A.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions
shall be used in the interpretation and construction of this chapter.
(1)
The word "person" includes "firm," "association," "organization,"
"partnership," "trust," "company" or "corporation," as well as "an
individual."
(2)
The present tense includes the future tense.
(3)
The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number
includes the singular.
(4)
The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
(5)
The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended,
designed or arranged to be used or occupied."
(6)
The word "lot" includes the words "plot" or "parcel."
B.
Any word or term not defined in this chapter shall be used with a
meaning of standard usage for the context in which the word is used
or shall be as defined in the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.
C.
Definitions set forth herein are intended for reference to words
and phrases that are customarily used in municipal land use matters.
The inclusion of a word or phrase in § 530-2.3 shall not
be construed to mean that such defined word or phrase is permitted
in any zoning district.
Certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined for
the purposes hereof as follows:
The relinquishment of property, or a cessation of the use
of property, by the owner, with the intention neither of transferring
rights of the property to another owner or of resuming the use of
the property.
A structure, the use of which is incidental to that of the
main building or structure, that is located on the same lot as the
main building or structure.
A use subordinate to the principal use located on the same
lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the principal
use.
A measure of land equal to 43,560 square feet.
An extension or increase in floor area or height of a building
or structure.
The entity responsible for administering the affordability
controls of some or all units in the affordable housing program for
Verona to ensure that the restricted units under administration are
affirmatively marketed and sold or rented, as applicable, only to
low- and moderate-income households.
An establishment primarily engaged in management and general
administrative functions such as executive, personnel, finance and
sales activities performed centrally for other facilities of the same
company.
A structure used to accommodate a community-based program
designed to meet the needs of functionally or cognitively impaired
adults over the age of 21 through an individual plan of care structured
to provide a variety of health, social and related support services
in a protective setting during any part of a day but less than 24
hours.
Any advertising that requires a portable fan to inflate a
temporary figure that displays, reproduces or includes any letter,
word, name, number, model, insignia, emblem, design, device or representation
used to advertise any trade, business, profession, industry, service
or other activity, product or item. These inflatable advertisements
include, but are not limited to: dancing figures, inflatable tubes,
blimps, balloons, and inflatable animals.
A development included in the Township housing and fair share
plan, including, but not limited to, an inclusionary development,
a municipal construction project or a 100% affordable development.
Housing of any type that is occupied by households having
at least one member aged 55 years or older and with no children under
the age of 19 years, except as specifically provided in the federal
Fair Housing Act, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations
of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A mechanical unit that performs the process of treating air
so as to control simultaneously its temperature, humidity, cleanliness,
and distribution within an interior space such as a room or building.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the means of egress; or an enlargement,
whether by extending a side or by increasing the height; or the moving
of the building or structure from one location or position to another.
Man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles,
and similar alternative design mounting structures that camouflage
or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.
A machine or device, whether automatic or coin operated,
whether mechanical, electrical or electronic, which shall be ready
for play by insertion of a coin or may otherwise be operated by the
public for a charge for use as a game, entertainment or amusement,
including pinball machines or any device which utilizes a video tube
to reproduce symbolic figures and lines to be representative of real
games or activities, the object of playing of which is to achieve
a score.
Any automatic or mechanical machine or device or entertainment
or music vending machine, except an amusement game machine, which
is or are operated or set in motion by the deposit therein of any
coin or coins, tokens or slugs or the like thereof purchased for cash.
Any building, structure or premises that temporarily provides
shelter and services for household pets.
A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical
treatment.
Any building, structure or premises in which animals are
kept, boarded or trained for commercial gain.
Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on
a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiate
or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals,
radio frequencies (excluding radar signals) wireless telecommunication
signals or other communication signals.
One or more rooms where a person or family lives independent
of the other occupants of the same building and where each suite is
used or designed to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Any house or building which is rented, leased, let or hired
out to be occupied or is occupied as the home or residence of three
or more families living in separate apartments.
A continuous passageway parallel to and open to a street,
open space, or building usually covered by a canopy or permanent roofing
and accessible and open to the public.
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The merger of separate properties into a single tract of
land.
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health,
in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36, to provide housing and congregate
dining and to assure that assisted living services are available when
needed, to four or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor.
Apartment units offer, at a minimum, one furnished room, a private
bathroom, a kitchenette, and a lockable door on the unit entrance.
The space between the ceiling beams of the top story of a
structure and the roof rafters of such structure.
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A self-service facility where clothes are washed and dried.
The display of new or used automobiles, panel trucks or vans,
trailers, or recreation vehicles for sale or lease.
A building or place of business where gasoline, fuel, oil
and grease and/or batteries, tires and automobile accessories are
supplied and dispensed directly to the motor vehicle trade; including
establishments that may not provide gasoline but provide "quick oil
changes."
The average ground elevation shall be determined by averaging
the measurement of the elevations taken at all building corners and
at ten-foot intervals around the full perimeter of the foundation.
Where soil or rock removal lowers the ground elevation around the
perimeter of the foundation, the building height shall be based upon
the lowered elevation. Where fill raises the ground elevation around
the perimeter of the foundation, building height shall be based on
the elevation as it existed prior to the use of fill.
A roof-like cover projecting from any part of a building
for the purpose of shielding a doorway or window from the weather.
The lines that connect a provider's tower site to one or
more cellular telephone switching offices and or long distance providers
or the public switched telephone network.
Any establishment primarily engaged in retailing baked goods
not for immediate consumption and not made on the premises.
A platform that projects from the wall of a building and
is enclosed by a parapet or railing.
Any temporary sign applied to paper, plastic or fabric of
any kind attached to a structure or above a public right-of-way.
A structure or part of a structure used primarily for the
sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages by the drink.
The highest elevation, expressed in feet above sea level,
of the level of floodwaters occurring in the regulatory base flood.
That portion of a building located partly below ground with
at least half of its height, measured from floor to ceiling, above
the average grade at the building line around the full perimeter of
the building.
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An improved area used for playing basketball. The use of
a driveway for temporary recreational uses such as basketball does
constitute a basketball court.
A private room planned and intended for sleeping containing
an egress window separated from other rooms by a door.
A tower or part of a tower where a bell or set of bells hangs.
Any sign erected or maintained for the purpose of displaying
outdoor advertising for products or services provided off-premises.
An individual other than a member of the family or household
occupying a dwelling unit or a part thereof who, for a consideration,
is furnished sleeping accommodations and who may be furnished meals
or other services as part of the consideration.
Any dwelling or part of any dwelling which has space that
is let by the owner or operator to more than three persons who are
not husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father, sister or
brother of the owner or operator; provided, however, that such roomers
and/or boarders shall not include convalescents or chronically sick
or mentally deficient or physically incompetent or aged, infirm or
similar boarders and/or similar roomers who require medical attention
and supervision and are usually housed in hospitals, sanatoriums,
homes for the aged, nursing homes and similar institutions.
