Mullica City Zoning Code

Pursuant to the provision of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-37, approval of subdivision plats by resolution of the Planning Board shall be required as a condition for the filing of such plats with the County Recording Officer. Approval of site plans by resolution of the Planning Board shall be required as a condition for the issuance of a building permit and certificate of occupancy for any development, except that subdivision or individual lot application for detached one- or two-dwelling-unit buildings shall be exempt from such site plan review and approval; provided that the resolution of the Board of Adjustment shall substitute for that of the Planning Board whenever the Board of Adjustment has jurisdiction over a subdivision or site plan pursuant to § 144-29B of this chapter.

Each application for subdivision approval, where required pursuant to Section 5 of P.L. 1968, c. 285,[1] and each application for site plan approval, where required pursuant to Section 8 of P.L. 1968, c. 285,[2] shall be submitted by the applicant to the County Planning Board for review and approval. The municipal approving authority shall condition any approval that it grants upon timely receipt of a favorable report on the application by the County Planning Board, or approval by the County Planning Board by its failure to report thereon within the required time period.

No person shall carry out any development within the Pinelands Area without obtaining approval from an approval agency and without obtaining development approval in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter.

Exceptions to applicability.

Notices to the Pinelands Commission.

Where a prior approval has been granted by the Township, no subsequent approval of an application for development approval shall be obtained until one of the following is satisfied:

Upon receipt by the Pinelands Commission of the notice of approval pursuant to Subsection C(3), above, the application for development approval shall be reviewed in accordance with the provisions in N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.27 through 4.33. The approval by the Township shall not be effective and no development shall be carried out prior to a determination of whether the development approval is consistent with the Commission's review of the application for development. No development shall be carried out until such review has been completed.

Participation of Pinelands Commission in Public Hearings. The Pinelands Commission may participate in a hearing held in the Township involving the development of land in the Pinelands Area pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.36.

Public development. All development proposed by the Township or any other agency thereof will comply with all the requirements for public development set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.51 et seq. and all the standards set forth in this chapter.

Environmental commission review. All applications for major development, forestry, and resource extraction shall be referred to the Environmental Commission for review and comment.

The applicant shall submit an original and 13 copies of the complete application for subdivision, site plan, or conditional use approval to the secretary of the Planning Board. The time for the Board's review shall not begin to run until the submission of a complete application with the required fee. Unless the applicant is informed in writing by the secretary of the Planning Board within 45 days of the actual submission of the application that it is incomplete, said application shall be deemed complete as of the date it was submitted.

The applicant shall submit an original and 11 copies of the complete application for appeals, interpretations of the Zoning Map or ordinances, or hardship variance applications, or use variance applications to the secretary of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The time for the Board's review shall not begin to run until the submission of a complete application with the required fee.

Before approving a subdivision or site plan, the approving authority shall require that streets, public drainage ways, flood control basins and public areas, designated for reservation on the Master Plan or Official Map, must be shown on the plat in locations and sizes suitable to their intended uses. The approving authority may reserve the location and extent of such streets, ways, basins or areas shown on the plat for a period of up to one year after the approval of the final plat or within such further time as may be agreed to by the applicant. Unless during such period or extension thereof the Township shall have entered into a contract to purchase or institute condemnation proceeding according to law for the fee or a lesser interest in the land comprising such street, ways, basins, or areas, the applicant shall not be bound by such reservations shown on the plat and may proceed to use such land or private use in accordance with applicable development regulations. The provisions of this section shall not apply to streets and roads, flood control basins or public drainage ways necessitated by the subdivision or land development and required for final approval.

The applicant shall be entitled to just compensation for actual loss found to be caused by such temporary reservation and deprivation of use. In such instance, unless a lesser amount has previously been mutually agreed upon, just compensation shall be deemed to be the fair market value of an option to purchase the land reserved for the period of reservation; provided that determination of such fair market value shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the real property taxes apportioned to the land reserved and prorated for the period of reservation. The applicant shall be compensated for the reasonable increased cost of legal, engineering, or other professional services incurred in connection with obtaining subdivision approval or site plan approval, as the case may be, caused by reservation.

