A. Applicability. All development in Medford Township shall demonstrate conformance to the design and performance standards of this section. The streets, drainage, rights-of-way, school sites, public parks and playgrounds, scenic areas, historic sites and flood control basins shown on the Master Plan shall be considered in approval of all development.
1. No use shall be made of any lands or buildings in the Township until all required approvals are obtained in the application for development for the subdivision plat, site plan, planned development, conditional use, zoning variance or direction for the issuance of a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or 40:55D-36, or until the applicant has obtained written certification from the administrative officer that the proposed development is either an exempt site plan or exempt subdivision as defined in this ordinance or that no approvals are otherwise necessary.
2. No construction or other physical alteration of any lands or buildings in the Township shall be made without compliance with the preconditions to commencement of construction and the obtaining of all required permits required pursuant to
SECTION 1000: Administration, Waivers, Enforcement, Violations and Penalties of this ordinance and the Uniform Construction Code. No use shall be made of any lands or buildings in the Township pending any appeal pursuant to
§ 703: Appeals and Applications to the Zoning Board of Adjustment or
§ 707: Appeal of Use Variance Approval Decision of this ordinance.
3. No building or structure shall be erected, reconstructed, demolished, altered or restored, no use shall be made of any land, and no development shall be approved, unless the building, structure, use or development meets the design and performance standards specified in this ordinance for all developments and the design and performance standards specified in this ordinance for the specific type or class of use proposed, and meets the applicable zoning requirements specified in
SECTION 400: District Regulations and/or
SECTION 600: Exceptions, Modifications, Conditional Uses and Planned Developments of this ordinance, as the case may be, unless a zoning variance is granted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70 and
§ DR-610A of this ordinance or a waiver from the design and performance standard is granted in accordance with
§ DR-610B of this ordinance. Any deviation from the standards for development on land within the jurisdiction of the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan shall further be evaluated in accordance with the standards of Article 4, Part 5, of the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan ("Waiver of Strict Compliance").
4. In addition to each and every other approval requirement of this ordinance, no person shall carry out any development in the Pinelands Area of the Township until the development shall have been approved by an approving authority under the procedural requirements of the Pinelands Commission.
