For the purposes of this chapter, certain phrases and words
are herein defined as follows:
A.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense;
B.
Words used in the singular number include the plural number, and
vice versa;
C.
Words used to include the male gender include the female gender,
and vice versa;
D.
The word "used" shall include arranged, designed, constructed, altered,
converted, rented, leased or intended to be used;
E.
The word "person" includes corporation or partnership as well as
individuals;
F.
The word "lot" includes the word "plot," "parcel," or "premises";
G.
The word "structure" includes the word "building," "dwelling" or
"residence";
H.
The term "such as" shall be considered as introducing typical or
illustrative designation of terms and shall not be construed as constituting
a complete list;
I.
The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary; and
J.
The word "may" is discretionary and indicates a permissive action
and not mandatory.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of this article, have the meaning as herein defined.
Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning as
defined in Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English
Language, unabridged or the latest edition. Moreover, whenever a term
is used in this article which is defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1, et
seq., such term is intended to have the meaning as defined in N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1, et seq., unless specified to the contrary in this article.
Where improvements are governed by the New Jersey Residential Site
Improvement Standards (RSIS), such terms shall have the same meaning
as in N.J.A.C. Title 5, Chapter 21.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meaning as indicated:
An added roadway lane to the right side of the road which
permits integration and merging of slower moving vehicles into the
main vehicular stream or slowing down of vehicles.
A physical entrance to property.
A building, structure or use which is customarily associated
with and is incidental and subordinate to the principal building,
structure or use, and which is located on the same lot therewith,
including but not limited to garages, carports, decks, sheds, nonportable
swimming pools and all roofed structures. Any accessory building or
structure attached to the principal building shall be considered part
of the principal building. A storage and/or construction trailer shall
not be considered a permitted accessory building, structure or use
except as permitted pursuant to a development application.
A single vehicular entrance and/or exit combination between
a street and a lot.
The Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975.
Any land disturbance, including any development for which
an application for development is necessary.
The construction of a new improvement as part of an existing
improvement by way of an extension or an increase in the floor area,
height, or coverage of an existing building, structure or landmark
when such new improvement changes the exterior appearance of any building,
structure or landmark.
The Zoning Officer/Administrative Officer of the City of
Camden unless a different official(s) is designated by ordinance or
statute.
An establishment consisting of, including, or having the
characteristics of any or all of the following:
ADULT BOOKSTOREAn establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, publications, tapes, or films that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas.
An establishment devoted to adult entertainment, either with
or without liquor license, presenting material distinguished or characterized
by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual
activities or anatomical genital areas;
A cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, strippers,
male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers for observation
by patrons.
ADULT MINI MOTION PICTURE THEATERAn enclosed building with a capacity for less than 50 persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas.
ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATERAn enclosed building with a capacity for 50 or more persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to sexual activities or anatomical genital areas.
Conditions or situations created by a proposed development
that impose, aggravate, or lead to impractical, unsafe or unsatisfactory
conditions on properties such as, but not limited to, improper circulation
and drainage rights-of-way, inadequate drainage facilities and utility
service flows, insufficient street widths, unsuitable street grades,
unsuitable street locations to accommodate prospective traffic or
coordinate and compose a convenient and effective circulation system,
locating lots in a manner not adaptable for the intended purposes
without danger to health or peril from flood, fire, erosion or other
menace, providing for lots of insufficient size and neither providing
nor making future allowance for access to the interior portion of
a property for other facilities required by this chapter; or otherwise
in derogation of the City Master Plan.
Buildings, including apartments or condominiums, which are
restricted so that only persons age 55 or older and persons who are
married and cohabitating with a person 55 or older may become residents
in any unit. Residency in age-restricted housing shall be restricted
by bylaws, rules, regulations and restrictions of record to use by
permanent residents 55 years of age or older with the following exceptions:
A husband or wife under the age of 55 years who is residing
with his/her spouse who is 55 years of age or over;
Unemancipated children 19 years old or over residing with their
parents, where the parents with whom the child or children are residing
are 55 years of age or over;
One adult under 55 years of age will be admitted as a permanent
resident if it is established that the presence of such person is
essential to the physical care of one of the adult occupants who shall
be 55 years of age or over.
A single-family semidetached, single-family detached, single-family
attached and/or multifamily dwelling unit in an age-restricted community
which is unrestricted except as to an age requirement for occupancy.
The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.
A service roadway providing access to residential parking
and garages generally from the rear of residential lots. Such roadway
is not intended for general (public) traffic circulation.
As applied to a building or a structure:
A change or rearrangement in the structural parts or in the
existing facilities or an enlargement, whether by extension of a side
or by increasing in height or by moving from one location or position
to another.
Any other activity that would change the use of the building.
Changes to the appearance of the exterior surface of any improvement.
The addition of a sign or the enlargement of any existing sign
upon the premises.
Alteration shall not mean necessary repairs and renovation of
an existing structure for the purpose of maintenance.
Includes man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, flagpoles,
and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage
or conceal the presence of antennas or cell towers.
Any public or quasi-public place or premises wherein five
or more amusement machines or devices are maintained, kept, operated
or installed.
The buildings, cabinets, vaults, closures and equipment required
for operation of telecommunications systems including but not limited
to repeaters, equipment housing, and ventilation and other mechanical
equipment.
Any building or portion thereof designed or used for the
care, observation or treatment of domestic animals.
Any exterior apparatus designed for telephone, radio or television
communications through the sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic
waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies, wireless
telecommunications signals or other communications signals. Parabolic
dish antennas used for satellite communications shall not be included
within this definition.
The landowner or the agent, optionee, contract purchaser
or attorney authorized in writing to act for the landowner submitting
an application for development under this chapter.
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by this chapter for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned
development, conditional use, zoning variance or direction for issuance
of a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36 of
the Municipal Land Use Law.
The Camden City Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
A series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars,
either freestanding or attached to a wall to form a gallery; a series
of arches employed for decorative purposes; and a roofed passageway
or lane, especially one with slopes on one or both sides.
An establishment or business which provides a service of
supplying a human model, which such human model is fully or partially
nude for the purpose of photographing, painting, sketching, drawing
or otherwise describing or delineating said model in any shape or
form.
A survey by a New Jersey licensed land surveyor that indicates
improvements on, above, and below the ground after construction pursuant
to a final site plan or subdivision approval precedent to the issuance
of a certificate of occupancy.
A facility which is licensed by the NJ Department of Health
and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and congregate
dining and to assure that assisted living services are available when
needed, for four or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor.
In the context of this definition, "apartment" shall mean a dwelling
unit offering at a minimum, one unfurnished room, private bathroom,
kitchenette, and a lockable door on the unit entrance.
A unit in an assisted living facility which is licensed by
the New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services. Such
units shall offer, at a minimum, one unfurnished room, a private bathroom,
and a lockable door on the unit entrance. "Assisted living" is a level
of care between nursing care and independent living and includes a
coordinated array of supportive personal and health services, available
24 hours per day, to residents who have been assessed to need such
services. Assisted living is intended to promote resident self-direction
and participation in decisions that emphasize independence, individuality,
privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
Any sign erected, constructed or maintained on a building
with the principal support of said sign being the building.
An establishment that repairs and repaints motor vehicles
after collisions, fire damage, water damage, or other natural disaster
or for the purpose of restoration.
A lot or building used for the sale or hire of automotive
equipment. This shall be interpreted to include new and used car dealerships
and auto accessory sales rooms but not the sale of junked automotive
equipment.
A structure and surrounding land used for the storage and
sale of petroleum fuel primarily to motor vehicles and for accessory
uses such as the sale of lubricants, accessories, or supplies, the
incidental washing of motor vehicles, and the performing of minor
repairs. A service station is not a repair garage, auto body shop,
or car wash.
The dismantling by any means of automobiles or other vehicles
for salvage or scrap; or the crushing or melting of inoperable vehicles.
See "junkyard."
An ancillary lightweight roof-like cover, usually of canvas
cantilevered from the facade that is temporary or movable in nature
and that project's from the wall of a building for the purpose of
shielding a doorway or window from the elements and that may be periodically
retracted against the face of the building. An awning may or may not
include signage.
A sign which is made part of an awning.
An activity provided in an occupied residence in which child
care is provided only for a child or children related to the resident
care-giver, or only for a child or children of one unrelated family,
or only for a combination of such children; not being a child-care
center or family day-care home. Babysitting is a permitted accessory
use in all City residences.
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.
An unroofed outdoor living area cantilevered from the face
of a building on second or higher floors.
A miniature column or other upright form which in a series
supports a handrail.
Establishments such as banks and savings and loans, credit
agencies, investment companies, brokers and dealers of securities
and commodities, security and commodity exchanges, insurance agents,
lessors, lessees, buyers, sellers, and agents.
That land area immediately adjacent to the bed of a stream
or river which is essential to maintaining the integrity thereof.
The portion of a building that is partly or entirely below
grade, not designed for living quarters or habitable use and having
more than 1/2 of its clear height below the average level of the ground
adjoining the building.
A portion of a residential dwelling unit containing sleeping
accommodations without individual cooking facilities which are used,
let or hired out for compensation for the use of temporary guests.
A central dining area may be utilized to furnish breakfast only to
the guests.
A room planned or used primarily for sleeping.
A type of paving stone used as curbing generally cut in a
truncated pyramidal shape, laid with the base of the pyramid down.
A mound of soil, either natural or constructed, used for
one or more of the following purposes: screen, buffer, separator,
landscape feature, noise attenuator, dam, or stormwater control.
A road designed to accommodate the shared use of the roadway
by bicycles and motor vehicles.
A general term denoting improvements and provisions made
by public or private agencies to accommodate or encourage bicycling,
including parking facilities, maps, all bikeways, and shared roadways
not specifically designated for bicycle use.
A portion of a roadway which has been designated by striping,
signing and pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use
of bicyclists.
A pathway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic
generally by an open space or barrier and either within the highway
right-of-way or within an independent right-of-way or easement.
A segment of a system of bikeways designated by the jurisdiction
having authority with appropriate directional and informational markers,
with or without a specific bicycle route number.
Any road, path, or way which in some manner is specifically
designated as being open to bicycle travel, regardless of whether
such facilities are designated for the exclusive use of bicycles or
are to be shared with other transportation modes, including pedestrians.
Off-premises object, device, display, sign or structure,
or part thereof, displayed outdoors or visible from a public way,
which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention
to an object, person institution, organization, business, product,
service, event or location or express a point of view, by any means,
including words, letters, figures, design, symbols, advertising flags,
fixtures, colors illuminations or projected images. Each substantially
different face of a billboard structure shall constitute a separate
billboard. Billboards do not include on-premises commercial or political
signage nor small commercial or noncommercial signs temporarily placed
in residential lawns by residents, owners, contractors, realtors or
by or on behalf of political candidates or issues.
The facing of a billboard, including copy, insignia, background,
structural supports, and border and trim. The measurements shall be
determined by the smallest rectangle inclusive of all letter and images.
The structural supports shall be excluded if they do not constitute
a major part of the billboard or if the structure is not used to identify
or attract attention to the business or product.
Landscape element designed to remove silt and pollution from
surface runoff water. It consists of a swaled drainage course with
gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.
The water's flow path along with the wide and shallow ditch is designed
to maximize the time water spends in the swale, which aids in the
trapping of pollutants and silt.
An area bounded by one or more streets or a municipal boundary
and of sufficient size to accommodate a lot or lots of minimum size
required by this chapter.
The Planning Board or the Zoning Board of the City of Camden.
A person who is not related to the head of the household
and who may or may not pay for the privilege of boarding.
A building or part thereof arranged or used for lodging,
without shared kitchen facilities, for compensation, monetary or otherwise,
and not occupied as a single housekeeping unit.
The Zoning Board established pursuant to Section 56 of P.L.
1975, c. 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).[1]
A wall that is not part of the structural support of the
building and is intended, through its design and construction, to
collapse under specific lateral load forces without causing damage
to the elevated portion of the building or supporting foundation system.
A covered passage, one story in height, connecting a main
structure to another main structure or to an accessory building or
other land uses, i.e. parking spaces.
A structure designed to convey motorized/nonmotorized vehicles
and/or pedestrians over a watercourse, railroad, street or other obstacle
or depression.
An area within a property or site, generally adjacent to
and parallel with the property line, either consisting of natural
existing vegetation or created by the use of trees, shrubs, and/or
fences, designed to physically separate or screen one use or property
from another so as to visually shield or block noise, lights or other
nuisances. No building, structure, parking area, street, sign (except
traffic directional signs) or storage of materials shall be permitted
in this area.
The area surrounding a telecommunications tower and ancillary
facilities which lies between the tower and adjacent lot lines and/or
land uses.
That portion of a lot lying between required yards and/or
setback lines.
A structure which is designed, built or occupied as a shelter;
or roofed enclosure for persons, animals, property or shelter, located
on foundations or other supports and used for residential, business,
mercantile, storage, commercial, professional, industrial, institutional,
assembly, educational or recreational purposes.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or in the utility system
or mechanical equipment of a structure, which materially alters its
usability, capacity, or function.
