Zoning Exemption. Regardless of whether the Township or any duly constituted Township Board, Agency, Department, Authority or Independent Township Fire Company or Township Rescue Squad is acting in or pursuant to the performance of a governmental or proprietary function, any municipally owned, operated or controlled building, structure, facility or use, or one owned by an Independent Township Fire Company or Township Rescue Squad, either existing or proposed (except for said fire companies or rescue squads such exemption shall only be for existing uses not proposed uses), shall be permitted in any class of zone as set forth in this chapter (applicable bulk requirements shall be as reasonably determined by the Warren Planning Board), it being the intention of this subsection that whatever the Township may authorize to do shall constitute a function of government and that whenever the Township shall act pursuant to granted authority, it acts as government and not as a private entrepreneur.

Site Plan Exemption. The Township or any duly constituted Township Board, Agency, Department, Authority or Independent Township Fire Company, or Township Rescue Squad acting in the performance of a governmental or proprietary function, shall be exempt from site plan approval requirements for any land development projects being completed by it. This exemption, in the cases of Independent Township Fire Companies or Township Rescue Squads, shall only for construction related to the purposes of storage of the company's or squad's vehicles, life safety equipment and necessary administrative floor space. Further, this exemption does not affect the requirements of N.J.S. 40:55D-31 entitled "Review of Capital Projects." The Township, or its Boards, Agencies, Departments, Authorities or Independent Township Fire Companies or Township Rescue Squads will file land development projects to the Township Planning Board for its review, comment and recommendations pursuant to N.J.S. 40:55D-31.