Any applicant requesting approval of a proposed minor subdivision or minor site plan as defined in this Chapter shall submit to the Administrative Officer 15 copies of the items required in Section 22-12 of this Chapter, together with an executed application form, the prescribed fee, and evidence that no taxes or assessments are outstanding against the property.

The application shall be declared complete or incomplete within a forty-five-day period from the date of its submission according to the provisions of subsection 22-4.3c of this Chapter.

If the subdivision or site plan is unanimously approved with at least three members of the Subdivision and Site Plan Committee present and voting (only those who are members or alternates of the Board having jurisdiction to act, may vote), no further action shall be required of the Planning Board as a whole. If the vote is not unanimous, or if such committee has not been established, the minor subdivision or site plan shall be referred to the Planning Board. If a variance within the jurisdiction of the Planning Board is requested, the subdivision or site plan shall not be referred to the Committee but instead to the Planning Board as a whole.

The action of the Subdivision and Site Plan Committee or the Planning Board under this section must be taken within 45 days, or 120 days if a variance is required of N.J.S.A. or within such further time as is agreed to by the subdivider and the Board. Failure of the Planning Board or Committee to act within the period prescribed shall constitute minor subdivision or site plan approval and a certificate of the Administrative Officer as to the failure of the Planning Board or Committee to act shall be issued on request of the applicant; and it shall be sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement or other evidence of approval, herein required, and shall be so accepted by the County recording officer for purposes of filing subdivision plats.

Approval of a minor subdivision shall expire 190 days from the date of municipal approval unless within such period a plat in conformity with such approval and the provisions of the Map Filing Law, N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.9 et seq., or a deed clearly describing the approved minor subdivision is filed by the developer with the County Recording Officer, the Municipal Engineer and the Municipal Tax Assessor as specified by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. Any such plat or deed accepted for such filing shall have been signed by the chairperson and secretary of the Planning Board.

The zoning requirements and general terms and conditions, whether conditional or otherwise, upon which minor subdivision and site plan approval was granted, shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of minor subdivision and site plan approval.