A. The capital improvement program in each year's annual municipal budget, as mandated by N.J.S.A. 40A:4-43, is incorporated herein as the annual capital improvement program for the Township.
B. Where available, in the discretion of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, and subject to the requirements of
§ 903: Special Provisions for Escrow Deposits Exceeding $5,000 in order to promote the public health, safety and welfare in potable water and safe water supply, all developments approved after the effective date of this ordinance shall use public water in lieu of individual wells. If individual wells are used, they shall be a minimum of 100 feet in depth (unless the well penetrates an impermeable clay aquiclude, in which case the well shall be drilled and cased to at least 50 feet and designed and installed in accordance with the standards of the Township, County or State agency having jurisdiction.
C. In order to provide for sufficient residentially zoned property to be eligible for an increase in density to accommodate transferred development credits and to ensure sufficient revenues to provide for the repayment of Township obligations for capital improvements and infrastructure necessary to accommodate said increased densities; to promote compliance with the energy conservation standards in
§ 512: Energy Conservation of this ordinance; to regulate growth such that development occurs on lands suitable for development based on analysis of the natural resource inventory and considering the cumulative impact on developable lands as a result of construction; to encourage the desired growth and densities only in areas where the Master Plan anticipates development and the growth of services to service said development; and to achieve a sufficient variation in the quality and type of tax rebates among residential, commercial and industrial development to reduce the demand on various Township services, including schools occasioned by predominantly residential development, the following standards shall apply with regard to public sewer:
1. Unless otherwise permitted by this ordinance, no extension of the public sewer system will be permitted outside the GMN, GMS, GD, BDZ-1, BDZ-2, GC, RC, PI, HVC, HVR, RHO and VRD Districts, and any extension shall be consistent with the latest revision of the Medford Township Wastewater Management Plan.
2. Any increase in available public sewer capacity obtained or achieved after the effective date of this ordinance shall be allocated as follows:
a. Residential development: 60%.
b. Nonresidential development: 40%.
3. At the time of approval of any development proposed to utilize public sewer, the Township Manager, or his designee, in conjunction with calculations to be supplied by the Township Engineer and department head of the Township Water and Sewer Department, shall provide to the approving authority an estimate of the then-remaining sewer capacity and the effect of approval of the development on the limitations established above. The Township Council shall monitor approvals utilizing public sewer in accordance with the above limitations and may periodically revise the allocations above based on actual experience with developments proposed to be serviced by public sewer.
4. Provided that the design and performance standards of this ordinance are met and provided further that the minimum lot size, density, open space and zoning requirements for the district in which the development is located are met, proposed developments utilizing public sewer may still be approved by the Board if the limitations specified in Subsection C.2 hereinabove are exceeded, if a variance is applied for and granted by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be. The Board shall be guided by the goals set forth in Subsection C of this ordinance in making said determination, and as long as the committed capacity of the sewage treatment plant is not exceeded, variances for this section shall be granted to residential developments that have increased densities by the utilization of Pinelands Development Credits (PDCs).
