[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 5-1993]
For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms
are herewith defined and shall be construed as follows. These definitions
apply throughout this Code.
A building or structure, the use of which is customarily
incidental and subordinate to that of the principal building located
on the same lot, occupied by or devoted exclusively to an accessory
use. When an accessory building or structure (i.e., decks, porches,
garage and steps) is attached in a substantial manner, by breezeway,
roof, wall or the like, to a principal building or structure, it shall
be considered a part of the principal building or structure. Accessory
structures shall be construed to include decks and swimming pools,
but shall not be construed to include paving or at-grade patios.
[Amended 6-6-2016 by Ord.
No. 20-2016]
A use naturally and normally incident and subordinate to
the principal use of the premises or lot.
Of or related to farming.
To change the supporting members of a structure, to add to
or reduce the size of a structure, to alter the internal design or
layout of the structure, to change the use, to convert a structural
part thereof or to move a structure from one location to another.
Man-made trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles
and similar alternative design mounting structures that camouflage
or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
Any exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, or
television communications through the sending and/or receiving of
electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies
(excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or
other communication signals. Satellite dishes shall not be included
within this definition.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
One or more rooms with cooking, sleeping and private sanitary
facilities comprising an independent self-contained dwelling unit
in a building containing three or more dwelling units.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An advisory panel to the Byram Township Planning Board, appointed
annually by the Township Council. The Committee shall consist of five
to eight members, to include two sitting members of the Planning Board,
two members of the general public, and a Township employee.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A manufacturing facility for the creation of asphalt paving
materials (asphaltic concrete) by combining liquid asphalt and various
aggregates, including the storage and dispensing of the asphalt paving
materials.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A facility for persons who are unable to live independently
that provides: a) private living quarters, which may include kitchen
facilities limited to a sink, refrigerator and/or microwave; b) supervision
and general care, including but not limited to the provision of meals,
housekeeping, health care; and c) assistance with moderate activities
of daily living. For purposes of this definition, an assisted living
facility and nursing home shall be deemed a medical care facility.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A structure containing facilities for washing automobiles
and automatic or semiautomatic application of cleaner, brushes, rinse
water or heat for drying and where no junked or unregistered vehicles
are kept or stored.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment offering the sale of automobiles, light
trucks, vans, and accessories, parts, supplies and equipment to the
general public and where no junked vehicles are kept or stored.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment for the retail sale of gasoline, oil or
other products necessary for the maintenance and operation of motor
vehicles and where no junked or unregistered vehicles are kept or
stored.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment where the primary use is the rental of automobiles.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment for services necessary for the maintenance
and operation of motor vehicles and minor repairs thereof and where
no junked or unregistered vehicles are kept or stored. For purposes
of this definition, automobile repair shops include specialty repair
and service businesses for vehicular repair or maintenance such as,
but not limited to, body shops, shops for transmissions, brakes, tune-ups,
tire sales, wheel alignments, and mufflers.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The average of the elevations of the lowest points around
a structure taken at the four corners and the four midpoints of the
smallest rectangle that encompasses the entire building footprint.
[Added 2-16-2016 by Ord.
No. 6-2016]
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A roof-like structure of fabric or similar nonrigid material
attached to a rigid frame that is supported completely or partially
by either an exterior building wall or wall exterior to an individual
tenant space.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
An establishment in which all of or portions of are rented,
leased or otherwise made available to any person or group for a private
event or function, that is not open to the general public, whether
or not a fee is charged.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be
consumed on the premises. Bars include taverns, nightclubs, and similar
facilities serving alcoholic liquor.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A space having 1/2 or more of its floor-to-ceiling height
along the building perimeter below the grade plane and with a floor-to-ceiling
height or the bottom of the support beams for the floor above where
there is no ceiling of not less than 6.5 feet. If the basement ceiling
height or the bottom of the support beams for the floor above where
there is no ceiling is five feet above the average finished grade
along any facade, then the basement shall be considered a story as
applied to height of building. See "story above grade."
