Union Township City Zoning Code
§ 30-12.8
Certificate of Approval of Subdivision.
[Ord. No. 85-9, § 1207; Ord. No. 2015-06 § 6]
a.
The prospective purchaser, prospective mortgagee or any other person interested in any land which forms a part of a subdivision 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 dimensions of the land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the owner thereof.
b.
The Township Clerk shall make and issue such certificate within 15 days after the receipt of such written application and the fees therefor. The 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.
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; and
2.
Whether the subdivision, as it relates to the land shown in said application, has been approved by the Planning Board, and, if so, stating the date of such approval and any extensions and terms thereof and that the subdivision of which the lands are a part is a validly existing subdivision.
3.
Whether such subdivision, if same has not been approved, is statutorily exempt from the requirement of approval as provided in this act.
d.
The Township Clerk shall be entitled to demand and receive for such certificate issued by him a reasonable fee not in excess of those provided in N.J.S.A. 54:5-14 and 54:5-15. The fee so collected by such officer shall be paid by him to the municipality.