A. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms and words listed in this section shall have the meanings herein given. Terms and words not defined herein but defined in other chapters of the Code of the Township of Chesterfield shall have, for the purposes of this chapter, the meanings given them in the respective chapters as the same now reads or may be amended. Terms and words not defined herein, nor defined in any other chapter of this Code, but defined in the Municipal Land Use Law shall have, for the purposes of this chapter, the meanings given them in the Municipal Land Use Law, its amendments or supplements thereto. Terms and words not defined in any of the foregoing sources shall have the meanings established by common usage of the words unless the context herein clearly indicates the contrary.
B. 
In the interpretation of this chapter, the provisions and rules set forth below shall be observed and applied, except when the context or the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., clearly requires otherwise.
(1) 
Words used or defined in one tense or form shall include other tenses and derivative forms.
(2) 
Words in the singular shall include the plural and words in the plural shall include the singular.
(3) 
The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the feminine gender shall include the masculine.
(4) 
The word "shall" is mandatory.
(5) 
The word "may" is permissive.
(6) 
In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this chapter and any caption, the text shall control.
For purposes of this chapter, phrases and words are defined as follows:
ACCESS
A way or means of approach to provide vehicular entrance to a property.
ACCESSORY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR USE
A building, structure or use which:
A. 
Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or a principal use.
B. 
Is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the principal building or a principal use.
C. 
Is ordinarily and customarily associated within the principal use and contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of the occupants, business or industry of the principal building or principal use served.
D. 
Is located on the same lot as the building or principal use served, except as otherwise expressly authorized by the provisions of this chapter.
ACCESS STRIP
A portion of a lot which provides a connection from a public road to the interior of a flag lot.
ADDITION
The construction of a new improvement as part of an existing improvement when such new improvement changes the exterior appearance of the improvement.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Township Clerk for all applications; the Planning Board Secretary for all administrative and procedural requirements once applications are before the Planning Board.
ADT
Average daily traffic.
ADVERSE EFFECT
Development designs or existing features or conditions on a developer's property or nearby property creating, imposing, aggravating or leading to impractical, unsafe, unsatisfactory or noncomplying conditions such as a layout inconsistent with the zoning regulations; insufficient street width; unsuitable street grade; unsuitable street location; inconvenient street system; unsafe and inefficient vehicular and pedestrian circulation; inadequate utilities such as water, drainage, shade trees and sewerage; unsuitable size, shape and location for any area reserved or dedicated for public use of land for open space in a planned development; infringement upon land designated as subject to flooding; and the creation of conditions leading to soil erosion by wind or water from excavation or grading; or not preserving the existing natural resources of the site; all as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-38 and 40:55D-41 and measured against the design and performance standards of this chapter.
AFFORDABLE RENTAL RESIDENCE
A dwelling in a building containing one or more dwelling units, to be available for rent at prices affordable to low- and moderate-income households under Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) regulations. Each affordable rental residence must consist of a room or a series of connected rooms designed for permanent residency containing living, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for a single housekeeping unit. The dwelling shall be self-contained and shall not require the use of unprotected outside stairs, passing through another dwelling unit or indirect route(s) to get to any portion of the dwelling unit, nor shall there be shared facilities with another housekeeping unit. Affordable rental residences shall be constructed, marketed and rented so as to qualify for the 2 to 1 bonus under N.J.A.C. 5:93-5.13(d)1.
AGRICULTURAL SUBDIVISION
A form of exempt subdivision (determined by the Planning Board) that is five acres or larger, which will not contain a dwelling unit on the designated agricultural tract and which is devoted to agricultural use or purpose.
AGRICULTURAL USE OR PURPOSE
Land devoted to agriculture for common farming activities, including but not limited to production, harvesting, storage, grading, packaging, processing and the wholesale and retail marketing of crops, plants, animals and other related commodities and the use and application of techniques and methods of soil preparation and management, fertilization, weed, disease and pest control, disposal of farm waste, irrigation, drainage and water management and grazing. For purposes of this chapter, "agricultural use" does not include a dwelling. See definition of "farm."
AGRICULTURE
Land which is:
A. 
Devoted to the production for sale of plants and animals useful to man, including but not limited to forages and sod crops; grain and feed crops; dairy animals and dairy products; poultry and poultry products; livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules or goats, including the breeding and raising of any or all such animals; bees and apiary products; fur animals; trees and forest products; fruits of all kinds; vegetables; and nursery, floral, ornamental and greenhouse products; or
B. 
Devoted to and meeting the requirements and qualifications for payments or other compensation pursuant to the Soil Conservation Program under an agreement with an agency of the federal government.
ALTERATION, NONSTRUCTURAL
Any work done on any existing improvement which is not an addition to that improvement, or which changes the appearance of the exterior surface of any improvement (other than for repainting or other work which restores the original exterior surface).
ALTERATIONS OR ADDITIONS, STRUCTURAL
Any change in supporting members of the structure or additions to a structure requiring walls, foundations, columns, beams, girders, posts or piers or the moving of a structure.
ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTURE
Mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
A place where one or more animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment, including an accessory use as an animal kennel limited to short-term boarding (see the definition of "kennel").
ANIMAL PEN
A structure and/or fenced area designed to contain or provide shelter for domestic pets which are the property of the resident.
ANTENNA
Any structure or device used for the purpose of collecting or transmitting electromagnetic waves, including but not limited to directional antennas such as panels, microwave dishes, satellite dishes and omnidirectional antennas.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
APARTMENT
A dwelling unit in a building having three or more dwelling units where one or more of the dwelling units is located above one or more other dwelling units (see "garden apartment").
APPLICANT
A developer submitting an application for development.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
An application form provided by the Township and completed by the applicant together with all accompanying documents required by this chapter for approval of the application for development, including where applicable, but not limited to, a site plan, subdivision plat, planned development, conditional use, zoning variance or direction of the issuance of a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or 40:55D-36.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Planning Board, unless a different agency is designated in this chapter, pursuant to the authority of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
APRON
The surface area located between a roadway and a driveway.
ATRIUM
As used with reference to the term "gross floor area," an open court within a building extending to the roof, housing plantings, incidental benches or chairs and an information or receptionist's desk, but no general employee work areas.
ATTIC
An uninhabited area directly below the roof of a house.
AUTOMATIC TIMING DEVICE
A switching device which includes a clock that controls the time period of illumination.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
Any premises used for the retail sales of gasoline, oil or other products necessary for the maintenance and operation of motor vehicles or for servicing and minor repairs thereof, but where no vehicular painting and/or bodywork is done and where no junked or unregistered vehicles are kept or stored.
BACKHAUL NETWORK
The lines that connect a provider's towers/cell sites to one or more cellular telephone switching offices and/or long distance providers or the public switched telephone network.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
BANK AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
A financial institution as defined by Division H, Subsections 60 and 61, within the Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) .
BARN
Any building that is or was an accessory to an agricultural use and used for the housing, storage or preparation for marketing of plants or animals, storage of agricultural equipment, machinery, vehicles and tools.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building partly below and partly above grade, where the ceiling averages four feet or more above the finished grade where such grade meets the outside walls of the building. A basement shall be considered 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.
BERM
A mound of soil, either natural or man-made.
BILLBOARD
A sign or advertising structure which directs attention to a business, commodity, product, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered elsewhere other than on the premises where the sign is located; off-premises sign.
BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT
A subdivision where the lot line between lots is moved, but no new lot is created. (See definition for "lot line adjustment.")
BUFFER
A transitional portion of a lot devoted to lessening adverse impacts such as visual and noise conditions from one area to another usually by providing a strip of land maintained with a combination of trees or other natural woodland growth and/or graded and/or planted with trees, evergreens, hedges or shrubbery of sufficient height to protect an area from noise, dust, glare or other possible nuisances generated by nearby activities.
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The area of a lot which is covered by principal and accessory building(s), measured on a horizontal plane around the periphery of the foundation(s) and including the area under the roof of any structure supported by columns, but not having walls, as measured around the extremities of the roof above the columns.
BUILDING ENVELOPE
The three-dimensional space within which a structure is permitted to be built on a lot and that is defined by maximum height regulations and minimum yard setbacks.
BUILDING FOOTPRINT
The outline of a building at all of those points where it meets the ground.
BUILDING HEIGHT
See the definition of "height, building."
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The Construction Code Official of the Township of Chesterfield.
BUILDING LINE
The line beyond which neither a principal building nor accessory building extends, except that coves, cornices, gutters, chimneys, steps or other minor projections from a building wall may extend over the building line for a distance of no more than two feet.
