West Long Branch City Zoning Code
§ 18-13.33
Improvements Required Prior to Issuance of Certificate of Occupancy.
[Ord. #513]
a.
No permanent Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued for any use or building until all required improvements are installed and approved by the Borough Engineer or other appropriate authority.
b.
No temporary Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued for any use or building involving the installation of utilities or street improvements, parking areas, buffer areas, storm drainage facilities, other site improvements, the alteration of the existing grade on a lot or the utilization of a new on-site well or sanitary disposal system unless the Borough Engineer or other appropriate authority shall have, where applicable, certified to the following:
1.
Utilities and Drainage. All utilities, including, but not limited to, water, gas, storm drains, sanitary sewers, electric lines and telephone lines shall have been properly installed and service to the lot, building or use from such utilities shall be available.
2.
Street Rights-of-Way. All street rights-of-way necessary to provide access to the lot, building or use in question shall have been completely graded and all slope retaining devices or slope planting shall have been installed.
3.
Sidewalks. All sidewalks necessary to provide access to the lot, building or use in question shall have been properly installed.
4.
Streets. Curbing, and the bituminous base course of bituminous concrete streets or the curbing and pavement course for portland cement concrete streets necessary to provide access to the proposed lot, building or use shall have been properly installed.
5.
Curbing and Parking Areas. Curbing and the bituminous base course of parking areas necessary to provide access to the required number of parking spaces for the building or use in question shall have been properly installed.
6.
Obstructions. All exposed obstructions in parking areas, access drives or streets such as manhole frames, water boxes, gas boxes and the like shall be protected by building to the top of such exposures with bituminous concrete as directed by the Borough Engineer.
7.
Screening, Fences, and Landscaping. All required screening, fencing and/or landscaping related to the lot, building or use in question shall have been properly installed unless the Borough Engineer shall direct the developer to delay the planting of screening and landscaping until the next planting season in order to improve the chances of survival of such plantings.
8.
Site Grading. All site grading necessary to permit proper surface drainage and prevent erosion of soils shall have been completed in accordance with the approved soil disturbance plans.
9.
On-Site Wells. All on-site wells shall have been installed, tested and approved by the Board of Health.
10.
On-Site Sanitary Disposal Systems. All on-site sanitary disposal systems shall have been installed and approved by the Board of Health.
11.
Public Water Supply. Where the proposed lot, building or use is served by a public water supply, said supply shall have been installed and tested and all required fire hydrants or fire connections shall have been installed and tested and approved.
12.
Lighting. All outdoor lighting shall have been installed and shall be operational.
13.
Street Signs and Traffic Control Devices. All street signs, paint lining and/or traffic control devices affecting the proposed lot, building, or use, and required under the terms of approval of a subdivision or site plan or by Federal, State, County, or municipal rules, regulations, or laws, shall have been installed.
14.
Performance Guarantee. The Engineer shall have received a statement signed by the developer and any entity providing any performance guarantee, which contains language identical or similar to the following: "The issuance of any Certificate of Occupancy (temporary or permanent) shall not be a basis for any claimed reduction in any performance guarantee."
15.
Other. Any other conditions established for issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy by the municipal agency as a condition of final site plan approval shall be complied with.
c.
Temporary Certificates of Occupancy shall be issued for a specified period of time, not to exceed one year and the applicant shall post a cash guarantee with the Borough in an amount equal to the cost, to the Borough, of constructing all uncompleted improvements, prior to the issuance of any such temporary Certificate of Occupancy. All improvements shall be completed within three months after 85% occupancy of the project as determined by the Borough Engineer.