The horizontal plan projection taken at grade level of all
covered or roofed areas and uncovered porches or decks on a lot, whether
permanent or temporary. In computing building area, cornices, eaves,
gutters, steps, and balconies are excluded.
The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of
the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest
point of the roof for flat roofs, to the mean height level (between
the eaves and ridge) for gable and hip roofs and to the deck line
of mansard roofs. In all cases the building height shall not include
chimneys, spires, towers, elevator penthouses, tanks, antennas, air-conditioning
equipment, and similar projections; provided, however, that such projections
shall be attractively and appropriately designed and/or shielded.
The Building Inspector of the City of Camden.
A line parallel to the street line touching that part of
a building closest to the street.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which the building is located.
A permit required prior to constructing, moving or altering
any building or structure, issued in compliance with the New Jersey
Uniform Construction Code Act and this chapter.
The relationship between the mass of a building and its surroundings
including the width of the street, open space, and mass of surrounding
buildings.
Standards and controls that establish the maximum size of
building and structures on a lot and the buildable area within which
the building may be located, including area, coverage, setback, height,
floor area ratio, and yard or other requirements affecting the physical
placement of buildings and structures on a lot.
A mode of public transportation that combines the quality
of rail transit and the flexibility of buses. It can operate on exclusive
transitways, high-occupancy vehicles (HOV) lanes, expressways or ordinary
streets. A BRT system combines intelligent transportation systems
technology, priority for transit, rapid and convenient fare collection
and integration with a local and regional land use policy in order
to substantially upgrade bus system performance.
A small roofed structure having from one to three walls located
near a street and designated primarily for the protection and convenience
of passengers.
Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to
business establishments on a fee or contract basis, including but
not limited to printing, copying, computer services, publishing, binding,
photo finishing, and personal supply services.
The diameter of a tree trunk measured in inches at a point
six inches above ground natural grade. For tree surveying, the diameter
of a tree trunk shall measure 4 1/2 feet above natural grade.
The publication of the City Division of Planning and Zoning,
as amended, which identifies historic and potentially eligible historic
structures and districts. Those properties specifically designated
by City Council as historic structures or historic districts are listed
in Appendix A of the Camden Historic Survey.
Any of the following:
A self-propelled, vehicular structure built as one unit on a
chassis and designed for temporary living for travel, recreation,
vacation or other short-term uses which may contain cooking, sleeping,
and sanitary facilities.
An immobile structure containing cooking and sleeping facilities
for travel, recreation, vacation or other short-term uses and designed
to be attached to the body of another vehicle for transporting from
one location to another.
A portable, vehicular structure built on a chassis, designed
for camping, the body of which is basically rectangular with a flat
top not more than four feet above the surface of the ground. The camper
is designed to have a temporary tent erected above the four foot level
for camping activities.
A portable structure built on a chassis designed for towing
and as temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation and other
short-term uses and having an outside body width not exceeding eight
feet and a length not exceeding 30 feet, and which may contain cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities.
An ornamental and sheltering roof-like structure.
A governmental acquisition of real property or major construction
project.
Any building or premises or portions thereof used for the
automated washing of automobiles, light trucks and vans for compensation.
A covered roof extending from the exterior building wall
which allows a vehicle to park underneath.
A company that provides wireless services.
The hard or paved surface portion of a street customarily
used for 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 of the paved or graded width.
A use of land for the burial of the dead.
The certificate issued by the Planning Board that is required
prior to rehabilitation, restoration, renovation, alteration, demolition
or new construction undertaken within an historic district or historic
structure.
A statement signed by the Construction Official, setting
forth that a particular lot or a particular structure may lawfully
be occupied for a specific use or uses.
Written endorsement by the City Engineer of a plan for soil
erosion and sediment control which indicates that the plan meets the
standards established by the Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment
Control in New Jersey as promulgated by the State Soil Conservation
Commission (N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq.).
Any person educated and trained to perform therapeutic massage
for bona fide purposes
Information which relates to changing events and/or messages
relating to the structure and use to which a sign relates.
Any facility which is maintained for the care, development
and supervision of six or more children under the age of six who attend
the facility for less than 12 hours a day and which offers such programs
as day-care center, drop-in centers, recreation-type centers sponsored
and operated by a county or municipal government, centers serving
mildly sick children, centers that had not been licensed by the NJ
Department of Human Services prior to the enactment of the Child-Care
Center Licensing Act of 1984, day nursery schools, play schools, cooperative
child centers, centers for children with special needs, infant-toddler
programs, employment-related centers, and/or kindergartens that are
not an integral part of a private educational institution or system
offering elementary education in grades kindergarten through sixth.
A child-care center shall not offer programs operated by a public
or private day school of elementary and/or high school grade, special
activity programs for children, youth camps, and/or religious classes.
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.
The term defining not-for-profit organizations dedicated
to arts, culture, education, recreation, government, transit and municipal
parking.
A building designed specifically for a civic function.
An outdoor area dedicated for public use. Civic space types
are defined by the combination of certain physical constraints including
the relationship between their intended use, their size, their landscaping
and the building(s) defining the space.
A board that is thin on one edge and thicker on the other,
to facilitate overlapping horizontally to form a weatherproof exterior
wall surface.
The removal of all standing trees on a lot or a portion of
a lot.
The triangle formed by the point of intersection of the right-of-way
lines of two intersecting streets and the points on each of the intersecting
right-of-way lines at a given distance from the point of intersection.
A private organization principally for the enjoyment of outdoor
recreation such as tennis, swimming, 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 functions.
A private organization for social purposes in which the principal
use is in enclosed buildings and limited outdoor sports are involved.
The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.
When two or more receiving and/or transmitting facilities
are placed together in the same location or on the same antenna support
structure.
A roof or building structure, extending over the sidewalk,
open to the street and sidewalk except for supporting columns or piers.
Any educational or recreational programs or activities involving
team or individual instruction that is conducted in a commercial structure
and related to children or adults, including but not limited to: dance,
musical instruments, singing, cooking, karate or other sports.
Within enclosed structures, including but not limited to
indoor tennis or racquetball courts, health spas, and similar facilities.
Trucks, buses, sedan delivery vehicles, station wagons with
advertising matter on the sides or any other commercially used vehicle
except a passenger car with no advertising matter exposed to view.
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.
A vertical wall and/or horizontal separation forming a structural
part of two buildings or of two separately owned and/or rented units
in the same building.
Ownership of two or more contiguous parcels of real property
by the same person or persons.
A building to be used as a place of meeting, recreation,
or social activity.
Buildings, structures, recreational devices, service systems
and other facilities generally available to and/or operated for the
benefit of residents, including but not limited to swimming pools,
tennis courts, building entries and passageways, roads, drainage systems,
pedestrian and bicycle pathways, sewage treatment plants and other
facilities (municipal buildings or schools).
A parcel of land used for the growing of vegetables, flowers,
etc. used for human consumption but not for commercial purposes. The
garden area may include but not be limited to a greenhouse, a small
accessory storage building, benches, a watering system and fencing.
A 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 persons with head injuries, 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, supervised apartment
living arrangements and hospitals. 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.). The
term "person with head injury" means a person who has sustained an
injury, illness or traumatic changes to the skull, the brain contents
or its coverings which results in a temporary or permanent physiobiological
decrease of mental, cognitive, behavioral, social or physical functioning
which causes partial or total disability.
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 six 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, half-way houses,
intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment living arrangements,
and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered a health care
facility, within the meaning of the "Health Care Facilities Planning
Act" (P.L. 1971, c. 136; N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.). In the case of
such a community residence housing mentally ill persons, such residence
shall have been approved for a purchase of 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. As used in this act, "developmentally
disabled person" means a person who is developmentally disabled as
defined in Section 2 of P.L. 1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2), and
"mentally ill person" means a person who is afflicted with a mental
illness as defined in N.J.S.A. 30:4-23[2], but shall not include a person who has been committed
after having been found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason
of insanity or having been found unfit to be tried on a criminal charge.
Any community residential facility operated as a hospice
program providing food, shelter, personal guidance and health care
services, under such supervision as required, to not more than 15
terminally ill persons.
Any shelter approved for a purchase of a 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)[3] 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.
An application for development shall be complete for purposes
of commencing the applicable time period for action by the appropriate
board. In the event the application is not certified to be complete
within 45 days of the date of its submission, the application shall
be deemed complete upon the expiration of the forty-five-day period
for purposes of commencing the applicable time period for action by
the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment unless: (a) the application
lacks information indicated on a checklist adopted by ordinance and
provided to the applicant; and (b) the Zoning Officer/Administrative
Officer has notified the applicant, in writing, of the deficiencies
in the application within 45 days of the submission of the application.
The applicant may request that one or more of the submission requirements
be waived. The appropriate board may subsequently require correction
of any information found to be in error and submission of additional
information not specified in the ordinance or any revisions in the
accompanying documents, as are reasonably necessary to make an informed
decision as to whether the requirements necessary for approval of
the application have been met. The application shall not be deemed
incomplete for lack of such additional information or any revision
in the accompanying documents so required by the Planning Board or
Zoning Board of Adjustment.
A preliminary presentation and attendant documentation of
a proposed subdivision or site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used
for the purpose of discussion and classification.
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 specified in this chapter and upon issuance of authorization by
the Planning Board. Any applications seeking exceptions to the conditions
and standards shall be considered as an application for a use variance.
A parcel, plot or area of land abutting a public street complying
with the minimum requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35, exclusive of
any area within such public street, whose area is sufficient to provide
the yard, space and setback requirements and the minimum area requirement
for the zone district in which it is located and complying with all
other minimum requirements for said district, as required by this
chapter.
A part of a continuing care retirement community with communal
dining facilities and services, such as housekeeping, organized social
and recreational activities, transportation services, and other similar
support services for residents.
An easement in favor of the City for the purpose of preserving
open space, buffers and/or the natural, scenic, aesthetic, or historic
value of land and precluding any building on the premises.
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair or similar
action, including demolition of buildings or structures.
The municipal official specified in the building code and
designated as such by the City Council responsible for the enforcement
of the State Uniform Construction Code.
Tracts of land which share a common boundary.
An age-restricted development that provides a continuum of
accommodations and care, from independent living to long-term bed
care and which enters into contracts to provide lifelong care in exchange
for the payment of monthly fees plus an entrance fee in excess of
one year of monthly fees conforming to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-330 et seq.
A lot fronting on two streets or other public way at their
intersection.
The exterior trim of a structure at the meeting of the roof
and wall, usually consisting of bed molding, soffit, fascia and crown
molding.
An open, unoccupied space bounded on more than two sides
by the walls of the building. An inner court is a court entirely surrounded
by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court is a court having
one side open to a street, alley, yard, or other permanently open
space.
Any wheeled or formerly wheeled vehicle designated for transport
upon roads or highways under its own motive power or under motive
power other than its own and used or intended to be used in connection
with construction or development for the storage of materials, tools
or equipment, or for office purposes. The meaning of "construction
trailer" shall be deemed not to include mobile homes or recreation
vehicles.
A freestanding retail store offering primarily packaged groceries
and offering token selections of a wide variety of sundries.
Development other than planned development.
A composite of the master plan for the physical development
of the County in which the municipality is located, with the accompanying
maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory matter adopted
by the County Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-2 and 40:27-4.
The County Planning Board, as defined in Section 1 of P.L.
1968, c. 285 (N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.1), of the county in which the land
or development is located.
The square footage or other area measurement by which all
buildings occupy a lot as measured in a horizontal plane around the
periphery of the foundation and including the area under any roof
extending more than two feet beyond the foundation.
A closed or open conduit designed for the purpose of conveying
an open channel watercourse under a road, highway, pedestrian walk,
railroad embankment, or other type of overhead structure.
Artificial dikes, levees, or other barriers, with appurtenances,
for the purpose of impounding or retaining water.
Calendar days.
Paving that is made up of solid, precise, modular units,
stamped concrete, seeded concrete, colored concrete or any combination
of the above.
A conveyance or offer of conveyance of property to public
use, which precludes the owner or any successor in interest from asserting
any right of ownership inconsistent with the use for which the property
is dedicated, until acceptance of the offer is acknowledged by the
City of Camden or other public entity.
The partial or total razing or destruction of any landmark
or of any improvement within an historic district.
The absence of routine maintenance and repair which can lead
to a building or structure's weakness, decay and deterioration resulting
in its demolition.
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of
land to be developed.
The total number of dwelling units per unit of land excluding
all areas designated as common open space, streets, easements, water
areas and wetlands.
Regulations that set forth specific improvement requirements.
A man-made or natural water collector facility designed to
collect surface or subsurface water in order to impede its flow and
to release collected water gradually at a rate not greater than that
existing prior to the development of the property, into natural or
man-made outlets.
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.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels,
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure, or of
any excavation or landfill, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,
drilling, and any other uses or change in the use of any building
or other structure, or land or extension of use of land for which
permission may be required pursuant to this chapter and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et. seq.
