All subdivisions of land within Ocean County shall be submitted to the Ocean County Planning Board for review, and where required, approval. Subdivision approval is required for those subdivisions that affect County road or drainage facilities.
All applications for site development, for change of use and for modification to site facilities of a commercial or industrial use located along a County road or affecting County drainage facilities shall be submitted to the Board for review and approval, except that site plan review shall not be required for one and two-family dwellings, or for permitted accessory uses incidental to one and two-family dwellings, or site plans for land development not along a County road that include less that one acre of impervious surfaces.
*Summary from the Ocean County Subdivision and Site Plan Resolution, Chapter 300.Planning Board Submission Procedures:All Applications for Subdivision, Site Plan or Lot Consolidation require three (3) sets consisting of:
- Application Submission Checklist - All items on checklist must be submitted with application to be considered complete and ready for review.
- Application for Subdivision, Site Plan or Lot Consolidation Download PDF (700 KB)
- Application must be LEGAL size and clearly legible. (3 copies)
- NO faxed copies, poor copies or letter-sized applications will be accepted.
- Failure to conform to the above specifications will automatically deem an application incomplete.
- Get interactive Application here (PDF) or contact the Planning Department for an original to be mailed to your address.
- Be sure to set Page Size to LEGAL and Page Scaling to None.
- Fee Schedule (2 copies)
- Sealed original plat or site plan map plus two (2) paper copies
- Submit one (1) digital copy on CD or USB along with paper prints (See Digital Requirements)
Submission and Filing Requirements:All applications must be filed at the Planning Board office no later than noon five (5) working days (typically Wednesday) prior to a scheduled meeting date. Meetings are normally held on the first (1st) and third (3rd) Wednesdays of each month.
Applications under the development review jurisdiction of the Pinelands Commission must also meet the application requirements contained in the Comprehensive Management Plan for the Pinelands National Reserve and Pinelands Area adopted by the Pinelands Commission. The Pinelands Certificate of Filing Docket No. and Review Permit No. will be required on the Application Form.
Review Chapter 300 of the Ocean County Subdivision and Site Plan Resolution for detailed submission, review and approval procedures and requirements. Download PDF.Fee ScheduleOcean County Fee Schedule 2024 | | Type | Fee Amount | | SITE PLANS | | Non-Residential | $250 + $10 per new parking space and + $15 per truck bay/loading area and truck parking space | | Multi - Family Residential | $250 + $10 per new dwelling unit | | Industrial/warehousing which contains one (1) or more acres of impervious surfaces | $500 + $10 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, or $10 per car parking space and + $15 per truck bay/loading area and truck sparking space, whichever is greater | | MINOR SUBDIVISION | | A subdivision that does not abut a County road | $100 | | A subdivision that does abut a County road | $200 + $25 per new lot | | MAJOR SUBDIVISION | | A subdivision that does not abut a County road | $250 + $50 per new lot | | A subdivision that does abut a County road | $500 + $50 Per new lot | | PLAN REVISIONS | | Revised site plans | $250 per revision | | A Major subdivision that does not abut a County road | $250 per revision | | A Major subdivision that does abut a County road | $500 per revision | | A Minor subdivision that does not abut a County road | $50 per revision | | A Minor subdivision that does abut a County road | $100 per revision |
- Check (no cash will be accepted) should be made out to: Ocean County Treasurer.
- State, county, and municipal governments and quasi-governmental entities are exempt from the payment of application fees.
- The review period will not commence until the proper fee, required number of signed and sealed set of plans, required number of signed and sealed supportive documents, and a completed Ocean County Development Review Checklist are received.
- Fees will not be refunded if an application is withdrawn, is deemed incomplete or if the scope of a project is reduced.
- Initial application fee amounts are not to exceed $10,000.00.
PLEASE NOTE: The cut-off for accepting mylars for signature is 5:00 pm the Friday prior to the Planning Board meeting. All mylars received after the cut-off will be reviewed for the next Planning Board meeting.
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Administrative GuidelinesThe review fees shall apply to each land subdivision or land development submitted to the Ocean County Planning Board for review in accordance with the New Jersey County and Regional Planning Enabling Act, Section 40:27-6.2 and 40:27-6.6. Excepted from this fee schedule will be plans submitted by State, County, and Municipal governments, churches, schools, and secular nonprofit institutions under 501(c)(3).
The fee must be submitted, with the standard submission package, to the Ocean County Department of Planning located at 129 Hooper Avenue, First Floor, Toms River, New Jersey.
Checks should be made payable to the Ocean County Treasurer (no cash will be accepted). Any fee submitted that is not consistent with the above fee schedule will prevent the 10-day administrative review period and subsequent 30-day technical review period from commencing. The initial administrative review period will begin when this Board receives the proper fee, the required number of signed and sealed sets of plans, the required number of signed and sealed supporting documents, and a completed Ocean County Development Review Checklist. In addition, any check returned due to insufficient funds will stop the review process which will not start again until the required fee is received.
If the County Planning Board fails to complete its review within the 10-day administrative review period and the 30-day statutory time period mandated by law, the fee will be returned to the applicant upon request. However, if the County Planning Board formally requests a time extension due to circumstances such as the inability of the OCPB to take formal action due to lack of quorum or a weather event causing meeting cancellations, the fee will not be returned. Application Fees will not be refunded if an application is withdrawn, is deemed incomplete, or if the scope of a project is reduced and additional fees apply for revisions and application extensions. The County fee will not be combined with any local municipal fee.
SPECIAL NOTE:
All condominiums, townhouses, garden apartments, and cooperative structures and uses, without regard to form of ownership, shall be classified and reviewed under the condominium or cooperative corporate form of ownership. Fees for this type of ownership shall be computed under the Multi-Family Residential Site Plan Class.
Adopted by the Ocean County Board of Commissioners, August 21, 2024
Submission of Site Plan and Subdivison ApplicationsAll subdivisions of land within Ocean County shall be submitted to the Ocean County Planning Board for review, and where required, approval. Subdivision approval is required for those subdivisions that affect County road or drainage facilities.
All applications for site development, for change of use and for modification to site facilities of a commercial or industrial use located along a County road or affecting County drainage facilities shall be submitted to the Board for review and approval, except that site plan review shall not be required for one and two-family dwellings, or for permitted accessory uses incidental to one and two-family dwellings, or site plans for land development not along a County road that include less that one acre of impervious surfaces."
*Summary from the Ocean County Subdivision and Site Plan Resolution, Chapter 300.
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