2024 NJ PROFESSIONAL PLANNER
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Minimum time for maps, plans and documents to be on file prior to hearing? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSNJSA 40:55 10b. 10 Days
Maximum cost to be charged by municipality's for transcripts or tapes,
generally? - CORRECT-ANSWERSNJSA 40:55D 10f. Real cost
Which of the following is not a required part of the comprehensive master
plan?
A. statement of underlying objectives, principles, assumptions, policies and
standards for physical, economic and social development
B. Land Use element
C. Capital improvement program outlining improvements necessary to
accommodate development projected by the land use element
D. Statement indicating the relationship of the plan to the local solid waste
management plan. - CORRECT-ANSWERSC. Capital improvement program
outlining improvements necessary to accommodate development projected
by the land use element
As an individual homeowner, you are relandscaping your 1/4 acre front yard
and need to relocated the driveway, necessitating building a new 6' culvert
spanning a 3-foot wide unlined and continuously wet man-made drainage
channel near the street. You will need a permit under what act?
A. the freshwater wetlands protection act only
B. the flood hazard control act only
C. the realty improvement and sewerage facilities Act
D. Both the freshwater wetlands protection and the flood hazard control acts
E. None of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. the flood hazard control act
only
The MLUL prohibits restriction or exclusion of manufactured homes unless:
A. There is a community wide vote to do so
B. Title to the underlying land is held by someone other than the homeowner
C. the community's Mt. Laurel obligations have been met and certified by
COAH
D. They are restricted or excluded from all zoning districts in the municipality
- CORRECT-ANSWERSB. Title to the underlying land is held by someone other
than the homeowner
,The municipality may require a developer to contribute to the coast of off-
tract water, sewer, drainage or street improvements only if:
A. The developer agrees in writing
B. The planner can determine the exact pro rata shares due from the
developer and others in the same zone area
C. the developer does not successfully sue the municipality within one year
D. the requirement is based upon needs established in circulation plan and
utility service plan elements in the comprehensive master plan
E. the zoning ordinance allows it - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. the requirement is
based upon needs established in circulation plan and utility service plan
elements in the comprehensive master plan
A site plan ordinance must contain all of the following except provisions for:
A. height, bulk and setbacks of structures.
B. Screening, landscaping and location of structures
C. preservation of existing natural resources on the site
D. Vehicular and pedestrian circulation
E. All of the above required - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. height, bulk and
setbacks of structures.
To approve a variance, the board must find:
A. That there are extraordinary or exceptional circumstances unique to the
specific property involved that make strict application of the zoning
provisions an exceptional or undue hardship.
B. That there are extraordinary or exceptional circumstances unique to the
specific type of development involved that make strict application of the
zoning provisions an exceptional or undue hardship.
C. That there are extraordinary or exceptional circumstances unique to the
surrounding properties that make strict application of the zoning provisions
an exceptional or undue hardship
D. That there are extraordinary or exceptional circumstances unique to
existing nonconforming uses that make strict application of the zoning
provisions an exceptional or undue hardship. - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. That
there are extraordinary or exceptional circumstances unique to the specific
property involved that make strict application of the zoning provisions an
exceptional or undue hardship.
An application for site plan review is deemed completed when:
A. The applicant has filled all of the check boxes on the checklist
B. 45 days have lapsed without certification of completeness by the
municipality
C. The board has reviewed the application for completeness
D. the punch list has been completed and the performance bods closed out
E. None of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. 45 days have lapsed without
certification of completeness by the municipality
, The main difference between the planning board and zoning board of
adjustment is:
A. The planning board meets monthly, while the board of adjustment meets
twice each month
B. The planning board hears "C" variances and the board of adjustment
hears "D" variances
C. The planning board hears "D" variances and the board of adjustment
hears "C" variances
D. The planning board can be characterized as the board of "permitted
activities" while the board of adjustment deals primarily with "nonpermitted
uses" - CORRECT-ANSWERSD. The planning board can be characterized as
the board of "permitted activities" while the board of adjustment deals
primarily with "nonpermitted uses"
The term "Negative Criteria" refers to:
A. the style of advertising employed during the last council campaign.
B. the need to affirmatively show that the public good will not be harmed by
a proposed development
C. the "costs" side of a cost/benefit analysis conducted for an economic
development project
D. the comments made by project opponents at a public hearing
E. none of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSB. the need to affirmatively show
that the public good will not be harmed by a proposed development
In freshwater Wetlands designated as extraordinary wetlands, water:
A. flows downhill
B. can be made to flow uphill if the politics are right
C. is the one necessary ingredient for freshwater wetlands designation
D. all of the above
E. none of the above - CORRECT-ANSWERSA. flows downhill
Time for municipal boards to adopt a memorializing resolution? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSNJSA 40:55D 10g. 45 Days
Time for municipal boards to mail applicant copy of its decision? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSNJSA 40:55D 10h. 10 Days
Time for municipal board to certify completeness of application ? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSNJSA 40:55D 10.3 10 Days
Minimum time to publish and mail hearing notices prior to hearing,
generally? - CORRECT-ANSWERSNJSA 40:55D 12 10 days
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