A personal service establishment that deliberately alters
the human body for aesthetic or nonmedical purpose, such as sexual
enhancement; a rite of passage; denoting affiliation, trust and loyalty;
religious reasons; shock value; and self-expression.
A short vertical post used to control pedestrian and vehicular
traffic, protect critical infrastructure, provide perimeter highlights,
or define a pathway.
Land area made up of sufficiently dense shrubs and trees,
and which may include berms and/or fencing, to visibly separate one
use from another, and to assist in shielding or blocking noise, lights
or other nuisances.
The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard, open
space and other limiting regulations established in the zoning ordinance
or dictated by federal or state regulations have been met.
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The area included within surrounding exterior walls (or exterior
walls and fire walls) exclusive of vent shafts and courts and all
space if such areas are included within the horizontal projection
of the roof or floor above.
See "lot coverage."
See "height, building."
The mechanical, electrical and elevator equipment, including
piping, wiring, fixtures and other accessories, which provides sanitation,
lighting, heating, ventilation, firefighting and transportation facilities
essential for the habitable occupancy of the building or structure
for its designated use and occupancy.
Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to
business establishments on a fee or contract basis, specifically advertising
and mailing; building maintenance; employment service; management
and consulting services; protective services; commercial research;
development and testing; photo finishing; copying and reproduction
services and personal supply services.
An accessory structure erected for swimming pools and utilized
as a bathhouse or for pool accessory storage and may include bathroom,
shower and outdoor kitchen facilities.
A collection of forms and plats that contains required data
to ensure the proper utilization of a portion of a public right-of-way
for outdoor dining.
Any establishment, or portion of an establishment, that is
primarily engaged in preparing and serving meals for immediate consumption
using serving equipment, such as a steam table, a refrigerated area,
and self-service nonalcoholic beverage dispensing equipment. Patrons
select from food and drink items on display in a continuous serving
line. Cafeterias also include buffet eating places.
The grounds and buildings of a public or private college,
university, hospital or school.
Any structure, supported or unsupported, other than an awning,
made of cloth or metal with metal frames attached to a building or
structure and carried by a frame supported by the ground or sidewalk.
A structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles,
primarily domestic cars, from the elements. The structure can either
be freestanding or attached to a wall and contains no more than three
sides.
Any establishment primarily engaged in providing single-event-based
food services prepared on site and transported to an event for off-site
consumption.
Any establishment primarily engaged in providing on-site
single-event-based food services that may include buffet or waitress/waiter
service and may also include the serving of nonalcoholic and alcoholic
beverages as part of the event.
A story partly above grade level, having more than one-half
its floor-to-ceiling height below the average level of the adjoining
ground.
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The document issued by the Historic Preservation Commission
which is required before any work may be commenced on any historic
landmark or any building, structure, site, object or improvement located
within an historic district.
[Amended 2-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-02]
The certificate issued by the construction official which
permits the use of a building or land in accordance with approved
plans and specifications and which certifies compliance with the provisions
of law for the use and occupancy of the building in its several parts
together with any special stipulations or conditions of the construction
permit.
Any change in the use of a building or portion thereof which requires a different parking standard than that which was required for the preceding use of the space in accordance with the standards set forth in Article XII of this chapter or which is substantially different in function from the prior use.
Property used by a nonprofit or eleemosynary organization
that provides a service beneficial to the general public or to a significant
portion of the public for a fee or at a fee recognized as being less
than that charged by profit-making organizations.
A structure containing one or more flues for drawing off
emissions from stationary sources of combustion.
A building or structure, or group of buildings or structures,
which by design and construction are intended for the conducting of
organized religious services and accessory uses associated therewith,
but not including missions, district offices or regional headquarters
of a religious group.
A group of people organized for a common purpose to pursue
common goals, interests or activities and usually characterized by
certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular
meetings, and a constitution and bylaws.
The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.
A licensed motor vehicle manufactured as a truck, bus, taxi,
tractor or trailer, other than a recreational vehicle, which meets
any of the following criteria:
The vehicle is licensed for commercial purposes.
The vehicle contains a sign, advertisement or other graphics
indicating that its use is for commercial purposes.
The vehicle has a gross weight in excess of three fourths of
a ton.
A van-type vehicle not having windows of at least two square
feet in area in both rear side panels. A pickup-type truck with a
cap not having windows of at least two square feet in area in both
sides of such cap.
A homeowners' association or organization designed to own,
maintain, and operate common facilities and to enhance and protect
the common interests.
A building used for recreational, social, educational and
cultural activities, usually owned and operated by a public or nonprofit
group or agency.
A structure or structures being and in accordance with the
terms of a master deed providing for ownership by one or more owners
of units of improvements together with an undivided interest in common
elements appurtenant to each such unit.
The entity responsible for the administration of a condominium,
which entity may be incorporated or unincorporated.
Any establishment primarily engaged in retailing candy and
other confections, nuts, and popcorn not for immediate consumption
and not made on the premises.
A use or structure which conforms to the regulations of this
chapter for the district in which such structure or use is located.
A dwelling providing shelter and services for the elderly
which may include meals, housekeeping, and personal care assistance.
A document signed by the Construction Official, which is
required by ordinance as a condition precedent to the commencement
of a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
conversion or installation of a structure or building and which acknowledges
that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions
of this chapter or variance therefrom duly authorized by a municipal
agency pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60 and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70.
A building, structure, designated object, or site that adds
to the landmark architectural qualities, landmark associations, or
archeological values for which a property or district is because:
It was present during the period of significance and possesses
landmark integrity reflecting its character at that time or is capable
of yielding important information about the period; or
It independently meets the National Register criteria for significance
(National Register Bulletin No 14, "Guidelines for Counting Contributing
and Non-contributing Resources for National Register Documentation"
as revised).
An open, uncovered and unoccupied space on the same lot as
a building where such space is enclosed wholly or partly by buildings,
walls or other enclosing devices.
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An area with one or more of the following characteristics:
Slopes in excess of 25%;
Floodplains;
Soils classified as having a high water table;
Soils classified as highly erodible, subject to erosion or highly
acidic;
Land incapable of meeting percolation requirements;
Land formerly used for landfill operations or hazardous industrial
use;
Fault areas;
Stream corridors;
Areas designated as potential reservoir sites;
Estuaries;
Mature stands of native vegetation;
Aquifer recharge and discharge areas;
Wetland and wetland buffer areas;
Areas designated in the Register of Natural Areas of the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; and
Natural habitats which protect and preserve endangered and threatened
plant and animal species.
A unit of measure of intensity of sound (the sound-pressure
level).
An aboveground flat-floored roofless area.
