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Section 40:55D

• 40:55D-1 - Short title
• 40:55D-2 - Purpose of the act
• 40:55D-3 - Definitions; shall, may; A to C
• 40:55D-4 - Definitions; D to L
• 40:55D-5 - Definitions; M to O
• 40:55D-6 - Definitions; P to R
• 40:55D-7 - Definitions; S to Z
• 40:55D-8 - Municipal fees; exemptions
• 40:55D-8.1 - Short title
• 40:55D-8.2 - Findings, declarations relative to Statewide non-residential development fees
• 40:55D-8.3 - Definitions relative to Statewide non-residential development fees
• 40:55D-8.4 - Fee imposed on construction resulting in non-residential development; exemptions
• 40:55D-8.5 - Regulations
• 40:55D-8.6 - Inapplicability of certain provisions of law imposing fee upon developer of certain non-residential property
• 40:55D-8.7 - Certain local ordinances void
• 40:55D-8.8 - Applicability of section
• 40:55D-9 - Meetings; municipal agency
• 40:55D-10 - Hearings
• 40:55D-10.1 - Informal review
• 40:55D-10.2 - Voting conditions
• 40:55D-10.3 - Completion of application for development;  certification; completion after 45 days if no certification;  exception;  waiver of requirements for submission
• 40:55D-10.4 - Default approval
• 40:55D-10.5 - Development regulations, certain, govern review of application
• 40:55D-11 - Contents of notice of hearing on application for development or  adoption of master plan
• 40:55D-12 - Notices of application, requirements
• 40:55D-12.1 - Registration for notice to utility, CATV company 
• 40:55D-12.2 - Local utility notice of applications 
• 40:55D-12.3 - Application of subsection h. 
• 40:55D-12.4 - Notice to military facility commander from municipality
• 40:55D-13 - Notice concerning master plan
• 40:55D-14 - Effect of mailing notice
• 40:55D-15 - Notice of hearing on ordinance or capital improvement program; notice of action on capital improvement or official map
• 40:55D-16 - Filing of ordinances
• 40:55D-17 - Appeal to the governing body; time; notice; modification; stay of proceedings 
• 40:55D-18 - Enforcement
• 40:55D-19 - Appeal or petition in certain cases to the Board of Public Utilities
• 40:55D-20 - Exclusive authority of planning board and board of adjustment
• 40:55D-21 - Tolling of running of period of approval
• 40:55D-22 - Conditional approvals
• 40:55D-23 - Planning board membership
• 40:55D-23.1 - Alternate members
• 40:55D-23.2 - Members of board of adjustment may serve as temporary members of planning board 
• 40:55D-23.3 - Preparation, offering of basic course in land use law and planning; requirement
• 40:55D-23.4 - Exemptions from educational requirements
• 40:55D-24 - Organization of planning board
• 40:55D-25 - Powers of planning board
• 40:55D-26 - Referral powers
• 40:55D-27 - Citizens advisory committee;  environmental commission
• 40:55D-28 - Preparation; contents; modification
• 40:55D-29 - Preparation of capital improvement program
• 40:55D-30 - Adoption of capital improvement program
• 40:55D-31 - Review by planning board
• 40:55D-32 - Establish an official map
• 40:55D-33 - Change or addition to map
• 40:55D-34 - Issuance of permits for buildings or structures 
• 40:55D-35 - Building lot to abut street
• 40:55D-36 - Appeals 
• 40:55D-37 - Grant of power;  referral of proposed ordinance;  county planning board approval
• 40:55D-38 - Contents ordinance 
• 40:55D-38.1 - Solar panels not included in certain calculations relative to approval of subdivisions, site plans
• 40:55D-39 - Discretionary contents of ordinance
• 40:55D-40 - Discretionary contents of subdivision ordinance
• 40:55D-40.1 - Definitions 
• 40:55D-40.2 - Findings, declarations 
• 40:55D-40.3 - Site Improvement Advisory Board 
• 40:55D-40.4 - Submission of recommendations for Statewide site improvement standards for residential development 
