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Borough of Park Ridge, NJ
Bergen County
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Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and construction of this chapter. Words used in the present tense include the future and the future the present; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular; the word "structure" includes the word "building"; the word "lot" includes the word "plot"; the word "occupied" includes the words "designated or intended to be occupied"; the word "used" shall include the words "arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased or intended to be used"; the word "shall" is mandatory and not optional; and the word "may" is permissive.
For the purposes of this chapter, selected phrases and words are defined as follows:
ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT
All equipment which creates noise or vibrations such as any heating, ventilation, air-conditioning equipment, swimming pool pumps, filtering equipment and pool heaters.
[Added 10-14-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-9]
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
A use or structure subordinate to the principal use or structure on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the principal use or the principal structure.
ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL
Any changes in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or in the dimensions or configuration of the roof or exterior walls.
ANIMAL BOARDING
Any structure or premises designed for the feeding, housing and exercising of animals not owned by the owner of the premises and for which the owner of the premises may receive compensation.
[Added 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
ANIMAL KENNEL
Any structure or premises in which animals are boarded, groomed, bred or trained for a fee, compensation or any other commercial gain.
[Added 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
ANIMAL SHELTER
A facility used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted animals and that is owned, operated or maintained by a public body, established humane society, animal welfare society or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection and humane treatment of animals.
[Added 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
APPLICANT
A developer submitting an application for development.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
The application form and all accompanying documents required by ordinance for approval of a subdivision, site plan, conditional use, zoning variance or direction of the issuance of a permit pursuant to law, as required by Chapter 87, Subdivision and Site Plan Review, and the rules and regulations of the approving authority.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION or GASOLINE STATION
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 and where mechanical repair but not body repair may be rendered as an accessory activity, provided that all mechanical repair takes place within the confines of a building.[1]
BOARD (APPROVING AUTHORITY)
The Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Park Ridge, as appropriate.[2]
BUFFER AREA
A contiguous area of specified width adjacent to a lot either in its natural state or planted with evergreen or other suitable vegetation so as to form an effective year-round noise and visual screen. Such areas may contain fences, underground utilities and earth berms, but shall not include any principal or accessory building or use, parking areas and aisles or storage areas, except that driveways providing access from the street onto the site and which extend through a front yard buffer may be included. Approved signs may also be placed in a required buffer.
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy by persons, animals or property, and having a roof.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The ratio of the horizontal area measured from the exterior surface of the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principle and accessory buildings on the lot to the total lot area.
[Added 9-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-19]
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance of the building measured from the midpoint of the highest slope roof of the structure to the average finished grade, six feet from the building foundation, at the midpoint of each building wall and at a point six feet from each building corner (measured as if the building wall was extended six feet from the building corner).
[Amended 3-11-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]
BUILDING PERMIT
The permit issued by the Construction Code Official to ensure that the structure complies with the Uniform Construction Code,[3] this chapter, and Chapter 87, Subdivision and Site Plan Review, and other state, county and local ordinances applicable to the construction itself, upon payment of the fees required by Borough ordinances.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the site on which it is situated.[4]
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A certificate issued upon completion of a building or alteration thereof or the change of use thereof, indicating the exact purpose for which the building is to be used and certifying its compliance and the compliance of the structure itself with this chapter and other Borough ordinances, as well as conditions of the approving authority or other agencies in consideration of the grant to construct, alter or change the use thereof.
CHILD-CARE CENTER
An institution offering the provision of supplemental parental care and supervision for nonrelated children, on a regular basis during part or all of the day, under license by the New Jersey Department of Human Services. The term "child-care center," as used herein, includes the terms "infant-care center," "day nursery," "day-care center," "nursery school" or similar.
[Added 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
COMMON OPEN SPACE
An open space area within or related to a site designated as a development and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of the residents and owners of the development. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of the residents and owners of the development.