The razing of any improvement or the obliteration of any
natural feature.
An impoundment area made by constructing an embankment or
excavating a pit or both, for the purpose of temporarily storing stormwater.
Funds paid by any person, partnership, association, company
or corporation for the improvement of property as permitted in COAH's
rules.
See "sign, digital display."
The placement of impervious surface, the exposure or movement
of soil or bedrock, or the clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.
An enclosed area of space where a dog can stay without a
leash; is usually gated and locked so that other animals cannot enter.
A vault having a circular plan and usually in the form of
a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust
in all directions.
Any receptacle used for the collection of used clothing,
shoes, and small household items donated by the public for redistribution.
Any establishment commonly known as a "bar" or "tavern,"
or a drinking place primarily engaged in preparing and/or serving
alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption.
An open area of land, paved with bituminous concrete (blacktop),
portland-cement concrete or other durable, hard, dust-free surfacing
which will not wash into the public right-of-way, used as a means
of ingress and egress to a property. A driveway shall not be considered
an accessory structure.
A store where the primary business is the filling of medical
prescriptions, providing medical devices and supplies and nonprescription
medicines and where nonmedical products are sold.
Cleaning textiles, fabrics, garments or other articles by
the use of solvents other than water, extracting the solvents therefrom
and drying the same.
A large container used for the temporary storage of waste.
An open-top dumpster characterized by a rectangular footprint,
utilizing wheels to facilitate rolling the dumpster in place. The
open-top container is designed to be transported by special roll-off
trucks.
Any permanent building or portion thereof designed or used
as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons.
One or more rooms, occupied or intended for occupancy as
separate living quarters by one family or household; provided, that
access is directly from the outside or through a common hall and that
separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities are provided within
the dwelling for the exclusive use of the occupants thereof.
A one-family dwelling attached to one or more one-family
dwellings by common vertical walls.
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A dwelling which is completely surrounded by permanent open
spaces.
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A dwelling unit consisting of not more than one habitable
room together with kitchen or kitchenette and sanitary facilities.
A structure or building occupied or intended for occupancy
as separate living quarters for more than two families or households,
and provided with separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities
for the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit.
A building occupied or intended for occupancy exclusively
by one family or one household, and provided with cooking, sleeping
and sanitary facilities for the use of the occupants of the unit.
Also referred to as a "single-family dwelling."
A building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate
living quarters for no more than two families or two households, and
provided with separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for
the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit, which units are separated
from each other by vertical walls to and through the roof or by horizontal
floors.
The projecting lower edges of a roof overhanging the wall
of a building.
See "sign, electronic message center (EMC)."
A private or nonprivate organization which is not organized
or operated for the purpose of carrying on a trade or business and
no part of the net earnings of which are for the benefit of any individual.
Any unforeseen circumstance or occurrence, the existence
of which constitutes a clear and immediate danger or hazard to person
or property.
Any obstruction in a delineated floodway, right-of-way, minimum
setback, or adjacent land.
An increase in the size of an existing structure.
The sum of all external conditions and influences affecting
the life, development and, ultimately, the survival of an organism.
A statement on the positive and negative effects of development
proposals and other major actions which significantly affect the environment.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground,
surface or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission systems,
including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables,
fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, light stations,
telephone lines, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories
herewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service
by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies
for the public health, safety or general welfare.
Any structure erected prior to the adoption of the appropriate
code, or one for which a legal building permit has been issued.
A rare or unusual animal pet, or an animal kept as a pet
which is not commonly thought of as a pet. Exotic pets include, but
are not limited to, the following: nonhuman primates, alligators,
foxes, bears, wolves, wolf/dog hybrid, lions, tigers, bears, raccoons,
hedgehogs, skunks, or hyenas.
A long-term care facility or a distinct part of a facility
licensed or approved as a nursing home, infirmary unit of a home for
the aged or a governmental medical institution.
The Federal Aviation Administration.
The front, side, or rear vertical building planes visible
from any adjoining street, sidewalk, property or parking areas, excluding
any roof surface area.
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The vertical distance of any building façade plane
measured from the average ground elevation of the existing natural
grade along the façade plane to the façade's highest
point, exclusive of any chimney, steeple, mechanical equipment or
elevator tower, all of which may not exceed the highest point of the
roof by 12 feet or exceed the maximum building height allowed in the
particular zoning district by more than eight feet.
A group of persons functioning as a single housekeeping unit
and whose relationship is of a permanent, stable and domestic character
as distinguished from nonfamilial institutional use, boarding homes,
fraternities, sororities, clubs, associations, transient housing or
other similar forms of housing. For the purpose of this chapter, a
"family" shall include foster children placed with a family in such
dwelling by the New Jersey State Board of Child Welfare or a duly
incorporated child-care agency.
A private establishment enrolling no more than five children
between two and six years of age and where tuition, fees, or other
forms of compensation for the care of children is charged and which
is licensed by the State of New Jersey and approved by the Township
of Verona to operate as a day-care center.
The Federal Communications Commission.
An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination
of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land.
A pole used to display a flag or flags only.
The temporary overflowing of water onto land which is usually
devoid of surface water.
That portion of the flood hazard area outside of the floodway
based on the total area inundated during the regulatory base flood
plus 25% of the regulatory base flood discharge.
That floodplain consisting of the floodway and the flood
fringe area.
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The highest elevation, expressed in feet above sea level,
of the level of floodwaters which delineates the flood fringe area.
The Official Map on which the Federal Insurance Administration
has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk
premium zones applicable to the community.
A flood which has occurred for which there are accurate local
records available.
The channel and the relatively flat area adjoining the channel
of a natural stream or river which has been or may be covered by floodwater.
A combination of structural provisions, changes or adjustments
to properties and structures subject to flooding for the reduction
or elimination of flood damage to properties, water and sanitary facilities
and other utilities, structures and the contents of buildings.
The channel of a natural stream, brook or river and portions
of the floodplain adjoining the channel, which are reasonably required
to carry and discharge the floodwater or flood flow of any natural
stream, brook or river.
The structure formed of beams, girders, or any construction
which divides a building horizontally into stories.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or
from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, including
lofts, but not including interior parking spaces, or any space where
the floor-to-ceiling height shall be less than seven feet six inches.
The actual occupied area, not including accessory unoccupied
areas or thickness of walls.
A pipe, tube, or channel for conveying hot air, gas, steam,
or smoke, as from a furnace or fireplace to a chimney.
The number of oscillations per second of a vibration.
The percentage of land improved with man-made features found
within the area extending across the full width of the lot between
the front lot line and the principal building.
Any establishment primarily engaged in providing food services
to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e., waiter/waitress
service) and pay after eating. These establishments may provide this
type of food services to patrons in combination with selling alcoholic
beverages, providing carry-out services, or presenting live entertainment.
