Within 62 days of the Planning Board's determination of a complete application for preliminary site plan approval, or, if a public hearing is held, within 62 days of the adjournment of the hearing, the Planning Board shall act on the request. If no decision is made within said time frame, the preliminary site plan shall be considered approved and the applicant so notified. The Planning Board's action shall be in the form of a written statement to the applicant stating whether or not the preliminary site plan is approved, disapproved, approved with modifications or approved by default.

The Planning Board's statement may include recommendations or modifications to be incorporated in the final site plan, and conformance with said modifications shall be considered a condition of approval. If the preliminary site plan is disapproved, the Planning Board's statement shall contain the reasons for such a finding. In such a case, the Planning Board may recommend further study of the site plan and resubmission to the Planning Board after it has been revised or redesigned.

If the preliminary site plan identifies the need for dimensional variances, the Planning Board shall notify the Zoning Board of Appeals and the applicant of the variance(s) the Board believes would be appropriate based on its review of the preliminary site plan. The Planning Board report shall be considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals in its deliberation on any variance request(s).

No modifications of existing stream channels, filling of lands, grading or removal of vegetation in areas with a moderate to high susceptibility to erosion, or excavation for construction of site improvements, shall begin until the developer has received final site plan approval. Failure to comply shall be construed as a violation of this chapter. Where necessary, final site plan approval may require the modification, restoration or removal of unapproved site changes.