BUILDING PERMIT
A certificate issued by the Construction Code Official authorizing the construction, reconstruction, remodeling, alteration or repair of a building or other structure upon approval of the submitted application and plans and as required pursuant to the Uniform State Construction Code Act.
BUILD-TO-LINE
A line parallel to the street right-of-way line at which a specified percentage of residential dwelling units in a block must be located; in siting residential building, the principal structure (main body) of the house/building is to be aligned with the build-to line irrespective of any porch, portico or other projection from the principal structure.
[Added 6-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
BUSINESS SERVICES
Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to business establishments on a fee or contract basis, such as advertising and mailing; building maintenance; employment services; management and consulting services; protective services; equipment rental and leasing; commercial research; development and testing; photo finishing; and personal supply services.
CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY
A cable television company as defined pursuant to Section 3 of P.L. 1972, c. 186 (N.J.S.A. 48:5A-3).
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
A governmental acquisition of real property or major construction project.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
A proposed schedule of all future capital improvements listed in order of construction priority, including cost estimates and the anticipated means of financing each project.
CARRIAGE HOUSE
A dwelling unit which is architecturally integrated with the garage of a single-family detached house within the Planned Village Districts and which is intended to be subordinate to the principal dwelling unit on the same lot; this unit type is not subject to subdivision on a separate lot from that of the principal dwelling unit to which it is an accessory use.
[Added 6-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
CARTWAY
The hard or paved surface portion of a street customarily used by vehicles in the regular course of travel. Where there are curbs, the cartway is that portion between the curbs. Where there are no curbs, the cartway is that portion between the edges of the paved or graded width.
CELLAR
The portion of a building partly or wholly below grade, where the ceiling averages less than four feet above the finished grade where such grade meets the outside walls of the building.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A certificate issued by the Construction Code Official upon completion of construction, alteration or change in occupancy or use of a building certifying that all requirements of the Uniform Construction Code and all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance, except as modified by the Approving Authority, have been satisfied and that the approval of the building is in conformance with the permitted uses in the zone in which it is located.
CHESTERFIELD AREA
All of the area comprising Chesterfield Township and a three-mile radius surrounding Chesterfield Township.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
CHILD-CARE OR DAY-CARE CENTER
A facility for the care, development and supervision of children up to the age of 18 years who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day. For facilities accommodating six or more children, the facility shall be licensed or deemed exempt from licensure by the State Department of Human Services, Department of Youth and Family Services.
CIRCULATION
Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement of people, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means as streets, highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes and conduits and the handling of people and goods by such means as terminals, stations, warehouses and other storage buildings or transshipment points.
CLUB, RECREATION
A private organization established principally for the enjoyment of outdoor recreation such as golf, tennis, swimming, riding, hiking and fishing. Accessory facilities may be included if clearly subordinate to the outdoor use such as covered tennis courts fewer in number than open courts, year-round pools, lockers and incidental eating and social facilities.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
A planned development technique based on a dwelling unit density for the entire tract, then allowing the lot sizes for the dwellings to be reduced or allowing various multifamily housing types to be substituted for detached single-family dwellings, so the housing can be designed on a portion of the tract. Under cluster designs, individual segments of the tract will be developed at higher densities than others, in exchange for which other portions of the tract will be left in open space or common property so the gross density of the entire tract is not exceeded.
CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Contiguous or noncontiguous area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing units which have a common or public open space area as an appurtenance.
COAH
The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.
COLLOCATION
Use of a common wireless telecommunications tower or a common site by two or more wireless license holders or by one wireless license holder for more than one type of communications technology, and/or placement of a wireless telecommunications tower on a structure owned or operated by a utility or other public entity.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
COMMERCIAL FARM
A commercial farm shall be:
A. 
A farm management unit of no less than five acres producing agricultural or horticultural products worth $2,500 or more annually, and satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property taxation pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964, P.L. 1964, c.48 (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1 et seq.);
B. 
A farm management unit less than five acres producing agricultural or horticultural products worth $50,000 or more annually and otherwise satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property taxation pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964, P.L. 1964, c.48 (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1 et seq.); or
C. 
A farm management unit that is a beekeeping operation producing honey or other agricultural or horticultural apiary-related products, or providing crop pollination services, worth $10,000 or more annually.
[Added 12-28-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-17]
COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES (also referred to as "Commercial Facilities")
Facilities that are designed so that the main purpose is to generate electricity for sale back into the energy grid rather than being consumed on site.
[Added 10-12-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-18]
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Commercially licensed vehicles of any kind except for Class 1 vehicles which do not have commercial advertising, lettering, signs or names and addresses on the exposed portions thereof.
COMMERCIAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Licensed commercial wireless telecommunications services, including cellular, personal communications services, specialized mobilized radio, enhanced specialized mobilized radio, paging and similar services that are marketed to the general public.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
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 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 residents and owners of the development.
COMMON PROPERTY
Land or water or a combination of land and water, together with related improvements designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development. "Common property" includes common open space and may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are incidental and accessory for the appropriate use or enjoyment of the property.
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L. 1977, c. 448 (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 community residence housing mentally ill persons, such residence shall have been approved for a purchase of service 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.
COMMUNITY SEPTIC SYSTEM
A subsurface disposal system which serves five or more realty improvements or one or more realty improvements where the design flow is greater than 2,000 gallons per day (gpd) as regulated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
COMMUNITY SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Any shelter approved for a purchase of service contract and certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by regulation of the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1979, c. 337 (N.J.S.A. 30:14-1 et seq.), 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.
COMPACTION
The increase in soil bulk density.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
COMPLETE APPLICATION
Submission of an application for development accompanied by the adopted checklist, completed by the applicant, together with all accompanying documents required by this chapter for review by the Approving Authority.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use as contained in this chapter and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Approving Authority.
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
An easement generally prohibiting the construction of buildings and intended for protection of environmentally sensitive areas including tree stands, floodplains, endangered or threatened species habitats, waterways, views and critical areas as defined by this chapter. Grant or grants to the municipality sufficient to permit the municipality to fulfill the intent and purpose of the easement as provided in this chapter.
CONTIGUOUS LAND
Land which is physically connected to other land so as to permit the land to be developed and used as a functional unit, provided that separation by lot lines, streams, dedicated municipal roads, rights-of-way and easements shall not affect the contiguity of land unless such condition(s) prevents the land from being developed and used as a functional unit.
CONVENIENCE STORE
A retail business that provides the public with a convenient location to quickly purchase a variety of consumable products and services, generally food, snacks, confectionary, beverages, tobacco, and gasoline. Convenience stores typically:
[Added 7-26-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-14]
A. 
Include a gross floor area of 4,000 to 6,000 square feet;
B. 
Have extended hours of operation including twenty-four-hour service seven days a week;
C. 
Provide off-street parking and convenient pedestrian access;
D. 
Stock at least 500 stock-keeping SKUs.
CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Development other than planned development.
CORE
A pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and civic uses serving the surrounding municipality, generally including housing and access to public transportation.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
COUNTY MASTER PLAN
A composite of the Master Plan for the physical development of Burlington County, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory matter adopted by the Burlington County Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-2 and 40:27-4.
COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
The Burlington County Planning Board as defined in Section 1 of P.L. 1968, c. 285 (N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.1).
COUNTY REVIEW AGENCY
"County review agency" as defined in § 130-75.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; amended 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2]
CRITICAL AREAS
Water bodies (including streams, ponds and lakes), one-hundred-year floodplains, wetlands and slopes 15% or more.
[Amended 7-26-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-17]
CUL-DE-SAC
A dead-end street, with a turnaround area at the end.
DAYS
Calendar days.
DEMOLITION
The partial or total razing or destruction of any improvement.
DENSITY
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of land to be developed.
[Amended 7-26-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-17]
DEPARTMENT
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
DESIGNATED CENTER
A State Development and Redevelopment Plan Center as designated by the State Planning Commission such as urban, regional, town, village, or hamlet.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
DESIGN ENGINEER
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
DETENTION BASIN
A man-made or natural water collection facility, designed to collect surface and subsurface water in order to impede its flow and to release the same gradually at a rate not greater than that prior to the development of the property, into natural or man-made outlets.
DEVELOPED AREA
That portion of a lot proposed for subdivision within the PVD Zoning Districts which is comprised of all land areas intended to be improved with building lots, road rights-of-way, stormwater management facilities (except for those which are immediately adjacent to proposed common open space areas), neighborhood parks and other improved/developed areas and shall be exclusive of areas comprised of wetlands, wetland transition areas, tract buffer areas required by this chapter, other undeveloped areas and common open space areas proposed pursuant to the requirements of § 130-41 of this chapter.