Upon the submission to the approving authority of an application for development showing development proposed for an area reserved on the Official Map or Master Plan, the secretary of the approving authority shall notify the Township Committee in writing of such application, and that the approving authority intends to grant approval for said development in the reserved area unless the Township Committee notifies the approving authority prior to the date for final approval that it intends to reserve the area in question and will provide compensation to the applicant for such reservation. Said notice of intent to reserve shall be in the form of a resolution by the Township Committee. The Township Committee shall thereupon proceed either to reach an agreement with the applicant as to the amount of compensation to be paid for such reservation, or negotiate a purchase price for said reserved area. Upon the Township Committee arriving at the amount to be paid to the applicant by way of compensation for reservation or purchase, said amount shall be deposited in escrow for the benefit of the applicant.

This chapter is intended to insure the pro rata share allocation of the cost for off-tract improvements benefiting more than one development or property.

Except as provided in Subsection E below, the developer of every proposed development shall be required, as a condition of the grant of any approval by the Planning or Zoning Board to provide all off-tract public improvements which are necessary to serve or which benefit the subject property, even though such improvements may also benefit other properties. The developer shall be responsible for all payments concerning the same. However, said developer will be entitled to reimbursement as set forth in this chapter. Except as noted in Subsection C below, all such improvements shall be required, designed, sized and installed in accordance with the Master Plan, the Capital Improvements program, the Official Map, if any, and this chapter and such other plans, programs, maps and ordinances adopted by the Township or other governmental agencies having jurisdiction to guide growth and development at the time the first application in connection with such development is filed. In the absence of any such plan, program, map, or ordinance, the public improvement shall be required, designed, sized and installed in accordance with the Township Engineer's determination based on good engineering practice and all available information concerning present and future needs. The cost of providing and installing such improvements shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Subsection D below.

The Planning or Zoning Board may, as a condition of any approval required to be given pursuant to this chapter, require the installation of a public improvement of greater size or capacity than required by Subsection B above when it deems such greater size or capacity to be necessary in the light of factors not known or considered at the time the aforesaid plan, program, map or ordinance was adopted or placed under consideration. The cost due to installing such greater size or capacity shall be apportioned and paid in the same manner as other costs pursuant to Subsection D below.

Subject to the right of the Township Committee to determine the financing for any improvement shall be as set forth in Subsection E below all public improvements required to be installed pursuant to this section shall be installed at the sole cost and expense of the developer. The approval obtained by the developer shall, however, provided that the developer shall be entitled to reimbursement from other property owners benefiting from said development as set forth in Subsection J herein.[1]

Whenever any approval required pursuant to this article is conditioned upon the developers providing and installing any improvement required by this section, the Township Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, whether said improvement should be paid for as a local improvement, the cost of which is to be assessed by the municipality, in the manner provided by law against all properties that will be benefited thereby. The developer may seek a determination in this respect from the Township Committee prior to filing any application with the Planning or Zoning Board which would require the construction of such improvements.

Whenever a public improvement or any portion thereof required to be installed pursuant to this section is installed at the sole cost and expense of a developer or any cost and expense to such developer greater then his pro rata share of the cost of such improvement, the developer shall be entitled to reimbursement from other property owners benefiting from said improvement, up to the maximum amounts specified in Subsection J below of his costs and expenses if other properties are determined to be specifically benefited by such improvement.

In any such case, the approval of the application for the subject property shall include a determination by the Planning or Zoning Board of all properties benefited by the improvement and of the value of the special benefit to each such property. The results of said determination and notice of the obligations on each benefited property pursuant thereto shall be recorded by the Planning or Zoning Board Administrator in the records of the Atlantic County Clerk's Office with respect to each such benefited property and shall be forwarded to the owner of record contained in Township files of each benefited property.

Thereafter, no approval or permit required by this chapter or any other ordinance of the Township with respect to any subsequent development resulting in the use of, connection to or enjoyment of any benefit from such improvement by any such specially benefited properties shall be granted or issued unless and until the subsequent developer of such specially benefited property shall have paid the original developer or his assigns said pro rata cost and expense of such improvement and has delivered proof of such payment to the Secretary of the appropriate Board who shall verify the same, to the best of his or her ability with said original developer or developers.

