No application for development shall be deemed complete unless the applicant has submitted the applicable items, information and documentation listed in the checklist as well as all required application fees and professional review escrow funds. If an applicant wishes to exclude any required item the applicant must request a waiver in writing for each item and state the reasons supporting each such waiver request. Checklists for each type of application are found in Section 167, Exhibit A.

Each application for approval of a minor subdivision, minor site plan, preliminary major subdivision, preliminary major site plan, final major subdivisions, final site plan or a conditional use, as the case may be, and each application for variance relief, shall include all items, data, information and/or documentation requested in the appropriate corresponding checklists. Design waiver requests are to be listed separately along with a reason for the requested waiver.

The Administrative Officer shall review all applications and accompanying documents required by this chapter to determine that the application is complete within the forty-five-day statutory period. An application for development shall be complete for purposes of commencing the statutory time period for action by the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment when so certified by the Administrative Officer. Nothing herein shall be construed as diminishing the applicant's obligation to prove in the application process that he or she is entitled to approval of the application.

The Administrative Officer may subsequently require correction of any inaccurate or erroneous information. The Administrative Officer may also require submission of additional information not specified in the checklist or any revisions to the accompanying documents, as are reasonably necessary for comprehensive review of the application for development.