The municipalities, the Planning Board and the Permit Management Office, as may be pertinent to each according to its jurisdictional scope, are hereby empowered to provide, administer or require the construction of facilities, as well as the designation of lands and buildings, or to require the bonds or equivalent cash contributions, to serve the internal communal needs generated by each construction project that is authorized. Said power shall be exercised pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Planning Board for such a purpose.\nA facility, or improvements to a facility planned and designed to provide the proper service level to a particular development project which is necessary for the use and convenience of its occupants or users shall be deemed to be an internal communal necessity but shall not constitute a communal necessity for the community in general. Consideration of whether the improvement or the facility is located within or outside the property shall not be deemed to be a determining factor when deciding whether the communal necessity is internal and shall only be deemed to be an external communal necessity if the improvement or the facility serves persons other be a determining factor when deciding whether the communal necessity is internal and shall only be deemed to be an external communal necessity if the improvement or the facility serves persons other than the occupants or users of the particular project.\nHistory —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 13.026; Oct. 29, 1992, No. 84, § 84.
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