A. Plat conformity. All applications shall be submitted in plat form, and all plats shall conform to submission requirements. All plats shall be drawn by a licensed New Jersey land surveyor and shall bear the signature, embossed seal, license number and address of the land surveyor, except that plats submitted under the informal discussion provisions and sketch plats of minor site plans are exempt from this requirement. All drawings showing improvement designs shall bear the signature and embossed seal, license number and address of a licensed professional engineer of the State of New Jersey. Registered architects of the State of New Jersey shall be permitted to prepare site plans subject to the limitations imposed by their profession.
B. Informal site plans for review and classification shall include the same data as required in § 94-34B plus proposed building(s), proposed use(s), parking, loading, on-site circulation, driveways, wooded areas, approximate on-site or on-tract stormwater detention facilities and water and sewer service.
C. Preliminary site plan plat.
(1) Every preliminary site plan shall be at a minimum graphic scale of one (1) inch equals ten (10), twenty (20), thirty (30), forty (40) or fifty (50) feet; certified by a New Jersey licensed architect or engineer, including accurate lot lines certified by a New Jersey licensed land surveyor, submitted on one (1) of the following standard sheet sizes: fifteen by twenty-one (15 x 21) inches or twenty-four by thirty-six (24 x 36) inches. The following data shall be shown on the site plan or accompany it. If one (1) sheet is not sufficient to contain the entire territory, one (1) composite map shall show the entire development with reference to the sheets on which the various sections are shown. All lot lines and the exterior boundaries of the tract; North arrow; zone district(s) in which the tract is located; date of original drawing and each subsequent amendment; existing and proposed streets and street names; existing and proposed contours at two-foot invervals throughout the tract and within one hundred (100) feet of any building or paved area under review; title of the plan, streams; total area to one (1) square foot; total number of parking spaces, all dimensions, areas and distances needed to confirm conformity with the chapter, such as but not limited to building lengths, building coverage, lot lines, parking spaces, loading spaces, setbacks and yards; a small key map giving the general location of the parcel within the borough; and a separate map showing the site in relation to all remaining lands in the present owner's ownership.
(2) Site plan information for preliminary and final approval. Each site plan shall include the following information and be de signed to comply with Articles V, VI and VII and be accompanied by an environmental impact report, unless waived in whole or in part by the approving authority pursuant to § 94-46F.
(a) Building and use plan. The plan shall show the size, height, location, arrangement and use of all proposed structures and signs, including the architect's scaled elevation of the front, side and rear of any structure and sign (existing structures shall be identified either to remain or to be removed) and written description of the proposed use(s) of nonresidential buildings, including the number of employees or members, the proposed number of shifts to be worked and the maximum number of employees on each shift, expected truck and tractor-trailer traffic, emission of noise, glare, vibration, heat, odor, air and water pollution, safety hazards and anticipated expansion plans incorporated in the building design. Floor plans shall be submitted. In apartment and townhouse projects, the number of dwelling units, by type, shall be shown.
(b) Circulation plan. This plan shall show access streets by name, acceleration/deceleration lanes, curbs, sight triangles, traffic channelization, traffic signs, easements, fire lanes, driveways, parking and loading spaces, pedestrian walks, bikeways and related facilities for the movement and storage of goods, vehicles and persons. Sidewalks shall be shown along expected paths of pedestrian travel, such as but not limited to access from buildings to parking lots, driveways and other buildings on the site. Any building expansion plans shall show feasible parking and loading expansion.
(c) Natural resources plan. This plan shall show existing and proposed wooded areas, buffer areas, including the intended screening devices and buffers, seeded and/or sodded areas, ground cover, retaining walls, fencing, signs, recreation areas, shrubbery, trees and other landscaping features. These plans shall show the location and type of man-made improvements and the location, number, species and caliper of plant material and trees to be located on the tract. All portions of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall be landscaped utilizing combinations such as landscaped fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting oil coniferous and/or deciduous trees native to the area in order to maintain or reestablish the tone of vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact of the structures and paved areas. The established grades and landscaping on any site shall be planned for aesthetic, drainage and erosion control purposes. The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and siltation, as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water from the site and contributing upstream areas.
(d) Facilities plan. This plan shall show the existing and proposed locations of all drainage and stormwater runoff; open space; common property; fire, gas, electric, telephone, sewerage and water line locations; lighting; and solid waste collection and disposal methods. Installations by utility companies need only show their locations on the plat. All easements acquired or required on tract and off tract shall be shown, and copies of legal documentation that support the granting of an easement by the owner of an off-tract lot shall be included. All proposed lighting shall include the direction, angle and height of each source of light. All utilities shall be installed underground. All required state and federal approvals for environmental considerations shall be submitted prior to preliminary approval or be a condition of approval. All public services shall be connected to an approved public utilities system where one exists.
D. Final site plan plat. The final plat shall follow preliminary site plan requirements and shall include all changes required as a condition of preliminary approval.
E. [Added 5-28-85 by Ord. No. 7-85] Minor site plan. In the case of minor site plans only, the following shall be the submission requirements:
(1) Clearly and legibly drawn at a scale no smaller than one (1) inch equals fifty (50) feet.
(2) Lot area and lot dimensions shown.
(3) Approximate location of existing buildings, paved areas and setbacks of existing buildings from front, side and rear lot lines.
(4) North arrow and key map, at a scale of one (1) inch equals two thousand (2,000) feet, of the zoning district(s) in which the lot is located.
(5) Proposed buildings, building additions and facade changes.
(6) Access drives, loading areas on site, vehicular circulation, sight triangles, fire lanes, approximate on-site or on-tract stormwater facilities, sewer and water services.
F. Checklists. In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10.3, the documents dated April 1985 and entitled the 'Washington Borough Preliminary Site Plan Checklist, Final Checklist" and the "Washington Borough Preliminary Minor Site Plan Checklist (or Final)," copies of which are annexed hereto and filed with the Borough Clerk in permanent record of the Borough, are hereby made a part of this chapter without inclusion of the text thereof. [Added 5-28-85 by Ord. No. 7-85]
