As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage in accordance with Chapter 1 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes.[1]
A parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels or portions,
for purpose of sale, lease or separate use, by means of a description, for
example, as on a subdivision or on a recorded map, or by metes and bounds
description.
A composite of the mapped and written proposals as provided for in
the Municipal Planning Act, Chapter 433 of the Laws of 1953 (N.J.S.A. 40:55-1
et seq.[2]), recommending the physical development of the municipality, which
shall have been duly adopted in part or in whole by the Planning Board.
A map adopted in accordance with the Official Map and Building Permit
Act, Chapter 434 of the Laws of 1953 (N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.30 et seq.[3]). Such a map shall be deemed to be conclusive with respect to
the location and width of the streets, public parks and playgrounds and drainage
right-of-way shown thereon.
Any person, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership or corporation
having a proprietary interest in any land sought to be subdivided in pursuance
of this chapter.
Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement that
certain improvements be made before the Planning Board gives final approval
to a plat, including performance bonds, escrow agreements and any other collateral
or surety agreements.
The map of a subdivision.
The final map of a subdivision or of that portion of a subdivision
which is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with these regulations and which, if approved, shall be filed with the proper
county recording officer.
A privately owned strip of land of less width than the lot depth
permitted by the applicable zoning regulation and bounded on one side by a
proposed street and on the other by the boundary of a subdivision.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway, or a
street or way shown upon any plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or heretofore
approved by official action, including all streets or ways on plats duly filed
and recorded in the office of the county recording officer prior to the appointment
of a Planning Board and prior to the grant to such Board of the power to review
plats. The word "street" includes the land between the street lines, whether
improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks,
parking areas and other areas within the street lines.
Those streets which carry or are intended to carry a heavy volume
of traffic.
Those streets which carry traffic from minor streets to the major
system of arterial streets and highways, including the principal entrance
streets of a residential or industrial development and streets for circulation
within such a development.
Those streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets
and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection
from through traffic.
Those streets which are used primarily for access to the abutting
properties.
Any person, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation,
fiduciary, trust or any other legal entity seeking a subdivision of land hereunder
as owner or as agent for the owner of the land to be affected by a subdivision.
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more lots,
sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future,
of sale of building development, except that the following divisions shall
not be considered subdivisions; provided, however, that no new streets or
roads are involved: divisions of land for agricultural purposes where the
resulting parcels are three acres or larger in size, divisions of property
by testamentary provisions, or divisions of property pursuant to court order.
"Subdivision" also includes resubdivision and, where appropriate to the context,
relates to the process of subdividing or to the lands or territory divided.
A committee of three Planning Board members appointed annually by
the Chairman of the Board, with the approval of the Board, for the purpose
of classifying subdivisions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
and dealing with such other matters relating to land subdivision as may be
referred to this Committee by the Board for investigation, recommendation
and report thereon. The Chairman of the Subdivision Committee shall be appointed
by the Chairman of the Planning Board for a one-year term.
All subdivisions which are not classified as minor subdivisions or
which result in the creation of three or more lots.
[Amended 3-2-1976 by Ord. No. 1578]
Any subdivision which fronts on an existing improved state, county
or municipal street, not involving any new street or road or the extension
of an existing improved street or municipal facilities and not adversely affecting
the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property.
[Amended 3-2-1976 by Ord. No. 1578]
