Title 13, Title 13: CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS

13:17-12. Construction and alteration of buildings or structures; necessity of permit; referral of action involving specific projects to commission (a) No building or structure may be constructed or altered within the area shown on the master plan unless the commission shall firs…

13:17-13. Subdivisions and land development; review and regulation by commission; standards The commission shall review and regulate subdivisions and land development within the district, in accordance with procedures and engineering and planning standards adopted by resolution, …

13:17-14. Application for subdivision, site plan or building permit; review and approval (a) Each application for a subdivision, site plan or building permit shall be submitted to the commission for review and, where required, approval prior to approval by the local constituent m…

13:17-14.1. Development application 2. Whenever the commission receives an application for the development, improvement or redevelopment of, or for the construction or reconstruction of buildings or structures on, land in the district, the commission shall notify within seven day…

13:17-15. Filing of subdivision plats; necessity of certification by commission The county clerk or registrar of deeds and mortgages shall not accept for filing any subdivision plat for lands in the district unless it bears the certification of approval of the commission in addit…

13:17-16. Notice of hearing by constituent municipality or affected county; contents; commission as party in interest (a) Whenever a hearing upon notice is required in any constituent municipality or affected county with respect to the adoption or amendment of a master plan, offi…

13:17-17. Project sites; suitability of locations and sizes; reservation; grant of building permits (a) If portions of the master plan contain proposals for drainage rights-of-way, roads or streets, schools, colleges, parks, playgrounds, or for any project as defined in this act,…

13:17-18. Waiver of strict compliance with standards; exemption of certain subdivisions from regulations Provision may be made by the commission for the waiver, according to definite criteria, of strict compliance with the standards promulgated, where necessary to alleviate hards…

13:17-19. Penalties for failure to obtain approval (a) If any person transfers, sells, or rents to another, or agrees to transfer, sell or rent to another any land or building or other structure or constructs or alters any building or structure within the district, or directly ca…

13:17-2. Short title Sections 1 through 84, inclusive, of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Hackensack Meadowlands Reclamation and Development Act." L.1968, c. 404, s. 2.

13:17-20. Declaration of district as renewal area; necessary findings; investigation; notice and hearing; review by court; acquisition of land; development (a) Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter provided, the commission shall have the exclusive power to declare the district or…

13:17-21. Redevelopment plans for renewal areas; authority of commission in undertaking projects (a) The commission is authorized to prepare and adopt redevelopment plans for areas in the district determined by the commission to be renewal areas; (b) In undertaking projects pursu…

13:17-22. Required provisions in agreements, leases, deeds or other instruments from or between commission and to or with a redeveloper All agreements, leases, deeds and other instruments from or between the commission and to or with a redeveloper shall contain, without being lim…

13:17-23. Issuance and renewal of negotiable bonds and notes; contents of bond resolution; payment The commission is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds and notes for any corporate purpose and to renew from time to time any bonds and notes by the issuance o…

13:17-24. Issuance and renewal of negotiable bond anticipation notes; payment; provisions, conditions and limitations (a) In anticipation of the sale of such bonds the commission may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes and may renew the same from time to time, but the maximu…

13:17-25. Trust agreement to secure bonds; pledge or assignment of revenues; provisions; lien of pledge (a) In the discretion of the commission, any bonds issued under the provisions of this act may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the commission and a corporate tru…

13:17-26. Bonds and notes not deemed debt or liability of state or political subdivision Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to Section II of Article VIII of the State Constitution and approved by a majority of the legally constituted voters of the State voting thereon or…

13:17-27. Agreement by state with holders of bonds or notes The State does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds or notes issued pursuant to the provisions of this act that the State will not, without the commission's prior consent enlarge, limit or restrict any of th…

13:17-28. Exemption of bonds and notes from taxation All bonds or notes issued by the commission pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose, and such bonds and notes, their tr…

13:17-29. Moneys received pursuant to act as trust funds All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this act whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this act. Any officer with …

13:17-3. Definitions 3. As used in this act, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates or requires another or different meaning or intent: (a) "Commission" means the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission created by this act or any b…

13:17-3.1. References to HMDC deemed to be New Jersey Meadowlands Commission 2. On and after the effective date of this act, any reference in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract or document to the "Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission" shall be deemed to mean and …

13:17-30. Proceedings by bondholders and trustees to protect and enforce rights Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this act, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto; and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herei…

