically requested and approved by the Engineer.

Parking lot(s) shall be a minimum of 15 feet from any property line in any size zone district. This is in addition to and in conjunction with other provisions of this chapter.

Off-street parking areas shall be designed to prevent the maneuvering of vehicles into or out of parking spaces or the storage of vehicles within any portion of an entrance driveway or driveway lane that is within 20 feet of the right-of-way line of the road. Off-street parking areas shall be so designed to permit all vehicles to turn around on the site in order to prevent the necessity of any vehicle backing on to the street from such site.

Existing contours shall cover the development site and extend 200 feet past all property lines. Contours shall be shown on all adjacent and adjoining and abutting streets and roads for a distance of 500 feet. Existing contours will be shown as a dashed line at a minimum contour interval of two feet.

Proposed contours shall be shown when any existing or natural feature of the land is to be changed as a result of the design of the development plan. Proposed contours shall be shown as a solid line at a minimum contour interval of two feet.

In buffer areas where screening is the main object, the planting shall be a dense growth of evergreens, shrubs and trees. A single line of trees shall not be construed as a planting screen. Additional guidelines for buffers are located in Article XII, § 253-102.

Appropriate drawings shall be made on the landscaping plan such that the overall relief (front view, side view, elevations, cross sections, center-to-center spacing, etc.) created by the planting is readily apparent and discernible.

Deciduous trees shall have at least a two-inch caliper at planting. Size of evergreens and shrubs shall be allowed to vary depending on setting and type of shrub. Only nursery-grown plant materials shall be acceptable; and all trees, shrubs and ground covers shall be planted according to acceptable horticultural standards.

The plant species selected should be hardy for the particular climatic zone in which the development is located (Zone 6b) and appropriate in terms of function and size. In the event that any of the plantings in accordance with the above requirements do not live, they shall be replaced within six months.

Street trees shall be installed on both sides of all streets in accordance with the approved landscape plan. Trees shall either be massed at critical points or spaced evenly along the street, or both. Tree type may vary depending on overall effect desired, but as a general rule, all trees shall be the same kind on a street except to achieve special effects. Selection of tree type shall be approved by the Planning Board. The following species are prohibited: willow, poplar, silver maple, and nonhybrid American elm. The applicant shall utilize the resources such as the NJDEP Community Forestry Program, US FHA State Plant Listings, etc. for a list of native New Jersey tree species for this section.

Maximum effort should be made to save fine specimens because of size or relative rarity.

In parking lots at least 10% of the interior parking area shall be landscaped with plantings, and one tree for each 10 spaces shall be installed. Parking lot street frontage screening and perimeter screening shall be a minimum of 10 feet wide. Planting required within the parking lot is exclusive of other planting requirements, such as for street trees.

The landscaping should be located in protected areas, such as along walkways, in center islands, at the end of bays, or in diamonds between parking stalls. All landscaping in parking areas and on street frontage shall be placed so that it will not obstruct sight distance.

Plant types for parking areas shall consist of a mixture of hardy flowering and/or decorative evergreen and deciduous trees; the area between trees shall be planted with shrubs or ground cover or covered with mulch.

The landscaping plan shall be reviewed by the Architectural and Landscape Advisory Board and recommendations shall be submitted to the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall consider changes and/or additions to the plan and require such changes and/or additions where needed.

For applications in the Pinelands Area, the landscaping plan shall incorporate the elements set forth in § 253-73D.

Cross section(s), front and side view(s), elevations and design calculations shall be shown.

The maximum height from the existing or proposed ground level to the top of the wall shall be four feet.

The minimum distance from any part or structure, or below ground of retaining wall to any property line, building, edge of driveway, other retaining wall, one-hundred-year floodway limit of any stream or open channel shall be 10 feet. This offset distance shall be increased upon recommendation of the Engineer.

No more than two rows of retaining walls shall be allowed on any one development plan.

When a retaining wall is used adjacent to or near a property line, the first five feet near the property line shall be left in a natural state if wooded or aesthetically pleasing. If existing conditions are undesirable, the first five feet shall be planted and landscaped.

