A Technical Review Committee of the Planning Board (the "Board") shall be established to review any applications for development or requests for review presented to the Board for the purposes of reviewing completeness and/or which may benefit from preliminary review by the Board's professionals.

The Technical Review Committee shall consist of up to seven members and one alternate including the following:

The following terms shall apply to Technical Review Committee members:

All applications to the Planning Board shall be initially referred to the Technical Review Committee. The Technical Review Committee shall conduct informal meetings at the Municipal Building to review an application submitted to it. Applicants shall be advised of the date and time of the meeting and may appear at the meeting on their own behalf or through an attorney, planner, architect or engineer. A waiver of referral to the Technical Review Committee may be granted by determination of the Board Engineer that the application is minor and nature and doesn't require the additional review of the Technical Review Committee. Following such a finding, the application will be scheduled for a completeness hearing before the Planning Board.

The cost of the Board's professionals to prepare for and appear at the Technical Review Committee shall be paid by the applicant prior to the meeting through the escrow established by the Board Secretary for the application.

The responsibility of the Technical Review Committee shall include but not be limited to the following responsibilities:

Requests for waivers of application requirements must be granted or denied and completeness certified or denied by the Technical Review Committee within 45 days of the date of submission of the application in keeping with the Municipal Land Use Law.

Applicants who disagree with the findings of the Technical Review Committee with respect to their application may appeal the decision to the Planning Board for a determination of completeness, waivers and/or the right to proceed.

Applicants shall be advised that they will not appear at the regularly scheduled Planning Board meeting the same month that they are reviewed for completeness at the Technical Review Committee because the Board Engineer and Board Planner, as applicable, will not have time to prepare a report and submit it to the Board 10 days prior to the meeting. However, exceptions may be granted where appropriate, as determined by the Technical Review Committee.

The report of the Technical Review Committee on an application shall be presented to Board members at the next meeting of the Planning Board.