• 40:55D-40.5 - Supersedure of site improvement standards 
• 40:55D-40.6 - Municipal zoning power not limited 
• 40:55D-40.7 - Construction of act 
• 40:55D-41 - Contents of site plan ordinance
• 40:55D-42 - Contribution for off-tract water, sewer, drainage, and street improvements
• 40:55D-43 - Standards for the establishment of open space organization
• 40:55D-44 - Reservation of public areas
• 40:55D-45 - Findings for planned developments
• 40:55D-45.1 - General development plan
• 40:55D-45.2 - Contents of general development plan
• 40:55D-45.3 - Submission of general development plan
• 40:55D-45.4 - Modification of timing schedule
• 40:55D-45.5 - Variation approval
• 40:55D-45.6 - Revision of general development plan
• 40:55D-45.7 - Notification of completion
• 40:55D-45.8 - Approval terminated upon completion
• 40:55D-46 - Procedure for preliminary site plan approval
• 40:55D-46.1 - Minor site plan; approval 
• 40:55D-47 - Minor subdivision 
• 40:55D-48 - Procedure for preliminary major subdivision approval
• 40:55D-48.1 - Application by corporation or partnership;  list of stockholders owning 10% of stock or 10% interest in partnership
• 40:55D-48.2 - Disclosure of 10% ownership interest of corporation or partnership which is 10% owner of applying corporation or partnership
• 40:55D-48.3 - Failure to comply with act;  disapproval of application
• 40:55D-48.4 - Concealing ownership interest;  fine
• 40:55D-49 - Effect of preliminary approval 
• 40:55D-50 - Final approval of site plans and major subdivisions
• 40:55D-51 - Exception in application of subdivision or site plan regulation;   simultaneous review and approval
• 40:55D-52 - Effect of final approval of a site plan or major subdivision
• 40:55D-53 - Guarantees required; surety; release
• 40:55D-53a - Standardized form for performance guarantee, maintenance guarantee, letter of credit
• 40:55D-53b - Acceptance of standardized form
• 40:55D-53.1 - Interest on deposits with municipalities
• 40:55D-53.2 - Municipal payments to professionals for services rendered; determination 
• 40:55D-53.2a - Applicant notification to dispute charges; appeals; rules, regulations 
• 40:55D-53.3 - Maintenance, performance guarantees 
• 40:55D-53.4 - Municipal engineer to estimate cost of installation of improvements 
• 40:55D-53.5 - Performance of maintenance guarantee, acceptance 
• 40:55D-53.6 - Municipality to assume payment of cost of street lighting 
• 40:55D-54 - Recording of final approval of major subdivision; filing of all subdivision plats 
• 40:55D-54.1 - Notification to tax assessor of municipality
• 40:55D-55 - Selling before approval;  penalty;  suits by municipalities
• 40:55D-56 - Certificates showing approval;  contents
• 40:55D-57 - Right of owner of land covered by certificate
• 40:55D-58 - Condominiums and cooperative structures and uses
• 40:55D-60 - Planning board review in lieu of board of adjustment
• 40:55D-61 - Time periods
• 40:55D-62 - Power to zone 
• 40:55D-62.1 - Notice of hearing on amendment to zoning ordinance
• 40:55D-64 - Referral to planning board
• 40:55D-65 - Contents of zoning ordinance
• 40:55D-65.1 - Zoning ordinance may designate, regulate historic sites, districts 
• 40:55D-66 - Miscellaneous provisions relative to zoning
• 40:55D-66.1 - Community residences, shelters, adult family care homes; permitted use in residential districts
• 40:55D-66.2 - Definitions
• 40:55D-66.3 - Severability
• 40:55D-66.5a - Findings, declarations 
• 40:55D-66.5b - Family day care homes permitted use in residential districts; definitions 
• 40:55D-66.6 - Child care centers located in nonresidential municipal districts; permitted 
• 40:55D-66.7 - Child care center excluded in calculation of density of building 
• 40:55D-66.7a - Child care programs, exemption from local zoning restrictions
