Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman NANCY J. PINKIN
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Permits transmittal of certain land use documents via email.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the method of transmittal of certain land use documents to certain municipalities and amending P.L.1975, c.291.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 7.4 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-15) is amended to read as follows:
7.4. a. Notice by personal service [or] , certified mail, or e-mail with a confirmed receipt that the email was delivered, shall be made to the clerk of an adjoining municipality of all hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of a development regulation involving property situated within 200 feet of such adjoining municipality at least 10 days prior to the date of any such hearing.
b. Notice by personal service [or] , certified mail, or e-mail with a confirmed receipt that the email was delivered, shall be made to the county planning board of (1) all hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of any development regulation at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, and (2) the adoption, revision or amendment of the municipal capital improvement program or municipal official map not more than 30 days after the date of such adoption, revision or amendment. Any notice provided hereunder shall include a copy of the proposed development regulation, the municipal official map or the municipal capital program, or any proposed revision or amendment thereto, as the case may be.
Notice of hearings to be held pursuant to this section shall state the date, time and place of the hearing and the nature of the matters to be considered. Any notice by certified mail or e-mail with a confirmed receipt that the email was delivered pursuant to this section shall be deemed complete upon mailing or upon receipt of a delivery confirmation when e-mailing, as appropriate.
(cf: P.L.1975, c.291, s.7.4)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would permit notice by e-mail, with a confirmed receipt indicating that the email was read, of some documents required to be provided under the “Municipal Land Use Law,” P.L.1975, c.291.
Under N.J.S.A.40:55D-15, notice by personal service or certified mail must be made to the clerk of an adjoining municipality of all hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of a development regulation involving property situated within 200 feet of the adjoining municipality at least 10 days prior to the date of that hearing. Notice by personal service or certified mail must also be made to the county planning board of all hearings on the adoption, revision or amendment of any development regulation at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing, and the adoption, revision or amendment of the municipal capital improvement program or municipal official map not more than 30 days after the date of that adoption, revision or amendment.
The provisions of this bill would allow for service under these two circumstances to an adjoining municipality, or to a county, by e-mail, with a confirmed receipt that the email was delivered.