COMMUNITY RESIDENCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L. 1977, c. 488 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.), providing food, shelter and personal guidance, under such supervision as required, to not more than 15 developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons who require assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in the community, and shall include, but not be limited to, group homes, halfway houses, intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment living arrangements and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered a health care facility within the meaning of the Health Care Facilities Planning Act (P.L. 1971, c. 136; N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.). In the case of such a "community residence" housing mentally ill persons, such residence shall have been approved for a purchase of services contract or an affiliation agreement pursuant to such procedures as shall be established by regulation of the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals of the Department of Human Services. As used herein, "developmentally disabled person" means a person who is developmentally disabled as defined in Section 2 of P.L. 1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2), and "mentally ill person" means a person who is afflicted with a mental illness as defined in N.J.S.A. 30:4-23,[5] but shall not include a person who has been committed after having been found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason of insanity or having been found unfit to be tried on a criminal charge.
COMMUNITY SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Any shelter approved for a purchase of services contract and certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by regulation of the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1979, c. 335 (N.J.S.A. 30:40-1-14), providing food, shelter, medical care, legal assistance, personal guidance and other services to not more than 15 persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including any children of such victims, who temporarily require shelter and assistance in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
An application form completed as specified by ordinance and the rules and regulations of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, and all accompanying documents required by ordinance for approval of the application for development including, where applicable, but not limited to a site plan or subdivision plat, provided that the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment may require such additional information not specified by ordinance or any revisions in the accompanying documents as is reasonably necessary to make an informed decision as to whether the requirements necessary for approval of the application for development have been met. The "application" shall not be deemed incomplete for lack of any such additional information or any revisions in the accompanying documents so required by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment. An "application" shall be certified as "complete" immediately upon the meeting of all requirements established by ordinance and the rules and regulations of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment and shall be deemed "complete" as of the date it is so certified by the administrative officer for purposes of the commencement of the time period for action by the approving authority.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon showing that such use in a specified location shall comply with the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use as contained in this chapter and the issuance of an authorization thereof by the Planning Board.
CONTINUING-CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
An age-restricted development that provides continuing accommodations and care from independent living to long-term bed care on a contract basis and also provides lifelong care in exchange for payment of fees.
[Added 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 95-12]
COURT
Any area which is bounded on three or more sides by buildings or walls which effectively enclose the area.
DENSITY
The number of dwelling units per gross area of land developed or to be developed.
DETENTION BASIN
Those areas which exist or are created for the temporary storage of stormwater and controlled discharge of this water to a receiving drainage system.
DEVELOPER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure or of any mining, excavation or landfill; and any use or change in the use of any building or other structure or land or extension of use of land, for which permission may be required.
DISTRICT OR ZONE
Any portion of the territory of the Borough of Park Ridge within which certain uniform regulations and requirements, or various combinations thereof, apply under the provisions of this chapter.
DWELLING
Any permanent building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence of one or more persons.
A. 
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILYA building which is completely surrounded by permanent open space occupied or intended for occupancy exclusively by one family, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the use of the occupants of the dwelling unit; also referred to as a "single-family dwelling."
B. 
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILYA building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters for no more than two families, with separate access, 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 the underside of the roof or by horizontal floors; also referred to as a "duplex dwelling." For the purposes of this chapter, two-family dwellings are prohibited, and consequently, a structure cannot be designed to include a separate dwelling unit regardless of the nature of the intended use; however, two-family dwellings which were created before 1960 are hereby categorized as preexisting nonconforming uses.
[Amended 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
C. 
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILYA structure or building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters for more than two families, with separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit.
D. 
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSEA one-family dwelling in a row of units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more common fire-resistant walls.
E. 
DWELLING, GARDEN APARTMENTOne or more multiple-family buildings with dwelling units located one above the other, but not to include more than two such units and side-to-side units, containing off-street parking, landscaped areas and other appurtenant facilities as more fully required herein.
F. 
DWELLING, TRAILERA vehicle with or without its own motor power and used for dwelling purposes and which is prohibited in Park Ridge. (See "recreational trailer" below.)
[Amended 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
G. 
DWELLING UNITOne 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 cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities are provided within the dwelling for the exclusive use of the occupants.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by public utilities or a municipal or other government agency, of electrical, gas, water transmission or distribution systems or collection, communication, water supply or sewage treatment and collection systems, including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, light stanchions, telephone lines, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate services by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies for the public health, safety or general welfare, but not including buildings.
