N.J. Admin. Code § 15:30-7.7 - Pre-petition submission requirements, scheduling, and meeting

(a) A prospective municipal petitioner shall request a meeting with the Office of Planning Advocacy when considering whether to petition for plan endorsement and is required to make the request, in writing, in order to initiate plan endorsement. Submission requirements for the request include an electronic color copy of the following:

1. A cover letter from the mayor to the Office of Planning Advocacy requesting a pre-petition meeting and stating the goals and intent of the prospective petitioner in seeking plan endorsement;

2. All planning documents and ordinances, as delineated at N.J.A.C. 15:30-7.13(d), or outlined in the plan endorsement guidelines and related support materials, to the extent that they already exist; and

3. A list of existing planning documents that have been submitted.

(b) The Office of Planning Advocacy shall schedule a pre-petition meeting within 30 days after a prospective petitioner satisfies the submission requirements.

(c) The Office of Planning Advocacy, members of relevant State agencies, and representatives for the petitioner, including at least one elected official, shall attend a pre-petition meeting to discuss the plan endorsement process, goals, and intent of a prospective petitioner in seeking plan endorsement, and the preliminary findings of State agency review of submitted planning documents.

(d) A petitioner shall submit its Self-Assessment Report within one year of a pre-petition meeting or the petition shall be considered to be withdrawn without prejudice and petitioner shall be informed in writing of the status of the petition.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 15:30-7.7

Amended and Recodified from N.J.S.A. 5:85-7.7 by 56 N.J.R. 41(b), effective 1/2/2024