N.J. Admin. Code § 15:30-3.6 - Municipal participation in the cross-acceptance process

(a) Each municipality in the State shall participate in cross-acceptance by:

1. Participating through official representation at cross-acceptance meetings convened by the negotiating entity.

(b) A municipal planning board may, at its option, and by duly adopted resolution, appoint a committee to represent the full board at negotiation sessions.

(c) If a municipality is not satisfied with the Cross-Acceptance Response Template, in whole or in part, prepared by the negotiating entity pursuant to N.J.A.C. 15:30-3.9(a) or if the negotiating entity does not file a Cross-Acceptance Response Template, the municipality may file a separate report with the State Planning Commission, after holding a public meeting or hearing with notice provided pursuant to N.J.A.C. 15:30-1.7(d). The municipal Cross-Acceptance Response Template shall be submitted to the State Planning Commission within 45 days of either the negotiating entity filing its Cross-Acceptance Response Template or of the date the Cross-Acceptance Response Template was due to be filed if no such Response Template is filed by the negotiating entity and shall be in the form specified by the Office of Planning Advocacy in the Cross-Acceptance Manual. The Response Template shall outline the degree to which the municipality's planning is consistent with the Preliminary State Development and Redevelopment Plan, the degree to which its planning conflicts with the Preliminary State Development and Redevelopment Plan and any proposed modification to the Preliminary State Development and Redevelopment Plan or its plan, and any critical infrastructure needs that should be addressed in the Infrastructure Needs Assessment. The individual municipal Cross-Acceptance Response Template shall also be filed with the negotiating entity and planning board of adjoining municipalities at the same time as it is filed with the State Planning Commission.

(d) If a municipality does not file a municipal Cross-Acceptance Response Template within 45 days of the filing of the Cross-Acceptance Response Template by the negotiating entity for the county that includes that municipality, then the municipality shall be deemed to have concurred and agreed with the Cross-Acceptance Response Template filed by the negotiating entity. If the negotiating entity for a county fails to file a Cross-Acceptance Response Template and any municipality within that county fails to file a municipal Cross-Acceptance Response Template within 45 days of the date by which the negotiating entity was due to file its Cross-Acceptance Response Template, then each such municipality shall be deemed to have concurred and agreed with the provisions of the Preliminary State Development and Redevelopment Plan.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 15:30-3.6

Amended and Recodified from 5:85-3.6 by 56 N.J.R. 41(b), effective 1/2/2024