[Amended 4-3-2000 by Ord. No. 6-2000; 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
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Accessory structures or features commonly required for safe, healthy and comfortable human habitation of a principal building. These include such things as drinking water wells and septic system components, garbage can enclosures, oil tanks, propane tanks, air-conditioning units, and standby generators (including fuel tanks) in the side or rear yard. Basic accessories serving a principal building or structure are permitted to encroach into required setbacks, provided that no encroachment is more than half the total distance of the required setback from the property line. Basic accessories serving a principal building or structure are not subject to the requirement of § 240-16A and are exempt.
[Added 6-6-2016 by Ord.
No. 20-2016]
A residential use consisting of one dwelling unit with no
more than eight rooms or suites that are rented to the public for
overnight or by the week accommodation for a fee. Only breakfast or
brunch may be prepared for the guests by the proprietor and no other
meals are provided by the proprietor. The rented rooms do not contain
cooking facilities and do not constitute separate dwelling units.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A person who is not related to the head of the household
and who pays for the privilege of boarding.
A dwelling having one kitchen and used for the purpose of
providing lodging or both meals and lodging for pay or compensation
of any kind, computed by the day, week or month, to more than two
persons occupying such dwelling, other than members of the family.
An establishment known as a restricted license brewery which
brews small batches of beer for sale at adjoining restaurants.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An area within a property or site, generally adjacent to
or parallel with the property line, either consisting of natural or
existing vegetation or created by use of trees, shrubs, fences and/or
berms designed to continuously limit the view of and/or sound from
the site to adjacent sites or properties.
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
[Added 7-17-1995 by Ord. No. 5-1995;
amended 6-6-2016 by Ord. No. 20-2016]
The entirety of the Byram Township Planning Area [lands within
the Highlands Region that are not located in that portion designated
by the Highlands Act as the Preservation Area (see metes and bounds
description at N.J.S.A. 13:20-7b)] consists of a "Highlands Center,"
as designated by the Highlands Council pursuant to Resolution 2010-6,
adopted September 23, 2010. The Byram Township Highlands Consistency
Report accompanying the designation establishes the parameters for
development and redevelopment within the designated Byram Highlands
Center, inclusive of ultimate disturbance areas.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A proposed schedule of future projects listed in order of
construction priority, together with cost estimates and the anticipated
means of financing each project.
The actual road surface area from curbline to curbline, which
may include travel lanes, parking lanes and deceleration and acceleration
lanes. Where there are no curbs, the cartway is that portion between
the edges of the paved or hard surface width.
An establishment providing meals and/or refreshments for
off-site consumption for a fee, without on-site banquet facilities.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any changes in use or operation of a facility.
See "open space zoning."
When two or more receiving and/or transmitting facilities
are placed together in the same location or on the same tower or monopole.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
An establishment where waste materials are destroyed in a
furnace by controlled burning at high temperatures.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
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 and enjoyment of residents and owners
of the development.
Ownership of two or more parcels of real property by one
person or by two or more persons owning such property jointly as tenants
by the entirety, joint tenants or as tenants in common.
A small parcel of land set aside, dedicated, designated or
reserved for public use or enjoyment, which may include such complementary
structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for entertainment
or recreation, with such facilities being no more than 1/2 of the
overall space.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L.
1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.), providing food, shelter,
and personal guidance, under such supervision as required, to not
more than 15 developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons, who
require assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in
the community, and shall include, but not be limited to, group homes,
halfway houses, intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment
living arrangements and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered
a health care facility within the meaning of the Health Care Facilities
Planning Act (P.L. 1971, c. 136, N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.). In the
case of such community residence housing mentally ill persons, such
residence shall have been approved for a purchase of service contract
or an affiliation agreement pursuant to such procedures as shall be
established by regulation of the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals
of the Department of Human Services.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any shelter approved for a purchase of service contract and
certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by regulation
of the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1979, c. 337
(N.J.S.A. 30:14-1 to 30:14-14), providing food, shelter, medical care,
legal assistance, personal guidance and other services to not more
than 15 persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including
any children of such victims, who temporarily require shelter and
assistance in order to protect their physical and psychological welfare.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The 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 manufacturing facility for the creation of concrete building
and paving materials (concrete) by combining cement, water and various
aggregates, including the storage and dispensing of the concrete building
and paving materials.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A lot at the junction of and having frontage on two or more
intersecting streets or a lot bounded on two or more sides by the
same street.