Money paid by an individual, person, partnership, association,
company or corporation for the improvement of property as permitted
in New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) rules or by others.
A zoning ordinance, land subdivision and 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 the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law.
A construction schedule and plan showing the year in which
each portion of a development shall be constructed.
Any direct glare source visible from a height above five
feet at the subject property line.
The part of the City to which certain uniform regulations
of this chapter apply as a separate zone district.
A window having two vertical sliding sashes, each closing
a different part of the window.
An arrangement of parking stalls where two rows of spaces
immediately abut each other and ingress/egress occurs on the exterior
side of each two-space pair.
A projecting vertical structure on the slope of a roof, which
provides light and headroom to the interior space.
The removal of surface water or groundwater from the land
by drains, grading or other means such as retention or detention basins,
including control of runoff to minimize erosion and sedimentation
during and after construction or development and means necessary for
water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
The lands required for the installation and maintenance of
stormwater and sanitary sewers, water pipes or drainage ditches and
other utilities, or lands required along a natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein
to safeguard the public against flood damage, erosion and sedimentation.
A limiting line established by a series of perpendicular
drop points marking the maximum radius of the crown of an existing
tree, but not less than six feet from the trunk, whichever is greater,
and within which no construction or disturbance shall occur.
A facility associated with a use that, by design, physical
facilities, service or by packaging procedures, encourages or permits
customers to receive services and obtain goods while remaining in
their motor vehicles.
A paved or unpaved area used for ingress or egress of vehicles
and allowing access from a street to a building or other structure
or facility.
An establishment which has as a portion of its stock-in-trade
any type of syringe, needle, eye dropper, spoon, pipe, testing kit,
rolling paper or other paraphernalia or appliances designed for or
ordinarily used in smoking, testing, weighing, measuring, injecting,
cooking or sniffing marijuana, cocaine, opium, hashish or other controlled
dangerous substances as defined by N.J.S.A. 24:21-1 et seq.
Land used for the disposal of garbage, sewage, sludge, trash,
construction debris, discarded appliances, machinery, vehicles, or
parts thereof, or waste material of any kind.
Any permanent building or portion thereof designed or used
exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons.
Dwellings may include but shall not be limited to the following types:
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILYA freestanding detached building on one lot or within a lot held in common ownership, serving one family.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY TWINA freestanding detached building on one lot, or within a lot held in common ownership serving two families, with private exterior entrances to each dwelling.
DWELLING, SEMI-DETACHEDA freestanding detached building on one lot, or within a lot held in common ownership serving up to four families, with private exterior entrances to each dwelling and, in general, having the exterior appearance of a single-family dwelling (i.e., duplex, triplex or quadplex dwelling types).
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILYA building or portion thereof used or designed as a residence for three or more dwelling units including apartments.
DWELLING, PATIO HOMEA building which contains one to four attached single-family dwelling units; each dwelling unit having as a major design feature an outdoor living space, contiguous to and structurally contained by that dwelling unit, and which is joined to other similar units which have blank walls with no windows facing the patio of the adjoining dwelling unit.
DWELLING, ZERO LOT LINEA freestanding detached building on one lot or within a lot held in common ownership, serving one family with one wall of the building located on a side property line, including atrium houses. Side, rear, or front yards may be enclosed to form common walled, open courtyards, or patios for each dwelling.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSEA building containing at least three connected dwelling units divided by common party walls, with private entrances to each dwelling. For purposes of this chapter, "townhouse" may include dwelling units with simple, condominium or cooperative ownership or any combination thereof.
DWELLING, APARTMENTThree or more units located within a single building, with an entrance to each dwelling by direct access from the outside or through a common hall. Apartments may include buildings in cooperative or condominium ownership.
A group of interrelated rooms or structures, intended or
designed for nontransient residential use of one family; separated
from other dwelling units by lockable doors; having access to the
outside without crossing another dwelling; and having living and sleeping
facilities, cooking facilities, fixed or portable, and complete sanitary
facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants thereof.
A right to use the real property of another created by deed
or other legal means, for the benefit of private persons or the public,
for one or more specific purposes.
A portion of a property which is permanently reserved for
the purpose of enabling vehicular and/or non vehicular access between
adjoining properties and may be either improved or unimproved.
An easement that establishes a clear sight triangle.
The projecting lower edges of a roof overhanging the wall
of a building.
A corporate or nonprofit organization involving scientific
investigation, engineering study, product development, or educational
activities.
Light fixtures that do not allow light to escape above an
85° angle measured from a vertical line from the center of the
lamp extended to the ground.
A building or space in a building and grounds used for the
daycare of senior citizens. It does provide normal daily health-related
care, i.e., medication administration, but not nursing care and services
and does not preclude services like flu shots.
A private or public organization that is organized and operated
for the purpose of providing a service or carrying on a trade or business
without profit.
A non-basement building which is built, in the case of a
building in an area of special flood hazard, to have the top of the
elevated floor or, in the case of a building in a coastal high-hazard
area, to have the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member
of the elevated floor elevated above the ground level by means of
piling, columns, (posts or piers) or shear walls parallel to the flow
of the water and which is adequately anchored so as not to impair
the structural integrity of the building during a flood of up to the
magnitude of the base flood. In an area of special flood hazard, "elevated
building" also includes a building elevated by means of fill or solid
foundation perimeter walls with openings sufficient to facilitate
the unimpeded movement of floodwaters. In areas of coastal high hazard,
"elevated building" also includes a building otherwise meeting the
definition of "elevated building," even though the lower area is enclosed
by means of breakaway walls.
Any work or action necessary to deliver essential public
services including, but not limited to, repairing water, gas, electricity,
telephone, sewer facilities, or public transportation facilities,
removing fallen trees on public rights-of-way, dredging navigational
waterways, or abating life-threatening conditions.
A municipal advisory body created by the City Council to
advise the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment.
A description and analysis of all possible direct and indirect
effects that development will have on residents and the site itself
as well as adjacent and noncontiguous areas.
The value of a property determined by the City Tax Assessor
through a process designed to ensure that all property in the City
is assessed at the same assessment ratio or ratios required by law.
Estimates at the time of building permit may be obtained utilizing
estimates for construction cost. Final equalized assessed value will
be determined at project completion by the City Tax Assessor.
To build, construct, attach, place, suspend or affix and
shall also include the painting of wall signs and the painting of
signs or displays on the exterior surface of a building, structure
or natural surface.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity.
A deed, bond, money, or a piece of property held by a third
person to be delivered to him or her to the grantee only upon fulfillment
of a condition or upon the grantor's failure to fulfill a condition.
One place of business, or one permanent usage.
A written statement, documented by maps and charts as appropriate,
examining, discussing and evaluating the impacts of a particular aspect
of a proposed development. An "evaluation," in this context, shall
include a comparison of the development and its impacts, as appropriate,
to applicable standards set forth in this chapter. If no standards
in this chapter are applicable to the particular aspect which is the
subject of the evaluation, then generally accepted standards shall
apply.
Any act by which soil or rock is cut into, dug, quarried,
uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated. The process of digging
out and removing, or exposing to view by digging out, land below its
natural pre-development condition.
Those exterior surfaces of a structure or improvement which
face upon a public street or right-of-way, excluding alleys, alleyways
or other public easements.
Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is
outside the display portion of the sign.
The Federal Aviation Administration.
The face of a building, usually the front.
Any sign attached to or painted on a building.
The area on the ground within a prescribed radius from the
base of a wireless telecommunications tower. The fall zone is the
area within which there is a potential hazard from falling debris
(such as ice) or collapsing material.
One or more individuals not necessarily related by blood,
marriage, adoption or guardianship, living together in a dwelling
unit as a single housekeeping unit, including shared bathroom and
kitchen facilities, and also may include other shared living space.
Such occupancy is distinguished from a boarding-, lodging- or rooming-house
type of occupancy dwelling unit.
A private residence which qualifies as a family day-care
home pursuant to the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act,"
P.L. 1987 c. 27 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-16 et seq.); and as further defined
as a private residence in which child care services are provided for
a fee to not less than three and no more than five children at any
one time for no less than 15 hours per week. Refer to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.5b
for further information on family day-care homes.
A permanent enclosed building typically operated year-round
where products primarily grown or produced on the farm where it is
located are sold.
The Federal Communications Commission.
An artificially constructed barrier of wood, brick, stone,
wire, metal, or any other manufactured material or combination of
materials used as a boundary or means of protection, confinement or
concealment. Masonry fences are prohibited unless they are utilized
to retain earth.
Windows and other openings on a building facade.
The deposit of any material that would raise the elevation
of land above pre-development conditions.
The official action of the Planning Board taken on a preliminarily
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 guarantees properly
posted for their completion, or approval conditioned upon the posting
of such guarantees.
The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with these regulations and which, if approved, shall be filed with
the proper County Recording Officer.
A decorative terminal form at the top of a spire, gable or
other point of relative height.
The official map on which the Federal Insurance Administration
has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk
premium zones applicable to the community.
The official report provided in which the Federal Insurance
Administration has provided flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary
- Floodway Map and the water surface elevation on the base flood.
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland
or tidal waters and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff
of surface waters from any source.
The relatively flat area or low lands adjoining the channel
of a river, stream, watercourse, canal, or any body of standing water,
which has been or may be covered by floodwater.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood
without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than
0.2 foot.
An area which is outside the floodway and is flooded with
an average frequency of one or more times in each 100 years as determined
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Flood Insurance
Rate Maps (FIRM).
The floodway and the flood fringe area of a delineated stream.
The elevation of the flood hazard area design flood.
The one-hundred-year storm in nondelineated areas and the
100-year storm plus 25% in delineated areas.
The area of all floors computed by using the dimensions of
the outside walls of each floor of a building or from the center line
of a wall separating two buildings, but not including cellars, porches,
balconies, patios, terraces, breezeways, carports, verandas and garages
or any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than 6 1/2
feet, except that enclosed porches and patios which are heated and
used year-round may be counted in computing the floor area, provided
that the walls, ceilings, foundation, etc., are the same as required
for the remaining structure.
The sum of the area of all of the floors of the building
or structures compared to the total area of the site.
A unit of illuminance on a surface one foot square in area
onto which there is a uniform flux of one lumen. Measured by a light
meter.
Any sign attached to a structure, where the sole purpose
of such structure is to support the sign.
A richly ornamented vertical band occurring just under a
cornice.
The distance between property lines of any property, measured
along the right-of-way of the street.
A light fixture with cutoff optics that allows no light emissions
above a vertical cutoff angle of 90° and a maximum of 10% of numeric
value of the lamp lumen output radiates over an 80° angle above
nadir (straight down at perfect vertical) through the light fixtures
lowest light emitting part when mounting height is 16 feet or less.
Any structural part of the light fixture providing this cutoff angle
must be permanently affixed. No direct up-light.
Cellular radio, personal communication service (PCS), enhanced
specialized mobile radio, specialized mobile radio and paging, commercial
land mobile radio and additional emerging technologies.
Directional, information or public service signs, such as
signs which provide information to motorists and pedestrians, indicating
locations of rest rooms, telephones or similar facilities of public
convenience, and signs located on mechanical dispensing equipment
that identifies its product.
A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial
and the display of the deceased and rituals connected therewith before
burial or cremation, licensed by the State of New Jersey for such
purpose.
A commercial establishment for the retail sales of furniture
and home furnishings including, but not limited to, window treatments,
light fixtures, and wallpaper. Home furnishings shall not include
flooring materials (including carpets) and/or large appliances such
as televisions, stereo systems, washing machines and clothes dryers.
The part of the end wall of a building between the eaves
and a pitched or gambrel roof. The gable orientation shows the vertical
triangular plane rather than the slope side of the roof. A gable facing
towards a frontage individualizes a building more strongly than its
alignment parallel to a frontage.
An establishment for retail sales of live plant material,
fertilizers, pesticides, landscape materials, plant containers, seasonal
sales of flowers, produce and holiday items, including Christmas trees
both live and artificial, lawn ornaments, garden furniture and similar
material.
A structure that is accessory to a residential building and
that is used for the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated
by the residents thereof and that is not a separate commercial enterprise
available to the general public.
Any garage not included within the definition of a "private
garage."
A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale
of motor fuels but also in supplying goods and services generally
required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and
the fulfilling of motorist needs. Major automotive repairs, painting
and body and fender work are excluded.
A comprehensive plan for the development of a planned development
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-45.2.
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 the loss of visual performance
and visibility.
A tract of land laid out for at least nine holes for playing
the game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards
that may include a clubhouse, dining and refreshment facilities, driving
ranges and miniature golf courses as accessory uses.
The City Council of the City of Camden.
The slope of a road, path, driveway, swale or other surface,
or the average finished ground elevation adjoining a building at project
completion.
The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of
the ground where the sign support structure meets the ground.
Building design that yields environmental benefits, such
as savings in energy, building materials, and water consumption, or
reduced waste generation.
Corridors where recreation and conservation are among the
primary values. They are fingers of green which link people and resources.