The height of the walls is to be six feet. The minimum distance from any wall of the enclosure to any property line, unless otherwise specified, shall be 20 feet.

No refuse enclosures shall be in front yards.

The minimum horizontal size of such enclosures shall be five feet by five feet; the maximum horizontal size shall be 12 feet by 12 feet.

The refuse enclosure is to be so placed as to be obscured from most views.

The size, location and type of material used to construct the enclosure shall be shown on the plan. The Planning Board may require changes to the above when so deemed.

The maximum full or cut slope shall be four horizontal to one vertical, unless specified by this chapter.

The minimum distance from any top of slope or toe of embankment to any property line shall be five feet. This distance may be increased by the Planning Board upon recommendation of the Engineer.

Regrading as shown on the contour plan shall be kept, at a minimum, a distance of three feet from any side or rear property line. Should the existing conditions in the above three-foot area be aesthetically unpleasing, as determined by the Planning Board, the area shall be topsoiled and seeded with the grade and slope matching that of the adjoining property. The above three-foot distance shall be increased when required by the Planning Board.

All underground storm sewer lines or sanitary sewers shall, at a minimum, be 10 feet from any side or rear property line, unless contained within a dedicated easement or within a dedicated public street.

All other utilities, above or below ground, shall be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

All utilities on all development plans shall be placed underground and shown on the development plan. The utilities shall be installed by the developer at no cost to the township.

Before any developer, his contractor or agents shall install any of the improvements required by § 253-50A, said developer shall schedule and hold a preconstruction conference with the Township Engineer. At the time of this preconstruction conference, the developer shall provide the Township Engineer with the names of the contractors who are intended to install the required improvements, with certifications that each is qualified to perform the work involved. This certification shall specify that work of a similar nature and constituting of at least 50% of the cost of the improvement to be installed in this project has been satisfactorily completed in the past.

All construction stakes and grades therein, including the location of any structures approved as an element of the site plan, shall be set by a professional engineer or land surveyor in the employ of the developer or his contractor, and a duplicate copy of the notes made therefrom shall be filed with the Township Engineer.

No construction work shall commence without the Township Engineer being properly notified. Such notice shall be made in writing through the Township Community Development Department and given at least one week before said commencement of work. All required improvements shall be subject to inspection and approval by the Municipal Engineer. No underground utilities or other underground installation of improvements shall be covered until inspected and approved. The location of all building footings and foundations shall also be subject to inspection by the Municipal Engineer to verify consistency with the approved building setback prior to construction of said footings and foundations.

Failure of the developer, his contractor or agent to conform to the development plan will be just cause for the suspension of work being performed.

The approving authority may require any improvement to eliminate any hazardous condition.

Fees to cover the cost of required inspections, including landscaping, shall be posted with the municipality in the amount of 6% of the engineer's estimate of required improvements, as established in § 253-49C. The requirement of such inspection and the payment of the required fees shall be included as a condition of final development approval. In the event that the developer elects to install improvements prior to final approval, the engineer's estimate shall be submitted for approval and inspection fees shall be posted upon preliminary approval and prior to any construction of improvements. Additionally, the requirements for a preconstruction conference and the conditions thereof shall apply in the event the developer so elects.

The standard specifications of Franklin Township, as presently or hereafter adopted or those otherwise set forth herein, shall govern the construction and installation of all required improvements. In the event that the particular specifications for any construction are not set forth in this chapter, the standard specifications of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, as amended, shall govern such construction, except where the standard specifications of the residential site improvement standards apply.

A 35 foot dedicated reserve frontage shall be provided on all major subdivisions on all but minor streets as determined by the Planning Board.

Access to the major subdivision shall be through a dedicated (or nondedicated) street; the balance of the frontage is to be reserved as noted above.

Any existing township street(s) adjacent to and adjoining to or any existing township street(s) that form an access route for trucks and heavy machinery to any development site shall be noted and designated on the development plan.

