40:68-12 - Private wharves or other improvements; license for construction; application; procedure - New Jersey Statutes

40:68-12.  Private wharves or other improvements;  license for construction;   application;  procedure
    Any person desiring to construct, alter, improve or extend any wharf, pier,  dock, bulkhead, or other building in the nature thereof, harbor structures, and  shipping and docking facilities shall make written application to the proper  officer or body stating the nature and extent of such intended construction,  alteration, improvement or extension, and shall file with such application,  full and complete plans and specifications thereof, and shall also produce his  deeds, leases or other evidence of title, or right of possession.  The  governing body of the municipality shall give notice of the time and place of  public hearing of such application, to all persons interested, by advertisement  in two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality, for two  successive weeks at least once in each week, and by posting such notice upon  the lands or premises mentioned in the application.  After such hearing the  governing body shall by resolution grant or deny such application, and approve  or disapprove the plans and specifications filed therewith and if it grant the same and approve the plans and specifications, shall in its resolution, direct  a license or permit to issue therefor.  All such licenses or permits shall be  recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose, and no such license or permit  shall be unreasonably withheld by the governing body.