The developer constructing the improvements shall be required to post the appropriate performance and maintenance guarantees as required by the appropriate Board and Township Engineer pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Ordinance of the Township of Mullica. The developer must also submit valid proof of the cost of said improvement to the Township Engineer upon completion of same. The actual cost shall be used to determine the pro rata share that is due from each property owner benefited by such improvements.

The Planning or Zoning Board may, as a condition of any approval, require the applicant to install a public improvement of greater size or capacity than required to service the applicant's project. Such approvals shall provide that the applicant is entitled to reimbursement from other properties owners benefited from said improvement to a maximum amount equal to the difference between the amount of such cost and expense by the developer and the developers pro rata share as determined pursuant to Subsection M(1) of the cost of such improvement. In such a case, the appropriate Board shall determine all properties specially benefited by the improvement and the value of the special benefit to each such property in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The amount so determined for each property shall be filed in the Atlantic County Clerk's Office and no permit or approvals shall thereafter be issued to such properties until the pro rata share concerning said property for the development has been paid in full to the developer.

All developers proceeding pursuant to this chapter must construct all improvements in conformity with all applicable ordinances, statutes, rules, regulations and specifications. Plans for all such improvements must be forwarded to the Township Engineer and approved by said Township Engineer prior to the construction of any such off-tract improvement. No Township permit of any nature shall issue to the developer until such time as the off-tract improvement agreement, including the details and specifications of how the improvement will be constructed, has been executed by the developer and the Township and such specifications and requirements have been consented to by the Township Engineer.

All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies.

Standards for determining the pro-rata share of off-tract improvements are included herein:

That departure by the proposed development from zoning regulations otherwise applicable to the subject property conform to the zoning ordinance standards as contained in this chapter.

That the proposals for maintenance and conservation of the common open space are reliable, and the amount, location and purpose of the common open space are adequate.

That provisions through the physical design of the proposed development for public services, control over vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and the amenities of light and air, recreational and visual enjoyment are adequate.

That the proposed planned development will not have an unreasonably adverse impact upon the area in which it is proposed to be established.

In the case of a proposed development, which contemplates construction over a period of years, which the terms and conditions intended to protect the interests of the public and of the residents, occupants and owners of the proposed development in the total completion of the development are adequate.

The Township may, at any time and from time to time, accept the dedication of land for public use and maintenance, or any interest therein, required to be set aside, designated and reserved for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such land as a condition of approval of planned unit development, planned unit residential development or residential cluster, but such dedication shall not be required by the approving authority.

The applicant shall provide for an organization for the ownership and maintenance of any open space for the benefit of owners or residents of a development, if said open space is not dedicated to the Township. Such organization shall not be dissolved and shall not dispose of any open space, by sale or otherwise, except to an organization conceived and established to own and maintain the open space for the benefit of such development, and thereafter such organization shall not be dissolved or dispose of any of its open space without first offering to dedicate the same to the Township.

In the event that such organization shall fail to maintain the open space in reasonable order and condition, the Planning Board may serve written notice upon such organization or upon the owners of the development setting forth the manner in which the organization has failed to maintain the open space in reasonable condition, and said notice shall include a demand that such deficiencies of maintenance be cured within 35 days thereof, and shall state the date and place of a hearing thereon which shall be held within 15 days of the notice. At such hearing, the Planning Board may modify the terms of the original notice as to deficiencies and may give a reasonable extension of time not to exceed 65 days within which they may be cured. If the deficiencies set forth in the original notice or in the modification thereof shall not be cured within said 35 days or any permitted extension thereof, the Township, in order to preserve the open space and maintain the same for a period of one year, may enter upon and maintain such land. Said entry and maintenance shall not vest in the public any rights to use the open space except when the same is voluntarily dedicated to the public by the owners. Before the expiration of said year, the Planning Board shall, upon its initiative or upon the request of the organization theretofore responsible for the maintenance of the open space, call a public hearing upon 15 days' written notice to such organization and the owners of the development, to be held by the Planning Board at which hearing such organization and the owners of the development shall show cause why such maintenance by the Township shall not, at the election of the Township, continue for a succeeding year. If the Planning Board shall determine that such organization is ready and able to maintain said open space in reasonable condition, the Township shall cease to maintain said open space at the end of said year. If the Planning Board shall determine such organization is not ready and able to maintain said open space in a reasonable condition, the Township may, at its discretion, continue to maintain said open space during the next succeeding year, subject to a similar hearing and determination, in each year thereafter. The decision of the Planning Board in any case shall constitute a final administrative decision subject to judicial review.