A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial
and the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected therewith
before burial or cremation.
An accessory structure or use to the principal building or
use on the lot designed for storage of one or more motor vehicles,
having solid exterior walls and roof and having all openings enclosed,
either with doors or windows, or both. A private garage shall have
minimum dimensions of 10 feet in width and 20 feet in depth.
Any structure or part thereof other than a private garage
in which a business or service connected with motor vehicles is conducted
or rendered, including storage, rental, repair, servicing, adjusting
or equipping automobiles or other motor vehicles. The term "public
garage" shall not apply to an automobile salesroom for the exhibition
of such vehicles.
A low-rise multifamily building containing off-street parking
and open spaces.
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An automobile service station that has, as an accessory use
to the sale of gasoline, a retail store that sells goods to the motoring
public.
The effect produced by brightness sufficient to cause annoyance,
discomfort, or loss in visual performance and visibility.
The reference plane representing the average of finished
ground level adjoining a principal building at all exterior walls
or base of a structure. When the finished ground level slopes away
from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established
by the lowest points within the area between the building and the
lot line or, when the lot line is more than six feet from the building
or structure, between the building and a point six feet from the building.
A building which roof and sides has made largely of glass
or other transparent or translucent material and in which the temperature
and humidity can be regulated for the cultivation of delicate or out-of-season
plants for subsequent sale or for personal enjoyment.
The total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive
use of a tenant measured from the center lines of joint partitions
to the outside of the tenant walls.
Grasses or other plants grown to keep soil from being eroded.
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking
but not including bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls,
storage or utility spaces and similar space, cellars, garage areas
or any area, where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than standards
found in the Uniform Construction Code (UCC).
A facility, institution, or medical center, whether public
or private, principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance,
diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or
physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital,
special hospital, mental hospital, public health center, diagnostic
center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, extended care facility,
skilled nursing home, nursing home, intermediate-care facility, tuberculosis
hospital, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, outpatient
clinic, dispensary, home health-care agency, boarding home or other
home for sheltered care, and bioanalytical laboratory or central services
facility serving one or more such institutions but excluding institutions
that provide healing solely by prayer.
The vertical distance measured from the average ground elevation
of the existing natural grade at the building line around the full
perimeter of the building to the building's highest point, exclusive
of chimney, steeples, mechanical equipment, elevator tower and flagpole.
The distance measured from the base of a structure to the
highest point of the structure. When calculating the height (other
than building height) the base of the structure shall be considered
to be at the natural grade where the base of the structure intersects
the grade.
After the time this chapter becomes effective.
Before the time this chapter becomes effective.
A building with 10 or more stories.
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The conversion of any existing principal or accessory building
identified by the Master Plan as historically significant into a new
residential dwelling unit building elevator while maintaining the
existing facade, roofline and building exterior and characteristics
of the existing building.
Any business, profession, occupation or trade conducted for
gain or support within a residential building or an accessory structure
thereto, which is incidental and secondary to the use of such a building
for dwelling purposes and which does not change the essential residential
character of such building.
A community association, other than a condominium association,
which is organized in a development in which individual owners share
common interests in open space or facilities.
The cultivation of a garden or orchard.
An institution providing primary health services and medical
or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from
illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or
mental conditions and including, as an integral part of the institution,
related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities or
training facilities.
An institution providing primary health services and medical
or surgical care to animals suffering from illness, disease, injury,
deformity and other abnormal physical conditions.
A very large tub made of ceramic, acrylic, wood, or another
substance and filled with hot water in which one or more bathers may
soak.
A building consisting of at least two stories above ground
level, which provides sleeping accommodations to the general public
and which contains a central entrance leading to a common lobby.
Multifamily housing designed for older persons, one of whom
must be 62 years of age or older. (Also known as senior citizen housing.)
Not permitting the passage of water.
Any structure, surface, or improvement that reduces or prevents
absorption of stormwater into land, and includes, but is not limited
to, porous paving, paver blocks, gravel, crushed stone, decks, patios,
elevated structures, and other similar structures, surfaces, or improvements
and water features.
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The percentage of lot area which is improved with principal
and accessory buildings and structures, including all impervious surface
areas such as buildings, driveways, parking lots and garages and other
man-made improvements, and swimming pools.
Any structure or part thereof constructed or installed upon
any real property by human endeavor and intended to be kept at the
location of such construction or installation for a period of at least
60 days.
Regulations which increase housing choice by providing the
opportunity to construct more affordable, diverse and economic housing
to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income families.
A building or structure containing one or more roofed and
enclosed tennis courts.
A building in which persons are sheltered to receive medical,
charitable or other care or treatment or in which persons are held
or detained by reasons of public or civic duty or for correctional
purposes, including, among others, hospitals, asylums, sanatoriums,
firehouses, police stations and jails.
The authenticity of the landmark identity of a building,
structure, site, designated object, or district evidenced by the survival
of the physical characteristics that existed during its landmark or
pre-landmark period.
A facility which provides, on a regular basis, health-related
care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of
care and treatment which a hospital or skilled nursing facility is
designed to provide.
An area of land, with or without buildings, used for or occupied
by the deposit, collection or storage outside of a building of used
and discarded materials, including, but not limited to, wastepaper,
rags or sheet metal, used building materials, house furnishings, machinery,
vehicles or parts thereof with or without the dismantling, processing,
salvage, sale or use or disposition of the same.
A freestanding structure upon which temporary information
and/or posters, notices and announcements are posted.
A portion of a dwelling unit designed or used for cooking.
Any activity involving the cleaning, cutting, excavating,
filling, or grading of land, or any other activity which alters land
topography or vegetative cover.
Any historic site or historic district which has been designated
by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65.1 or which has been identified
in any component of the Master Plan. As used in this chapter, "landmark"
may be substituted for "historic," "historic preservation" and "historic
site."
An establishment used primarily for the washing and drying
of clothing brought in by the customer and in which such washing and
drying is performed with the use of mechanical equipment and for which
a fee is charged.
A grounded metal rod placed high on a structure, in the ground
or on a tree to prevent damage by conducting its current to the ground.
Any establishment primarily engaged in providing food services
(except snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) where patrons generally
order or select items and pay before eating. Food and drink may be
consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered to the consumer's
location. Some establishments in this category may provide these food
services in combination with selling alcoholic beverages.
The provision of vocalized or instrumental music, or dancers,
or stand-up comedy, or any similar entertainment to patrons for a
fee, whether such fee shall be direct or indirect through a charge
for other products or services.
Animals that are typically found on a farm, such as horses,
mares, mules, jacks, jennies, colts, cows, calves, yearlings, bulls,
oxen, sheep, goats, lambs, kids, hogs, shoats, pigs, hens, or roosters.