[Added 6-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
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 structure, 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, by any person, for which permission is required under the Municipal Land Use Law , N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. In the case of development of agricultural lands, "development" means: any activity that requires a state permit; any activity reviewed by the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural Development Committee (SADC), and municipal review of any activity not exempted by the Right to Farm Act , N.J.S.A 4:1C-1 et seq.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT
A unit of development measuring the intensity of use allowed within a geographic area of the community.
[Added 7-26-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-17]
DEVELOPMENT FEE
Money paid by an individual, person, partnership, association, company or cooperation for the improvement of property for purpose of Mt. Laurel fees.
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance, official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and development of land or amendment thereto adopted and filed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH)
The diameter of a tree trunk measured approximately four feet above the average ground level at the base of the tree.
DISTRICT
A zoning district established under Article XIV of this chapter.
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading or other means, and includes control of runoff during and after construction or development to minimize erosion and sedimentation, to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges, to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for their biological functions as well as for drainage and the means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
DRAINAGE AREA
A geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
A building containing more than two dwelling units.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A detached building containing one dwelling unit.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building containing two dwelling units which are separated from each other by vertical walls or horizontal floors, unpierced except for access to the outside or to a common cellar.
DWELLING UNIT or DWELLING
A room or series of connected rooms containing living, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for one family. The dwelling unit shall be self-contained and shall not require the use of outside stairs or common hallways, passing through another dwelling unit or other indirect route(s) to get to any portion of the dwelling unit, nor shall one dwelling unit require shared facilities with another dwelling unit.
DWELLING UNIT YIELD
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of land developed, provided that watercourses, floodways, swamps, areas with seasonal high water tables at the surface, state and federally designated wetlands and areas with slopes exceeding 20% shall receive no density credit. Areas away from the stream and floodway but within the one-hundred-year floodplain, areas having slopes between 10% and 20% and areas with seasonal high water tables between 0 feet and 1.5 feet shall receive half credit. For purposes of this chapter, the delineation of areas of seasonal high water tables shall be as shown on the Soil Conservation Service maps, except that if an applicant desires to use site-specific information, the seasonal high water tables shall be certified and sealed by a licensed professional engineer, based on tests witnessed by the Township Engineer. For purposes of this chapter, "design density" shall mean the number of units per acre on that portion of a tract devoted to a specific housing type, including streets, parking areas, driveways and yards, but excluding other areas to be set aside for common property and/or public areas. The "gross density" shall mean the number of units per acre on the entire tract.
EASEMENT
A right to use the land of another for a specific purpose.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
A municipal advisory body created pursuant to P.L. 1968, c. 245 (N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq.).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
A written and graphic submittal meeting the requirements of the Environmental Impact Statement Ordinance.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS
An area or feature which is of significant environmental value, including but not limited to: stream corridors; natural heritage priority sites; habitat of endangered or threatened species; large areas of contiguous open space or upland forest; steep slopes; and wellhead protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified using the Department’s Landscape Project as approved by the Department’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Include areas of wetlands, floodways, areas within the one-hundred-year floodplain (but outside the floodway) and slopes exceeding 15%.
EQUALIZED ASSESSED VALUE
The value of a property determined by the Municipal Tax Assessor through a process designed to ensure that all property in the municipality is assessed at the same assessment ratio or ratios required by law. Estimates at the time of issuance of a building permit may be obtained by the Tax Assessor utilizing estimates for construction cost. Final equalized assessed value will be determined at project completion by the Municipal Tax Assessor.
EQUESTRIAN TRAIL
A trail for the purpose of riding horses and other equestrian activities.
EQUIPMENT SHED/SHELTER
An enclosed structure, cabinet, shed or box at the base of the local communications facility within which are housed batteries and electrical equipment.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice and gravity.
EXCAVATION
The result of any act by which soil or rock is cut into, excavated, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated.
EXISTING GRADE
The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to cutting or filling.
FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
FAMILY
One or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship or any number of persons not so related, occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit.
FAMILY CHILD-CARE CENTER
A child-care facility provided by a homeowner for six to 15 children, exclusive of family members, within the homeowner's residence and licensed by the State Department of Human Services, Division of Youth and Family Services.
FARM
One or more lots with at least 10 acres devoted to the raising of agricultural products, including crops, livestock, swine, rabbits, poultry or dairy products, plus contiguous acreage containing one dwelling unit for the owner or operator of the farm. It includes necessary farm structures within the prescribed limits and the storage of equipment used.
FARM BUILDING
Any building used for the housing of agricultural equipment, produce, livestock or poultry or for the incidental or customary processing of farm products, provided that such building is located on, operated in conjunction with and necessary to the operation of the farm as defined by this section. The term "farm building" shall not include "farm dwelling."
FARMSTAND
A structure, either permanent or portable (e.g., wagon), located on a farm and in conjunction with a farm use for the purpose of selling farm produce, the majority of which must be grown on the property owned or under the control of the owner of the farm on which the stand is located, open only nine months per year.
[Amended 6-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-7]
FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM
A voluntary program as defined in the Agriculture Retention and Development Act (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-11 et seq.), which has as its principal purpose the long-term preservation of significant masses of reasonable contiguous agricultural land within agricultural development areas and the maintenance and support of increased agricultural production as the first priority of that land, including programs for the purchase of development rights, easements and deed restrictions and programs for financial assistance subject to approval by the State Agricultural Development Committee.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
FENCES
Artificially constructed barriers of wood, masonry, stone, wire, metal or any other natural or synthetic combination of materials erected for the enclosure or screening of land or structures, except in connection with agricultural uses.
FINAL APPROVAL
The official action of the Approving Authority taken on a preliminary approved major subdivision or site plan after all conditions, engineering plans and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled and the required improvements have been installed or guaranties properly posted for their completion or approval conditioned upon the posting of such guaranties.
FINISHED GRADE
The final grade or elevation of the ground surface conforming to the proposed design.
FLAG LOT
The flag lot configuration is one of reduced frontage on an approved street with the enlarged buildable portion located at the rear of the lot.
FLAG LOT STEM
The area of the flag lot which provides access on a driveway to the main buildable portion of the flag lot.
FLOOR AREA
The total floor area measured by using the outside dimension of the building at each story. If sharing a common wall, the area shall be measured from the center of interior walls and the outside of exterior walls. In residential uses, the gross floor area shall exclude the areas of the garage, attic, open porch or patio, cellar, utility area, heating and cooling rooms and all portions of the floor areas which have a ceiling height of less than 7.5 feet. In nonresidential structures, the gross floor area shall exclude areas used for utility, heating, cooling and other mechanical equipment but shall include all other areas, including cellars, warehousing and storage areas, regardless of ceiling height.
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
The sum of the area of all floors of buildings or structures compared to the total area of the site. The gross floor area as defined below shall be used in the calculation of the floor area ratio.
FOOTCANDLE
The illuminance on a surface of one foot in area in which there is uniformly distributed a light flux of one lumen.
FRANCHISE AREA
The right or authority to provide specified goods or services to a defined geographical area.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A building for the storage of not more than three motor vehicles, with no provision for repairing, servicing or storing such vehicles for profit. A private garage is also called a "residential garage."
GAZEBO
An accessory structure detached from the principal building used for outdoor leisure activities or a landscape element.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
A computer-generated mapping system including environmental maps and other municipal resource information.
GLARE
The sensation produced by luminance within the visual field that is sufficiently greater than the luminance to which the eyes are adapted to cause annoyance, discomfort or loss in visual performance and acuity.
GOVERNING BODY
The Township Committee of the Township of Chesterfield.
GREENHOUSE
A building whose roof and sides are 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.
GROUND COVER
Low-growing (18 inches in height or less) woody plants.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The sum of the area of full stories of a building or structure measured by using the outside dimension of the structure at each story. The gross floor area of units sharing a common wall shall be measured from the center of interior walls and the outside of exterior walls. In nonresidential uses, the gross floor area shall exclude areas used for utility and heating, cooling and other mechanical equipment, nonenclosed but covered exterior walkways, garages and parking decks, including the pedestrian entrance areas associated with underbuilding parking garages, but shall include all other areas regardless of ceiling height, including, but not limited to, cellar, warehouse and storage areas. Only the ground floor area of any atrium shall be included. In residential uses, the gross floor area shall exclude the areas of the garage, attic, open porch or patio, cellar, utility areas, heating and cooling rooms and all portions of floor areas which have a ceiling height above them of less than 7.5 feet.