13:17-31. Refunding bonds; use of proceeds (a) The commission is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of bonds of the commission for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the commission then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any int…

13:17-32. Bonds and notes as legal investments Bonds and notes issued by the commission under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which the State and all political subdivisions of the State, their officers, boards, commissions, departments or other agencies, …

13:17-33. Issuance of bonds without consent or other proceedings Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this act without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, agency or officer of the State, and without any other proceedings or the hap…

13:17-34. Acquisition; eminent domain (a) If for any of its authorized purposes (including temporary construction purposes) the commission shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire any real property within its jurisdiction, or if for any of its authorized purposes (includi…

13:17-35. Regulations for installation, construction, maintenance, etc., of public utility equipment and appliances (a) In addition to the other powers conferred upon it by this act or by any other law and not in limitation thereof, the commission, in connection with construction…

13:17-36. Tax exemption Since the exercise of the powers granted by this act will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State, all projects, lands and other property of the commission are hereby declared to be public property of a political subdivision of the St…

13:17-37. Exemption from levy and sale on execution All projects and property of the commission shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against the commission be a …

13:17-38. Agreements for payments in lieu of taxes To the end that municipalities and counties may not suffer undue loss of tax revenue by reason of the acquisition and ownership of property therein by the commission, the commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to…

13:17-39. Formation of improvement districts; levy of special assessments The commission may form within the district, improvement districts for any authorized purpose in order to levy special assessments against real estate located within such districts for benefits rendered. Al…

13:17-4. Boundaries (a) Except as otherwise provided, the commission shall be authorized to carry out the purposes of this act within the following district: All that certain area bounded as described therein, excepting therefrom the area described in subsections (b) and (c) of t…

13:17-40. Division of land into classes All land within the district shall be divided by the commission into 3 classes as follows: Class 1--Land owned by the State of New Jersey, any of its political subdivisions, or any other public agency or instrumentality which enjoys the pri…

13:17-41. Certification whether public land in class 1 or 2 and nature of present or ultimate use; approval; request for reclassification The owners of all public land in the district shall be required to certify to the commission, by a date established by the commission, whether…

13:17-42. Change in classification of class 3 land passing to state In the case that the title of lands designated to be in class 3 passes to the State of New Jersey, the commission shall change the designation of the class of such land to reflect the use to which such land shall…

13:17-43. Improvements; resolution of intention; notice and hearing; resolution of determination If in its judgment, public necessity or interest demands the construction of improvements which would benefit lands within improvement district, the commission shall pass a resolution…

13:17-44. Statement of cost of improvement; maximum amount of levy Upon the completion of any improvement, the appropriate officer of the commission shall prepare a statement showing in detail the cost of the improvement. Such statement shall also show the proportion of the amoun…

13:17-45. Hearing on assessment; notice; making of assessment The appropriate officer of the commission shall examine the work of any improvement and view all lands benefited thereby and shall thereupon fix the time and place for hearing all persons interested. Notice of the time…

13:17-46. Assessments to be proportionate to increase in benefit or value All assessments levied under this article for any improvement shall in each case be as nearly as may be in proportion to and not in excess of the benefit, advantage or increase in value which respective lot…

13:17-47. Assessment of damages incurred by improvement; payments to owner; appeal In addition to the making of assessments for benefits, the appropriate officer of the commission shall fix and determine the amount, if any, the property is damaged incidentally to the making of th…

13:17-48. Payment of funds into court in event of uncertainty or dispute When owners of any property have been or shall have been awarded damages as incidental to any improvement undertaken pursuant to this act, and such award has been or shall have been duly confirmed, the amoun…

13:17-49. Report certifying assessments and awards of damages; map Assessments for benefits for any improvement together with any accompanying awards for incidental damages and all awards of damages for land or interests therein taken from any improvement, shall be certified by t…

13:17-5. Establishment and organization (a) There is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of Community Affairs a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission." The commission shall con…

13:17-50. Consideration of report; notice; adoption and confirmation; appeal The report may be considered by the commission at any meeting, notice whereof shall be published in a newspaper circulating in the district, once each week for 2 weeks prior to said meeting, and also by …

13:17-51. Bills for assessment; record and books of assessments Immediately after the confirmation of any assessment, a duplicate thereof duly certified by the commission shall be delivered to the appropriate officer of the commission, who shall immediately thereafter send out by…