The production of non-temperature-control-safety (non-TCS)
food in the home of a cottage food operator who holds a valid New
Jersey cottage food operator permit.
[Added 5-3-2022 by Ord. No. 006-2022]
A facility specifically designed for the burning of human
and animal remains, consisting of carcasses, organs and solid organic
wastes from hospitals, laboratories, abattoirs, animal pounds and
similar sources, consisting of up to 85% moisture and approximately
5% incombustible solids and having a heating value of approximately
1,000 British thermal units (Btu) per pound as fired, such remains
being classified as Type IV waste in the New Jersey Air Pollution
Control Code, Chapter II, carrying an effective date of August 15,
1968. For the purpose of interpreting and administering this chapter,
such facilities shall not be classified as incinerators.
The following areas are hereby designated critical areas
within the Township of Byram:
[Added 10-21-2002 by Ord. No. 12-2002; amended 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 27-2004]
Provision of facilities for the temporary care of children,
other than or in addition to any children resident at the site. This
shall include professional day-care facilities, as licensed by the
State of New Jersey.
A man-made or natural water collector facility designed to
collect surface and subsurface water in order to impede its flow and
release the same gradually.
The portion of a sign message made up of internally illuminated
components capable of changing the message periodically. Digital displays
may include but are not limited to LCD, LED, or plasma displays.
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 15-2019]
A digital display used by permitted drive-through establishments,
such as restaurants, banks and pharmacies, for customary menu boards
and similar on-site signage.
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 15-2019]
See "stormwater management."
The lands required for the installation of stormwater, sewerage
or drainage ditches 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 in accordance with Chapter
16A of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey.
An establishment that by design, physical facilities, service,
or by packaging procedures, encourages or permits customers to receive
goods or services while remaining in their motor vehicle.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A paved or unpaved area used for ingress and egress of vehicles,
allowing access from a street to a building or other structure or
facility.
A building or portion thereof designed or used as the residence
or sleeping place of one or more persons, including one-family, two-family
and multiple dwellings, apartment-hotels and boarding- and lodging
houses, but not including motels, tourist cabins, camp trailers or
campsites.
An establishment for the mechanical cleaning of garments,
articles or goods of fabric for retail customers. A dry-cleaning and
laundry establishment does not include a laundry or laundromat which
provides self-service type washing and drying for use of retail customers.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment where customers drop off and pick up garments
or articles that are sent to another location for cleaning or laundering.
A dry-cleaning and laundry pickup station does not include on-site
dry-cleaning or laundry facilities.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
One or more rooms designed, occupied or intended for occupancy
as a separate living quarter, with cooking, sleeping and private sanitary
facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use
of one or more persons living together and maintaining a common household.
[Amended 6-20-2017 by Ord. No. 10-2017]
A restriction established in deed or duly recorded instrument
or on a duly recorded, filed map to permit the use of land by the
public, particular persons, corporations or other legal entities for
the specified uses. For the purpose of this chapter, a right-of-way,
grant or reservation shall be defined as an "easement."
An establishment where students or enrollees are assembled
for the purpose of instruction and teaching or on-site training of
one or more skills or areas of interest.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Features, natural resources or land characteristics that
are sensitive to improvements and may require conservation measures
or the application of creative development techniques to prevent degradation
of the environment, or may require limited development or, in certain
instances, may preclude development.
A structure accessory to a residential dwelling used for
the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the residents
thereof and not a separate enterprise available to the general public
that is adjacent and attached to the principal structure that does
not have any portion of the second floor above it and is not to be
considered as living space.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The Federal Aviation Administration
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
Any individual living as a single housekeeping unit or a
number of persons united by blood, marriage or legal adoption living
together in a dwelling unit as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit.
Cultivation of an area of land or animal breeding under individual
or collective management, including any area of water used for the
cultivation of fish, oysters, etc.
The Federal Communications Commission.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
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 Clerk of the County of Sussex for recording in accordance with
the law.