HEIGHT
When referring to a tower or other structure, the distance measured from the finished grade of the parcel to the highest point on the tower or other structure, including the base pad and antenna.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
HEIGHT, BUILDING
The vertical distance measured between the highest point of the building and the average elevation of the finished grade as measured five feet from the foundation. The finished grade of berms and other mounding techniques that might be added around building foundations to increase the height of the finished grade and hence increase the allowable height of the building shall not be used for measuring building height.
HISTORIC DISTRICT
One or more historic sites and intervening or surrounding property significantly affecting or affected by the quality and character of a historic site or sites.
HISTORIC SITE
Any real property, man-made structure, natural object or configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing of historical, archaeological, cultural, scenic or architectural significance.
HISTORIC STRUCTURE
Any structure that is:
A. 
Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register;
B. 
Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;
C. 
Individually listed on a state inventory of historic places in states with historic preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or
D. 
Individually listed on a local inventory of historic places in communities with historic preservation programs that have been certified either:
(1) 
By an approved state program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or
(2) 
Directly by the Secretary of the Interior in states without approved programs.
HOME OCCUPATION
An occupation being conducted from a residence or from the residential lot as an accessory use. (See Article XI.)
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which:
A. 
Each lot owner, condominium owner, stockholder under a cooperative development or other owner of property or interests in the project shall be a member.
B. 
Each occupied dwelling unit is subject to a charge for a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization activities and maintenance, including any maintenance costs levied against the association by the municipality.
C. 
Each owner and tenant has a right to use the common property.
HOME PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
The office or studio of a licensed profession, such as physician, dentist, lawyer, architect, engineer or teacher who is a resident of the dwelling.
HOMESTEAD
Fifty-foot radius from all existing structures, including barns, sheds and other outbuildings.
HORTICULTURE
The growing or raising of nursery plants for sale for landscape purposes.
HOTEL
An establishment providing lodging and usually meals for the general public, especially transient guests. It may include such uses incidental to the operation as follows: rest rooms, offices, meeting rooms, restaurants, cocktail lounges, beauty parlors, barbershops, apparel stores, confectionery shops and the like. Such incidental uses shall be conducted solely within the primary building.
HOUSEKEEPING UNIT
Unrelated individuals living together on a fairly stable, rather than transient, basis where the occupants share the ordinary tasks of living in a dwelling unit, such as but not limited to cooking and eating together, sharing inside and outside chores and performing other functional duties and activities akin to emulating family life.
HOUSE OF WORSHIP
A building or group of buildings, including customary accessory buildings, designed or intended for public worship or religious education.
HOUSING CONSULTANT
The consultant firm engaged by the Township to administer the housing rehabilitation program and conversion program of the Township relating to lower income housing.
HOUSING FOR FARM WORKERS
Housing facilities for farm workers located upon the farm of an employer/farmer.
HOUSING FUND
The Housing Rehabilitation and Assistance Fund established by the Housing Ordinance of the Township of Chesterfield.[1]
HOUSING OFFICER
The employee, consultant or authority or government or other agency charged with the responsibility of administering the affordable housing program of the Township.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
"Impervious surface" as defined in § 130-75.
[Amended 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2]
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO
A measure of the coverage of a piece of land measured by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces within the site by the total lot area.
INDUSTRIAL OR OFFICE PARK
A tract comprehensively planned, designed and approved for industrial or office uses, whether or not the buildings are erected in one development stage or over a period of time, but where the streets, utilities and lots and/or tenants parcels are set forth on a plan for the entire tract prior to construction of any portion of the tract. As development takes place, changes may be made in the plans for any undeveloped section(s), provided that the modifications conform to logical extensions of installed segments of streets, drainage, utilities and other facilities. Industrial or office parks with no subdivided lots shall have buildings spaced so the mortgage and/or lease lines conform to the requirements for lot lines as set forth in this chapter to assure conformance of such matters as building setbacks, buffers, driveway locations and distances between buildings.
INFILTRATION
The process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
JUDGMENT OF REPOSE
A judgment issued by the Superior Court approving a municipality's plan to satisfy its fair share obligation.
JUNKYARD
Any area of land, with or without buildings, used as a dump, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:26-1.4, or such area devoted to the storage, collection, keeping or abandonment of used, discarded or wasted materials, objects or debris, whether or not it is in connection with the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or disposition thereof. The deposit or storage of two or more wrecked or inoperable or unregistered vehicles or parts thereof on a lot for one month or more shall be deemed a "junkyard."
KENNEL
Any building, structure or premises in which one or more animals are kept, boarded, bred or trained for commercial purposes. Medical and surgical services, if any, shall be limited to incidental services provided solely for animals being boarded, bred or trained on the premises. Animal kennel does not include animal hospitals (see definition of "animal hospital").
LAND, CONTIGUOUS
See the definition of "contiguous land."
LANDLOCKED
Property which has no frontage on a public street.
LANDMARK
A building, structure, site or object which possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship or association and which is either located within an historic district or has been specifically identified as an historic site within the historic preservation plan element of the Master Plan of the Township pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28, Subdivision b(6), and has been determined, pursuant to the terms of this chapter, to:
A. 
Be of particular historic, cultural, scenic or architectural significance to the Township and in which the broad cultural, political, economic or social history of the nation, state or community is reflected or exemplified; or
B. 
Be identified with historic personages or with important events in the main current of national, state or local history; or
C. 
Show evidence of habitation, activity or the culture of prehistoric man; or
D. 
Embody a distinguishing characteristic or an architectural type valuable as representative of a period, style or method of construction; or
E. 
Represent a work of a builder, designer, artist or architect whose individual style significantly influenced the architectural history of the Township.
LATTICE TOWER
A freestanding tower with multiple legs and cross-bracing of structural steel.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
LIGHT EMISSION, DIRECT
Direct light emissions visible at a height of three feet or anything higher at the property line. A bulb, reflective device, refractive lens device, globe or diffuse panels shall be considered a direct light emission source.
LIGHT TRESPASS
Any form of artificial illumination emanating from a light fixture or illuminated sign that penetrates other property.
LOADING SPACE
An off-street berth within a structure or in the open, but on the same lot with a building or a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading between the vehicle and the building.
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.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the lot lines but not including any portion of a street. The minimum lot area of a lot fronting on a street proposed to be widened in the adopted Master Plan shall be the minimum area required for the district in which it is located, plus the additional area needed to anticipate the ultimate widening of the street. On flag lots, the minimum lot area shall exclude the access drive.
LOT, CORNER
A lot having at least two adjacent sides fronting on intersecting roads. A lot with frontage on two or more streets, including corner lots, shall have a building set back from each street not less than the required front yard. For rear and side yard setbacks of a corner lot, the rear yard shall be the yard that is opposite the designated front of the house (i.e., the side of the house having the front door.) The sole remaining side yard will meet side yard setback requirements for the zone. A lot situated with frontage on a road or street, and with secondary frontage on an alley, or "lane," in the Township’s receiving area, shall not be considered a corner lot for setback area and bulk requirement purposes.
[Amended 7-9-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-13; 12-30-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-18]
LOT COVERAGE
The area of a lot covered by buildings, structures and paved surfaces, with paved surfaces including but not limited to sidewalks, patios, swimming pools and decks, whether constructed of brick, blacktop, compacted stone, flagstone, concrete, wood or similar impervious material.
LOT DEPTH
The shortest horizontal distance between the front lot line and a line drawn parallel to the front line through the midpoint of the rear lot line.
LOT FRONTAGE
The straight horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at their intersection with the street line. The minimum lot frontage shall be the same as the lot width, except that on curved alignments with an outside radius of less than 500 feet, the lot frontage may be reduced to not less than 75% of the required minimum lot width and except as set forth for flag lots. In the case of a corner lot, either side may be considered the lot frontage, provided that the minimum dimension is met. (See "yard" definitions; see also "lot, corner" for exceptions.)
LOT, INTERNAL
Any lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINE
Any line forming a portion of the exterior boundary of a lot, and is the same line as the street line for that portion of a lot abutting a street. Lot lines extend vertically in both directions from ground level. On existing streets whose widths are proposed to be increased, the lot line shall be such as to provide for the widened street as shown on the Master Plan or Official Map.
LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT
A change in a lot line accomplished by minor subdivision. (See the definition of "boundary line adjustment.")
LOT SIZE AVERAGING, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
A planned development technique designed to encourage and promote flexibility, economy and environmental soundness in layout and design by varying, within a conventional subdivision, the lot areas and dimensions, as well as the yards and setbacks otherwise required by municipal development regulations in such a way that the average lot areas and dimensions, yards and setbacks within the subdivision conform to the conventional norms of the municipal development regulations, provided that such standards shall be appropriate to the type of development permitted.
