Zoneomics Logo
search icon

Southampton Township
City Zoning Code

12-9.5 Powers

and jurisdiction of the Land Development Board.

[Amended 2-20-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
The Land Development Board shall have the powers listed below in addition to other powers established by law:
a. 
Make, adopt and, from time to time, amend a Master Plan for the physical development of the Township, including any areas outside its boundaries, which, in the Board's judgement, bear an essential relationship to the planning of the Township.
b. 
Administer the subdivision and site plan review provisions of the Land Development Ordinance[1] in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 12-10.
c. 
Hear and decide applications for conditional uses in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
d. 
Participate in the preparation and review of programs or plans required by State or Federal law or regulation.
e. 
Assemble data on a continuing basis as part of a continuous planning process.
f. 
Annually, at the request of the Township Committee, prepare a program of municipal capital improvements projects projected over a term of six years and recommend the same to the Township Committee.
g. 
Prior to the adoption of a development regulation, revision, or amendment thereto, the Land Development Board shall make and transmit to the Township Committee, within 35 days after referral, a report including identification of any provisions in the proposed development regulation, revision or amendment which are inconsistent with the Master Plan and recommendations concerning these inconsistencies and any other matters as the Land Development Board deems appropriate. The Township Committee, when considering the adoption of a development regulation, revision or amendment thereto, shall review the report of the Land Development Board and may disapprove or change any recommendation by a vote of a majority of its full authorized membership and shall record in its minutes the reasons for not following such recommendation. Failure of the Land Development Board to transmit its report within the thirty-five-day period provided herein shall relieve the Township Committee from the requirements of this subsection in regard to the proposed development regulation, revision or amendment thereto referred to the Land Development Board.
h. 
Whenever the Environmental Commission has prepared and submitted to the Land Development Board an index of the natural resources of the municipality, the Land Development Board shall make available to the Environmental Commission an informational copy of every application for development submitted to the Board. Failure of the Land Development Board to make such informational copy available to the Environmental Commission shall not invalidate any hearing or proceeding.
i. 
Whenever the proposed development requires approval of subdivision, site plan or conditional use, but not a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d), to grant to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions as the Land Development Board:
1. 
Variances pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(c).
2. 
Direction pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 for issuance of a permit for a building or structure in the bed of a mapped street or public drainage way, flood control basin or public area reserved pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32.
3. 
Direction pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36 for issuance of a permit for a building or structure not related to a street.
Whenever relief is requested pursuant to this section, notice of the hearing on the application for development shall include reference to the request for a variance, or direction for issuance of a permit, as the case may be.
The developer may elect to submit a separate application requesting approval of the variance or direction of the issuance of a permit, and a subsequent application for any required approval for a subdivision, site plan or conditional use. Any separate approval of the variance or direction of the issuance of a permit shall be conditioned upon grant of all required subsequent approvals by the Land Development Board. No such subsequent approval shall be granted unless the approval can be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantial impairment of the intent and purpose of the zone plan and the zoning provisions of this chapter.