• 40:55D-66.8 - Siting of structure, equipment for groundwater remedial action 
• 40:55D-66.9 - Variance for remedial action 
• 40:55D-66.10 - Methadone clinic deemed business for zoning purposes
• 40:55D-66.11 - Wind and solar facilities permitted in industrial zones
• 40:55D-66.12 - Municipal ordinances relative to small wind energy systems
• 40:55D-66.13 - Issuance of technical bulletin
• 40:55D-66.14 - Compliance
• 40:55D-66.15 - Conditions for deeming abandoned; legal action
• 40:55D-67 - Conditional uses;  site plan review
• 40:55D-68 - Nonconforming structures and uses
• 40:55D-68.1 - Year-round operation
• 40:55D-68.2 - Determination of eligibility
• 40:55D-68.3 - Penalty for violation
• 40:55D-68.4 - Certain senior citizens permitted to rent, lease rooms
• 40:55D-68.5 - "Senior citizen" defined
• 40:55D-68.6 - Powers of municipality intact
• 40:55D-69 - Zoning board of adjustment
• 40:55D-69.1 - Members of planning board may serve temporarily on the board of adjustment 
• 40:55D-70 - Powers
• 40:55D-70.1 - Annual report
• 40:55D-70.2 - Board of adjustment, determination; reasons 
• 40:55D-71 - Expenses and costs
• 40:55D-72 - Appeals and applications to board of adjustment
• 40:55D-72.1 - Continuation of application
• 40:55D-73 - Time for decision
• 40:55D-74 - Modification on appeal
• 40:55D-75 - Stay of proceedings by appeal;  exception
• 40:55D-76 - Other powers
• 40:55D-77 - Generally
• 40:55D-78 - Terms of joint agreement
• 40:55D-79 - Membership of regional boards
• 40:55D-80 - Organization of regional boards;  rules and procedures
• 40:55D-81 - Expenses;  staff and consultants
• 40:55D-82 - Sharing of costs and expenses
• 40:55D-83 - Termination of agreement
• 40:55D-84 - Regional planning board;  powers
• 40:55D-85 - Regional board of adjustment
• 40:55D-85.1 - Appeal to municipality of final decision on application for development by regional planning board or zoning board of adjustment
• 40:55D-86 - Appointment of joint building officials, zoning officers and planning administrative officers
• 40:55D-87 - Joint administrative functions
• 40:55D-88 - Delegation to county, regional and interstate bodies
• 40:55D-88.1 - Short title
• 40:55D-88.2 - Findings, declarations relative to the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area
• 40:55D-88.3 - Definitions relative to the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area
• 40:55D-88.4 - Dismal Swamp Preservation Commission
• 40:55D-88.5 - Powers, duties of commission
• 40:55D-88.6 - Master plan for physical, economic and social development of Dismal Swamp
• 40:55D-88.7 - No approval extended, tolled within Dismal Swamp
• 40:55D-89 - Periodic examination
• 40:55D-89.1 - Rebuttable presumption
• 40:55D-90 - Moratoriums; interim zoning
• 40:55D-91 - Severability of provisions
• 40:55D-92 - Construction
• 40:55D-93 - Preparation;  storm water control ordinances to implement; date  of completion;  reexamination
• 40:55D-94 - Integral part of master plan;  coordination with soil conservation district and other storm water management plans
• 40:55D-95 - Storm water management plan, ordinance; requirements
• 40:55D-95.1 - Rules, regulations 
• 40:55D-96 - Exceptions, permitted 
• 40:55D-97 - Submission of storm water management plan, ordinances; approval 
• 40:55D-98 - Grants for preparation of storm water management plans
• 40:55D-99 - Technical assistance and planning grants for municipalities from  counties and county planning agencies and water resources associations
• 40:55D-100 - Short title
• 40:55D-101 - Legislative findings and declarations
• 40:55D-102 - Definitions
• 40:55D-103 - Manufactured homes on land with title in owner
• 40:55D-104 - Prohibition of use by municipal agency of discriminatory development regulations to exclude or restrict