LOT SIZE REDUCTION
In order to encourage and promote flexibility, economy and environmental soundness in layout and design, the Planning Board may approve the varying, within a conventional subdivision, of lot areas and dimensions and yards and setbacks otherwise required by municipal development regulations in such a way that the average lot areas and dimensions, yards and setbacks within the subdivision conform to the conventional norms of the municipal development regulations, provided that such standards shall be appropriate to the type of development permitted.
LOT WIDTH
The distance between side lot lines measured at the minimum required building setback from the street line, except on flag lots, the lot width shall be measured at the building line.
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME
An income level which is equivalent, in the case of the term "low income," to the very low income level and in the case of the term "moderate income," to the low income level, established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437a(b), and pertaining for the Township at the time of the relevant rental or sale of an involved dwelling unit. The term "family" or "household," when used with or in the context of the term "low and moderate income" or "lower income," shall have the meaning ascribed to the singular of the word "families" in the above code provision. In all events, the foregoing terms in quotations shall have the meaning attributed to them by then-current regulations adopted by New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH).
LUMEN
A unit of measure of the quantity of light which falls on an area of one square foot every point of which is one foot from the source of one candela (candle). A light source of one candela emits a total of 12.57 lumens.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the Township of Chesterfield for the maintenance of any improvements required under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5 and cash.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
"Major development" as defined in § 130-75.
[Amended 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2]
MAJOR SITE PLAN
All site plans not defined as minor or exempt.
MANUFACTURING
The production of articles or finished products from previously refined raw materials by giving them new forms or qualities.
MASTER PLAN
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for the development of the Township of Chesterfield as set forth in and adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
MAYOR
The Chairman of the governing body of the Township of Chesterfield.
MERGER
The consolidation of two or more lots into a single lot by the removal of the lot lines.
MINING
The extraction or quarrying of minerals, rocks and other solid material, including operations of milling, crushing, screening, washing, flotation and other preparation customarily done at the mine site or as part of the mining activity.
MINOR SITE PLAN
See "site plan, minor."
MINOR SUBDIVISION
See "subdivision, minor."
MIXED USE
A development which includes residential, public, quasi-public, commercial, office and open space uses and which has significant functional and physical integration of project components, including uninterrupted pedestrian connections and which is in conformance with a comprehensive design plan.
MOBILE HOME OR MANUFACTURED HOME
A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections; designed for long-term occupancy; containing living and sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower, bath and kitchen facilities with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems; and designed to be transported on its own wheels after fabrication, arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a complete dwelling unit, usually including major appliances and furniture and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations. For purposes of this chapter, recreational vehicles, travel trailers and campers are not considered mobile homes.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes are located and used for living purposes.
MODULAR HOME
A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections; designed for long-term occupancy; containing living and sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower, bath and kitchen facilities with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems; and designed to be transported on a flatbed or on other trailers in sections, arriving at the site where it is assembled for occupancy as a complete dwelling; and a unit that is in conformity with the Uniform Construction Code.
MONOPOLE
A single, freestanding pole-type structure, tapering from base to top, and supporting one or more antenna for wireless transmission.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
MOTION SENSOR DEVICE
A device that senses motion and will switch on lighting for a brief duration.
MULCH
A layer of wood chips, dry leaves, straw, hay, plastic or other materials placed on the surface of the soil around plants to retain moisture, prevent weeds from growing, hold the soil in place and aid plant growth.
MUNICIPAL AGENCY
The Planning Board or Township Committee of the Township of Chesterfield when acting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
MUNICIPALITY
Township of Chesterfield.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
NEIGHBORHOOD STORE
A retail store or shop which sells dairy products, sundries, beverages, prepared foods, canned goods, small quantities of vegetables and fruit, magazines, newspapers, other printed periodicals and baked goods. The store is intended to serve its immediate surrounding neighborhood, a village or a hamlet.
NODE
An area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating facilities and activities which are not organized in a compact form.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but 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 building or structure the size, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NURSERY
Land or greenhouses used to raise flowers, shrubs and plants for sale.
NURSERY SCHOOL
A facility for the care, development and supervision of children under the age of six years who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day. For facilities accommodating six or more children, the facility shall be licensed or deemed exempt from licensure by the State Department of Human Services, Division of Youth and Family Services.
NUTRIENT
A chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus, which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
OFFICE, BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL
A building or portion thereof used as the place of business of a person, corporation, firm or public agency for professional services and administrative and executive purposes, but where retail sales are permitted only if they are an accessory to the principal office use.
OFFICE PARK DEVELOPMENT
A tract comprehensively planned for office uses whether or not the buildings are erected in one development stage or over a period of time, but where the streets, utilities and lots are approved and constructed or guaranteed for the entire tract prior to construction of any portion of any building on the tract. Parks with no subdivided lots shall have buildings spaced so the mortgage and/or lease lines conform to the requirements for lot lines to establish conformance with this chapter for such matters as building setbacks, buffers, driveway locations and distances between buildings.
OFFICIAL COUNTY MAP
The map, with changes and additions thereto, adopted and established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Burlington County pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-5.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32.
OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS
Improvements to accommodate conditions generated by a proposed development, including but not limited to new improvements and/or extensions and modifications of existing improvements. "Off-site" means located outside the lot lines of the lot in question, but within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the subject of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OFF-STREET PARKING AREA
An open area, other than a street or other public way, used for the parking of motor vehicles and available for use, whether for a fee or as a service or privilege, by clients, customers, suppliers or residents.
OFF-TRACT IMPROVEMENTS
Improvements to accommodate conditions generated by a proposed development, including but not limited to new improvements and/or extensions and modifications of existing improvements. "Off-tract" means not located on the property which is the subject of a development application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
ON-SITE
Located on the lot in question.
ON-TRACT
Located on the property which is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OPEN SPACE
Any parcel or 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 owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space, provided that such areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
OPEN SPACE RATIO
The area of the property that is landscaped or left in a natural state after development expressed as a ratio of the total site area.
OUTDOOR LIGHT FIXTURE
An illuminating device which is permanently installed outdoors, including but not limited to devices used to illuminate any site, structure or sign.
PARKING SPACE
An area for the parking of a motor vehicle that is located on the same lot as the use it is serving. The area of a parking space is intended to be sufficient to accommodate the exterior extremities of the vehicle whether, in addition thereto, wheel blocks are installed within this area to prevent the bumper from overhanging one end of the parking space. The width and length of each space shall be as required by this chapter and shall be measured perpendicularly to each other, regardless of the angle of the parking space to the access aisle or driveway. In order for a parking space to qualify as meeting the minimum parking requirements of this chapter, there must be unobstructed access to the parking space. No parking space may block another.
PARTY IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED
For purposes of notice, any applicant for development, the owners of the subject property and all owners of property and government agencies entitled to notice under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Security accepted by the Township under this chapter, at least 10% of the total of which shall be cash or certified check and the balance either cash, certified check or bond in which the developer shall be principal and an acceptable surety company licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey shall be surety.
PERIMETER VILLAGE HOUSE
A building containing one dwelling unit which is not attached to any other dwelling and which is principally intended to serve as a transition from larger residential buildings and lot sizes outside the Planned Village Districts to smaller residential buildings and lot sizes within the Planned Village District.
[Added 6-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
PERMITTED USE
Any use of land, building or structure as permitted by this chapter.
PERSON
"Person" as defined in § 130-75.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; amended 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2]
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Unit development, planned unit residential development, residential cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial development.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of 10 acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing one or more residential clusters or planned unit residential developments and one or more public, quasi-public, commercial or industrial areas in such ranges of ratios of nonresidential uses to residential uses as shall be specified in this chapter.
PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area with a minimum contiguous acreage, as specified in the zoning provisions of this chapter, and an area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing one or more residential clusters. The development may include, as specified in the zoning provisions, appropriate commercial, public or quasi-public uses all primarily for the benefit of the residential development.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of Township of Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23.
PLANTS, INDIGENOUS
Plants that are native to the Eastern United States and not imported stock from other areas of North America or other continents.
PLAT
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
PLAT, FINAL
The plat of all or a section of the development submitted for final approval prepared in accordance with the Map Filing Law, N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.9. If approved as a subdivision, it shall be filed with the county recording officer within the required time, otherwise the approval shall be void. Minor and exempt subdivision and minor and exempt site plan approval shall be deemed final approval and the plats shall be submitted to comply with final plat requirements.