Space logically and conveniently located for bulk pickups
and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used to
accommodate the principal use on the land and accessible to such vehicles
when required off-street parking spaces are filled.
An institution which is licensed or approved by the State
of New Jersey to provide health care under medical supervision for
24 or more consecutive hours to patients who are not related to the
governing authority or its members by marriage, blood or adoption.
The computed areas contained within the lot lines, excluding
any street rights-of-way. Where no lot line is designated on the Tax
Map, the boundary of the public right-of-way shall determine the limits
of the boundary of the lot.
That portion of a lot which is occupied by buildings and
accessory buildings, but not including other areas of impervious surfaces
such as walkways, driveways, patios and open parking lots.
The length of the front lot line measured at the street right-of-way
line.
A line of record bounding the lot.
The lot line separating the lot from the street right-of-way
also referred to as a "street line."
The lot line opposite from the front lot line. A parcel can
have more than on rear lot line.
Any single or multi-segmented lot line other than a front
or rear lot line.
The shortest distance between the side lines of a lot measured
from the front yard setback.
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A parcel of land with at least two adjacent sides abutting
upon streets.
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A tract of land having insufficient lot width along a road
or at the minimum setback line but with sufficient area to meet all
lot requirements further back on the lot. Flag lots are strictly prohibited.
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A parcel of land fronting upon one street.
The smallest lot area established by the zoning ordinance
on which a use or structure may be located in a particular district.
A parcel of land located at the junction of and abutting
on three intersecting streets.
A parcel of land which extends from front to back from one
street to another.
Housing that is designed for a household earning 50% or less
of the median income of the area, adjusted by household size.
A building with one or two stories.
A private box, as at a home, into which mail is delivered
by the mail carrier.
A public box in which mail is placed for pickup and delivery
by the post office.
Any application for a permit required by this chapter which
involves demolition or removal of a landmark, addition to a landmark
or construction of a new structure in an historical district and which
will substantially affect the characteristics of the landmark or,
in the case of a structure within an historic district, will substantially
affect the characteristics of the district.
The converting or processing of raw, unfinished or finished
materials or products into an article or articles or substance of
a different character or for use for a different purpose.
Any hood, canopy, awning or permanent construction which
projects from a wall of a building usually above an entrance.
An establishment that offers therapeutic massage.
A building that contains establishments dispensing health
services, including same-day treatment, but not including any building
that houses patients overnight.
An intermediate level or levels between the floor and ceiling
of any story with an aggregate floor area of not more than 33% of
the floor area of the story in which the level or levels are located.
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A building with three to nine stories.
A structure containing separate storage space of varying
size leased or rented on an individual basis.
Any application for a permit required under this chapter
which does not involve demolition or removal of a landmark, addition
to a landmark or construction of a new structure in an historic district
and which will not substantially affect the landmark or historic district.
Any commercially manufactured vehicle, or combination thereof,
used, designed or intended for use, for permanent occupancy as living
quarters for one family or household, designed to be moved occasionally
from one location to another by means of wheels affixed to an axle
or carriage affixed to the vehicle, propelled by the power of another
vehicle to which it may be attached, whether the axle or carriage
to which the wheels may be affixed is detachable or detached.
One or more parcels of land under single ownership which
have been planned for the placement of or is utilized for two or more
mobile homes, appurtenant structures or additions.
Temporary or portable storage units that are transportable
units designed and used primarily for temporary storage of building
materials, household goods, personal items and other materials for
use on a limited basis on residential property. A portable temporary
toilet is not a mobile temporary storage container.
Housing that is designed for a household earning between
50% and 80% of the area median income as adjusted for household size.
A building or a group of detached, semi-attached or attached
buildings containing guest rooms or dwelling units, each of which,
or each pair of which, has a separate entrance leading directly to
the outside of the building with garage or parking space conveniently
located to each unit, and which are designed, used or intended to
be used primarily for the accommodation of motor vehicle transients,
but not including hotels, boardinghouses or rooming houses or trailer
camps.
A place where motion pictures are shown to the public for
a fee.
A place of business within a principal building where the
bodies of motor vehicles are repaired and or rehabilitated. Motor
vehicles shall be limited to passenger cars, vans and small trucks
not exceeding two tons in weight classification.
Any building or structure of one or more stories and any
land appurtenant thereto, and any portion thereof, in which three
or more units of dwelling space are occupied, or are intended to be
occupied, by three or more persons who live independently of each
other.
The employee charged by the governing body with the responsibility
for oversight and administration of the affordable housing program
for Verona.
A 1966 federal law that established a National Register of
Historic Places, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and
authorizing grants in aid for historic properties preservation.
The established criteria for evaluating the eligibility of
properties for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
The official list, established by the National Historic Preservation
Act, of sites, districts, buildings, structures and objects significant
in the nation's history or whose artistic or architectural value is
unique.
The total number of dwelling units divided by the total land
area less major recreational facilities, streets, retention, detention,
and water quality basins and public facilities within the parcel.
The result is expressed as dwelling units per acre (du/ac).
A building, structure, designated object, or site that does
not add to the landmark architectural qualities, landmark associations,
or archeological values for which a property or district is because:
It was not present during the period of significance;
Due to alterations, disturbances, additions, or other changes,
it no longer possesses landmark integrity reflecting its character
at that time or is incapable of yielding important information about
the period; or
It does not independently meet the National Register criteria
for significance (National Register Bulletin No 14, "Guidelines for
Counting Contributing and Non-contributing Resources for National
Register Documentation" as revised).
Surface water entering a channel from no definable discharge
source.
An interference with the enjoyment and use of property.
Any environmental pollutant, such as smoke, odors, liquid
wastes, solid wastes, radiation, noise, vibration, glare or heat that
exceeds performance standards.
Land or greenhouses used to raise flowers, shrubs and plants
for sale.
An extended- or intermediate-care facility licensed or approved
to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who,
by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable
to care for themselves, but not to include mental patients or persons
afflicted with contagious or infectious disease or liquor or drug
addiction.
A means of dividing the range of sound frequencies into octaves
in order to classify sound according to pitch.
An instrument, standardized by the American Standards Association,
used in conjunction with a sound-level meter to take measurements
in specific octave bands.
A storage area for a motor vehicle that is directly accessible
to an access aisle, and which is not located within a street right-of-way.
A building used for conducting the affairs of a business,
profession, service, industry or government, or like activity, but
not for manufacture, storage or sale of goods except by sample.
A development on a tract of land that contains a number of
separate office buildings, supporting uses and open space designed,
planned, constructed and managed on an integrated and coordinated
basis.
Any building housing a business which engages in activities
other than producing or selling commodities or providing personal
service.
