Green Township Land Use Board
The Land Use Board is looking for new members! If interested please call Kim at 908-852-9333 ext. 13
Effective 2016, The Township Committee has combined the Planning Board and Board of Adjustment into one Land Use Board.
Responsibilities:
- Adoption of a Master Plan every ten years;
- Subdivision control and site plan review for permitted uses;
- Recommendations as to the official map of the Township;
- Conditional use applications;
- Recommendations as to the zoning ordinance or amendments;
- Review of Capital Improvement Projects;
- Variances under certain circumstances in connection with site plans and subdivisions.
- Hear and decide Appeals of decisions of the administrative officer enforcing the zoning ordinance;
- Hear and decide for Interpretations of the zoning map or ordinance;
- Hear and decide Bulk or "C" Variances; A "c" variance is if it is separate from a site plan, subdivision or conditional use (i.e.. residential permit that doesn't require a subdivision or site plan)
- Hear and decide Use or "D" Variances: example of a "d" variance; Use of principle structure; Expansion of non-conforming use; deviation from a specification of standard of a conditional use; Increase in permitted floor area ration; Increase in permitted density; Height greater than 10 feet or 10% of the maximum height permitted.
- May direct the Issuance of a Permit for a building or structure in the bed of a mapped street or public drainage way, flood control basin or public area. A building structure not related to a street.
To download the Land Use Application please click here.
Meeting Schedule:
The Land Use Board holds Regular Meetings at 7:00pm on the second Thursday of every month, unless otherwise noticed.
The Subdivision & Site Plan Review Committee or Technical Review Committee (TRC) meetings: As needed.
Board Members:
Mr. Scott Holzhauer – Chairman
Mr. Rick Wilson – Vice Chairman
Mrs. Margaret Phillips – Mayor
Mr. James DeYoung – Township Committee
Mr. Jason Miller - Employee
Mr. Joseph Cercone
Mr. John Lynch
Mrs. Sharon Mullen
Mrs. Jenny Kobilinski
Mr. Samuel Diaz – Alternate #1
Ms. Kate Douglass - Alternate #2
Mr. Robert Cahill – Alternate #3
Vacant – Alternate #4
Kim Mantz - Board Secretary
*If you would like to become a member of the board, please click here to fill out an application.
Useful Links:
Land Use Application and Checklist
Soil Erosion Application
Driveway Application
Lock Box Ordinance
Escrow or Bond Funds Release Form
Master Plan Re-exam Report December 13, 2018
Housing Element/Fair Share Plan - October 2016