PLAT, INFORMAL
The plat submitted for purposes of discussion.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY
The plat prepared and submitted as a part of the application for preliminary approval in accordance with Article III of this chapter.
PLAT, SKETCH
The plat prepared and submitted for purposes of classification and discussion in accordance with Articles III through X of this chapter.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive substance [except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)], thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters or surface waters of the state, or to a domestic treatment works. “Pollutant” includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
PORCH
A roofed open structure projecting from the front, side and/or rear wall of a building and having no enclosed features of glass, wood or other material except screening and the necessary columns to support the roof.
POTABLE WELL
An underground source of water suitable for drinking.
PREEXISTING TOWERS AND ANTENNAS
Any tower or antenna for which a building permit has been properly issued prior to the effective date of this definition, including permitted towers or antennas that have not yet been constructed so long as such approval is current and not expired.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to Sections 34, 36 and 37 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46; N.J.S.A. 40:55D-48; and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-49) prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the Planning Board and the applicant.
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
Architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory stages of the design of a project illustrating in a schematic form, its scope, scale and relationship to its site and immediate environs.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
A building or structure within which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.
PRINCIPAL USE
The main purpose for which any lot, building and/or structure is used. No lot shall have more than one principal permitted use, except as noted below for farms. No more than one principal building shall be permitted on one lot, except that apartment or townhouse complexes, condominium projects and industrial/office complexes, where permitted, may be permitted more than one building on a lot in accordance with an approved site plan. For farms, more than one but not more than three principal dwellings may be permitted on one farm tract without a subdivision, provided that the farm is of sufficient size that the dwelling unit yield allowed in the Zoning Ordinance is not violated and provided that any new dwellings erected on a farm that are not placed on separate lots shall be spaced so a conforming subdivision is able to be created and provided that an approved well and septic system are available for each unit.
PRIVATE RECREATION
A recreation facility operated by an organization (for profit or nonprofit) and open only to bona fide members and guests of such organization.
PRIVATE SCHOOL
An institution of education whose general course work is comparable to the public school system and whose curriculum is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education or the New Jersey Department of Higher Education.
PROVIDER
A company that provides wireless services via a local communications facility.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
PUBLIC AREAS
A. 
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas;
B. 
Other public open spaces;
C. 
Public scenic and historic sites; and
D. 
Sites for schools and other public buildings and structures.
PUBLIC DRAINAGEWAY
The land reserved or dedicated for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the biological as well as drainage function of the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion and to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges, to induce water recharge into the ground where practical and to lessen nonpoint pollution.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the Township, Township agency, Township Board of Education, state or county agency or other public body for recreational or conservational uses.
PUBLIC PURPOSE
The use of land and/or building(s) by the Township Committee, Township School Board or some officially created Township, county, state or federal agency or authority or municipally sanctioned emergency service.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Any public utility regulated by the Board of Public Utilities and defined pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:2-13.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
A water supply providing piped water to the public for human consumption, if such system has at least 15 service connections or regularly service at least 25 individuals pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:19-1 et. seq.
QUORUM
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal agency.
RECHARGE
The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicle which is built on a single chassis; 400 square feet or less when measured at the longest horizontal projections; designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by another vehicle; and designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use.
REPAIR
Work done on any improvement which is not an addition to the improvement and does not change the appearance of the exterior surface of the improvement (other than for repainting or other work which restores the original exterior surface).
REPLACEMENT
Repair which requires a building permit.
RESEARCH FACILITIES
Buildings or structures for experimentation in pure or applied research design, development and production of prototype machines or devices or of new products and uses accessory thereto, wherein products are not manufactured primarily for wholesale or retail sale, wherein commercial servicing or repair of commercial products is not performed and wherein there is no display of any materials or products.
RESERVATION
A. 
A provision in a deed or other real estate conveyance that retains a right for the existing owner even if other property rights are transferred;
B. 
A method of holding land for future public use by designating public areas on a plat, map or site plan as a condition of approval.
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
See the definition of "cluster residential development."
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential land area, including streets, easements and open space portions of a development.
RESTAURANT
A public eating facility where patrons are first seated at tables, booths or counters, after which food ordered by them is served to the patrons by waiters or waitresses at such tables, booths or counters. The term "restaurant" does not include drive-in restaurants or fast-food restaurants as otherwise defined in this section.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
An establishment where patrons are served soft drinks, ice cream and other food products for consumption outside the confines of the principal building or in automobiles parked upon the premises, regardless of whether or not, in addition thereto, seats or other accommodations are provided for the patrons.
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
Any fast-food restaurant, including drive-in restaurants, which may or may not have tables, which is essentially designed to dispense quick, ready-made food of limited variety and at which the patron obtains food directly from the dispensing counter for consumption on or off such premises.
RETAIL USE
A commercial use as defined by Division G within the Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC).
RETAINING WALL
A structure erected between lands of different elevation to protect structures and/or to prevent the washing down or erosion of earth from the upper slope level.
RETENTION BASIN
A pond, pool or basin used for the storage of water runoff, whether natural or man-made, designed to contain water permanently .
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOTS
Lots abutting a major street, with no access to the major street, but having driveway access to a side street or to a minor street running parallel to the major street.
RIDGE TOP LINE
A line of ridges which are areas of similar topographic relief as identified by topographic mapping.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The total width and length of the course of a street, watercourse, utility alignment or other way and within which all improvements and rights of access are confined.
ROAD ORDINANCE
The Road Ordinance of the Township of Chesterfield, adopted March 9, 1960, and any amendments thereto.
SCHOOLS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT
An institution of education whose general course work is comparable to the public school system.
SCHOOLS, PUBLIC
Schools whose curriculum is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education or the New Jersey Department of Higher Education as a unit receiving state financing and administration.
SEASONAL HIGH WATER TABLE
The highest level that the water table or perched water table reaches when rainfall is normal.
SEDIMENT
"Sediment" as defined in § 130-75.
[Amended 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2]
SEDIMENT BASIN
A barrier, dam, excavated pit or dugout constructed across a waterway or at other suitable locations to intercept and retain sediment.
SEDIMENTATION
The deposition of soil that has been transported from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means as a product of erosion.
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE
A single-family dwelling attached to one other single-family dwelling by a common, unpierced vertical wall extending from ground to roof with each dwelling located on a separate lot and having its own front and rear access to the outside.
[Added 6-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING
A residential development including accessory buildings and required or permitted social, cultural, medical and recreational facilities limited to certain age groups conforming to 24 CFR Part 100 Subpart E, Housing for Older Persons, of the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, as it may be amended or superseded.
SEPTIC SYSTEM
An underground tank and laterals in which sewage in disintegrated by bacteria.
SERVICE STATION
Lands and buildings providing for the fueling of vehicles as well as the sale of lubricants and automotive accessories.
A. 
FUELING ISLANDA raised concrete island in a service station which contains one or more fueling pumps to service one or more vehicles.
B. 
FUELING PUMPA machine pump for dispensing of motor fuel, whether gasoline or diesel. Each fueling pump can only dispense fuel to one vehicle at a time; however, there may be more than one fueling pump operated from one fueling island.
C. 
FUELING STATIONThe building, premises and land in which or upon which automobile and truck fuels are dispensed, stored and sold.
SERVICE USE
A commercial use as defined by Division I within the Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC).
SETBACK
The minimum distance between a street line and a lot line, said space to be unobstructed except by fences or by shrubbery or other planting.
SETBACK LINE
A line drawn parallel to a street line or lot line and drawn to the point of the building nearest to the street line or lot line beyond which a building does not project. The minimum yard requirements shall be the minimum required setbacks. All setbacks from public streets shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way width as shown on the adopted Master Plan or Official Map, except that on flag lots, the minimum setback shall exclude the access strip.
SHED
A structure with dimensions that are not less than 60 square feet nor greater than 150 square feet in area and not exceeding eight feet in height at the eaves and used solely for storage and not housing of animals.
SHED, STORAGE
An accessory structure which is used for storage purposes and which does not maintain any electrical, heating or water service. Any structure which is large enough to store road licensed or farm vehicles shall be considered a garage.
SHIELDED LIGHT FIXTURE
A light fixture with a focused lens that allows no direct light emissions above a vertical cutoff angle of 80° through the light fixture's lowest light emitting part as certified by a photometric test. Any structural part of the light fixture providing this cutoff angle must be permanently affixed.