• 40:55D-105 - Review and approval of development regulations by municipal agency;  determination of mobile home parks as means of affordable housing
• 40:55D-106 - Trailers;  inapplicability of act
• 40:55D-107 - Historic preservation commission
• 40:55D-108 - Historic preservation commission funded by governing body 
• 40:55D-109 - Responsibilities of commission
• 40:55D-110 - Applications for development referred to historic preservation commission 
• 40:55D-111 - Issuance of permits pertaining to historic sites referred to historic preservation commission 
• 40:55D-112 - "Landmark" as substitute
• 40:55D-113 - Short title
• 40:55D-114 - Findings, declarations
• 40:55D-115 - Definitions
• 40:55D-116 - Development transfers
• 40:55D-117 - Report; infrastructure plan; amendment of master plan, land use regulations
• 40:55D-118 - Designation of sending, receiving zones
• 40:55D-119 - Development transfer ordinance
• 40:55D-120 - Review of ordinance
• 40:55D-121 - Review, recommendations by county planning board, CADB, Office of State Planning
• 40:55D-122 - Recording of transfer; record to assessor; taxation 
• 40:55D-123 - 3-year, six-year reviews; prevention of repeal
• 40:55D-124 - Repeal of development transfer ordinance
• 40:55D-125 - Development transfer bank
• 40:55D-125.1 - Solid waste facility buffer zone; definitions 
• 40:55D-126 - Sale of development potential 
• 40:55D-127 - Right to bargain for equitable interest
• 40:55D-128 - Farm benefits rights
• 40:55D-129 - Reports; analysis
• 40:55D-130 - Short title 
• 40:55D-131 - Findings, declarations 
• 40:55D-132 - Definitions 
• 40:55D-134 - Extension of project exemption 
• 40:55D-135 - Notice 
• 40:55D-136 - Liberal construction 
• 40:55D-136.1 - Short title
• 40:55D-136.2 - Findings, declarations relative to extension of certain permits and approvals
• 40:55D-136.3 - Definitions relative to extension of certain permits and approvals
• 40:55D-136.4 - Existing government approval; extension period
• 40:55D-136.5 - Notice
• 40:55D-136.6 - Liberal construction
• 40:55D-137 - Short title
• 40:55D-138 - Findings, declarations relative to transfer of development rights by municipalities
• 40:55D-139 - Transfer of development potential within jurisdiction
• 40:55D-140 - Actions prior to adoption, amendment
• 40:55D-141 - Development transfer plan element, required inclusions
• 40:55D-142 - Procedure for municipality located in pinelands area
• 40:55D-143 - Preparation, amendment of development transfer ordinance
• 40:55D-144 - Characteristics of sending zone
• 40:55D-145 - Characteristics of receiving zone
• 40:55D-146 - Provisions of development transfer ordinance
• 40:55D-147 - Issuance of instruments, adoption of procedures relative to land use
• 40:55D-148 - Real estate market analysis
• 40:55D-149 - Submission by municipality prior to adoption of ordinance to county planning board
• 40:55D-150 - Formal comments, recommendation of county planning board
• 40:55D-151 - Review by Office of Smart Growth
• 40:55D-152 - Approval of municipal petition; appeal
• 40:55D-153 - Transmission of record of transfer; assessment; taxation
• 40:55D-154 - Rebuttable presumption that development transfer ordinance is no longer reasonable
• 40:55D-155 - Review by planning board, governing body after three years
• 40:55D-156 - Review after five years
• 40:55D-157 - Periodic reviews
• 40:55D-158 - Provision for purchase, sale, exchange of development potential
• 40:55D-159 - Purchase by development transfer bank
• 40:55D-160 - Sale of development potential associated with development easement
• 40:55D-161 - Right to farm benefits
• 40:55D-162 - Annual report by municipality to county; county to State
• 40:55D-163 - Construction of act relative to Burlington County municipalities