“Stale approval” shall mean and designate any preliminary or final site plan approvals approved by the Wanaque Planning Board or Wanaque Board of Adjustment, any subdivision granted and any variances given by said Board in excess of three years from the date of approving resolutions, on which no building permits have issued or no significant progress has been made.

In the case of preliminary site plan approvals and/or subdivisions given by either the Wanaque Planning Board or the Wanaque Board of Adjustment, and any variances associated with such approvals, if the property owner, applicant, or developer does not move to obtain final site plan approval before the expiration of three years, then and in that event the preliminary approvals, subdivision, and any variances given shall be considered stale and shall be void and vacated.

In the case of final site plan approvals, subdivisions, and associated variances given in connection therewith, if the property owner, applicant, or developer does not obtain building permits, or substantially act thereupon expeditiously, or start and proceed with construction, or fails to use its best efforts to conclude the project, or fails to adhere to a phasing plan set forth in a developer’s agreement, or any extensions thereof, provided and given by the Borough of Wanaque, then and in that event such approvals, subdivisions, and variance shall be considered stale and shall be void and vacated.

In all circumstances hereinabove the property owner, applicant, or developer shall reapply to the appropriate Board for a review of its heretofore approvals and subdivision and variances. The respective Board shall, upon application, hear and consider the application, taking into consideration any previous approvals given and any progress made with respect thereto, as well as the existing laws, ordinances, and other appropriate zoning and variance criteria that may affect the property by reason of any delay as contemplated herein.