SHOPPING CENTER
A tract comprehensively planned for two or more retail businesses, whether the building(s) are erected in one development stage or over a period of time, but where off-street parking is shared and the access, parking, buildings, signs, lighting, landscaping, building elevations, utilities and lots and/or tenants' parcels are set forth for the entire tract prior to construction of any portion of the tract. Where there is more than one detached building, each building shall be spaced as if it were to be on separate lots in order to establish conformance with this chapter for such matters as building setbacks, buffers, driveways and distance between buildings.
SIDEWALK (AREA)
A paved path provided for pedestrian use and usually located at the side of a road within the right-of-way.
SIGHT TRIANGLE
A triangular area at each corner of intersecting streets or of streets and driveways, where the grading and landscaping is maintained and structures are restricted so as to allow drivers an unobstructed view along the intersecting street and driveway.
SIGHT TRIANGLE EASEMENT
Grant(s) to the county or Township sufficient to fulfill the intent and purpose of a sight triangle.
SIGN
Any object, device, display, mural, obstructive or a part thereof, situated indoors or outdoors, which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, services, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, illuminated or projected images; any announcement, declaration, demonstration, billboard, display, illustration or insignia used to promote or advertise the interests of any person, group of persons, company, corporation, service or product when the same is placed, erected, attached, painted or printed, whether inside or outside the building where it may be viewed from the outside of any structure on the premises where placed.
SIGN AREA
The area of any sign as calculated in this chapter shall be computed as the product of the largest horizontal width and the largest vertical height of the lettering, illustration, display or background. This shall not be construed to include the supporting members of any sign which are used solely for such purpose. If the lettering, illustration, display or background is attached directly to the face of a building, the height or width of the sign shall be the height or width of the largest letter, illustration, display or background, whichever is the greater.
SIGN CANOPY
A sign that is mounted or painted on or attached to an awning, canopy or marquee.
SIGN FACADE
Any sign erected, constructed or maintained on a building with the principal support of said sign being the building, including specifically the painting of signs or displays on the exterior surface of a building.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
Any sign, not attached to a building, which is erected, constructed, supported or maintained on a post or pole or other bracing or supporting device.
SIGN, GROUND-MOUNTED
Any freestanding sign which is flush to or rests upon the ground rather than erected on a post or pole.
SIGN HEIGHT
In the case of a freestanding sign, the height will be computed from grade level to the greatest height at any one point in the sign.
SIGN, IDENTIFICATION
Any sign which shall be used to advertise and identify the business conducted on the premises where the sign is located.
SILTATION BASIN
A facility through which stormwater is directed and which is designed to collect silt and eroded soil from a designated area.
SITE
The lot or lots upon which a major development is to occur or has occurred.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
SITE PLAN APPROVAL
The process under which a minor or major site plan is reviewed and acted upon by the Approving Authority prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, building permit or a certificate of occupancy.
SITE PLAN, EXEMPT
Site plan approval by the Approving Authority shall not be required for single-family and two-family dwellings as well as accessory buildings to agricultural and horticultural uses unless such uses involve a home occupation. Building or site alterations which do not involve a change in use or additional parking or additional building and/or paving area shall be exempt. Changes in use which do not require additional parking shall be exempt.
SITE PLAN, MAJOR
All site plans for new developments and those not defined as minor or exempt.
SITE PLAN, MINOR
A. 
A development plan of one or more lots which:
(1) 
Proposes new development, site alterations or building alterations requiring fewer than 10 parking spaces and/or less than 1,000 additional square feet of floor area and/or not more than 10% additional lot coverage;
(2) 
Does not involve a planned development, any new street or extension of any off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.
(3) 
Does not involve site work in any floodway or flood-fringe area under § 130-85.
(4) 
Contains the information reasonably required in order to make an informed determination as to whether the requirements established by ordinance for approval of a minor site plan have been met.
B. 
Approval of a minor site plan shall be deemed final approval and, as such, shall be prepared in accordance with final plat requirements.
SITE PLAN REVIEW
The examination of the specific development plans for a lot. The term "site plan approval" means a requirement that the minor or major site plan be approved by the Approving Authority prior to the issuance of a building permit and a certificate of occupancy.
SLOPE
The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed as a percent or ratio of horizontal to vertical.
SLOPES, SEVERE
Slopes having a gradient of between 15% to 24%.
SLOPES, STEEP
Slopes having a gradient of greater than 15%.
SOIL
"Soil" as defined in § 130-75.
[Amended 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2]
SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN
The map indicating the proposed scheduling and construction details for soil erosion and sediment control.
SOIL LOG
A record of the cross section of soil types measured for a set distance and indicating the depth at which water is encountered.
SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY OR STRUCTURE (referred to herein as "Solar Energy Facilities or Structures")
A facility or structure and all associated equipment, whether rooftop or ground-mounted, that engages in the generation of electrical energy from solar or photovoltaic technologies or a facility or structure engaged in supplying electrical energy generated from solar or photovoltaic technologies, whether such a facility or structure is a principal use, a part of the principal use, or an accessory use or structure. This shall not include solar water heating systems.
[Added 10-12-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-18]
SPECIMEN TREE
A particularly impressive or unusual example of a species due to its size, shape, age, historic significance or any other trait that epitomizes the character of the species.
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE
Standards:
A. 
Adopted by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65, Subdivision d, regulating noise levels, glare, earthborn or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and inflammable 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
B. 
Required by applicable federal or state laws or Township ordinances.
STATE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA (PA1)
An area delineated on the State Plan Policy Map and adopted by the State Planning Commission that is intended to be the focus for much of the state’s future redevelopment and revitalization efforts.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
STATE PLAN POLICY MAP
The geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan’s goals and state-wide policies, and the official map of these goals and policies.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
STORE, RETAIL
A building or part thereof in which retail uses are conducted.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land’s surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
STORMWATER DETENTION
A provision for stormwater quality enhancement and for storage of stormwater runoff and the controlled release of such runoff during and after a flood or storm.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN
An excavation or embankment and related areas designed to retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management basin may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration basin), retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands).
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE
"Stormwater management measure" as defined in § 130-75.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; amended 2-25-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2]
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
STORY
A. 
That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the surface between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
B. 
The interior of the roof shall not be considered a ceiling; rather, the underside of the highest horizontal surface separating the area above from the remainder of the structure below shall be considered the ceiling.
C. 
Cellars and basements ordinarily shall not be considered stories when considering the height of a building; provided, however, that finished basements in nonresidential buildings shall be considered a story for the purposes of height, floor area and parking computations in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
D. 
A half story is the area under a pitched roof at the top of a building, the floor of which is at least four feet but no more than six feet below the plate; and such half story shall not be used for nonresidential uses.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive or other way meeting that represents any of the following:
A. 
Is an existing state, county or municipal roadway;
B. 
Is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law;
C. 
Is approved by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.; or
D. 
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 the street lines, whether improved or unimproved and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street line.
STREET, ARTERIAL
A higher-order, interregional road in the street hierarchy; conveys traffic between centers; should be excluded from residential areas. (See the definition of "street hierarchy.")
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street that distributes traffic between residential access and subcollector streets and arterial order streets in residential subdivision design and between nonresidential uses and arterial roads. Such streets are intended to carry up to 3,000 vehicles per day (AADT).
STREET, CUL-DE-SAC
A street with a single means of ingress and egress and having a turnaround, the design of which may vary. (See the definition of "street hierarchy.")
STREET, DIVIDED
A street having an island or other barrier separating moving lanes of traffic.
STREET FURNITURE
Man-made aboveground items that are usually found in street rights-of-way, including benches, kiosks, bicycle racks, canopies, decorative traffic control fixtures, shelters and phone booths.
STREET HARDWARE
The mechanical and utility systems within a street right-of-way, such as hydrants, manhole covers, traffic lights and signs, utility poles and lines, parking meters and the like.
STREET HIERARCHY
The conceptual arrangement of streets based upon function. A hierarchical approach to street design classifies streets according to function, from high-traffic arterial roads to streets whose function is residential access.
STREET LINE
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever would result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the adopted Master Plan or Official Map or as required by this chapter forming the dividing line between the street and the lot.
STREET, LOOP
A street that has its only ingress and egress at two points on the same subcollector or collector street.
STREET, MAJOR ARTERIAL
A street designed to move traffic from municipality to municipality within a region and to provide connections between higher and lower orders of streets, with an AADT between 10,000 and 25,000 vehicles typically, though not exclusively, under county jurisdiction.
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS
A service street that runs parallel to a higher-order street which provides access to abutting properties and separation from through traffic. It may be designed as a residential access street or minor collector as anticipated daily traffic dictates.