The cost of such maintenance by the Township shall be assessed pro rata against the properties within the development that have a right of enjoyment of the open space in accordance with assessed value at the time of imposition of the lien, and shall become a lien and tax on said properties and be added to and be a part of the tax to be levied and assessed thereon, and enforced and collected with interest by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes.

Site plan submission.

Subdivision submission.

Failure of the Planning Board to reach a decision within the specified time periods of extensions thereof shall result in the approval of the subdivision and/or site plan and/or conditional use as submitted.

The Planning Board may waive site plan approval requirements if the construction or alteration or change of occupancy or use does not affect existing circulation, drainage, relationships of buildings to each other, landscaping, buffering, lighting and other considerations of site plan review.

If the Planning Board requires any substantial amendment in the layout of improvements proposed by the applicant that have been the subject of a hearing, an amended application for development shall be submitted and proceeded upon, as in the case of the original application for development. The Planning Board shall, if the proposed development complies with this chapter, grant preliminary subdivision or site plan approval.

Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the right of a applicant to submit a sketch plat to the Planning Board for informal review, and neither the Planning Board nor the applicant shall be bound by any discussions or statements made during such review; provided that the right of the applicant at any time to submit a complete application for subdivision or site plan approval shall not be limited by his/her submission of a sketch plat and the time for the Planning Board's decision shall not begin to run until the submission of a complete application.

Any approval granted by an approving authority pursuant to § 144-26 shall not take effect and no development shall be carried out until the provision of § 144-52 of this chapter have been satisfied.

A public hearing shall be held on all applications for preliminary major site plan, preliminary major subdivision and conditional use approvals. Notice to the Pinelands Commission pursuant to § 144-51 is required.

The reviewing board shall grant preliminary approval if the detailed drawings, specifications and estimates of the application for preliminary approval conform to the standards established by this chapter for preliminary approval.

A complete application for preliminary approval shall be granted or denied within 95 days after submission of a complete application to the secretary of the approving authority, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Failure of the approving authority to act within the period prescribed shall constitute preliminary approval of the application for preliminary approval as submitted and a certificate of the secretary of the approving authority as to failure of the approving authority to act shall be issued on request of the applicant, and it shall be sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement or other required evidence of approval.

Preliminary approval for a major subdivision or site plan, except as provided in Subsection D of this section, shall confer upon the applicant the following rights for a three-year period from the date of preliminary approval.

That the general terms and conditions on which preliminary approval was granted shall not be changed, including but not limited to use requirements; layout and design standards for streets, curbs, and sidewalks; lot size; yard dimensions and off-tract improvements; and, in the case of a site plan, existing natural resources to be preserved on the site; vehicular and pedestrian circulation, parking and loading; screening, landscaping and location of structures, exterior lighting both for safety reasons and streetlighting; except that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Township from modifying by ordinance such general terms and conditions of preliminary approval as relates to public health and safety.

That the applicant may submit for final approval on or before the expiration date of preliminary approval the whole or a section or sections of the preliminary subdivision plat or site plan.

That the applicant may apply to, and the reviewing board may grant extensions on such preliminary approval for additional periods of at least one year but not to exceed a total extension of two years, provided that if the design standards have been revised by ordinance, such revised standards may govern.

