[Ord. No. 103-86 § 4]
Whenever a term is used in this Chapter, which is defined in
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., such term is intended to have the meaning
as defined in that act unless specifically defined to the contrary
in this Chapter. Any word or term not defined herein or in the Act
is used with a meaning of standard usage. The following definitions
shall be applicable to this Chapter:
Shall mean the Secretary to the Planning Board.
See Street.
Shall mean a right-of-way dedicated to public use to facilitate
pedestrian access through a subdivision.
See Street.
Shall mean the lands required for the installation of storm
water sewers or drainage ditches, or lands required along a natural
stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for
the flow of water therein so as to safeguard the public against floor
damage in accordance with R.S. 58:1.
Shall mean a restriction established in a real estate deed
to permit the use of land by the public, a corporation or particular
persons for specified uses.
Shall mean 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.
Shall mean 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.
Shall mean the official map as adopted by the Borough of
West Cape May in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, R.S.
40:55D-1 et seq., or any prior act authorizing such adoption. Such
map shall be deemed to be conclusive with respect to the location
and width of streets, public parks, and playgrounds, and drainage
rights-of-way shown thereon.
Shall mean any individual, firm, association, syndicate,
copartnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity having
sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided
to commence proceedings under this Chapter to effect a subdivision
of land hereunder for himself or for another.
Shall mean any security which may be accepted in lieu of
a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Planning
Board approved the plat, including performance bonds, escrow agreements,
or other similar collateral or surety agreements.
Shall mean the map of a subdivision.
Shall mean the final map of all or a portion of the subdivision
which is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with requirements of this Chapter and which, if approved, shall be
filed with the proper County recording officer.
Shall mean notification to affected property owners, municipal
clerks, the County Planning Board and the public as may be required
by law.
Shall mean (a) the further division or relocation of lot
lines or of any lot or lots within a subdivision previously made and
approved or recorded according to law; or (b) the alteration of any
streets, or the establishment of any new streets, within any subdivision
previously made and approved or recorded according to law, but does
not include conveyances so as to combine existing lots by deed or
other instrument.
Shall mean that parcel of undeveloped land designated for
possible dedication as a public or quasi-public use.
Shall mean the land and space required on the surface, subsurface
and overhead for the construction and installation of materials necessary
to provide passageway for vehicular traffic, pedestrians, utility
lines, poles, conduits and mains, subways, signs, hydrants, trees
and shrubbery and the proper amount of light and air as established
by local authorities, and which shall be measured from lot line to
lot line.
Shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway,
viaduct, drive or other way (a) which is an existing State, County
or municipal roadway, or (b) which is shown upon a plat heretofore
approved pursuant to law, or (c) which is approved by official action
as provided by the Municipal Land Use Law, or (d) which is shown on
a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Recording
Officer prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and the grant
to such Board of the power to review plats; and includes the land
between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may
comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking areas,
and other areas within the street lines.
Shall mean a minor way which is used primarily for vehicular
service access to the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting
on a street.
Shall mean streets used primarily for traveling between municipalities
and designed to handle greater volumes of traffic than collector or
local streets.
Shall mean those streets which carry traffic from local streets
to the major system of arterial streets.
Shall mean a local dead-end street terminating in a circular
turnaround area generally not used for ingress or egress by more than
20 abutting lots and generally not longer than five hundred (500')
feet.
Shall mean those streets which need be entered only for stopping
at a destination on that street and which need not be used for general
circulation or through traffic.
Shall mean a continuous local street whose entrance and exit
are parallel and/or nearly parallel to each other and generally not
used for ingress and egress by more than 50 abutting lots.
Shall mean any individual, association, corporation or other
legal entity commencing proceedings to subdivide the land for himself
or for another according to the provisions of this Chapter.
Shall mean a committee of at least three Planning Board members
appointed by the Chairman of the Board for the purpose of classifying
sub-divisions in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and
of performing such other duties relating to land subdivision as may
be conferred on this committee by the Board.
Shall mean all subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions.
Shall mean all subdivisions of land for the creation of not
more than three new lots (two new lots and the remaining parcel) fronting
on an existing street, provided that such subdivision does not involve
any new street or the extension of any off tract improvement, the
cost of which is to be prorated.
See Crosswalk.