Damage to the above existing streets as a result of the developer's vehicular movements shall be repaired by the developer within 10 days. Failure to complete the repairs within 10 days, weather permitting, shall require the establishment of a street repair escrow fund, in cash or certified check, with the Township Clerk's office, within 15 days from when the damage to the street was incurred.

The amount of the road repair escrow account is to be determined by the Engineer.

Before any construction activities commence, the noted and designated township access streets, as determined above, shall be inspected by the Engineer and a report of said inspection filed with the township.

The township shall order all construction and related activities on the development to cease should the developer fail to comply with the above.

The escrow account shall be used by the township to pay for employees, material and equipment required, as determined by the township, to repair the above damaged streets.

In order to provide for the safety and general welfare of the public, all subdivisions shall set aside no less than 10% of the total area of the subdivision for off-street recreation play areas and open space. This 10% shall only be used for recreation and/or open space and shall not include rights-of-way, easements, retention/detention pond areas or other uses. The location, form and design of such areas shall be approved by the Planning Board and the Environmental and Recreation Commissions in accordance with the Conservation and Recreation Elements of the Master Plan and this chapter. The area(s) specifically designated for recreational purposes shall be fully usable for that purpose and shall have all improvements as required by this chapter. Wherever possible, recreation sites should be centrally located within the development. In the case of large subdivisions, consideration should be given to decentralizing several smaller recreational areas throughout the development The method of preserving such areas for recreation open space, whether by easement, deed restriction, dedication, homeowner association or other means, shall be approved by the Planning Board. In the selection of the location of such space(s), consideration shall be given to the preservation of natural features.

The developer shall install, as a minimum, the following recreational facilities on land which has been set aside for recreational purposes:

The following additional requirements shall apply to areas to be dedicated for public use, whether on- or off-tract:

The requirements of this section relating to construction of on-tract recreational facilities on land which has been set aside for recreational purposes may be waived by the Planning Board with the consent of the applicant upon the Planning Board's determination that the recreational needs of Franklin Township would be better served by the developer making a payment in lieu of the provisions of open space and recreation facilities to the township. The amount of the payment shall be equal to or greater than the value of the land to be set aside for open space. The land value shall be an after-subdivision-value determined by the Franklin Township Tax Assessor. Payments shall be submitted to the Township for deposit in the Recreation Facility/Open Space Dedication Trust Fund prior to signing of the final site plan/subdivision plat.

Developers of minor subdivisions shall pay $200 per lot with the exception of any open lot to be personally retained.

The provisions contained in this section shall not apply to subdivisions of land, either major or minor, which fall within the following categories:

There is established among the accounts of the township a Recreation Facility/Open Space Dedicated Trust Fund for depository of funds received by the township as payment in lieu of recreational facilities and/or open space. The funds shall contain two reserves: There shall be a recreational facilities reserve which shall be equal to the total of payments received in lieu of recreational facilities, less authorized expenditures; and there shall be an open space reserve which shall be equal to the total of payments received in lieu of open space, less authorized expenditures. There shall be no fund transfers between reserves.

The following and no other expenditures are authorized to be made from the recreation and open space reserves of the Recreational Facilities/Open Space Dedicated Fund: Acquisition and development costs and incidentals related to charges for open space and recreational facilities. The limit of expenditures for each purpose shall not exceed the reserve balance for that purpose.

All open space expenditures shall be referred to the Planning Board for consideration. The Planning Board shall report back to the Township Committee within 30 days with its recommendations or objections, if any, to the spending plans of the Township Committee. The recommendations and/or objections of the Planning Board shall be considered by the Township Committee. All disbursements of funds shall be approved by Township Committee.

Tot lots. Tot lots shall be a minimum size of 40 feet by 40 feet and shall contain, as a minimum, the following improvements:

Tennis courts. Tennis courts shall be regulation size and shall contain, as a minimum, the following improvements:

Basketball courts. Basketball courts shall be a minimum size of 35 feet by 60 feet and shall contain, as a minimum, the following improvements:

Multipurpose fields. Multipurpose fields shall be a minimum size of 250 feet by 420 feet and shall contain, as a minimum, the following improvements: