New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 87 - BASIC COURSE IN LAND USE LAW AND PLANNING TRAINING PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - MANDATORY CURRICULUM OF TRAINING PROGRAM
Section 5:87-3.4 - Development application review process

1. How to read, analyze, and review a land development plan. In addition to the technical aspects of reading a plan, the analysis shall explore site visits and the relationship of the plan to local design standards and regulations, including site plan, subdivision, zoning, and health regulations. The analysis shall also explore the relationship to county and State regulations, including the Department of Environmental Protection environmental rules, the Department of Transportation highway access rules, and the Department of Community Affairs Residential Site Improvement Standards, and, where applicable, the land use and development rules of the Highlands Council, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, and the Pinelands Commission. In addition to discussing appropriate board questions, the overview of the review of the plan shall include the role of reports from professionals representing the board, the applicant and the public;

2. The topics that shall be addressed when reviewing administration of an application, include, but are not limited to, notices, the determination of a complete application pursuant to a duly adopted checklist, the time periods in which boards must act, and automatic approvals; and

3. The elements of the hearing procedure, including, but not limited to, quorums, the role of the applicant, public and board members, including the chair, expert witnesses, evidence, public questions and testimony and board questions, the burden of proof, finding of fact, motions and resolutions, and who qualifies to vote.