Any office used for such services as are provided by medical
practitioners, lawyers, architects, engineers and similar professions.
A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle which is located
within a street or right-of-way.
An area of a lot set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved
for the public or private use as active or passive recreation that
has a minimum dimension of 50 feet in length and 50 feet in width
as measured at right angles, not including buffer areas or required
distances between buildings.
An open-air seating area provided by a restaurant, where
patrons can eat or drink. Outdoor cafés are not intended as
the primary dining area but an extension of indoor seating, for use
in affable weather. Food vending machines, food preparation equipment,
and other equipment such as refrigerators, coffee machines and utensils
are also not permitted in outdoor cafés.
The keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, material,
merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 24 hours.
Any person having a right, title, or interest in any property
so as to be legally entitled, upon obtaining such permits and other
authorizations as may be required pursuant to law, to perform construction,
alteration, removal, demolition, or other work with respect to such
property.
The extension of the main walls of a building above the roof
level.
A lot or tract of land.
Any public or private land area designed and used for parking
motor vehicles, including parking lots, garages, private driveways
and legally designated areas of public streets.
Any open area being part of the same lot or tract on which
is erected a building or structure used for the temporary storage
of automobiles and other vehicles for the private use solely by the
occupants thereof to which such use is accessory.
Any open area other than a street or other public way used
for the temporary storage of automobiles and other vehicles and available
to the public, whether for a fee or without compensation, or as an
accommodation for clients, customers or employees.
A space available for the parking of one motor vehicle.
An accessory structure at grade that is adapted for outdoor
enjoyment.
An enclosed structure above the roof of a building, other
than a roof structure or bulkhead, occupying not more than 33 1/3%
of the roof area.
Standards adopted by this chapter regulating noise level,
glare, earthborn or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or atomic radiation,
noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and flammable matters, smoke
and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening of unsightly objects
or conditions and such other similar matters as may be reasonably
required by the Township of Verona, or standards required by applicable
federal, state or interstate law or municipal ordinance.
Lasting or intended to last indefinitely without change.
Any use allowed in a zoning district, subject to the restrictions
applicable to that zoning district.
An establishment providing nonmedical services to individuals
as a primary use. Examples of these uses include, but are not limited
to: barber shops, beauty salons, day/health spa, hair salons, nail
salons, tanning salons, foot spas, massage parlors, aroma therapy
or reflexology establishments. Tattooing and other body modifications
establishments do not constitute beauty services.
The provisions for development of a planned development,
including a plat of subdivision, all covenants relating to use, location
and bulk of buildings and other structures, intensity of use or density
of development, public or private streets, ways and parking facilities,
open space and public facilities. The phrase "provisions of the plan,"
when used in this chapter, shall mean the written and graphic materials
referred to in the development.
A body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that
is usually smaller than a lake. A wide variety of man-made bodies
of water are classified as ponds, including water gardens, water features
and koi ponds; all designed for aesthetic ornamentation as landscape
or architectural features.
An establishment where pool and/or billiards is played as
a primary use.
A structure containing more than two pool tables or billiard
tables available for use by the public in the same place, location
or premises other than structures that contain establishments that
sell or display for sale pool tables or billiard tables.
A roofed open area, which may be screened, attached to or
part of and with direct access to or from a building.
A porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often
leading to the entrance of a building.
Any tower or antenna for which a building permit or conditional
use permit has to be properly issued prior to the effective date of
this chapter, including permitted towers or antenna that have not
been constructed so long as each approval is correct and not expired.
The street faced by the main entrance of a principal building.
A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the
site on which it is situated. In any residential district, any dwelling
shall be deemed to be a "principal building" on the lot on which it
is located.
The primary or predominant use of a lot.
A use that is not permitted in a zone district whether directly
or by omission.
A reader who advises by professing to tell past, present
or future events through extraordinary spiritual insight or by perceiving
another's thought. The term "psychic reader" includes the terms "tarot
card reader," "crystal gazer," "fortune teller," "mind reader," "palmist"
and "tea-leaf reader."
A room used primarily for conducting the business of psychic
reading.
Any street, alley or other parcel of land open to the outside
air leading to a public street, which has been deeded, dedicated or
otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.
The area defined by the total square footage bounded by the
entire rear of the principal building to the rear property line extending
from side lot line to side lot line without regard to the minimum
rear yard setback requirements.
The process of renewing underground water by infiltration
during wet seasons.
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A facility for sound recording which generally consists of
two rooms, the studio, or live room, and the control room, where the
sound from the studio is recorded and manipulated. They are designed
so that they have good acoustics and so that there is good isolation
between the two rooms.
A recreation facility operated as a business and open to
the public for a fee. A commercial recreational facility may include,
but is not limited to, the following uses: health clubs, day spas,
gyms, and fitness centers.
A recreation facility provided as an accessory use on the
same lot as the principal permitted use and designed to be used primarily
by the occupants of the principal use and their guests.
A recreation facility operated by an organization and open
only to bona fide members and guests of such organization.
A recreation facility operated by a governmental agency and
open to the general public.
A transportation structure, self propelled or capable of
being towed by a passenger car, small pickup truck or panel truck,
of such size and weight not to require any special highway movement
permits and primarily designed or constructed to provide temporary,
movable, living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use,
but not while so parked, stored and not for any commercial purposes
or for profit. The term "recreational vehicle" shall be limited to
the following:
Travel trailers or fifth-wheel trailers which are defined as
portable structures built on a chassis with wheels as an integral
part to make them mobile and intended to be towed by passenger cars
and/or light pickup trucks or panel trucks, but not including truck
tractors of any type.
Camping trailers which are trailers, the walls of which are
so constricted as to be collapsible and made of either canvas or similar
cloth or rigid material such as fiber glass, plastic or metal. Camping
trailers are mounted on wheels and designed for travel and recreation
use.
Pickup campers or truck caps which are recreational structures
designed to be mounted in the bed of light pickup trucks and are designed
for travel, storage or recreational use.
Motor homes which are constructed with a truck or motor van
chassis and incapable of being separated therefrom.
A boat or snowmobile trailer is a vehicle on which a boat or
snowmobile may be transported and which is towable by a passenger
car, light pickup or panel truck or mobile home.
Any work performed on an improvement which is not an addition
to the improvement and which does not change the appearance of the
exterior surface of the improvement.
A repair or reconstruction to any improvement for which a
building permit is ordinarily required.
A scientific or research laboratory devoted to research,
design and/or experimentation and processing and fabricating incidental
thereto, but not including structures where materials or finished
products are manufactured, processed or fabricated for sale.
