40:55D-10.3 - Completion of application for development; certification; completion after 45 days if no certification; exception; waiver of requirements for submission - New Jersey Statutes

40:55D-10.3.  Completion of application for development;  certification; completion after 45 days if no certification;  exception;  waiver of requirements for submission
    An application for development shall be complete for purposes of commencing  the applicable time period for action by a municipal agency, when so certified  by the municipal agency or its authorized committee or designee. In the event  that the agency, committee or designee does not certify the application to be  complete within 45 days of the date of its submission, the application shall be  deemed complete upon the expiration of the 45-day period for purposes of  commencing the applicable time period, unless:  a. the application lacks  information indicated on a checklist adopted by ordinance and provided to the  applicant;  and b. the municipal agency or its authorized committee or designee  has notified the applicant, in writing, of the deficiencies in the application  within 45 days of submission of the application.  The applicant may request  that one or more of the submission requirements be waived, in which event the  agency or its authorized committee shall grant or deny the request within 45  days. Nothing herein shall be construed as diminishing the applicant's  obligation to prove in the application process that he is entitled to approval  of the application.  The municipal agency may subsequently require correction  of any information found to be in error and submission of additional information not specified in the ordinance or any revisions in the accompanying  documents, as are reasonably necessary to make an informed decision as to  whether the requirements necessary for approval of the application for  development have been met.  The application shall not be deemed incomplete for  lack of any such additional information or any revisions in the accompanying  documents so required by the municipal agency.

     L.1984, c. 20, s. 5, eff. March 22, 1984.