They may be in public or private ownership. Greenways connect new
and existing recreation and conservation areas such as parks and waterfront
open space. They serve as trail networks for jogging, bicycling, walking,
and hiking. These breaks in development also provide homes for wildlife
and preserve riparian vegetation. Greenways assist with sediment and
erosion control, nutrient and pollutant removal, stream and river
temperature control, and groundwater recharge. Greenways vary in width
from a minimum of 50 feet to areas several hundred feet in width.
Low-growing plants or sod that in time form a dense mat covering
the area in which they are planted preventing soil from being blown
or washed away and the growth of unwanted plants.
Any single-family dwelling used in the placement of children
pursuant to law recognized as a group home by the New Jersey Department
of Institutions and Agencies in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies; provided,
however, that no group home shall contain more than 12 children.
A tower that is supported or braced through the use of cables
(guy wires) that are permanently anchored.
When referring to a tower, the vertical distance measured
from the lowest finished grade at the base of the tower to the highest
point on the tower, even if said highest point is an antenna.
An area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure,
licensed or approved for the landing and takeoff of helicopters, and
including auxiliary facilities such as parking, waiting room, fueling,
and maintenance equipment.
A heliport, but without auxiliary facilities such as parking,
waiting room, fueling, and maintenance equipment.
Any building or structure which is historically or architecturally
significant.
A geographically definable area possessing a significant
concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures,
and/or objects which viewed collectively:
The body which, for the purposes of this chapter, acts as
the historic preservation commission as cited in the Municipal Land
Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Resources within a historic district shall be classified
as either contributing, noncontributing, or key-contributing, which
are defined as:
CONTRIBUTINGAny buildings, structures, sites, or objects which are integral components of the historic district either because they date from a time period for which the district is significant or because they represent an architectural type, period, or method for which the district is significant.
NONCONTRIBUTINGAny buildings, structures, sites, or objects which are not integral components of the historic district because they neither date from a time period for which the district is significant nor represent an architectural type, period, or method of construction for which the district is significant.
KEY-CONTRIBUTINGAny building or buildings which because of their historic significance and/or architectural quality are vital to the interpretation of the historic district in which they are located.
Restoring a building to its period of greatest historic significance.
Any buildings, structures, sites, objects, or districts which
possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship,
and association or which may be likely to yield information about
history or pre-history, and which have been determined, pursuant to
the terms of this chapter, to be:
Of particular historic significance to the City of Camden reflecting
or exemplifying the broad cultural, political, economic, or social
history of the nation, state, or community; or
Associated with the historic personages important in national,
state, or local history; or
The site of an historic event which had a significant effect
on the development of the nation, state, or community; or
An embodiment of the distinctive characteristics of a type,
period, method of construction, architecture or engineering; or
Representative of the work of an important builder, designer,
artist, or architect; or
Significant for containing elements of design, detail, materials,
or craftsmanship which represent a significant innovation; or
Able or likely to yield information important in prehistory
or history.
A retail establishment wherein a diverse variety of products
for the home are offered within the confines of a single building
and enclosed exterior space with appropriate screening. Such products
include, but are not limited to, appliances, tools, lumber, flooring
materials (including carpets), plants and garden products, electrical
and plumbing supplies, paints and lighting fixtures.
Any indoor activity carried out by a resident for financial
gain in a dwelling unit or in an accessory building which is clearly
incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential
purposes.
An organization operating in a development under recorded
agreements through which each lot owner shall be a member and each
dwelling unit is subject to a charge for a proportionate share of
the expenses for the organization's activities and maintenance, including
any maintenance costs levied against the association by the City in
accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.
A building or group of buildings consisting of individual
sleeping units designed for transient travelers and not for permanent
residence; which may include conference and meeting facilities and
restaurants.
A building used for public worship by a congregation, excluding
buildings used for residential, educational, burial, recreational
or other uses not normally associated with worship.
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. An organization
that provides standards for the lighting industry.
The square footage or other area measurement by which all
buildings and impervious surfaces cover a lot as measured in a horizontal
plane to the limits of the impervious area(s), such as surface areas,
walkways, patios and plazas. All parking spaces and lots, buildings,
roads, driveways, walkways, tennis courts, patios, decks and any other
structure or on-site material or ground condition that does not permit
the natural absorption of water shall be included in the computation
of improvement coverage. All surfaced parking areas and driveways,
all required parking areas which are permitted to remain unsurfaced
and all gravel and packed stone areas and landscape areas lined with
weed-inhibiting plastic sheeting shall be included in the computation
of impervious coverage. In addition, other areas determined by the
City Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition
shall also be considered as an "impervious surface."
Any structure or part thereof constructed or installed upon
real property by human endeavor and intended to be kept at the location
of such construction or installation for a period of not less than
60 consecutive days.
Either a single pressure peak or a single burst (multiple
pressure peaks) that has a duration of less than one second.
A building or portion thereof which is unsuitable for use
because it does not relate to or exist harmoniously with adjacent
surfaces or the building character.
A self-contained unit for an older adult or adults who are
capable of caring for themselves but for whom dining, social and health
related services are provided within the community through contractual
arrangements with the owner/manager, either as a complete package
or on an a-la-carte basis.
A nonprofit, community service or public use such as a post
office, library, community meeting hall, cultural-recreational-educational
facility, visual and/or performance arts building or government-owned
or operated building or structure.
A building or portion thereof which lacks neither soundness
of structure nor conformity to historical character.
In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, any citizen of
the State of New Jersey or, in the case of a civil proceeding in any
court or in an administrative proceeding before a municipal agency,
any person, whether residing within or without the municipality, whose
right to use, acquire, or enjoy property is or may be affected by
any action taken under the provisions of this chapter, or whose rights
to use, acquire, or enjoy property under the Municipal Land Use Law
(N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.) or this chapter, or under any other law
of this state or of the United States have been denied, violated or
infringed upon by an action or a failure to act under the provisions
of this article.
Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is
contained within the display portion of the sign.
A point where two or more streets meet and/or cross.
A building or portion thereof which is out of character with
other neighboring buildings and which may present a visual disruption
due to its size, shape or use of materials.
In-street design, a raised area, usually curbed, placed to
guide traffic and separate lanes, or used for landscaping, signage,
or lighting.
Any location, place or space, whether covered or uncovered,
used for the sale, purchase, exchange, display or storage of scrap
or junk materials or articles commonly called "junk," including but
not limited to old paper, old cardboard, old metal or metal products
such as old iron, brass, copper, tin, lead and other metals, old rags,
old rope, old wire, old bottles, old glassware, old household fixtures
or appliances, old motor vehicles and other abandoned or nonusable
vehicles. In any instance where a particular business sells or offers
for sale any of such articles both for salvage and/or for the purpose
for which such articles were originally manufactured, any location
on or from which such business is conducted shall be construed to
be a "junkyard."
A business devoted to the boarding, care of breeding of dogs
and cats.
Any ground, soil, or earth, including marshes, swamps, drainageways,
and areas not permanently covered by water within the City, plus improvements
and fixtures on, above or below the surface.
The division of a parcel into two or more parcels; the construction,
reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement
of any building or other structure; or of any mining, clearing of
land, excavation or landfill; and any change in the use of any building
or other structure, or land, or extension of use of land which is
subject to Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment review.
A component of a development plan on which is shown proposed
landscape species (such as number, spacing, size at time of planting
and planting details); proposals for protection of existing vegetation
during and after construction; proposed treatment of hard and soft
surfaces; proposed decorative features; grade changes; buffers and
screening devices; and any other information required to facilitate
an informed decision by the approving authority.
An area of land restricted to landscape items which may also
include such elements as natural features, earth berms, sculpture,
signs, lighting, accessways, bikeways and pedestrian pathways, but
not including motor vehicle parking, extending along the entire lot
line where they are required. The width of a landscape area shall
be measured at right angles to the lot line.
A completely planted visual barrier (or having equivalent
natural growth) composed of evergreen plants and trees and/or shrubs
arranged to form both a low-level and a high-level screen.
An area of land restricted to landscape elements which may
include lawns, plantings, natural features, earth berms, sculpture,
lighting, bikeways and pedestrian pathways, but not including motor
vehicle parking extending along the entire lot line(s) where they
are required. The width of a landscape buffer shall be measured at
right angles to the lot line.
An added roadway lane which permits integration and merging
of slower moving vehicles with the main stream or slowing down for
vehicles approaching a turn.
A type of mount that is self-supporting with multiple legs
and cross-bracing of structural steel.
That housing which may be produced at lowest price given
compliance with New Jersey Uniform Construction Code and other applicable
regulations.
The most recent version of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Commercial Green Building System, or other related LEED
Rating Systems, as approved by the U.S. Green Building Council.
An individual who has passed the LEED accreditation examination
issued by the USBGC in applying LEED principles to building design.
The assembly that holds the lamp in a lighting system. It
includes the elements designed to give light output control, such
as a reflector (mirror) or refractor (lens), the ballast, housing,
and the attachment parts.
The fabrication, processing or assembly of goods and material
where the storage of bulk goods and materials or such activities or
materials create no major hazard from fire or explosion or produce
no toxic or corrosive fumes, gas, smoke, odors, obnoxious dust or
vapor, offensive noise or vibration, glare, flashes or objectionable
effluent.
Any or all parts of a luminaire that function to produce
light.
Any adverse effect of man-made light including, but not limited
to, light trespass, uplighting, the uncomfortable distraction to the
eye, or any man-made light that diminishes the ability to view the
night sky. Often used to denote urban sky glow.
Light emitted by a luminaire falls where it is not wanted
or needed or shines beyond the property line on which the luminaire
is installed.
The topmost horizontal member over an opening, which helps
carry the weight of the vertical structure above it.
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building
or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of
a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials
and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means of
access.
An institution or a distinct part of an institution that
is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision
for 24 or more consecutive hours or two or more patients who are not
related to the governing authority or its members by marriage, blood,
or adoption. Long-term care facility shall include the terms "skilled
nursing facility" and "intermediate care facility."
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.
The area of a lot taken at its perimeter, exclusive of any
portion within a public or private street right-of-way.
A lot at the junction of, and abutting on, two or more intersecting
streets. Unless prior subdivision approval requires otherwise, each
corner lot shall have two or more front yards, one side yard and one
rear yard. Designation of the side and rear yards shall occur either
at the time of application for subdivision approval for new residential
lots or at the time of application for building permit for lots within
existing development where no prior designation of such yards occurred.
That part or percentage of the lot covered by building area
and impervious surfaces.
The length of a line, lying midway between and parallel to
side lines or midway between and making equal angles with two converging
side lines, between the point of its intersection with the street
line and the point of its intersection with a rear lot line.
A lot located to the rear of another lot, connected to the
public street frontage common to both lots by a narrow strip of land.
The straight line distance measured between points where
side lines meet street lines; i.e., the chord of a circle in a cul-de-sac.
In the case of a lot abutting one street only, the edge of
the lot which abuts the street. When a lot abuts two or more streets,
the front of the lot is that abutting side which is so designated
on the lot plan by the Zoning Officer/Administrative Officer; and
abutting edges adjacent to the designated front shall be considered
as sides of the lot. Any other edge abutting a street, which is not
a front or side as above defined, shall also be considered a front.
A lot other than a corner lot.
Any line forming a portion of the exterior boundary of a
lot and the same line as the street line for that portion of a lot
abutting a street.
A lot, other than a corner lot, which extends from one street
to another, having frontage on both streets.
The distance between the side lines measured parallel to
the front lot line at the minimum front yard setback line.
The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area, including basement.
An unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for the
parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other
than a basement, is not considered a building's "lowest floor," provided
that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in
violation of other applicable nonelevation design requirements.
The complete lighting unit, including the lamp, the fixture,
and other parts.
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by the
City for the maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter,
including but not limited to surety bonds and letters of credit pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5.
An establishment, business or use which provides the service
of massage and body manipulations, including exercises, heat and light
treatments of the body and all forms and methods of physical therapy
unless operated by a medical practitioner or professional physical
therapist or certified massage practitioner.
An activity which involves the fabrication, reshaping, reworking,
assembly or combining of products for sale to the general public from
previously prepared materials, including the synthesis of chemical
or chemical products or the processing of any raw materials in a manner
duly regulated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Manufacturing also includes light industrial operations such as electronic,
machine parts, small component and paper product assembly, packaging
or printing but excludes automobile assembly or milling activities.
[Amended 8-9-2016 by Ord. No. MC-4985]
Factory-built, single-family structures that meet the National
Home Construction & Safety Standards Act (42 U.S.C. § 5401).
Chapter 141 of the laws of New Jersey 1960, as amended from time to time.
Any hood, canopy, awning, or permanent construction which
projects from the wall of a building, usually above an entrance.
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of the City as set forth in and adopted pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28 et seq.
Any facility offering outpatient methadone maintenance services.
A methadone clinic shall be deemed to be a business or commercial
operation, or the functional equivalent thereof, and shall not be
constructed, for zoning purposes, as ancillary or adjunct to a doctor's
professional office.
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, "trailers" are not considered
mobile homes.
A tract or parcel of land on which mobile homes are located
and used for residential purposes.
