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Southampton Township
City Zoning Code

12-10.2 Submission

of minor subdivision plats and minor site plans.

[Amended 2-20-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
a. 
Procedure for submitting minor subdivision plats and minor site plans. An application shall be submitted in accordance with the application procedures set forth in this section.
b. 
Details required for minor subdivision plats and minor site plans. Each minor plat or minor plan shall be drawn by a professional engineer and/or land surveyor licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey and shall bear the signature, seal, license number and telephone number of the professional engineer and/or land surveyor; provided, however, that all engineering data shall be signed and sealed by a professional engineer and all surveying data shall be signed and sealed by a professional land surveyor.
Each subdivision shall be drawn at an appropriate scale not less than one inch equals 100 feet and shall be submitted on one of four of the following standard sheet sizes 8 1/2 inches by 13 inches; 15 inches by 21 inches; 24 inches by 36 inches; or 30 inches by 42 inches.
If one sheet is not sufficient to contain the entire territory, the map may be divided into two sections to be shown on separate sheets of equal sizes, with reference on each sheet to the adjoining sheets. Each minor plat or plan shall show the following information, as the information is applicable to the minor subdivision or minor site plan submission:
1. 
A key map showing the entire tract and its relation to the surrounding area, at a scale of one inch equals not more than 2,000 feet;
2. 
Title block in accordance with the rules governing title blocks for professional engineers (N.J.S.A. 45:8-36), including:
(a) 
Name of subdivision or development, Southampton Township and Burlington County;
(b) 
Name, title, address and telephone number of the subdivider or developer;
(c) 
Name, title, address, telephone number and license number of the professional or professionals that prepared the plat or plan;
(d) 
Name, title, address and telephone number of the owner or owners of record;
(e) 
Scale in inches to feet and bar scale; and
(f) 
Date of original preparation and of each subsequent revision thereof and a list of the specific revisions entered on each sheet.
3. 
Acreage figures and north arrow;
4. 
Approval signature lines:
(a) 
Chairman;
(b) 
Secretary; and
(c) 
Township Engineer.
5. 
Existing block and lot number(s) of the lot(s) to be subdivided or developed as they appear on the Township Tax Map;
6. 
Subdivision or development boundary line (heavy solid line);
7. 
The location of existing and proposed property lines (with bearings and distances), streets, buildings (with their numerical dimensions and an indication as to whether existing buildings will be retained or removed), parking spaces, loading areas, driveways, watercourses, railroads, bridges, culverts, drain pipes, any natural features such as wetlands and treed areas, and any historic features such as family burial grounds and buildings more than 60 years old, both within the tract and within 200 feet of the boundary;
8. 
The location and width of all existing and proposed utility easements;
9. 
Zoning districts affecting the tract, including district names and requirements;
10. 
Proposed buffer and landscaped areas;
11. 
Delineation of flood plains, including both floodway and flood fringe areas;
12. 
Contours as shown on the U.S.G.S. topographic sheets;
13. 
Marshes, ponds and lands subject to flooding within the tract and within 100 feet thereof;
14. 
The name of all adjacent property owners within 200 feet as they appear on the most recent tax list prepared by the Township Tax Assessor;
15. 
Concerning minor subdivisions only, existing and proposed iron or copper pins and/or monuments;
16. 
Concerning minor subdivision applications only and if the proposed lot(s) is (are) not served by a sanitary sewer, certification by a licensed professional engineer that the proposed lot(s) can adequately accommodate a septic system and a copy of any written review and report by the County Board of Health.
The location(s) of the test hole(s), test results and compliance with the Individual Sewage Disposal Code of New Jersey shall be shown on the plat and certified by a licensed professional engineer;
17. 
No minor subdivision or minor site plan involving any street(s) requiring additional right-of-way width as specified in the Master Plan or Official Map and the street requirements of this chapter shall be approved unless the additional right-of-way, either along one or both sides of the streets, as applicable, shall be granted to the Township or other appropriate governmental agency;
18. 
No minor subdivision or minor site plan involving any corner lot shall be approved unless a sight triangle easement shall be granted as specified in this chapter; and
19. 
Deed descriptions including metes and bounds, easements, covenants, restrictions and roadway and sight triangle dedications shall be submitted for review and approval.
20. 
Proof of payment of taxes.
c. 
Specific actions on minor subdivision or minor site plans.
1. 
If any proposed subdivision or development determined by the Board to be creating, imposing, aggravating or leading to the possibility of an adverse effect upon either the property in question or upon any adjacent properties, than the applicant may be required to revise or remove any adverse effect(s) prior to further review, classification or approval by the Board. If the remaining portion of the original tract is sufficient to be subdivided or developed further, the applicant may be required to submit a sketch of the entire tract then depicting a plan that demonstrates that the applied for subdivision or development, together with subsequent subdivision(s) or development(s), will not create, impose, aggravate or lead to any adverse effect.
2. 
When a minor subdivision or minor site plan is approved by the Board a notation to that effect including the date of approval shall be made. At least 10 prints of the plat or plan and any related deed descriptions to be filed with the County Recording Officer shall be signed by the Township Engineer and the Chairman and Secretary of the Board (or the Acting Chairman or Secretary where either or both may be absent). No further approval of the application shall be required and the Secretary of the Board, within 10 days of the date of approval, shall notify the applicant of the Board's action. Additionally, the Secretary of the Board shall forward to the applicant a copy of the approval resolution within 10 days of its adoption by the Board.
3. 
When a minor subdivision or minor site plan is disapproved by the Board, the Secretary of the Board, within 10 days of that action, shall notify the applicant of the disapproval. Additionally, the Secretary of the Board shall forward to the applicant a copy of the disapproval resolution within 10 days of its adoption by the Board, setting forth the reasons for the disapproval.
4. 
Within 190 days from the date of approval by the Board of a minor subdivision, a plat map drawn in compliance with the Map Filing Act, N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.9 et seq., or deed description, properly drafted and signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Board (or Acting Chairman or Secretary where either or both may be absent), shall be filed by the subdivider with the County Recording Officer. Unless filed within 190 days or an extension is granted, the approval shall expire and will require Board approval as in the first instance. 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 by the Board, provided that the approved minor subdivision shall have been duly recorded.
The Board may extend the one-hundred-ninety-day period for filing a minor subdivision or deed if the developer proves to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board: (1) that the developer was barred or prevented, directly or indirectly, from filing because of delays in obtaining legally required approvals from other governmental or quasi-governmental entities; and (2) that the developer applied promptly for and diligently pursued the required approvals. The length of the extension shall be equal to period of delay caused by the wait for the required approvals, as determined by the Board.
5. 
Before the Secretary of the Board returns any approved minor subdivision or minor site plan to the applicant, the applicant shall provide additional copies of the plat or plan as may be necessary in order to furnish copies to each of the following:
(a) 
Township Engineer;
(b) 
Township Planning Consultant;
(c) 
Township Construction Official;
(d) 
Township Tax Assessor;
(e) 
File of the Land Development Board three copies; and
(f) 
Notice of any final determination approving or denying any application for development shall be given to the Pinelands Commission by the Township, by certified mail, within five days following such determination in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.18(e).
(g) 
Any other Township, County or State agencies and officials as directed by the Board.