A building or structure designed, used or intended for use
in which food and beverages are sold and consumed primarily within
the confines of an enclosed structure on the site, with seating and
serving capacity for not less than 30 persons and with public floor
area of not less than 600 square feet. A "restaurant" shall not include
refreshment stands commonly called snack or dairy bars where consumption
takes place outside of the structure or in automobiles parked upon
the premises, whether brought to said automobile by the customer or
by employees of the establishment. A "restaurant" shall also include
pickup or delivery services wherein food is prepared on the premises
for off-premises consumption. Cafés, coffeehouses and cyber
cafés, which provide Internet access, are restaurants.
An establishment which by design of physical facilities or
by service or packaging procedures permits or encourages the purchase
of prepared, ready-to-eat foods intended to be consumed off the premises
and where the consumption of food in vehicles on the premises is not
permitted.
The replication or reconstruction of a building's original
architectural features.
Any establishment primarily engaged in retailing bread and
other bakery products not for immediate consumption made on the premises
from flour and not from prepared dough.
A store that sells services such as drugstores, opticians,
travel agencies, real estate offices, jewelry repair, photographic
studios and dry cleaners, shoe repair facilities, tailors, seamstresses.
A store where goods are sold directly to the consumer for
personal or household use, with or without incidental processing on
the premises, including any establishment which requires a club membership
or fee payment to permit entry to the establishment for the sale of
goods or services whether or not the words "wholesale or warehouse"
appear in the name of the establishment.
A structure constructed to hold back or support an earthen
bank. A retaining wall shall not be considered a fence.
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A facility that provides permanent storage of excessive surface
runoff, such as a pond, pool or basin.
Either the Planning Board of the Township of Verona or the
Zoning Board of Adjustment, depending upon which agency has jurisdiction
over the application under consideration.
A harmonious sequence or pattern of masses alternating with
voids of light, with shade, colors, material or styles.
A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced
dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied
or occupied by a road, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission
lines, oil or gas pipeline, water line, sanitary storm sewer and other
similar use.
The outside top covering of a building.
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A flat-floored roofless area adjoining a multifamily structure
and supported by a roof below for the limited use of a single dwelling
unit and not to be utilized for common space.
A reflective dish structure which is designed for the purpose
of receiving television, radio, microwave, satellite or similar signals
and serves as an accessory structure to a principal permitted structure
or use.
An institution offering specialized instruction in a skill
or business.
Public and parochial institutions of learning for any grade
between kindergarten and 12th grade.
Pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons
of the year or some particular season.
The publication issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, entitled: "The Secretary of the Interior's
Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties," 36 CFR Part 68,
issued in 1992 and revised and supplemented from time to time.
The distance between a lot line and any part of the building.
The line that is the required minimum distance from the street
right-of-way line or any other lot line that establishes the area
within which the principal building must be erected or placed.
An accessory building with a single story; used for storage.
Any enclosure for confining or storing shopping carts outside
of the principal structure.
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed
and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking provided
on site with provision for goods delivery separated from customer
access.
A paved, surfaced or leveled area used as a pedestrian travel
way.
A full-service restaurant, snack and nonalcoholic beverage
bar, or limited-service restaurant, that serves food and/or drink
to be consumed by the public at tables located outdoors between a
building façade and the curbline of an abutting street and
within the public right-of-way area.
A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street
intersections or intersections of driveways and streets in which nothing
is erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as
to limit or obstruct the sight distance of motorists entering or leaving
the intersection.
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Any device, either freestanding or attached to a building
or structure or erected, painted or represented or reproduced upon
or in (to the extent provided herein) any building or structure which
displays, reproduces or includes any letter, word, name, number, model,
insignia, emblem, design, device or representation used to identify
the premises or occupant or owner of the premises, to advertise any
trade, business, profession, industry, service or other activity;
to advertise any product or item; to advertise the sale or rental
or use of all or part of the premises, including that upon which it
is displayed; to direct vehicular or pedestrian traffic, other than
state, county or municipal highway and roadway markers, including
any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration,
insignia or any representation used to advertise or intended to advertise
or promote the interests of any person.
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Any sign which directs attention to an individual, business,
product or service conducted, sold, leased or offered elsewhere than
on the premises where the sign is located.
The area within the frame or edge of the sign. Where the
sign has no such frame or edge, the area shall be the minimum area
which can be defined by an enclosed four-sided (straight side) geometric
shape which most clearly outlines the said sign.
A sign intended to be hung either with or without a frame,
possessing characters, letters, illustrations, or ornamentations applied
to paper, plastic, or fabric of any kind.
A sign used to identify either the trade, business, industry,
or profession being conducted on the premises.
A sign in which more than 50% of the entire area is solid
or tightly enclosed or covered.
A display device that has the ability to display dynamic
advertising.
A nonadvertising sign that directs attention to vehicular
or pedestrian entrances or exits, parking areas, reserved parking
spaces or similar site elements and is intended only for the safety
and convenience of employees, patrons or visitors.
A digital sign that is designed or intended to display text
in a digital format and is sometimes referred to as a "reader board."
EMC signs include "time and temperature signs."
The surface of a sign upon, against or through which the
message is displayed or illuminated on the sign.
A sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole or other support,
made of cloth, canvas, fabric or like material designed or intended
to advertise, identify or attract attention to a business organization,
service or event.
A flashing sign is an illuminated sign on which artificial
or reflected light is not maintained stationary and constant in intensity
and color at all times when in use.
A flexible sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole or
other support, made of cloth, canvas, fabric or like material designed
or intended to advertise, identify or attract attention to a business
organization, service or event and has a shape that resembles a feather.
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A sign having not more than two display sides which is attached
to or part of a completely self-supporting structure that is set firmly
in or below the ground surface and shall not be attached to any building
or structure whether portable or stationary.
A sign supported by uprights or braces in or upon the ground
surface.
The measurement from the ground surface beneath the sign
to the highest point of the sign.
A sign used to identify a common area containing a group
of structures, or a single structure on a minimum site of five acres,
such as residential subdivisions, apartment complexes, industrial
parks, mobile home parks, or shopping centers; located at the entrance
or entrances of the area, and including, but not limited to, a fence,
wall, archway, post or column, with the letters or symbols affixed
thereto.
Any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs
or outline illuminated by electric lights or luminous tubes as part
of the sign proper. Signs utilizing neon gases are illuminated signs.
A sign attached to or hung from a marquee, canopy or other
covered structure, projecting from and supported by the building and
extending beyond the building wall, building line or street lot line.
A sign which rotates or shifts, or appears to rotate or shift
position.
A sign in which at least 50% of the enclosed area is uncovered
or open to the transmission of wind.
A containing a statement about or endorsement of, any public
issue or candidate(s) for public office.
A sign of a temporary nature, not securely anchored to the
ground or to a building or structure and which obtains some or all
of its structural stability with respect to wind or other normally
applied forces by means of its geometry or character.
A display sign which is attached directly to the building
wall, and which extends more than six inches from the face of the
wall.