A sign which is not affixed to the building structure or
permanently attached to a freestanding structure.
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
New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
The type of tower that is self-supporting with a single shaft
of wood, steel or concrete and a platform (or racks) for panel antennas
arrayed at the top.
A place for the storage of human bodies prior to their burial
or cremation.
Any vehicle that is propelled other than by human or animal
power on land.
A deviation from a flat surface, using rectangular or curved
profiles, or both, with the purpose of making transition or adding
ornamentation.
The structure or surface upon which antennas are mounted,
including the following three types of mounts:
A curb with a sloped face designed to be crossed by a vehicle.
Any traffic lane where traffic movement is the primary, if
not sole, function.
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, to prevent weeds from growing, to hold the soil in
place, and to aid plant growth.
Signs relating to a use or facility containing multiple occupancy
and tenancy and displaying the names, professions and interests of
the various tenants.
Any distinct parcel of land that is used for more than one
category of activity. Examples include, but are not limited to:
A commercial, residential, industrial or public service property
having boilers, incinerators, elevators, automatic garage doors, air
conditioners, laundry rooms, utility provisions, or health and recreational
facilities, or other similar devices or areas, either in the interior
or on the exterior of the building, which may be a source of elevated
sound levels at another category on the same distinct parcel of land;
or
A building which is both commercial (usually on the ground floor)
and residential property located above, behind, below or adjacent.
The Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, City Council,
or any agency created by or responsible to the City when acting pursuant
to this chapter and the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL).
The City of Camden.
The earth itself, the water upon or under the surface of
the earth, the air above the earth and plants, animals, fish, birds,
insects and other living creatures growing upon or inhabiting the
earth, the water or the air.
Materials found to exist naturally and/or have undergone
minor modification, reduction or alloying by man, which can be reused
(recycled) or are biodegradable. Such materials would include wood,
stone, brick, rapidly oxidizing metals such as iron, recyclable metals
and minerals such as copper and glass and some alloys such as tin,
bronze and brass. Plastics, polyvinyl chlorides, special polymers,
aluminum, chromium, special steels and other exotic man-made or highly
refined materials are specifically and generally excluded.
Vegetation indigenous to the local geography and ecosystem
which consists of existing volunteer individuals.
Structures for which the start of construction commenced
on or after the effective date of this chapter.
Sound or a sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or
undesirable; sound or a sound of any kind; a loud outcry or commotion;
a disturbance, especially a random and persistent disturbance that
obscures or reduces the clarity of a signal.
An employee of:
A local, county or regional health agency which is certified
pursuant to the County Environmental Health Act (N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-21
et. seq.) to perform noise enforcement activities; or
A municipality with a state-approved noise control ordinance
and the employee has received noise enforcement training and is currently
certified in noise enforcement. The employee must be acting within
his or her designated jurisdiction and must be authorized to issue
a summons in order to be considered a noise control officer.
A building or structure the size, dimension or location of
which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this
chapter, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning
district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision,
or amendment.
A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, but
fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which
it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
Any sign lawfully existing on the effective date of an ordinance,
or any amendment thereto, which is rendered nonconforming by reason
of the adoption, revision or amendment.
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
Any human-made or human-induced activity, factor, or condition,
other than a point source, from which pollutants are or may be discharged;
any human-made or human-induced activity, factor, or condition, other
than a point source, that may temporarily or permanently change any
chemical, physical, biological, or radiological characteristic of
waters of the state from what was or is the natural, pristine condition
of such waters, or that may increase the degree of such change; or
any activity, factor, or condition, other than a point source, that
contributes or may contribute to water pollution. The term "NPS" shall
have the same meaning as "nonpoint source."
Any educational institution for higher learning chartered
by the State of New Jersey, or a private educational institution normally
subject to regulations prescribed by the State of New Jersey, which
institution is operated on a nonprofit basis. This definition shall
be deemed to include all activities secondary or subordinate to the
main activity of any such institution, which activities are a part
of the normal operation of such institution as set forth in this chapter.
A stormwater management measure, strategy or combination
of strategies that reduces adverse stormwater runoff impacts through
sound site planning and design. Nonstructural BMPs include such practices
as minimizing site disturbance, preserving important site features,
reducing and disconnecting impervious cover, flattening slopes, utilizing
native vegetation, minimizing turf grass lawns, maintaining natural
drainage features and characteristics and controlling stormwater runoff
and pollutants closer to the source. The term "low-impact development
technique" shall have the same meaning as "nonstructural BMP."
Any offensive, annoying, unpleasant or obnoxious thing or
practice, a cause or source of annoyance, especially a continuing
or repeating invasion or disturbance of another's rights including
the actual or potential emanation of any physical characteristics
of activity or use across a property line which can be perceived by
a human being, or the generation of an excessive or concentrated movement
of people or things, such as but not limited to noise, dust, smoke,
fumes, odor, glare, flashes, vibrations, shock waves, heat, debris,
litter, trash sites, electronic or atomic radiation, effluent, noise
of congregation of people especially at night, vehicular traffic,
transportation of things by truck, rail or other means, invasion of
nonabutting street frontage by parking, the obscuring or masking of
adjacent or nearby property by projecting signs, marquees or canopies,
or any adverse effect on value or desirability of nearby property
caused by such matters as appearance, exposed storage of inoperable
automobiles, junk, materials and neglect or dilapidation of lands
or buildings.
A bed in a nursing facility that is licensed by the New Jersey
State Department of Health to provide health care under medical supervision
and continuous nursing care to patients who do not require the degree
of care and treatment which a hospital provides and who, because of
their physical or mental condition, require continuous nursing care
and services above the level of room and board.
A facility operated for the purpose of providing therein
lodging, board, and nursing care to sick, invalid, infirm, disabled,
or convalescent persons for compensation and duly licensed by all
governmental agencies.
A thing of functional, aesthetic, cultural, historical, or
scientific value that may be, by nature or design, movable yet related
to a specific setting or environment.
A structure where over half the floor area is utilized for
the carrying out of consultation, recordkeeping or clerical work or
as a place where a professional conducts his business.
Two or more office buildings with common parking areas.
A space accommodating executive, general corporate and clerical
activities, research and consumer product development connected with
service industries, such as financial, insurance, and banking; development
of computer software; demographic, economic and statistical research;
and activities of a similar character.
A map adopted in accordance with the Official Map and Building
Permit Act, N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.30 et seq.,[5] only to the extent that it is consistent with N.J.S.A.
40:55D-32 et seq. and to the extent that it has not been supplanted
by an Official Map adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq.
Such a map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location
and width of streets, drainage rights-of-way and flood control basins
and the location and extent of public parks, playgrounds and scenic
and historic sites shown thereon.
Any sign, symbol or device erected and maintained by the
federal, state, county or local government agency for the purpose
of informing or guiding the public or for the protection of health,
safety, convenience and general welfare as determined by the Planning
Board.
Located outside the lot lines of the lot or portions of a
lot but within the property (of which the lot is part) which is the
subject of a development application or contiguous portion of a street
or right-of-way or drainage or utility easement.
Any sign located on a lot other than the lot occupied by
the use, event or product which said sign identifies.
A temporary loading area for a truck or delivery van that
is directly accessible to an access aisle and that is not located
within a dedicated street right-of-way.
A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle that is directly
accessible to an access aisle and that is not located on a dedicated
street right-of-way.
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
or drainage or utility easement.
Improvements to land located outside of a development site
or tract, including but not limited to roads, utilities, water, sewerage,
stormwater facilities, public transit, public facilities, and affordable
housing together with any appurtenant land or easement necessary to
construct such improvements.
Located on a lot or portion of a lot which is the subject
of a development application.
A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle which is located
on a dedicated street right-of-way.
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
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.
An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating in a planned
development under recorded land agreement providing that:
Each owner is automatically a member;
Each occupied dwelling unit is automatically subject to a charge
for proportionate share of expenses for the organization's activities
and maintenance, including any maintenance costs levied against the
organization by the City; and
Each owner and tenant has the right to use the common property.
The Land Development Ordinance of the City of Camden.
Any work done on any improvement which is not an addition
to the improvement, does not change the appearance of the exterior
surface of any improvement, and does not require permits or approvals
by the City.
A subordinate structure on the same lot as the principal
structure, separate from but accessory to said principal structure,
such as detached garage, carport, greenhouse, work shed, and tool
shed.
Light fixture suitable for outside use.
An electrically powered illuminating device which is either
temporarily or permanently installed outdoors, including but not limited
to, devices used to illuminate any site, architectural structure or
sign. The face of the lamp must be recessed within the enclosure and
any glass/plastic protective or diffusing device cannot extend beyond
that enclosure.
The keeping in an unroofed area of any goods, junk, material,
merchandise, or vehicles in the same place for more than 24 hours.
A land planning tool similar to traditional zoning, which
establishes additional performance standards and criteria for developments
in specified areas to achieve stated goals. It imposes a set of requirements
in addition to those of the underlying zoning district.
An individual or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary
interest in the land for which land use approvals are sought, to maintain
or consent to such land use application. "Owner" shall include an
individual or other legal entity that has the actual or apparent authority
from the owner to act as its agent to maintain such application or
provide such consent.
A low wall encircling the perimeter of a flat building roof
generally used to screen roof-mounted mechanical equipment.
To coat with cement.
An open area, other than a street or other public way, used
for the parking of motor vehicles and available for use as a service
or privilege to guests, licensees, clients, customers, suppliers and/or
residents. It shall include driveways and access drives located on
the lot and within the parking area.
Any space utilized for the parking of motor vehicles, including
both the parking spaces and the driveways, aisles, turnarounds, loading
areas and open space used to provide access to parking spaces or to
control traffic within a parking lot, except the access drive connecting
a "parking lot" and a public right-of-way and within which no parking
maneuver could occur.
An area either within a structure or in the open for the
parking of motor vehicles, exclusive of driveways, access drives,
fire lanes and public rights-of-way, except that nothing shall prohibit
private driveways for dwelling units from being considered off-street
parking areas, provided that no portion of such driveway within the
right-of-way line of the street intersected by such driveway shall
be considered off-street parking space. The width and length of each
space shall be measured perpendicular to each other regardless of
the angle of the parking space to the access aisle or driveway.
That destruction which is less than total destruction as
determined by the Tax Assessor in levying taxes on said premises.
That is to say, if the damaged improvement still has sufficient value
so that it is assessed, the destruction is determined to be partial.
The bulb of the light fixture is shielded by a translucent
siding and the bulb is not visible at all. Light may be emitted at
the horizontal level of the bulb.
For purposes of notice, any applicant for subdivision or
for site plan approval, the owners of the subject property and all
owners of property and government agencies entitled to notice thereof.
A cleared way for pedestrians and/or bicycles to travel which
may or may not be paved.
A crowning triangular element at the face of a roof or above
a door opening.
Any security, which may be accepted by the City, including
performance bonds, with a responsible surety authorized to do business
in the State of New Jersey, or escrow agreements secured by cash,
certified check or cashier's check to guarantee the completion of
the required improvements before the Planning Board approves the final
plat, provided that no more than 10% of the total performance guaranty
may be required in cash. A responsible surety shall not include a
surety against whom there are proceedings pending in this state to
revoke its license to act as such surety.
Any building or structure with foundation walls or footings
that support the aboveground elements and which cannot easily or conveniently
be removed.
Any use of land or buildings as permitted by this chapter.
Any association, partnership, corporation, cooperative group,
trust or other entity as well as an individual.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving
the care of a person or his or her goods or apparel, including but
not limited to laundering, shoe repair, hair and body care, tailoring,
travel agents, spas, tanning salons and nutrition/weight loss. This
shall not include tattoo parlors, piercing salons or other establishments
that require the puncture of the epidermis.
A person who has sustained an injury, illness or traumatic
changes to the skull, the brain contents or its coverings which results
in a temporary or permanent physiobiological decrease of mental, cognitive,
behavioral, social or physical functioning which causes partial or
total disability.
A facility for the provision of personal wireless services,
as defined by the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Any pervious paving material that permits a significant portion
of surface water to be absorbed including pervious interlocking concrete
paving blocks, concrete grid pavers, perforated brick pavers, compacted
gravel and porous bituminous concrete, all of which shall be subject
to the review and approval of the City Engineer.
A retail establishment engaged in the sale of domestic pets
and related products, but not to include veterinary services or pet
housing.
A thin segment of a square column attached on a wall, which
matches in details accompanying freestanding columns or on corners
of buildings.
An establishment or part thereof used to test out concepts
and ideas regarding compound composites and determine physical layouts,
material flows, type of equipment required, costs, and secure other
information in the discovery and advancement process of a product.
Incidental to compound approval prior to the transfer to a full-scale
production site. A pilot plant is an intermediate step between research
and full-scale production in support of clinical studies and trials
to ultimately obtain approval of a final product.
Any sound that can be detected by a person using his or her
unaided hearing faculties. As an example, if the sound source under
investigation is a portable or personal vehicular sound amplification
or reproduction device, the detection of the rhythmic bass component
of the music is sufficient to verify plainly audible sound. The noise
control officer need not determine the title, specific words, or the
artist performing the song.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENTPlanned unit development, planned unit residential development, residential cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial development.
PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTAn area of a minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage of 50 acres or more to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate commercial or office uses or both and any residential and other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance.
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTAn area of minimum contiguous or noncontiguous size acreage of 50 acres or more to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structure with appurtenant common areas to accommodate industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTAn area with a specified minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage of 50 acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing one or more residential developments 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 may be specified in this chapter.
PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAn area with a specified minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage of 50 acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing one or more residential developments, which may include appropriate commercial or public or quasi-public uses all primarily for the benefit of the residential development.
The City of Camden Planning Board.
The element of the public streetscape which accommodates
street trees. Planters may be continuous or individual.
The map of a subdivision or site plan, used interchangeably
in this chapter with "plan," as follows:
MINOR PLATThe map of a subdivision or site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
PRELIMINARY PLATThe preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision or site plan which is submitted to the Planning Board for consideration and preliminary approval and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
FINAL PLATThe final map of all or a portion of the subdivision or site plan which is presented to the Planning Board for final approval and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
A publicly owned area for recreational use primarily by children.
A small area developed especially for pre-school or elementary
school-age children. It may contain such facilities as sandboxes,
slides, swings and the like.
Public spaces located within the City and its neighborhoods.
A plaza or square may contain one or more civic building(s) or space
located within a primarily unpaved, formally configured area which
may contain a small public lawn or park. Portions may be linear in
shape though a square, rectangle or circle shall be the primary focus
of the area. Plazas and squares should be surrounded by canopy of
street trees. These sites should be situated at prominent locations
and often dedicated to important events and/or citizens. Plazas and
squares may contain water features, amphitheater, farmers market and
in some appropriate instances, such as in conjunction with residential
neighborhoods, may include limited play equipment and courts, but
shall not include ball fields.
A roofed open area, which may be screened, usually attached
to or part of and with direct access to or from a building.
A covered roof extending off the building facade which allows
a vehicle to park under and passengers to access the building via
a side stair or entrance.
An open sided structure attached to a building sheltering
an entrance or serving as a semi-enclosed space.
An initial meeting between applicants and/or developers and
municipal representatives which affords applicants and developers
the opportunity to present their proposals informally prior to formal
application submission.
The conferral of certain rights prior to final approval after
specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the
Planning Board and by the applicant.
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.
A map indicating the proposed layout of a development and
related information that is submitted for preliminary approval.
A lot or parcel of ground, including any buildings or structures
thereon.
A flush-mounted signboard which may extend up to 75% of the
length of the building and shall be no more than 2 1/2 feet high.
The sign should be mounted somewhere above the storefront (or first-floor
windows) and below the second-floor window sills.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which said building is located.
The portion of the building which faces the street which
generates the most vehicular and pedestrian traffic as determined
by the approving authority.
A structure arranged, adapted or designed for the predominant
or primary use for which a lot may be used.
The primary or predominant use of the premises.
Any building or group of buildings the use of which meets
the accreditation requirements of the New Jersey Department of Education
for elementary or secondary education, is a not-for-profit organization,
does not board students and which use does not secure the major part
of its funding from any government agency.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk, alley
or easement that is owned, leased, or controlled by a nongovernmental
entity.
A street that is not publicly accepted or not intended to
be publicly maintained.
A member of a recognized profession, such as accountants,
dentists, physicians, members of clergy, architects, professional
engineers, attorneys at law, land surveyors, professional planners,
social workers or guidance counselors, and such similar professional
occupations, as so designated in Title 45 of the New Jersey Statutes
Annotated. For the purpose of this chapter, an artist, author, barber,
beautician, musician, plumber, electrician, or carpenter shall not
be considered a "professional."
The office of a member of a recognized profession as hereinafter
indicated, when conducted on a residential property, which shall be
conducted entirely within a residential building by a member or members
of the residential family who actually reside therein, and shall include
only the offices of doctors, ministers, architects, professional engineers,
lawyers and such similar professional occupations, which may be so
designated by the Zoning Board of Adjustment upon finding by such
Board that such occupation is truly professional in character by virtue
of the need for similar training and experience as a condition for
the practice thereof and that the practice of such occupation shall
in no way adversely affect the safe and comfortable enjoyment of property
rights in any zone in which it is located to a greater extent than
the professional activities listed herein. The issuance of a state
or local license for a regulation of any gainful occupation need not
be deemed indicative of professional standing. In any event, such
office shall in no way consist of more than one person unrelated to
the occupants.
A display or exhibit cast or reflected upon a wall, screen
or other surface or area, whether for continuous periods or not.
An individual or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary
interest in the land for which land use approvals are sought, to maintain
or consent to such land use application. Owner shall include an individual
or other legal entity that has the actual or apparent authority from
the owner to act as its agency to maintain such application or provide
such consent.
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational
areas; other public open spaces; scenic and historic sites; and sites
for schools and other public buildings and structures.
A building which is owned and/or used by a governmental agency.
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 channel and providing for the flow
of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation
and erosion.
Improvements which the Planning Board may deem necessary
or appropriate, including but not limited to streets, grading, pavement,
gutters, curbs, sidewalks, streetlighting, shade and street trees,
utilities, landscaping, street furniture and hardware, traffic and
signage.
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the
City, a City agency, the City School Board, a state or county agency
or any other public body for recreational or conservational uses.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk, alley
or easement that is owned, leased, or controlled by a governmental
entity.
Any building or part thereof the use of which meets the accreditation
requirements of the New Jersey Department of Education for elementary
or secondary education and which receives the large majority of its
funding from the federal, state and local government.
Any real property or structures thereon that are owned, leased,
or controlled by a governmental entity.
Closely regulated private enterprise with an exclusive franchise
for providing a public service.
A sign supported by or suspended from a freestanding column
or columns.
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
An engineer specializing in electrical or microwave engineering,
especially the study of radio frequencies.
The emissions from personal wireless service facilities or
any electromagnetic energy within the frequency range from 0.003 MHz
to 300,000 MHz.
Either:
The imaginary line including its vertical extension that separates
one parcel of real property from another;
The vertical and horizontal boundaries of a dwelling unit that
is part of a multi-dwelling-unit building; or
On a multiuse property, that interface between the two portions
on which different categories of activity are being performed (i.e.,
if the multiuse property is a building which is residential upstairs
and commercial downstairs, then the real property line would be the
interface between the residential area and the commercial area).
When a light is built into a structure or portion of a structure
such that the light is fully cut-off and no part of the light extends
or protrudes beyond the underside of a structure or portion of a structure.
The amount of water that infiltrates into the ground, usually
from above, that replenishes groundwater reserves, provides soil moisture,
and affords evapotranspiration.
The act or process of reproducing by new construction the
exact form and details of the exterior of an improvement, structure,
object or part thereof as it appeared at a specific period of time.
A subdivided lot that is recorded with the Camden County
Clerk's Office pursuant to the Map Filing Law.
A vehicular type portable structure without permanent foundation,
which can be towed, hauled or driven and primarily designed as temporary
living accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use and
including but not limited to travel trailer, trucks campers, camping
trailers and self-propelled motor homes.
Space allocated for collection and storage of source-separated
recyclable materials.
The act or process of returning the exterior of a structure
to a state of utility, through repair or alteration, as it appeared
at a particular period of time.
Any work done on any improvement which:
Any building, premises and land in which, or upon which,
a business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing,
repair or painting of vehicles is conducted or rendered.
Repairs when a building permit is required for same.
A nursery-grown certified tree, properly balled, marked with
a durable label indicating genus, species and variety, and satisfying
the standards established for nursery stock and installation thereof,
set forth by the American Association of Nurserymen.
The removal of mortar from the joints of masonry units and
the replacing of it with new mortar.
The act or enterprise of systematic search for, acquisition
of, and practical application of specific knowledge in the biology,
chemistry, physics and engineering sciences, specifically including,
but not limited to:
Analytical, theoretical, experimental scientific investigation;
Design, engineering, development of materials, products, processes;
Assembly, fabrication, operation, processing or prototype materials,
processes, products as necessary for test evaluation.
Distribution, storage of materials, processes, products as necessary
for test evaluation.
Direct administration, control, management, support of the above
activities and the personnel so employed, as necessary.
A facility housing "research" as defined herein. Research
and research support uses include but are not limited to the following:
Laboratories devoted to experimentation in the biology, chemistry,
physics and/or engineering sciences, including the design, development,
engineering, and/or testing of materials, processes and products,
and the assembly, fabrication operation, and/or processing of prototype
materials processed and/or products for test and/or evaluation. Such
activities shall not be interpreted to include "pilot plants."
Rooms housing equipment and/or materials actively and directly
used in research and technology, including computer rooms, conference
rooms, libraries, and demonstration rooms.
Office space for employees, consultants, and/or visitors actively
participating in, supervising, or supporting research uses.
Cafeteria/kitchen space for serving employees and guests; shipping/receiving,
stockroom and storage facilities; support services; dispensary; and
exercise, locker, and shower rooms for employees.
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; and 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.
A development of apartments and/or townhouse residential
living units intended exclusively for and solely occupied by persons
62 years of age or older; housing intended and operated for occupancy
by at least one person 55 years of age or older per unit, subject
to the further condition that 80% of the units must be occupied by
at least one person 55 years of age or older, with ancillary and directly
related facilities to be primarily used by the residents of the development,
including health care services, dining facilities, recreational facilities,
and other ancillary facilities deemed appropriate by the reviewing
authority and in accordance with the applicable provision of this
chapter.
Standards pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:21 et seq. In this chapter,
those definitions so marked are derived from Standards.[6]
RESTAURANT, SIT-DOWNAn establishment where food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, are prepared and sold and consumed primarily on the premises, where food sales constitute more than 50% of the gross sales receipts for all food and beverages. Such an establishment may include table or self-service, and food and beverages may be consumed either inside or at designated outdoor seating areas.
RESTAURANT, CARRYOUTAn establishment where food and beverages are prepared and sold for consumption on- or off-premises (customer tables or counters typically available). Such an establishment may take phone orders for food and may deliver food to customers.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-THROUGHAn establishment where food and beverages are prepared and sold for consumption on- or off-premises, and which includes one or more drive-through customer service windows.
TAVERN OR BARAn establishment where food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, are prepared and sold and consumed on the premises, where food sales constitute 50% or less of the gross sales receipts for all food and beverages.
The act or process of accurately recovering the form and
details of the exterior of a structure and its setting as it appeared
at a particular period of time by means of the removal of later work
and by the replacement of missing earlier work. Restoration is typically
based on the photographic documentation as evidence which clearly
represents an earlier appearance.
The further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot
or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded
according to law, or, the alteration of streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but not including conveyances so as
to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
An establishment where food and beverages are offered for
retail sale for consumption off-premises. Such foods or beverages
may be packaged in a ready-to-consume state or may come packaged and
sold in bulk quantities. Examples of retail food establishments include
ice cream shops, retail mini-marts, bakeries, and delicatessens.
Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to
the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering
services incidental to the sale of such goods, including but not limited
to specialty shops and boutiques.
The display and sale of products and services primarily outside
of a building or structure, including garden supplies, food and beverages,
and building and landscape materials.
A structure that is designed and constructed to stabilize
two generally horizontal surfaces which are vertically displaced.
A stormwater management basin designed to retain some water
on a permanent basis.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, gas
pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees, or
for another special use.
Materials (living and nonliving) relating to, formed by or
resembling a river or other natural waterway (i.e., tributary, stream,
brook, creek, etc.). Includes all natural materials and vegetation
within the 100-year flood zone and underwater habitats contained within
a channel.
An open or covered structure of permanent or temporary construction
which fronts on a public street located on land which is owned or
leased by the operator for the purposes of direct-to-consumer commodity
sales.
Any sign erected, constructed or maintained upon or over
the roof of the building with its principal support on the roof structure.
A person who is not related to the head of the household
and who pays for the privilege of rooming.
A dwelling wherein furnished rooms without meals are rented
for valuable consideration.
The water that flows off the surface of the land, ultimately
into our streams and water bodies, without being absorbed into the
soil.
Any public or private institution offering instruction for
students.
The Camden County Soil Conservation Service.
A sign which shall be suspended from a bracket at a 90°
angle with the building at least eight feet above the sidewalk and
shall extend no more than five feet from the building.
The Secretary of the Planning Board of the City of Camden.
The deposition of soil that has been transported from its
site or origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means
as a product of erosion.
The removal of larger trees on an individual basis while
leaving trees of lesser size for future harvest.
A structure containing separate, individual, and private
storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented on individual leases
for varying periods of time.
A person who has attained the age of 55 years, or the surviving
unmarried spouse of a deceased senior citizen.
An area extending the full width of the lot between the street
right-of-way and the required yard within which no buildings or parts
of buildings may be erected.
That line that is the required minimum distance from any
lot line and that establishes the area within which the principal
structure must be erected or placed.
Any approved method of sewage disposal which requires an
on-site location for the treatment or disposal of sewage, not involving
a discharge to the waters of the state.