FAMILY
Any number of persons related by blood, marriage or adoption or living together as a single housekeeping unit.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA
The rivers or other watercourses and adjacent land areas subject to inundation, as defined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in the event of the design flood. These areas include but are not necessarily limited to the floodway and flood-fringe areas as delineated on the Flood Insurance Study for the Borough of Park Ridge, dated April 1980, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Boundary Maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[Amended 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
FLOODWAY
The rivers or other watercourses and the adjacent land areas to be reserved in order to discharge the design flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than 0.2 foot or as defined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
FLOOR AREA (GROSS)
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building or structure from the exterior face of exterior walls or from a center line of a wall separating two buildings.
[Amended 5-28-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-8]
FLOOR AREA (NET)
The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells, elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking or loading and all floors below the first or ground floor, except when used or intended to be used for human habitation or service to the public. The net floor area should be utilized for the purposes of imposing parking regulations, provided that no more than 10% of the gross floor area may be reduced for these common area calculations.
[Added 5-28-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-8; 5-28-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-8]
FLOOR AREA RATIO
The gross floor area of all principal buildings or structures on a lot divided by the total lot area. The gross floor area of all principal buildings or structures excludes any floor area where the finished floor level is greater than three feet below the average grade measured six feet from the structure and any floor area associated with a detached garage.
[Amended 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8; 11-10-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-23]
GARAGE
A structure used for the storage of one or more vehicles.
GARAGE, REPAIR
Any building, structure, premises and land in which a business or service involving the maintenance, servicing or repair of vehicles, but not body repair of vehicles, is conducted or rendered.
GARAGE WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the outside of the opposing walls, measured parallel to the garage door(s) which allow vehicles to enter and exit.
[Added 4-12-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-009]
GRADE, FINISHED
The completed surface of lawns, walks and roads brought to grades as shown on approved plans relating thereto.
GREEN ROOF
A conventional roof that is covered with a layer of vegetation, also known as "living roofs." There are two types of green roofs:
A. 
Intensive roofs, which are thicker and can support a wider variety of plants but are heavier and require more maintenance; and
B. 
Extensive roofs, which are covered in a light layer of vegetation and are lighter than an intensive green roof. For purposes of this chapter, an extensive green roof includes a soil depth range between three and six inches sufficient to support smaller plant communities.
[Added 9-13-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-026]
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured from the exterior walls of the building, but not including interior parking lots.
HANDICAPPED PERSON
For the purpose of this chapter, a person shall be considered "handicapped" if such person is determined, pursuant to federal regulations adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to have an impairment which is expected to be long-continued and of an indefinite duration, which substantially impedes his or her ability to live independently in conventional housing and which is of such a nature that mobility could be improved by more suitable housing than conventional facilities provide. A "handicapped person" shall be one exhibiting essentially physical disabilities, provided that said person shall be able to live essentially as an independent individual or within a family or does not require continuous medical supervision or care, as provided in the rules and regulations of the Bergen County Housing Authority.
HISTORIC SITE
Any real property, man made structure, natural object or configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing which has been formally designated in the Master Plan as being of historical, archaeological, cultural, scenic or architectural significance.
HOME OCCUPATION
An activity which is incidental to the use of a dwelling for residential purposes and is conducted as a conditional use in the resident's dwelling unit.
HOUSING FOR THE HANDICAPPED
Multifamily housing provided for physically handicapped persons in accordance with the definition of a handicapped person as contained herein. Said housing shall not be construed to be a nursing home, hospital, housing for the developmentally disabled, group housing, group care housing or any other form of institutional and quasi-institutional facilities. Each dwelling unit shall contain separate kitchen, living room, bedroom and sanitary facilities for each family or household resident therein.
IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE
Any material which reduces or prevents absorption of stormwater into land and which reduces percolation to a rate slower than 120 minutes per inch.[6]
INDEPENDENT AND ASSISTED-LIVING FACILITIES
A building that provides a residential living environment assisted by congregate meals, housekeeping and personal services for persons 62 years of age or older who have temporary or periodic difficulties with one or more essential activities of daily living and for any person, regardless of age, who has a physical or developmental disability.
[Added 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 95-12]
INSTITUTIONAL USE
A nonprofit, religious, or public use such as a church, library, public or private school, hospital or government-owned or -operated building, structure or land used for such institutional purposes.
[Added 5-27-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-010]
JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES AND MACHINERY
Includes any automobiles, motor vehicles, parts thereof and/or machinery no longer in actual or current use as such or which is dismounted or disassembled, being overhauled or wholly unfit for use without rebuilding or reconditioning, or which has been discarded for the original use for which it was intended or is not licensed for the current year.
JUNKYARD
An area of more than 100 square feet utilized for the deposit, collection, storage, keeping or abandonment of wrecked or inoperative automobiles or other vehicles or parts thereof, wastepaper, rags, sheet metal, used building materials, house furnishings, machinery or other scrap materials.
LOADING SPACE or LOADING AREA
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or a group of buildings, for temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading materials or equipment.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise, as permitted by law, and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
A. 
LOT, CORNERA parcel of land located at the junction of and abutting two intersecting streets or at the bend of the same street where the angle of intersection does not exceed 135°.
B. 
LOT, INTERIORA parcel of land other than a corner lot or three-sided lot.
C. 
LOT, THREE-SIDEDA lot having frontage along three streets.
D. 
LOT, THROUGHA parcel of land which extends through from one street to another, and which streets do not intersect at the property.[7]
LOT DEPTH
A horizontal distance between the front lot line and rear lot line, measured perpendicular or radial to the front lot line at the midpoint of the lot frontage to the furthest distance thereof or taken as the average of three measurements, one taken at each corner and one taken at the midpoint for irregularly shaped parcels.
LOT FRONTAGE
The length of the front lot line.
LOT LINE
A line of record bounding the lot.
A. 
LOT LINE, FRONTThe line which separates the publicly owned or controlled street right-of-way from the private property which abuts upon the street, as distinct from a sidewalk line, curbline or edge-of-pavement line. On a street or highway shown on the adopted Master Plan of the Borough, the "front lot line" shall be considered to be the proposed right-of-way line for the street.
B. 
LOT LINE, REARThe lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
C. 
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured parallel to the front lot line at the required front yard setback line.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A structure the size, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
OPEN SPACE
An area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of the owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space, provided that such areas may be improved with only those improvements that are designed to be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
PARKING SPACE
A place that is arranged and intended, exclusively, for the parking of one motor vehicle in a parking area or a garage in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 87, Subdivision and Site Plan Review. A "parking space" shall also mean a "parking stall."
PATIO
A level, landscaped and/or surfaced area directly adjacent to a principal building, which will be no more than one step up, as defined by BOCA, at its maximum distance from the finished grade. Such structures which are more than one step up, as defined by BOCA, shall be considered a deck.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
A criterion established to control noise, odor, smoke, toxic or noxious matter, vibration, fire and explosion hazards, glare or heat generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Borough of Park Ridge.
PROFESSIONAL, RESIDENT
Includes the following: an architect, accountant, chiropractor, dentist, surgeon or physician, engineer, land surveyor, lawyer, professional planner and real estate or insurance agent or broker, provided that the professional person owns and occupies, as a dwelling, the unit used in the practice of the profession and that the use does not exceed 30% of the floor area.
PUBLIC AREAS
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas; other public open spaces; scenic and historic sites; and sites for schools and other public buildings and structures.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality, municipal agency, Board of Education, state or county agency or other public body for recreational or conservation uses.
RESTAURANT
An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served and consumed primarily within the principal building.
[Amended 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18; 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 95-12]
RESTAURANT, TAKEOUT
An establishment where food and/or beverages are sold in a form ready for consumption, where all or a significant portion of the consumption takes place or is designed to take place outside the confines of the restaurant.
