Rockaway Township City Zoning Code
§ 54-21.21
Certification of subdivision approval.
[Ord. No. 95-24 § 54-61]
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 a subdivision subsequent to August 1, 1973, may apply in writing to the Administrative Officer for the issuance of a certificate certifying whether or not such subdivision has been approved by the Board. The following provisions shall apply to the issuance of the certificates:
A.
Such application shall contain a diagram showing the location and dimension of the land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the owner thereof.
B.
The Administrative Officer shall make and issue such certificate within 15 days after the receipt of such written application and the fees therefor.
C.
Each such certificate shall be designated a "certificate as to approval of subdivision of land," and shall certify:
(1)
Whether there exists in the Township a duly established Planning Board and whether there is an ordinance controlling subdivision of land adopted under the authority of the Municipal Land Use Law;
(2)
Whether the subdivision, as it relates to the land shown in the application, has been approved by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as applicable, and, if so, the date of such approval and any extensions and terms thereof, showing that subdivision of which the lands are a part is a validly existing subdivision.
(3)
Whether such subdivision, if the same has not been approved, is statutorily exempt from the requirement of approval as provided in the Municipal Land Use Law.
D.
The Administrative Officer shall charge a fee for such certificate as provided in Section 54-15, which fee shall be paid by the administrative officer to the Township of Rockaway.
E.
The Administrative 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 office.
F.
Any person who shall acquire for a valuable consideration an interest in the lands covered by any such certificate of approval of a subdivision in reliance upon the information contained therein shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which could be prosecuted or maintained by the Township pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 54-21.20.
G.
If the Administrative Officer designated to issue any such certificate fails to issue the same within 15 days after receipt of an application and fees, any person acquiring an interest in the lands described in such application shall hold such interest free of any right, remedy or action which could be prosecuted or maintained by the Township pursuant to Subsection 54-21.20.
H.
Any such application addressed to the Township Clerk shall be deemed to be addressed to the proper designated officer and the Township shall be bound thereby to the same extent as though the same was addressed to the designated official.