Any pipe conduit used to collect and carry away sewage or
stormwater runoff from the generating source to treatment plants or
receiving streams.
A tree in a public or private space, street, special easement,
or right-of-way adjoining a street.
The provision that two or more uses, which are within close
proximity, may share parking facilities, either on site or between
two nearby properties through a dedicated arrangement, in order to
fulfill their individual parking requirements because their prime
operational hours do not overlap.
When the light emitted from the fixture is projected below
a horizontal plane running through the lowest point of the fixture
where light is emitted. The bulb is not visible with a shielded light
fixture, and no light is emitted from the sides of the fixture. It
is also considered a full cut-off fixture.
A group of retail commercial establishments planned, constructed
and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking on
site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access,
aesthetic consideration, i.e., landscaping, comprehensive signage
plan, and shopper protection from the elements.
The land adjacent to the waters of lakes, ponds, reservoirs,
streams and rivers.
The portion of the roadway contiguous with the traveled way
for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, and for
lateral support of base and surface courses.
An extra closure for a window, usually of panel, and one
of a pair hinged at the outside jambs.
A paved path provided for pedestrian use and usually located
at the side of a road within the right-of-way.
An area adjacent to and directly in front of a street-level
eating or drinking establishment located within the sidewalk area
of the public right-of-way exclusively for dining, drinking, and pedestrian
circulation. The encroachment area of a sidewalk cafe may be separated
from the remainder of the sidewalk by railings, fencing, or landscaping
planter boxes or a combination thereof.
A triangular shaped portion of land established at street
intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted or allowed
to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance
of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.
Any object, device, display or structure or part thereof,
situated outdoors or indoors [within three feet of a window], which
is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention
to any object, person, institution, organization, business, product,
service, event or location by any means, including words, letters,
figures, design, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination or projected
images. This definition shall specifically include any building or
part of a building, including walls and facades used for such purposes
and shall further include banners, pennants, flags and similar attracting
devices.
Any sign which changes physical position by any movement
or rotation or which gives the visual impression of such movement
or rotation.
A sign which may or may not contain a message constructed
of cloth, canvas, plastic, or other flexible material typically suspended
or hung by cord, string, or rope from a structure.
A sign that is mounted or painted on, or attached to a canopy
that is otherwise permitted by this chapter.
A sign designated in such a fashion that the message on the
sign can be easily and periodically altered, typically with moveable
lettering, and whose message does not change more than once a day.
A sign designating the name of a subdivision of residential
homes, whether single-family or multifamily, attached or detached,
or an apartment complex.
A sign which is structurally unsound, contains faulty wiring
or loose fastenings, or is otherwise detrimental to the public health,
safety or welfare.
Any sign which is designed and erected solely for the purpose
of traffic or pedestrian which is placed on the property to which
or on which the public is directed.
A temporary sign that related to a particular election for
public office, referendum, or other plebiscite at the federal, state,
or local level.
Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is
outside the display portion of the sign.
A sign that relates to any business or profession conducted
within a structure whose primary use is residential and the occupant
of that residence conducts the business therein.
A sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary
to the use of the lot on which it is located, such as "No Parking,"
"Loading Zone," "Telephone," or "Rest Room" or other similar directives
such as the hours of operation or credit cards honored at the establishment.
Any sign that is affixed to or painted on the interior of
a window or any sign located inside and within three feet of the face
of the window, which sign is designed to be visible from the exterior
of the window.
Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is
contained within the display portion of the sign.
A sign which is not permanently attached to a building or
not placed in the ground in such a fashion as to be permanent in a
manner conforming to the Uniform Construction Code or which is located
or attached to a trailer, on wheels, or other similar attachment such
that the sign may be moved from place to place, either within the
lot or to another location.
A sign, symbol or device, erected, constructed or maintained
by the federal, state, county or local government or any agency thereof,
for the purpose of informing or guiding the public or for the protection
of the public health, safety and welfare.
A sign containing a commercial message which directs attention
to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold,
or offered at a location other than the property on which the sign
is located.
A sign that does not contain a commercial message which directs
attention to an institution, government, or nonprofit corporation,
and their policies; or contains a message directed to the general
public health, safety and welfare programs.
Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other
permanent structure; or a sign designed to be transported, including
but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels;
signs converted to "A" or "T" frames; menu and sandwich board signs;
balloons used as signs; umbrellas used for advertising; any signs
attached to or painted on vehicles parked and visible from the public
right-of-way, unless such vehicles are used in the normal day-to-day
operation of the business.
A sign of an owner of real property or of a licensed real
estate broker designating a property "for sale" or "for lease."
A sign affixed or painted on a vehicle or trailer and parked
at a location conspicuous to the traveling public.
A sign indicating no trespassing or no fishing and/or hunting
or for existing danger where a warning is legally required.
A sign that is applied or attached to the interior or exterior
of a window or located in such a manner within a building that it
is legible from the lot line which contains said sign.
Any structure or part thereof, or any device attached to
a building or painted or represented thereon, which shall display
or include any letter, model, banner, pennant, insignia, device, trade
flag, symbol, or representation which is in the nature of, or which
is used as, an announcement, direction or advertisement, for commercial
purposes or otherwise. A sign includes any message, neon tube, string
of lights, or similar device outlining, hung, painted upon or attached
to a part of a building or lot for public view for those outside building,
but does not include the flag or insignia of any nation or group of
nations, or of any governmental agency or of any political, educational,
charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, religious, or like
campaign, drive, movement, organization, or event. Excluded from this
definition are signs which are solely devoted to prohibiting trespassing,
hunting, or fishing.
The area defined by the frame or edge of a sign. When there
is no geometric frame or edge to the sign, the area shall be defined
by as projected, enclosed, four-sided (straight side) geometric shape
which most closely outlines the said sign.
Functions include, but may not be limited to the following
categories:
ADVERTISINGA sign directing attention to a business commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is maintained.
BUSINESSA sign directing attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered upon the same premises as those upon which the sign is located.
DIRECTORYA sign of permanent character, but with interchangeable letters, words or numerals, indicating the names of persons associated with, or events conducted upon, or products or services offered upon the premises whereon a sign is maintained.
IDENTIFICATIONA sign other than a bulletin board, directory or nameplate sign, including the name of a permitted use, the name and address of a building, or the name of the management thereof, or the date(s) of construction thereof.
INSTRUCTIONALA sign conveying instructions with respect to the premises on which it is maintained, such as parking lot entrance or exit signs, and danger signs.
NAMEPLATEA sign indicating the name, address and/or profession or occupation of a person.
PUBLICSigns of a noncommercial nature and in the public interest, erected by, or on the order of, a public officer in the performance of his duty, such as safety signs, street, warning and regulatory signs, temporary construction signs, danger signs, memorial plaques or citations, official court and public notices, signs of historical interest, and the like.
SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENTA temporary sign used for the purposes of advertising the sale of lots or other parcels.
TEMPORARYA sign which is designed to advertise or announce, for a limited period, a particular event or series of events, to solicit political support, or to announce the availability for sale or lease of a particular item or items.
CHANGEABLE COPYSee "sign, changeable copy."
The greatest vertical dimension between the top of a sign
and the ground.
The surface display area of a sign determined by a computation
as otherwise provided for in this chapter.
These may include, but not be limited to the following types:
AWNINGA sign which is attached to or made part of an awning.
GROUNDA freestanding sign supported by uprights or braces in or upon the ground and not attached to any part of a building.
HANGINGA sign designed to project beyond a front building face and perpendicular to it over a public walkway.
INTEGRALA sign carved into stone, concrete, or similar material or made of bronze, aluminum, or other permanent-type construction and made an integral part of the structure.
MARQUEEA sign attached to or hung from a marquee, canopy, or other covered structure projecting from and supported by the building.
ROOFA sign which is erected, constructed or maintained on, above or as part of the roof of any building.
FACADE or WALLA sign which is attached directly to the building and is parallel to the building.
WALL PAINTEDA sign which is painted directly on the side of a building or structure.
The horizontal bottom support member of a window frame or
other frame.
Those activities associated with the sustained management
of forest land for the planting, harvesting and removal of trees.
The management of any wooded tract of land to insure its
continued survival and welfare, whether for commercial or noncommercial
purposes, pursuant to a plan approved by the New Jersey Bureau of
Forestry.
A separate area containing separate sanitary facilities and/or
cooking facilities.
Ownership by one person, or ownership by two or more persons
jointly as joint tenants, as tenants by the entirety or as tenants
in common of a separate lot not adjacent to land in the same ownership.
The place where a significant event or pattern of events
occurred. It may be the location of prehistoric or historic occupations
or activities that may be marked by physical remains, or it may be
the symbolic focus of a significant event or pattern of events that
may not have been actively occupied. A site may also be the location
of a ruined building, structure, or object if the location itself
possesses historic, cultural, or archeological significance.
Any construction work on, or improvements in connection with,
development limited to streets, roads, parking facilities, sidewalks,
drainage structures and utilities.
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
The existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including but
not limited to topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains, marshes
and waterways;
The location of all existing and proposed buildings, drives,
parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage facilities,
utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting, screening
devices; and
Any other information that may be reasonably required in order
to make an informed determination concerning the adequacy of the plan
in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
Any site plan not classified as a minor site plan.
Any development plan for not more than 1,000 square feet
of additional gross floor area or less than a 10% increase in impervious
coverage, or a development plan for a proposed permitted accessory
use, provided that the proposed development plan:
Luminance in the atmosphere caused by dust, water vapor,
and other particles that reflect and scatter any stray lighting that
is reflected or emitted into the atmosphere.
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
An energy system which converts solar energy to usable thermal,
mechanical, chemical or electrical energy to meet all or a significant
part of a structures energy requirements.
A permitted device attached to a building to provide shading
for glazed areas thereof.
A tree with a diameter of 30 inches or greater; a unique,
rare, or otherwise specifically selected plant or tree which most
typically represents a whole class or group in shape or form; a tree
of historical importance; or a tree specifically designated as such
by the municipality.
Any lamp that incorporates a reflector or a refractor to
concentrate the light output into a directed beam in a particular
direction.
Turf, or earth (soil), strengthened usually by the mixing
of cement or lime with the original material to achieve increased
strength, thereby reducing shrinkage and movement.
Standards adopted by ordinance, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65d,
regulating noise levels, glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat,
electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors and airborne particles,
waste discharge, screening of unsightly objects or conditions and
such other similar matters as may be reasonably required by the City
or required by applicable federal or state laws, or City ordinances.
Includes substantial improvement and means the date that
the building permit was issued, provided that the "start of construction,"
repair, reconstruction, placement or other improvement was within
180 days of the permit date. The "actual start" means either the first
placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such
as the pouring of a slab or footings, the installation of piles, the
construction of columns or any work beyond the stage of excavation,
or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent
construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing,
grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets
and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings,
piers or foundation or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it
include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such
as garages or sheds, not occupied as dwelling units or part of the
main structure.
A telecommunications facility that is designed or located
in such a way that the facility is not readily recognizable as telecommunications
equipment (see "alternative tower structure").
Slopes over 15%.
The front of a store or shop at street level, usually having
one or more large windows for the display of goods or wares.
A building or part thereof in which or from which merchandise
or services are furnished directly to the public.
A building or part thereof where merchandise is displayed
for sale and sold at wholesale.
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).
Methods to reduce the volume and pollutant load of stormwater
runoff from proposed land developments which can include, but may
not be limited to, detention/retention basins, grass-lined swales,
porous pavements, and sheet flow into vegetation.
Broad term for structural and nonstructural control of stormwater
runoff and nonpoint pollution.
A provision for the permanent storage of a fixed volume of
water.
Water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers
resulting from precipitation.
That portion of a structure included between the surface
of a floor and the surface of the next floor above it or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it.
A story of which any two exterior sides meet a sloping roof
not more than two feet above the floor of such story, or that portion
of any structure herein defined as a basement.
The bed and bank of any perennially flowing watercourse,
including rivers, lakes and ponds.
The bed, bank, and one-hundred-year flood zone of a perennial
stream and any immediately adjacent steep slopes greater than 12%.
The strip of land which shall be retained in natural state
subject to easement conditions which extends for a minimum of 100
feet landward of the banks or one-hundred-year flood zone of a perennial
stream, and the first 50 feet of any slope greater than 12%; whichever
is greater.
The distance measured across that portion of a lot or parcel
of land which is adjacent to and parallel to a watercourse.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way meeting any of the following:
Is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway;
Is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law;
Is approved by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.; or
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 compromise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas within the street line.
Man-made aboveground items that are usually found in street
rights-of-way including but not limited to benches, kiosks, bicycle
racks, canopies, decorative traffic control fixtures, bus shelters
and phone booths.
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.
The conceptual arrangement of streets based upon function.
A hierarchical approach to street design classifies streets according
to function, from high traffic arterial roads down to streets whose
function is residential access. Systematizing street design into a
road hierarchy promotes safety, efficient land use, and residential
quality.