An establishment such as banks, savings and loans associations,
mortgage companies, credit agencies, investment companies, brokers
of and dealers in securities and commodities, security and commodity
exchanges, and insurance agents.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
See "lot frontage."
An establishment for the storage and preparation of human
remains prior to their burial or cremation and the display of the
deceased and the conducting of ceremonies connected therewith before
burial or cremation.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A detached accessory building or portion of a main building
used only for the storage of a passenger vehicle or vehicles and not
more than one commercial vehicle of a rated capacity not exceeding
five tons.
Any building, premises or land in which or upon which a business,
service or industry involving the storage, maintenance, washing or
servicing of motor vehicles is conducted or rendered.
A plan outlining general rather than detailed development
intentions. It describes the basic parameters of a major development
proposal, rather than giving full engineering details. As such, it
allows general intentions to be proposed and discussed without the
extensive costs involved in submitting a detailed proposal.
The slope of a street or other public way or driveway, specified
in percentage terms.
A reference plane representing the average of the finished
ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls.
[Added 4-3-2000 by Ord. No. 6-2000;
amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
An establishment for the retail sale of shrubs, trees, plants
and related products to the consumer, including seeds, nursery products,
potting soil, hardware, garden equipment and including outdoor storage
and display of plants.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A space under a sloping roof (gable, hip and gambrel) that
has the line of intersection of the roof and wall face not more than
three feet above the floor level and in which space the possible floor
area with headroom of five feet or less occupies at least 40% of the
floor area of the story directly beneath.
[Added 4-3-2000 by Ord. No. 6-2000;
amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
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An indoor facility provided for individual or group exercise
and recreational activities including aerobics, workout equipment,
calisthenics, weight training, running, swimming and court games,
and providing shower facilities and changing areas and may include
spas, gymnasiums, and incidental uses such as child-care facilities,
food service, and pro shops oriented to customers during their use
of the facility.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
When referring to a tower or other telecommunications or
utility structure, the distance measured from ground level to the
highest point on the tower or other telecommunications or utility
structure, even if said highest point is an antenna.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000;
amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
The vertical distance from the average grade elevation to
the top of the highest roof surface on a flat or shed roof, to the
highest deck level of a mansard roof, and the average distance between
the eaves and the ridge level for the highest gable, hip or gambrel
roof of a structure.
[Added 4-3-2000 by Ord. No. 6-2000;
amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007; 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 6-2016]
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The vertical distance from the average finished grade along
each side of a structure to the top of a structure or to the top of
the highest point of the roof surface of a building.
[Added 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007;
amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 6-2016]
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The vertical distance between the surface of any floor and
the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above
it, then the vertical distance between the floor and the ceiling next
above it, including basements with a ceiling height or the bottom
of the support beams for the floor above where there is no ceiling
five feet above the average finished grade along any facade.
[Added 4-3-2000 by Ord. No. 6-2000;
amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
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The use of a portion of a residential structure not to exceed
25% of the area of one floor for nonresidential purposes.
[Amended 7-18-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994]
A facility, which is not a bed-and-breakfast or an inn, designed
and used exclusively to accommodate transient guests and may provide
additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms and/or recreational
facilities. Each room shall contain at least one bedroom, one bathroom,
and one closet. None of the rooms or suites of rooms shall have a
full kitchen, and none shall have a gas/electric range or oven, but
they may provide a sink, microwave oven, and/or minirefrigerator.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A surface which has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
Any device, apparatus, equipment or structure for destroying,
reducing or salvaging by fire any material or substance, including
but not limited to refuse, rubbish, garbage, trade wastes, debris
or scrap. Facilities for cremating human and animal remains shall
not be classified as incinerators.
An establishment where sports, leisure time activities and
recreational activities are conducted indoors. Such facilities may
include, but are not limited to, indoor miniature golf courses, trampoline
facilities, bowling alleys, indoor shooting ranges, indoor go-kart
tracks or indoor skateboard facilities.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A facility, which is not a bed-and-breakfast or a hotel,
which offers transient lodging accommodations to the general public
but does not provide meeting or function rooms. An inn may include
one restaurant that is open to the public. Inns may have recreational
facilities such as a pool and/or a fitness room; however, such facilities
shall only be available for use by guests and shall not be open to
the public.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Institutions such as churches, schools teaching academic
subjects, hospitals and libraries.