A device that utilizes any form of projection to cause any
form of advertisement to be displayed on any surface other than the
surface of said device.
A sign placed upon a property for the purpose of advertising
to the public the sale or lease of the property placed thereon.
A sign which is erected, constructed and maintained wholly
upon or over the roof of a building, with the principal support on
the roof structure.
A self-supporting A-shaped freestanding temporary sign with
only two visible sides that are situated adjacent to a business, typically
on a sidewalk, that contains commercial speech.
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Any form of advertising placed or projected upon a sidewalk.
A sign constructed of cloth, fabric or other lightweight
temporary material with or without a structural frame intended for
a limited period of display, including decoration displays for holidays
or public demonstrations.
All flat signs of solid-face construction which are placed
against a building or other structure and attached to the exterior
front, rear or side wall of any building or other structure so that
the display surface is parallel with the plane of the wall, including
signs painted on an exterior or a wall.
Any plot or parcel of land or combination of contiguous lots
or parcels of land.
The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal,
usually expressed in percent or degrees.
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Any slope equal to or greater than 25% as measured over any
minimum run of 10 feet. Steep slopes are determined based on contour
intervals of two feet or less.
Solid particles generated as a result of the incomplete combustion
of materials containing carbon.
Any establishment primarily engaged in preparing and/or serving
a specialty snack, such as ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookies, baked
goods, or popcorn and/or serving nonalcoholic beverages, such as coffee,
tea, juices, or sodas for consumption at or near the premises. These
establishments may carry and sell a combination of snack, nonalcoholic
beverages, and other related products (e.g., coffee, beans, tea, mugs,
and coffee makers) but generally promote and sell a unique snack or
nonalcoholic beverage.
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of whatever
origin that overlies bedrock and can be readily excavated.
An instrument, standardized by the American Standards Association,
used for measurement of the intensity of sound and calibrated in decibels.
A plan adopted by the Township to spend development fees
in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:93-5.1(c).[1]
A tall, narrow, pointed structure on the top of a building.
Standards adopted by ordinance regulating noise levels, glare,
earth-borne or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or atomic radiation,
noxious matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening
of unsightly objects or conditions and such other similar matters
as may be reasonably required by the Township or standards required
by applicable federal or state laws or municipal ordinances.
Any storm drainage technique that retards or detains runoff,
such as a detention or retention basin, porous pavement, dry wells
or any combination thereof.
That portion of a building included between the upper surface
of a floor and upper surface of the floor above or roof.
Any story having its floor surface entirely above grade except
that a basement shall be considered as a story above grade when the
distance from grade to the finished surface of the floor above the
basement is more than six feet for more than 50% of the total perimeter
or more than 12 feet at any point.
The lowest story or the ground story of any building, the
floor of which is not more than 12 inches below the average contact
ground level at the exterior walls of the building.
A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall
plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more
than four feet above the floor of such story.
A collective term for objects and pieces of equipment installed
on streets and roads for various purposes, including: traffic barriers,
benches, bollards, post boxes, phone boxes, street lamps, traffic
lights, traffic signs, bus stops, fountains, memorials, and waste
receptacles.
The dividing line between a street right-of-way and a lot.
Any changes in the supporting members of a building or structure,
such as walls, columns, beams or girders.
A retail establishment primarily selling food as well as
other convenience and household goods.
Any structure having a depth greater than two feet and a
water surface area in excess of 250 square feet which is used for
swimming, bathing or wading purposes.
A use established for a fixed period of time with the intent
to discontinue such use upon the expiration of the time period.
An improved area used for playing tennis.
A building or part of a building devoted to showing motion
pictures, or for dramatic, musical or live performances.
A portable, self-contained outhouse manufactured of molded
plastic and often used as a temporary toilet for construction sites
or large gatherings and events.
The configuration of a surface area showing relative elevations.
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily
for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone,
radio and similar communication purposes, including self-supporting
lattices, towers, guyed towers or monopole towers, including radio
and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common carrier
towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures.
A tower with a large container for storing water that is
utilized when normal water pressure is inadequate.
A building or structure designed for or occupied by no more
than one family or household and attached to other similar buildings
or structures by not more than two party walls extending from the
foundation to the roof and providing two direct means of access from
the outside containing cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for
the use of each family or household of the townhouse, including a
building or structure in a fee simple, condominium, cooperative or
leasehold ownership or any combination thereof.
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Land in its natural state before development.
That part of the natural environment which is rare or not
duplicated in the community or region.
The specific purpose for which land or a building, structure
or facilities is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is
or may be occupied or maintained.
Stabilization of erosive or sediment-producing areas by covering
the soil with permanent or short-term seeding, mulching, or sodding.
A coin- or bill-operated machine that dispenses merchandise.
An establishment that as its primary use contains a collection
of video games that can be played by a customer for a fee.
An above-ground or in-ground structure containing less than
24 inches of water.
A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials.
Terminal facilities for handling and storing freight without
the maintenance of vehicles.
One or more landscaping items from a range of fountains,
pools, ponds, cascades, waterfalls, and streams.
A mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates
freely to show the direction of the wind.
A structure that uses moving air to generate electricity
through the use of blades that are easily turned by the wind. This
rotating motion is translated inside the turbine into an electric
current, which is then interconnected via cables to a nearby electric
grid.
Any opening in the exterior wall or roof of any structure
for the purpose of admitting air or light, whether or not covered
with glass, plastic or other covering.
The aggregate square footage of all windows on any given
story of any structure, regardless of the angle or angles at which
they are set, including all portions of any door which contains a
window.
An open space which lies between the principal or accessory
building or buildings and the nearest lot line which is unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot between
the front lot line and the principal building, unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward except as may be specified elsewhere in this
chapter. The depth of the front yard shall be measured parallel to
and at right angles to the front lot line.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the rear line of the lot and the nearest line of the principal
building. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured parallel to
and at right angles to the rear property line. If a lot has two side
lot lines converging on a single point, the rear yard shall be measured
radially from said point.
An open, unoccupied space between the side line of the lot
and the nearest line of the principal building extending from the
front to the rear yard. The width of the side yard shall be measured
parallel to the side line of the lot. The minimum side yard setback
on a corner lot shall be at least 1.5 times the minimum yard requirement.
The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that
one or more of the building's side rests directly on a lot line.
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A specifically delineated area or district in the municipality
within which regulations and requirements uniformly govern the use,
placement, spacing and size of land and buildings.
The division of the municipality into districts and the establishment
of regulations governing the use, placement, spacing and size of land
and buildings within such district.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Verona.
The Zoning Map of the Township of Verona, New Jersey.
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Editor's Note: In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B–5.1b,
N.J.A.C. 5:93 expired on October 16, 2016.