In the case of a subdivision or site plan for an area of 50 acres or more, the reviewing board may grant the rights referred to in Subsections A, B and C above for such period of time, no longer than three years, as shall be determined by the reviewing board to be reasonable taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under preliminary approval; economic conditions; and the comprehensiveness of the development. The applicant may apply for thereafter and the reviewing board may thereafter grant an extension to preliminary approval for such additional period of time as shall be determined by the reviewing board to be reasonable taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area of the section or sections awaiting final approval; economic conditions; and the comprehensiveness of the development; provided that if the design standards have been revised, such revised standards may govern.

The reviewing board shall grant final approval if the detailed drawings, specifications and estimates of the application for final approval conform to the standards established by this chapter for final approval, the conditions of preliminary approval, and, in the case of a major subdivision, the standards prescribed by the Map Filing Law, P.L. 1960, c. 141,[1] provided that in the case of a planned development, the reviewing body may permit minimal deviations from the conditions of preliminary approval necessitated by change of condition beyond the control of the applicant since the date of preliminary approval without the applicant being required to submit another application for development for preliminary approval.

A complete application for final approval shall be granted or denied within 45 days after submission of a complete application to the secretary of the approving authority, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Failure of the approving authority, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant, failure of the approving authority to act within the period prescribed shall constitute final approval of the application for final approval as submitted and a certificate of the secretary of the approving authority as to failure of the approving authority to act shall be issued on request of the applicant, and it shall be sufficient in lieu of the written endorsement or other required evidence of approval.

A complete application for final approval shall consist of the following where applicable:

The approving authority, when acting upon applications for preliminary or minor subdivision approval, shall have the power to grant such exceptions from the requirements for subdivision approval as may be reasonable and within the general purpose and intent of the provisions for subdivision review and approval of this chapter, if the literal enforcement of one or more provisions of this chapter is impracticable or will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question and the applicant has also obtained a waiver of strict compliance from the Pinelands Commission pursuant to N.J.A.C.

The approving authority, when acting upon application for preliminary site plan approval, shall have the power to grant such exceptions from the requirements for site plan approval as may be reasonable and within the general purpose and intent of this chapter if the literal enforcement of one or more provisions of this chapter is impracticable or will exact undue hardship because of peculiar conditions pertaining to the land in question.

The approving authority shall have the power to review and approve or deny conditional uses or site plans simultaneously with review for subdivision approval without the applicant being required to make further application to the approving authority, or the approving authority being required to hold further hearings. The longest time period for action by the approving authority, whether it is for subdivision, conditional use, or site plan approval, shall apply. Whenever approval of a conditional use is requested by the applicant pursuant to this subsection, notice of the hearing on the plat shall include reference to the request for such conditional use.

The zoning requirements applicable to the preliminary approval first granted and all other rights conferred upon the applicant pursuant to § 144-59 of this chapter, whether conditionally or otherwise, shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of final approval; provided that in the case of major subdivision, the rights conferred by this section shall expire if the plat has not been duly recorded within the time period provided in § 144-64, Filing of subdivision plats, of this chapter. If the applicant has followed the standards prescribed for final approval and, in the case of a subdivision, has duly recorded the plat as required in § 144-64, Filing of subdivision plats, of this chapter, the approving authority may extend such period of protection for extensions of one year but not to exceed three extensions. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the granting of final approval terminates the time period of preliminary approval pursuant to § 144-59 of this chapter, the granting of final approval terminates the time period of preliminary approval pursuant to § 144-59 of this chapter for the section granted final approval.

In the case of subdivision or site plan for a planned unit development or planned unit residential development or residential cluster of 50 acres or more of conventional subdivisions or site plan for 150 acres or more, the approving authority may grant the rights referred to in Subsection A of this section, for such period of time, not longer than two years, as shall be determined by the approving authority to be reasonable taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under final approval, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development. The applicant may apply for thereafter, and the reviewing board may thereafter grant, an extension of final approval for such additional period of time as shall be determined by the approving authority to be reasonable taking into consideration the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area permissible under final approval, the number of dwelling units and nonresidential floor area remaining to be developed, economic conditions and the comprehensiveness of the development.

