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TOWNSHIP OF VERNON
ORDINANCE #06-16

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VERNON TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 330-184 RELATING TO FILED COMMUNITY PLANS FOR PRIVATE LAKE COMMUNITIES

BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex and State of New Jersey as follows:

1. Section 330-184 Paragraph A of the Township Administrative Code shall be amended by adding and inserting the following language:

“(c) Community Plan; FCP. Every private lake community association (PLCA) shall be permitted and is encouraged to file with the Township Clerk a community plan, in written and/or graphic form, including but not limited to composite elements such as the community charter , by-laws, rules and regulations, master or originating deeds, restrictive covenants and easements; together with descriptive statements and/or plans as to requirements, standards or policies with respect to development, construction, architecture, property maintenance, roadways and circulation, utilities (including common water supplies, and drainage structures and facilities), environmental features and conservation measures, recreational facilities and other common elements or facilities. The Township Clerk shall distribute copies or the community plan to the Township Council, Township Manager, Zoning Official, Planning and Zoning Administrator, Secretary to the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment, Road Department and such other agencies or officials as the Township Council or Manager shall deem appropriate. The Planning Board shall consider the suitability and completeness of the community plan and shall do so by affording the PLCA an opportunity to be heard thereon, either by and before a committee of the Board or by and before the entire Board. The Planning Board or a committee of the Board is encouraged to lend technical and other assistance to the PLCA in connection with the community plan and is encouraged to develop a checklist or other instructional material concerning a proper community plan submission.

Upon finding that a PLCA has made a proper filing of a meaningful community plan with the intent and purpose of this section, the Board shall adopt a resolution acknowledging the filing of the community plan for the purposes of this section. Such resolution shall not be unreasonably withheld as a matter of qualitative analysis if the submission substantially satisfies the quantitative requirements of the checklist, nor shall a PLCA be precluded from having the plan filed simply because the history, organization, patterns, resources or other factors of the PLCA do not reasonably allow or prepare it to offer information with respect to one or more elements of a community plan submission.

Upon adoption of a resolution acknowledging the filing of a community plan, a true copy of such resolution shall be forwarded by the Planning Board Secretary to the Township Clerk for distribution as set forth above. The community plan shall be marked “filed” and shall thereafter be a Filed Community Plan (FCP) for purposes of this section. For purposes of eligibility under this section, such FCP shall be updated and re-examined by the Planning Board at least once every six (6) years after initial filing in accordance with the same procedures described herein.”

2. Current Paragraph (c) of §330-184 shall be hereafter titled Paragraph (d) and current Paragraph (d) shall hereafter be titled Paragraph (e).

3. The Township Clerk is hereby directed to give notice at least ten days prior to the adoption of this Ordinance to the County Planning Board and to all other persons entitled thereto pursuant to NJSA 40:55D-15 and NJSA 40:55D-63 (if required). Upon the adoption of this ordinance after public hearing thereon, the Township Clerk is further directed to publish notice of the passage thereof and to file a copy of the Ordinance as finally adopted with the Sussex County Planning Board as required by NJSA 40:55D-16. The Clerk shall also forthwith transmit a copy of this Ordinance after final passage to the Township Tax Assessor as required by NJSA 40:49-2.1.

4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions that are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed to the extent necessary.

5. If any article, section, subsection, term or condition of this Ordinance is declared invalid or illegal for any reason, the balance of the Ordinance shall be deemed severable and shall remain in full force and effect.

6. This Ordinance shall take effect after publication and passage according to law.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above ordinance was introduced and passed on first reading at the Regular Meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Vernon in the County of Sussex, State of New Jersey held in the Municipal Building on May 22, 2006 and the same came up for final passage at the Regular Meeting of the Township Council held on June 12, 2006, at which time, after persons interested were given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance, the same was passed and will be in full force in the Township according to law.

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JANET E.MORRISON, MAYOR

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PATRICIA A. LYCOSKY, R.M.C.
TOWNSHIP CLERK