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever
may result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the adopted Master
Plan or Official Map, forming the dividing line between the street
and a lot.
A street that has its only ingress and egress at two points
on the same subcollector or collector street.
The built and planted element of a street which defines its
character such as streetlights, street signs, street furniture, special
paving, enclosed walls, fences and hedges and similar features, as
well as the relationship of the buildings to the street.
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 marquees, signs, and lighting.
A tree in a public place, street, special easement or right-of-way
adjoining a street constituting a large tree in size when mature.
The molding, battens, cappings, nailing strips, latticing,
platforms and letters, figures, characters or representations in cut
out or irregular form which are attached to the sign 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. For the purposes of this chapter, any sign shall
be considered a "structure."
A portion of a street for which an extension has been proposed
and approved. May be permitted when development is phased over a period
of time, but only if the street in its entirety has been approved
in the preliminary plan.
An exterior finish, usually textured, composed of Portland
cement, lime and sand, which are mixed with water.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings
to effect a subdivision of land.
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale or
development. Any of the following shall not be considered subdivisions
within the meaning of this chapter if no new streets are created:
Divisions of land found by the Planning Board to be for agricultural
purposes where all resulting parcels are five acres or larger in size;
Divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions;
Divisions of property upon court order including but not limited
to judgments or foreclosures;
Consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instruments;
and
The conveyance of one or more adjoining lots, tracts or parcels
of land, owned by the same person or persons and all of which are
found and certified by the Zoning Officer/Administrative Officer to
conform to the requirements of the municipal development regulations
and are shown and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on
the Tax Map or atlas of the municipality. The term "subdivision" shall
also include the term "resubdivision."
A minor subdivision of land is a subdivision that does not involve
any of the following:
Any subdivision application from a subdivider or owner with
respect to a tract of land which has previously been subdivided or
granted a minor subdivision shall be classified as a major subdivision.
For this purpose, the original tract of land shall be considered any
tract, shown as a separate lot as of the effective date of ordinance
in accordance with the City Tax Maps or the principles of zoning.
A proposal to readjust lot lines with respect to existing lots,
resulting in new lot configurations but not an additional lot or lots,
shall be classified as a minor subdivision. No minor subdivision shall
be approved which may adversely affect the development of the remainder
of the parcel from which it is proposed to be divided.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
A subcommittee of at least three Planning Board members appointed
by the Chairman of the Board for the purpose of classifying subdivisions
and site plans and such other duties relating to land subdivision
which may be conferred on this subcommittee.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the
structure either before the improvement or repair is started or, if
the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage
occurred. For the purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement"
is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling,
floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether
or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
The term does not, however, include either any project for improvement
of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary
or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure
safe living conditions or any alteration of a structure listed on
the National Register of Historic Places or a state inventory of historic
places. For a designated historic structure a substantial improvement
or rehabilitation shall be equal to 100% of the market value of the
structure not including the value of the land which the structure
occupies.
Having the ability to accommodate and maintain population
growth and economic expansion with minimal long-term effect(s) on
the environment.
Development with the goal of preserving environmental quality,
natural resources and livability for present and future generations.
Sustainable initiatives work to ensure efficient use of resources.
A low lying or depressed land area commonly wet or moist,
which can function as an intermittent drainage way.
A swimming pool that is not permanently installed and meets
all of the following criteria: does not require water filtration,
circulation, and purification; does not exceed 18 inches in depth
or a capacity of 500 gallons; and does not require braces or supports.
Portable swimming pools are not subject to this chapter.
A body of water artificially constructed, in whole or in
part, having a depth at any point greater than 18 inches when full,
located outdoors within 500 feet of any residence other than that
to which it is appurtenant, used or intended to be used for swimming,
bathing, wading, etc., by the owner of the pool and members of his
or her household or other guests.
Any pool other than a private residential swimming pool designed
to be used collectively by persons for swimming and bathing purposes
including pools designed as part of any hotel or motel use or apartment
or townhouse development.
The monopole or lattice framework designed to support transmitting
and receiving antennas. For purposes of this section, amateur radio
transmission facilities and facilities used exclusively for the transmission
of television and radio signals are not "transmission towers."
A fence that is erected for a limited time period. "Temporary
fences" shall be permitted only for construction projects, carnivals
and amusement fairs, religious revivals and events of a similar nature.
Lighting that is intended to be used for a special event
for seven days or less.
Two rigid boards, connected at the top to form an A-frame,
which shall be structurally stable under all reasonable wind and weather
conditions.
A sign which is erected for a limited period of time, as
provided in this article.
A single board, held vertically and supported at the bottom,
which shall be structurally stable under all reasonable wind and weather
conditions.
A trailer with a built-in or attached tent designed and equipped
to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel,
recreational and vacation uses.
The exterior finish of a surface, ranging from smooth to
course.
An indoor facility designed and intended for live dramatic,
cultural or other similar events.
An indoor facility designed and intended for the showing
of movies on a fixed screen.
The removal of undesirable, competitive, diseased or damaged
trees so as to cultivate and improve the development of remaining
trees on a lot.
The natural, undisturbed surface layer of soil having a higher
level of organic matter than subsequent layers, a pH of 5.0 to 7.5,
and suitable for satisfactory growth and maintenance of permanent,
locally-adapted vegetation, or
Where the original surface layer has been removed, the reapplication
of soil material used to cover an area so as to improve soil conditions
for establishment and maintenance of adapted vegetation. The reapplied
material must be friable, loamy soil reasonably free of debris, objectionable
weeds, and stones; have a natural pH of 5.0 to 7.5; have organic matter
content greater than 2.0%; and contain no toxic substances which may
be harmful to plant growth.
A parcel property or area of land comprised of one or more
lots adjacent to one another established by a plat or otherwise as
permitted by law to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit.
A wheel-based vehicle that is designed to be transported
by traction and which is used or may be used as a dwelling or for
the transportation or storage of goods, materials, livestock or any
object. For the purposes of this chapter, "trailers" shall be considered
buildings and are intended to be regulated as such, where trailers
are permitted. The regulations of this chapter that apply to trailers
shall also apply to the following vehicles as herein defined below:
RECREATIONAL VEHICLEA vehicle-type portable structure without permanent foundation that can be towed, hauled, or driven and is primarily designed as a temporary living accommodation.
TRAVEL TRAILERA vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, and, when factory equipped for the road, it shall have a body width not exceeding eight feet and a body length not exceeding 32 feet.
PICKUP COACHA structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
MOTORIZED HOMEA portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
BOAT TRAILERA trailer designed for the purpose of transporting a boat over land.
HORSE TRAILERA trailer designed for the purpose of transporting horses or animals over land.
Any place, area, lot or tract of land which is so designed
or intended for placing or locating thereon one or more trailer coaches
or other camp cars, as defined below, other than a garage or other
similarly enclosed type of building in which such vehicles may be
placed.
Any unit which is or may be used for living, sleeping or
business purposes by one or more persons and that is equipped with
wheels or a similar device used for the purpose of transporting said
unit from place to place, whether it is self-propelled or otherwise.
Whenever the word "trailer" is used herein, it shall mean and include
"trailer coach" and "camp car"; except, however, that a "trailer"
used as a temporary office for administrative purposes in connection
with the doing of construction work in the City of Camden and which
has no sanitary facilities attendant thereto is not within the meaning
of this definition.
Stops along a public transportation route where people board
and disembark, often where one or more routes intersect with each
other. These sites can provide ideal locations for mixed-use developments
as well as transit-oriented developments.
A horizontal window above a door or window, usually rectangular
in shape.
The top layer or crown of mature trees.
Any woody perennial plant, having a trunk or main stem with
a caliper of six inches or greater at maturity.
The entire area of a site exclusive of buildings, parking,
driveways, streets, stormwater management facilities and utilities
plus a perimeter width around such uses as determined by this chapter
in which an individual specimen of trees shall be retained.
An area within the tree protection zone in which woodland
shall be retained and active protection measures shall be taken during
land development activities.
Lightweight elements used for controlling the shape or to
support climbing and other plants. In most instances, it is usually
constructed on a flat plane, in a two-dimensional way, unlike an arbor,
which is frequently a three-dimensional structure.
A premises which is used for the temporary parking of motor
freight vehicles between trips and for the transfer of freight between
trucks or between trucks and rail facilities for shipment elsewhere
and where the storage of freight or cargo is only temporary, and which
also may contain facilities for dispensing motor fuels.
A vase-shaped circular ornament usually set on a pedestal.
The specific purpose for which a parcel of land, a building
or a portion of a building is designed, arranged, intended, occupied
or maintained. The term "permitted use," or its equivalent, shall
not be deemed to include any nonconforming use.
A use which is customarily associated with and subordinate
to the principal use of a lot or a building and which is located on
the same lot.
The main or primary purpose or purposes for which land and/or
structure(s), or use therefore is designed, arranged, or intended
or for which they may be occupied or maintained under this chapter.
All other structures or uses on the same lot and incidental or supplementary
thereto and permitted under this chapter, shall be considered accessory
uses.
Those utilities that are essential to the safe and sanitary
operation of a household, and shall include water, sewer, electric,
and heat. "Utilities" shall specifically not include cable television
or telephone.
A flexible space within the right-of-way designated for the
installation of utility lines and facilities.
Any "sewerage authority" as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:14A-3
or any "municipal authority" as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:14B-3.
Any agency that, under public franchise or ownership, or under
certificate of convenience and necessity, or by grant of authority
by a governmental agency, provides the public with electricity, gas,
heat, steam, communication, transportation, water, sewage collection,
or other similar service.
A closely regulated enterprise with a franchise for providing
a needed service.
The lands required for the installation and maintenance of
public utilities.
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of a zoning
ordinance, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-40b, 70c, and 70d.
Any sign permanently or temporarily attached to a nonoperating
vehicle, including but not limited to a car, truck, van or bus.
A regional or area-wide adoption of an architectural style
or styles; usage has intrinsically resolved the architectural response
to climate, construction techniques, and to some extent, social mores.
A deviation from a required submission item, performance
standard, or design standard.
A building used for the temporary storage of goods, materials
or merchandise for later or subsequent distribution or delivery elsewhere
for purposes of processing or sale.
Any depression below to elevation of surrounding land serving
to give direction to a current or flow of water having a bed and well-defined
bank.
Lands that are inundated or saturated by surface water or
ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly
known as hydrophytic vegetation pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7A-1.4.
Any personal wireless services as defined in the Federal
Telecommunications Act of 1996 which includes FCC licensed commercial
wireless telecommunications services including cellular, personal
communication services (PCS), specialized mobile radio (SMR), enhanced
specialized mobile radio (ESMR), paging and similar services that
currently exist or that may in the future be developed. It does not
include any amateur radio facility that is owned and operated by a
federally licensed amateur radio station operator or is used exclusively
for receive-only antennas, nor does it include noncellular telephone
service.
A facility designed and used for the purpose of transmitting,
receiving, and relaying voice and data signals from various wireless
communication devices including transmission towers, antennas and
ancillary facilities. For purposes of this section, amateur radio
transmission facilities and facilities used exclusively for the reception
of television and radio broadcasts are not telecommunications facilities.
An open space, as may be required by this chapter, of uniform
width or depth on the same lot with a building or a group of buildings,
which open space lies between the principal building or group of buildings
and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the
ground upward except as herein permitted.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the front or street line and the nearest wall or part of the
building. The depth of a "rear yard" shall be measured at right angles
to the rear of the lot in the same manner as specified herein for
the measurement of lot depth.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot lying between
the rear line of the lot and the nearest wall or part of the building.
The depth of a "rear yard" shall be measured at right angles to the
rear of the lot in the same manner as specified herein for the measurement
of lot depth.
An open, unoccupied space between the side line of the lot
and the nearest wall or part of the building and extending from the
front yard to the rear yard, or in the absence of either of such yards,
to the front or rear lot lines, as the case may be. The width of a
"side yard" shall be measured at right angles to the side line of
the lot.
Any yard measured between a line drawn parallel to a street
or lot line at a distance there from equal to the respective yard
dimension required by this chapter.
A finite area of land, as designated by its boundaries on
the Zoning Map, through which specific and uniform regulations govern
the use of land and/or the location, size and use of buildings.
The map annexed to and made part of this chapter indicating
zoning boundaries.[7]
The municipal official assigned to carry out the literal
provisions of the Land Development Ordinance.
A document, also referred to as "Zoning Compliance Approval,"
signed by the Zoning Officer/Administrative Officer which is required
by ordinance as a condition precedent to the commencement of a use
or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion
or installation of a structure or building, and which acknowledges
that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions
of the Land Development Ordinance or variance therefrom duly authorized
by a municipal agency pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60 and 40:55D-70.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-69.
[2]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 30:4-23 was repealed effective 6-7-1989.
[3]
Editor's Note: See also N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2.
[4]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[5]
Editor's Note: The Official Map and Building Permit Act, N.J.S.A.
40:55-1.30 et seq., was repealed by P.L. 1975, c. 291.
[6]
Editor's Note: So in original.
[7]
Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the City offices.
