All applications for development shall be filed with the Administrative Officer. At the time of filing of application, the applicant shall also file the fee, a completed checklist as set forth in the schedule of forms attached to and made a part of this chapter, any request for waiver and any and all maps required by this subsection. The applicant shall obtain all necessary forms from the Administrative Officer.

Upon receipt of an application for development, the Administrative Officer shall forward the submitted material to the municipal agency, or its authorized committee or designee, for review and to certify the application is complete. All complete applications shall be reviewed by the following agencies: Fire Inspector, Police Department, or Environmental Commission. Request for reviews from the Borough Engineer and/ or Borough Planner shall be optional and are to be determined by the Planning Board.

Within 45 days from the filing as required in paragraph a., the municipal agency, or its authorized committee or designee, shall review and certify the application to be complete or incomplete in writing.

The applicant may request relief from one or more of the submissions required in paragraph a. The request must be in writing stating the reason therefor. The municipal agency, or its authorized committee or designee, shall grant or deny the request within 45 days of the request.

The Administrative Officer, in consort with the Planning Board Chairman, shall assign a hearing date and notify the applicant of the same within seven days of the application being deemed complete. Notice to the applicant shall be in writing by regular mail. Upon receipt of a date for hearing, the application shall proceed to give proper notice of the hearing and comply with all other provisions of this chapter and the Municipal Land Use Law.