STREET, MINOR ARTERIAL
A street which provides connections between major arterials and residential or nonresidential collector streets and also functions as an intramunicipal travel path, typically under county jurisdiction. Such streets are intended to handle 3,000 and 10,000 AADT.
STREET, PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL
A street intended to handle large volumes of regional and through traffic, typically under the jurisdiction of the state or federal government such as the Interstate Highway System, with an AADT exceeding 25,000 vehicles.
STREET, RESIDENTIAL ACCESS
The lowest order, other than rural street type, of residential street (see the definition of "street hierarchy"); provides frontage for access to private lots and carries traffic having destination or origin on the street itself; designed to carry traffic at slowest speed.
STREET, RESIDENTIAL MAJOR COLLECTOR
The highest order of residential street (see the definition of "street hierarchy"); conducts and distributes traffic between lower-order residential streets and higher-order streets (arterials and expressways).
STREET, RESIDENTIAL MINOR COLLECTOR
Middle order of residential streets (see the definition of "street hierarchy"); provides frontage for access to lots and carries traffic to and from adjoining residential access streets.
STREET, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
A type of residential access street conforming to traditional subdivision street design, which provides access to building lots fronting on a street and provides parking on both sides of street (see the definition of "street hierarchy").
STREET, RURAL
As it pertains to streets, when density is one dwelling unit per acre or lower, a road primarily serving as access to abutting building lots, which has no on-street parking and lot-to-street access is designed so vehicles do not back out of lots onto the street (see the definition of "street hierarchy").
STREETSCAPE
All of the elements that constitute the physical makeup of a street and that, as a group, define its character, including building frontage, street paving, street furniture, landscaping, including trees and other plantings, awnings and marques, signs and lighting.
STREET, STUB
A street which is to be extended when the adjacent property is developed.
STREET TREE
A tree in a public place, street, special easement or right-of-way adjoining a street typically large in size when mature.
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.
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A. 
A subdivision of land that does not adversely affect the development of the remainder of the tract or any adjoining property and does not involve:
(1) 
The creation of more than four lots including the remainder of the original lot, whether or not the lots were created at one time or singly over a period of years by the same or different owners, and which lots front on an existing improved street;
(2) 
Planned development;
(3) 
Any new street; or
(4) 
Extension of any off-tract improvements, the cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.
B. 
Approval of a minor subdivision shall be deemed final approval and as such shall be prepared in accordance with the final plat requirements.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure before the improvement or repair is started or before the damage occurred.
SUBSTANTIVE CERTIFICATION
A determination by COAH approving a municipality's housing element and fair share plan in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules and criteria as set forth herein. A grant of substantive certification shall be valid for a period of six years in accordance with the terms and conditions contained therein.
SWIMMING POOL
Facilities constructed above or below ground having a depth of more than two feet and/or a water surface of 100 square feet or more and designed and maintained for swimming purposes. The installation of swimming pools shall include consideration of all buildings, structures, equipment and appurtenances thereto.
TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
A committee appointed under provisions of this chapter to review development applications and schematic architectural plans and elevations submitted to the approving agency of the Township of Chesterfield under the provisions of this chapter. See § 130-83A and § 130-91.
[Amended 3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-4]
TOWER
Any ground- or roof-mounted pole, spire, structure, device or combination thereof that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone, radio and similar communications purposes, including supporting lines, cables, wires, braces and masks. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures and the like.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
TOWER, MULTI-USER
A tower to which is attached the antennas of more than one commercial wireless telecommunication service provider or governmental entity.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
TOWER, SINGLE-USER
A tower to which is attached only the antennas of a single user, although the tower may be designed to accommodate the antennas of multiple users as required by this chapter.
[Added 4-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
TOWNHOUSE
One dwelling unit in a line of three or more attached dwelling units, with each dwelling unit extending from the ground to the roof and having no other dwelling unit located above or under it and with each unit having its own outside access sharing no interior rooms or hallways with another dwelling unit.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Chesterfield in the County of Burlington.
TRACT
An area of land composed of one or more lots which are the subject of the development application, as well as all contiguous property in the same ownership of which such lot(s) are a part. Existing streets shall not be included in calculating the area of the tract.
TRAILER
A structure standing on wheels, towed or hauled by another vehicle and used for short-term human occupancy, carrying animals and goods or objects. But, see § 130-8, Prohibited uses.
TRAILERS, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION
A trailer for office or storage for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a construction permit and concluding with the issuance of the final certificate of occupancy.
TRANSCRIPT
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or reproduction thereof.
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT CREDIT
A development credit created by filing a TDR easement in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter.
[Added 7-26-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-17]
TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (a/k/a TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT CREDITS)
The concept of cluster zoning applied to noncontiguous properties where all or part of the development permitted on one site is permitted to be developed on another site under the conditions outlined in this chapter. See Article XVII.
TRIPLEX
A single-family dwelling attached to one or two other single-family dwellings by a common, unpierced vertical wall(s) extending from ground to roof within a structure containing three such dwelling units with each dwelling located on a separate lot and having its own front and rear access to the outside.
[Added 6-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
VOLUNTARY TDR'S
Transfer Development Rights (a/k/a TDC's) program that provides landowners with the option of transferring development rights to a fixed or floating receiving area(s).
UPLANDS
All lands except floodplains, wetlands and lands with seasonal high water table of more than 18 inches from the surface.
USABLE YARD AREA
The portion of a yard surrounding a structure which is viable for any use permitted by this chapter.
USE
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
UTILITY
Services provided to a use, including but not limited to sewage treatment, water supply, gas, electric, telephone and cable television.
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of a zoning ordinance pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-40, Subdivision b, 40:55D-70, Subdivision c, and 40:55D-70, Subdivision d.
VILLAGE HOUSE
A building containing one dwelling unit which is not attached to any other dwelling and which is the smallest single-family detached dwelling unit and lot size permitted within the Planning Village Districts.
[Added 6-12-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-6]
VISTAS
A unique view from or to a particular point.
WAIVER
The granting of relief from one or more submission requirements for an application or relief from design requirements as set forth in this chapter.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands, and bodies of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12]
WETLAND BUFFER AREA
A transition area as defined in the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act (N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq.). The buffer or transition area shall have a width approved by the NJDEP (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) under such Act. It is an area where the permitted uses shall be restricted to those approved under such Act and this chapter.
WETLANDS
A freshwater wetland as defined in the New Jersey Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq.
YARD
An open space extending between the closest point of any building and a lot line or street line. In an apartment, townhouses, industrial or office park, shopping center complex or other development where more than one building may be erected on a lot, yards shall also be the open space extending between structures and between structures and interior streets. All yard dimensions shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight street line, lot line or building facade or perpendicular to the point of tangency of curved lines and facades. The minimum distance between buildings in developments where there is more than one building on a lot shall be the sum of the two required yards of the structures and in no event shall two structures be closer to one another than the sum of both required side yards. Where an interior street, driveway or aisle passes next to or between buildings, the required yards shall be in addition to these areas.
YARD, FRONT
The area extending across the full width of a lot line between the street line and the building facade(s) generally facing the street, extending from each end of the building facade(s) in lines parallel to the street line. For apartments, townhouses, industrial or office parks, shopping center or other development where more than one building may be erected on a lot, the width of the front yard shall be measured away from the designated front of the building to an imaginary line a designated distance away from the front of the building. In the case of a flag lot, the required front yard shall be provided between the nearest point of the front of the building and the nearest lot line.
YARD, REAR
The open space extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the building facade(s) generally facing the rear lot line, extending from each end of the building facade(s) in lines parallel to the street line. For apartments, townhouses, industrial or office parks, shopping center or other development where more than one building may be erected on a lot, the width of the rear yard shall be measured away from the designated rear of the building to an imaginary line a designated distance away from the rear of the building. In the case of a flag lot, the required yard shall be provided between the nearest point of the rear of the building and the nearest lot line. The building includes porches and decks.
YARD, SIDE
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying between the side lot line and the closest point of the building. The side yard for apartments, townhouses, industrial or office parks, shopping center or other development where more than one building may be erected on a lot shall be measured from the designated side of the building to an imaginary line a designated distance away from the side of the building.
ZERO LOT LINE DETACHED RESIDENCE
A single-family detached unit which is located in such a manner that one of the building's sides rests directly on a lot line.
ZONING OFFICER
The individual appointed by the Township governing body to enforce the Development Regulations Ordinance herein.
ZONING PERMIT
A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer:
A. 
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
B. 
Which acknowledges that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions of the municipal Zoning Ordinance or variance there from duly authorized by a municipal agency.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 124, Housing.