A structure accessory to a residential dwelling used for
the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the residents
thereof and not a separate enterprise available to the general public
that is integral to the principal structure and occupies a portion
of the first floor not to be considered as living space.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any area of land, with or without buildings, devoted to the
storage, keeping or abandonment of junk or debris, or discarded material,
whether or not it is in connection with the dismantling, processing,
salvage, sale or other use or disposition of any material whatsoever.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste
is buried between layers of earth.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment with retail sales of nursery stock and accessory
supplies, fresh produce, landscaping supplies, lawn furniture, playground
equipment, topsoil, mulching materials, garden tractors, utility vehicles,
lawnmowers and similar powered lawn and garden equipment and other
similar supplies and equipment used for lawn and garden purposes and
retail repair and service for garden and lawn equipment.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Facilities engaged in the fabrication, maintenance, alteration,
repairing, finishing, or assembling of standardized parts as contrasted
to a processing activity which would involve a physical or chemical
process that would change the nature or character of the product or
raw material or which would cause or result in toxic or objectionable
or corrosive fumes, vapors, odors, effluent, gas, smoke, dust, glare,
flashes or excessive noise or vibration. Any and all manufacturing,
fabrication, maintenance, alteration, repairing, finishing, or assembling
shall be carried on within and confined to an enclosed structure or
structures.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The area of all floors computed by using the dimensions of
the outside walls of a building, excluding attic and unfinished basement
floors, porches, patios, terraces, breezeways, carports, verandas
and garages.
A parcel of land, the location, dimensions and boundaries
of which were duly approved by the Planning Board under the terms
of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., and on file with the county recording
officer as provided by law, as well as any other tract of land comprised
of one or more contiguous parcels of land (or lots) in common ownership,
the location, dimensions and boundaries of which may be shown and
filed pursuant to the terms of the Map Filing Law (N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.9
et seq.), whether or not the parcels comprising the tracts were shown
as individual parcels (or lots) on the Tax Map or any other record
on file.
An area of land which is determined by the limits of the
lot lines bounding that area and is always expressed in terms of square
feet or acres. Any portion of a lot included in a street right-of-way
shall not be included in calculating lot area. In the event that more
than one plot or lot, as set forth on any map filed in the office
of the Clerk of the County of Sussex, or lot, as set forth on the
present or future assessment maps of the Township, is used in part
or in full with one or more other such lots or plots for the erection
of a building and its accessories, including yards required by this
chapter, the aggregate of all such plots or lots shall, for the purpose
of this chapter, be deemed to be one lot.
That part of one lot or more than one lot which is improved
or is proposed to be improved with buildings and/or other structures,
including but not limited to principal buildings, accessory buildings,
driveways, parking lots, pedestrian walkways, signs and other man-made
improvements on the ground surface which are more impervious than
the natural surface, but excluding the water surface of any swimming
pool. For purposes of this chapter, neither water surface area of
any swimming pool nor the area of balconies or roof overhangs shall
be counted as lot coverage.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Includes all areas disturbed for the purpose of the construction
of buildings and structures as well as all graded areas and lawns.
The total shall include disturbed areas both inside and outside of
the building envelope.
[Added 10-21-2002 by Ord. No. 12-2002]
That portion of a lot extending along the street line.
That dimension running parallel to the street line, between
the side lines of the lot. Where the street line is a curve, the distance
shall be measured as the chord of the curve.
[Amended 7-18-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994]
An objective measurement of the brightness of illumination,
including illumination emitted by an electronic sign, measured in
nits [candles per square foot (cd/ft2)].