The Planning Board shall waive notice and public hearing for an application for development if the Site Plan Committee of the Planning Board appointed by the Chairman finds that the application for development conforms to the definition of "minor site plan" in § 144-7 of this chapter. Minor subdivision approval shall be deemed to be final approval of the subdivision by the Board; provided that the Board or said subcommittee may condition such approval on terms ensuring the provision of improvements pursuant to Article XI, Design, Evaluation and Performance Standards, of this chapter. Any application for minor subdivision or site plan approval shall contain the information required for minor development under § 144-70 below. Applicants for approval of a minor subdivision shall comply with notice and public hearing requirements which requirements shall not be waived.

Minor subdivision approval shall be granted or denied within 45 days of the date of submission of a complete application to the secretary of the Planning Board, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant. Failure of the Planning Board to act within the period prescribed shall constitute minor subdivision approval and a certificate of the secretary of the Planning Board as to the failure of the Planning Board 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 provision of the Map Filing Law, P.L. 1960, c. 141,[1] or a deed clearly describing the approved minor subdivision is filed by the applicant with the county recording officer, the municipal engineer and the municipal tax assessor. Any such plat or deed accepted for such filing shall have been signed by the chairman and secretary of the Planning Board. In reviewing the application for development for a proposed minor subdivision, the Planning Board may accept a plat not in conformity with the Map Filing Act; provided that if the applicant chooses to file the minor subdivision as provided herein by plat rather than deed, such plat shall conform with the provisions of said act.

The zoning requirements and general terms and conditions, whether conditional or otherwise, upon which minor subdivision approval was granted, shall not be changed for a period of two years after the date of minor subdivision approval, provided that the approved minor subdivision shall have been duly recorded as provided herein.

No approval granted by this section shall take effect and no development may be carried out until the provisions of § 144-50A has been satisfied.

No portion of any lot or merged lot or parcel of land which is the subject of a minor subdivision may be the subject of any application for a successive minor subdivision for the same lot, merged lot, or parcel within five years of the resolution grating a minor subdivision on any portion of such lot, merged lot, or parcel. If any further subdivision occurs within the five years of the resolution for the same lot, merged lot, or parcel, such application with be defined as a major subdivision.

Final approval of a major subdivision shall expire 95 days from the date of signing of the plat unless within such period that plat shall have been duly filed by the applicant with the county recording officer. The approving authority may for good cause shown extend the period of recording for an additional period not to exceed 190 days from the date of signing of the plat.

Final approval of a major subdivision shall be evidenced by affixing to the plat the signature of the chairman and secretary of the approving authority, or a copy of the certificate of the secretary of the approving authority indicating that the approving authority failed to reach a decision on the subdivision application within the prescribed time. The signatures of the chairman and secretary of the approving authority shall not be affixed until the applicant has posted the guarantees required pursuant to § 144-76 of this chapter.

If before final approval has been granted, any person transfers or sells or agrees to transfer to sell, except pursuant to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval, as owner or agent, any land which forms a part of a subdivision for which Township approval is required by this chapter, such person shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed $1,000 and each lot disposition so made may be deemed a separate violation.

In addition to the foregoing, the Township may institute and maintain a civil action:

The prospective purchaser, prospective mortgagee, or any other person interested in any land which forms part of a subdivision, or which formed part of such subdivision three years preceding August 1, 1976, may apply in writing to the Township Clerk for the issuance of a certificate certifying whether or not such subdivision has been approved by the Planning Board. Such application shall contain a diagram showing the location and dimension of land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the owner thereof.

The Township Clerk shall make and issue such certificates within 15 days after the receipt of such written application and the fees therefor. Said officer shall keep a duplicate copy of each certificate, consecutively numbered, including a statement of the fee charged, in a binder as a permanent record of his or her office.

Each such certificate shall be designated a "certificate as to approval of subdivision of land" and shall certify:

The Township Clerk shall be entitled to demand and receive for such certificate issued by him or her a reasonable fee not in excess for those provided in N.J.S.A. 54:5-14 and 15. The fees so collected by the Township Clerk shall be paid by him or her to the Township.