[Amended 11-1-1993 by Ord. No. 93-23; 5-2-1994 by Ord. No. 94-4; 9-3-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-12; 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-01; 2-18-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-05[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also amended the title of this article, which was formerly Technical Review Committee (TRC).
The DRC shall have the following members:
A. 
The Borough Administrator, who shall serve as Chairperson or designate another Borough official to serve as Chairperson.
B. 
The Planning Board Engineer.
C. 
The Planning Board Planner.
D. 
The Construction Official.
E. 
The Zoning Officer, who shall serve as Secretary.
F. 
Any other Borough employee or official, such as a Police Traffic Officer, Fire Official or Subcode Official, as may be requested by the Chairperson whose particular expertise may be required on a specific application.
The DRC shall have the following duties:
A. 
To acquaint the applicant with the substantive and procedural requirements of this chapter.
B. 
To provide for an exchange of information regarding the proposed development plan and applicable elements of the Master Plan, this chapter and other development requirements.
C. 
To advise the applicant of any public sources of information that may aid the application.
D. 
To otherwise identify policies and regulations that create opportunities or pose significant constraints for the proposed development.
E. 
To review any proposed concept plans and consider opportunities to increase development benefits and mitigate undesirable project consequences.
F. 
To permit input into the general design of the project.
G. 
To assist in determining the completeness of an application.
H. 
To solicit and review comments from Borough officials and agencies.
I. 
To act only in an advisory capacity with no power to approve, deny or modify any portion of any other type of application for development.
J. 
To informally review all applications for development, except for variances pursuant to § 110-205D and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d) (as to which applications the DRC shall review subdivision plans, site plans and design), and individual lot applications for detached one- or two-dwelling-unit buildings. The Zoning Officer, after consultation with the Chairperson of the DRC, may waive DRC review where requested by the applicant and where the Zoning Officer finds that the nature or lack of complexity of an application does not warrant DRC review.
K. 
To review minor site plan applications, except for variances pursuant to § 110-205C and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(c) as well as § 110-205D and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d),and make written recommendations to the Planning Board regarding formal action on such applications.
The DRC Chairperson shall schedule regular meetings not less often than once a month, and any meeting so scheduled shall be held as scheduled unless canceled for lack of applications to review. Special meetings may be held with the consent of a majority of the members of the DRC. Meetings shall be held in executive session with the applicant present.