[Added 8-8-1995 by Ord. No. 95-12]
RETAIL TRADE
An establishment engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
RETENTION BASIN
Those areas which exist or are created for the storage of stormwater and absorption of this water into the ground.
ROOMING HOUSE
See "boardinghouse."
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
A. 
BUSINESS SERVICESEstablishments primarily engaged in rendering services to business establishments on a fee or contract basis, such as advertising and mailing, employment services, management and consulting services, development and testing, photofinishing, copying and supply services.
B. 
PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD SERVICESEstablishments primarily engaged in providing personal/household services, including photographic studios, beauty shops, barbershops, shoe repair, clothing repair and rental shops; on-premises repair of small household appliances; and instructional classes limited to dance, karate and similar activities, music and ceramic classes; provided, however, that mortuary services and dry-cleaning establishments are specifically excluded.
[Amended 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18]
SIGHT TRIANGLES
A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street intersections formed by the street lines drawn between points along such street lines 25 feet from their point of intersection 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. Also known as a "sight easement."
[Added 5-27-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-010]
STORY
That portion of a building between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between the surface of the floor and the ceiling above it.
A. 
(Reserved)[8]
B. 
STORY, FIRSTThe lowest story or the ground story of any building, the floor of which is not more than 12 inches below the average ground level of the exterior walls of the building.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway or which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Recording Officer prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and the grant to such Board of the power to review plats; and includes the land between street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines.
STREET LINE
The line which separates the publicly owned or controlled street right-of-way from the private property which abuts upon the street as distinct from a sidewalk line, curbline or edge-of-pavement line. On a street or highway shown on the adopted Master Plan of the Borough, the street line shall be considered to be the proposed right-of-way line for the street.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy, use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface of a parcel of land.
TRAILER
A vehicle with or without its own motive power, including campers and mobile homes, designed to be used as temporary living quarters or to hold camping and recreational equipment; any nonmotorized open or closed vehicle pulled by another vehicle designed to carry equipment, debris, other vehicles or any other materials.
[Amended 12-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18; 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8]
USE
The specific purpose for which land or a building, structure or facilities are designed, arranged or intended or for which they are or may be occupied or maintained.
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this chapter pursuant to law.
VEGETATIVE WASTE
Waste materials from farms, plant nurseries and greenhouses that are produced from the raising of plants. This waste includes such crop residues as plant stalks, hulls, leaves and tree wastes processed through a wood chipper. Also included are noncrop residues such as leaves, grass clippings, tree parts, shrubbery and garden wastes.
[Added 9-13-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-026]
VETERINARY HOSPITAL
A place where animals are given medical care and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital use.
[Added 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17]
WAREHOUSE
A building used primarily for the storage of goods and/or materials.
WETLANDS
Those areas that are inundated by surface or groundwater with a frequency sufficient to support and, under normal circumstances, that do or would support a prevalence of vegetative or aquatic life that requires saturated or seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth and reproduction. Wetlands include but are not limited to swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas such as sloughs, potholes, wet meadows, river overflows, mud flats and natural ponds. Wetlands shall include, but not be limited to, those shown on the United States Department of Interior wetlands maps or similar maps published by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
YARD
A. 
YARDAn open space which lies between the principal or accessory building or buildings and the nearest lot line and which is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as provided by this chapter. (See the illustrations at the end of this chapter.)
B. 
YARD, FRONTA space extending the full width of the lot between any building and the front lot line and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line.
C. 
YARD, REARA space extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular to the building to the closest point of the rear lot line.
D. 
YARD, SIDEA space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the side lot line and measured perpendicular from the side lot line closest to the principal building.
ZONING BOARD
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Park Ridge.
ZONING OFFICER
The administrative officer designated to administer this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "basement," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8.
[2]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "boardinghouse," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8.
[3]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 50, Construction Codes, Uniform.
[4]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "cellar," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8.
[5]
Editor's Note: Said provisions were repealed by L.1987, c. 116, effective 6-7-1989.
[6]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "improved lot coverage," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-13-2005 by Ord. No. 205-19.
[7]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "lot coverage," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-13-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-19.
[8]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection A, "story, half," was repealed 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-8.