Toms River City Zoning Code
§ 348-6.8
Sketch plat of major site plan.
A.
Submission optional. Applicants are encouraged to submit a sketch plat of a major site plan during the early design stages containing that information necessary to form a basis for discussions of alternatives for development. A detailed review of a sketch plat will minimize the necessity of major revisions in the more involved and detailed preliminary plat submission. Application fees paid at the sketch plat submission stage will be deducted from the required application fees at the preliminary plat stage.
B.
Required documents. Prior to issuance of a certificate of completeness or scheduling of a sketch plat of a major site plan for public hearing before the Planning Board, the Administrative Officer shall determine that the following have been submitted in proper form:
(2)
Application fees.
(3)
Eight copies of a plat and attachments meeting the requirements set forth below (to the extent that the Planning Board determines such information is necessary to evaluate the proposal and discuss alternatives).
[Amended 2-9-1982 by Ord. No. 2068; 5-22-1984 by Ord. No. 2244-84; 9-24-1996 by Ord. No. 3196-96]
C.
Plat requirements.
(1)
General requirements. The sketch plat shall be based on a land survey, a deed plotting, the current Tax Map or other suitable base map and shall be drawn at a scale not less than one inch equals 50 feet nor greater than one inch equals 10 feet. If the size of the site would require the use of sheets larger than 30 inches by 42 inches in order to show the entire site on one sheet, the detailed information for the site plan shall be shown in sections on sheets not larger than 30 inches by 42 inches, which sheets shall be keyed to an overall plan of the site drawn at a scale of not less than one inch equals 200 feet.
(2)
Title block. The title block shall appear on all sheets and shall include:
(a)
Title of "Sketch Plat — Major Site Plan."
(b)
Name of development.
(c)
Tax Map sheet, block and lot number of the site, as shown on the latest Township Tax Map, the date of which should also be shown.
(d)
Date of original and all revisions.
(e)
Names and addresses of owner and developer, so designated.
(f)
Name(s), signature(s), address(es) and license number(s) of engineer, architect, land surveyor or planner who prepared the plan and their embossed seal.
(g)
If the site plan contains more than one sheet, each sheet shall be numbered and titled.
(3)
A schedule shall be placed on the site plan indicating:
(a)
The acreage of the tract and site (the portion of the tract involved in the site plan).
(b)
The floor area of the existing and proposed buildings, listed separately.
(c)
The proposed use or uses and the floor area devoted to each use.
(d)
The zone district in which the site is located.
(e)
Proposed and required lot dimensions and front, rear and side setbacks.
(f)
Proposed and required off-street parking spaces.
(g)
Square footage and percentage of the site retained in unoccupied open space.
(4)
North arrow and written and graphic scales.
(5)
A key map adequately showing the location of the site with reference to surrounding areas, existing streets, the names of all such streets and any zone boundary or Township boundary which is within 500 feet of the subdivision.
[Amended 2-9-1982 by Ord. No. 2068]
(6)
Zone boundaries, Tax Map sheet, lot and block numbers and property lines of parcels within 200 feet of the site, including properties across the street, as shown by the most recent records of the Township, or of adjoining municipalities.
(7)
The existing direction of surface flow and the system of drainage of the site and of any larger tract of which it is a part, together with information on how it is proposed to dispose of surface drainage.
(8)
The acreage of the drainage area or areas of each natural or man-made watercourse or conduit receiving runoff from the site including the area upstream from the site.
(9)
Existing and proposed spot elevations and/or contours.
(10)
The tops of the banks and boundaries of the floodways and flood hazard areas of all existing watercourses, where such have been delineated, or the limits of alluvial soils where the boundaries of floodways and flood hazard areas have not been determined, and/or such other information as may assist the Planning Board in the determination of floodway and flood hazard area limits.
(11)
Paving and right-of-way widths of existing streets within 200 feet of the site.
(12)
The boundaries, nature and extent of wooded areas, swamps, bogs, ponds and riparian zones within the site and within 200 feet thereof.
[Amended 12-12-2017 by Ord. No. 4562-17]
(13)
Existing and proposed manholes, sewer lines, fire hydrants, waterlines, utility pools and other topographical features of a physical or engineering nature within the site and within 200 feet thereof.
(14)
All existing structures on the site and within 200 feet thereof, including their use, indicating those to be destroyed or removed and those to remain.
(15)
Location, use, ground coverage, front, rear and side setbacks of all buildings and other pertinent improvements.
(16)
Existing and proposed public easements or rights-of-way and the purposes thereof.
D.
Conditions of approval. Any approval of an application for development for a sketch plat of a major site plan granted by the Planning Board shall be subject to the following conditions being satisfied prior to signing of the plat:
E.
Certification. In the event that the application for development for a sketch plat of a major site plan is approved, a certification to that effect in this form:
[Amended 9-24-1996 by Ord. No. 3196-96]
Approved with regard to general planning and design concepts as a sketch plat of a major site plan by the Toms River Township Planning Board on ___________________. | ||
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______________________ Chairperson | ||
Attest: | ||
_______________________ Secretary | ______________________ Date | |
shall be endorsed on the sketch plat, and the original reproducible thereof shall be provided to the Planning Board by the applicant. Said original shall be signed by the Chairperson and Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Planning Board after they receive certification from the Administrative Officer that all conditions of approval have been satisfied. After signature, the sketch plat shall be reproduced as provided for in § 348-6.4 of this chapter, and the signed original shall be returned to the applicant. |
F.
Applicant's rights upon approval. Approval of a sketch plat shall confer upon the applicant, for a period of one year following the date of sketch plat approval by the Planning Board, the right to submit an application for development for a preliminary plat conforming to the approved sketch plat.