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 15-2019]
Facilities engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation
of materials or the processing of raw products into new products or
any other processing activity which would involve a physical or chemical
process that would change the nature or character of the product or
raw material. Manufacturing includes the production of articles or
finished products from raw or prepared materials by giving those materials
new forms or qualities. Manufacturing also includes the blending of
materials such as oils, plastics, resins or liquors. Any and all manufacturing
processes shall be carried on within and confined to an enclosed structure
or structures.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment known as limited license brewery which produces
small batches of beer for sale to retailers and distributors in and
out of the state.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any extraction, removal, mining, separation, crushing or
disturbance of earth or earth material from its original position.
Earth materials include, but are not limited to, gravel, clay, soil,
topsoil, loam, sand, rock, stone, ore, minerals, mineral substances
and organic materials other than vegetation.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any subdivision containing not more than four lots, inclusive
of the entire tract or parcel, sought to be subdivided, including
lands constituting a remainder, fronting on an existing improved street,
not involving any new street, planned development or extension of
any off-tract improvement or municipal facilities and not adversely
affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining
property and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the
Master Plan, Official Map or Zoning Ordinance. In the event that more
than one minor subdivision from any tract of land, as recorded on
August 7, 1968, is submitted within a five-year period from the date
of approval of the first minor subdivision, then, for the purpose
of administering this chapter, the subsequent subdivision shall be
construed as a major subdivision and shall be processed accordingly.
This definition shall not be construed to prohibit a "minor subdivision"
of one lot from any tract every three years, so long as said tract
is at least 25 acres.
[Amended 7-18-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994]
The following areas are defined to be moderately restricted
areas:
[Added 10-21-2002 by Ord. No. 12-2002]
A building on a single lot containing two to four dwelling
units, each of which is totally separated from the others by an unpierced
wall extending from ground to roof, and/or an unpierced ceiling and
floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a
common stairwell exterior to multiple dwelling units.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A building designed for or utilized as two or more dwelling
units, each supplied with individual cooking, sleeping and sanitary
facilities.
Lands within or related to a development, not individually
owned or dedicated to public use, that are designed and intended for
the common use and enjoyment of the residents and their guests, and
may include such complementary structures and improvements as are
necessary and appropriate.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A building that contains more than one permitted retail and/or
service establishment that draws its clientele from the neighborhood.
A neighborhood shopping center is composed of one building designed
to be occupied by two or more retail businesses with shared parking.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A map adopted in accordance with the Official Map and Building
Permit Act, N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.30 et seq.,[2] or any prior act authorizing adoption. Such a map shall
be deemed to be conclusive with respect to the location and width
of the streets, public parks and playgrounds and drainage rights-of-way
shown.
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 or occupants
of land adjoining or neighboring such open space, and 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.
A device to eliminate suburban sprawl by providing open spaces
in major subdivisions, and means the creation of lots of less area
or frontage than that normally required for the zone district in which
such lots are located, and by designing and arranging subdivisions
in such a manner as to maintain the standard density requirements
of the zone district in which "open space zoning" is permitted, as
an optional method for developing property, so as to permit the additional
unused area to be either vested by title in the Township of Byram
for public purposes or devoted to open space or recreational use in
private ownership pursuant to a plan approved by the Planning Board.
The employment of "open space zoning" shall only be permitted if agreeable
to the Planning Board. If the Planning Board does not agree to the
employment of "open space zoning" for a particular tract of land for
reasons that are peculiar to the land, then the minimum lot size for
the zone in which it falls shall be complied with. Also known as "cluster
development."
A sign advertising a business, place, activity, goods, services,
or products on a different property from where said sign is located.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment where sports, leisure time activities and
recreational activities are conducted outdoors. Such facilities may
include, but are not limited to, golf driving ranges, miniature golf
courses, cycling outfitters, hunting and fishing outfitters, canoe
and kayak outfitters, go-kart tracks or skateboard facilities. The
outdoor storage of commercial recreation items such as canoes, kayaks,
bicycles, and other equipment shall be accessory to the principal
use.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The provision of food and drink as an addition or extension
of a permitted principal use on a patio, deck or similar area outside
the principal building, that may include seats, tables, umbrellas,
and plant materials.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The display and sale of goods, products, and services associated
with a principal use, outside the confines of the building associated
with said use.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The provision of any entertainment out of doors, with or
without amplification, for the enjoyment of guests.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The outdoor sale and storage of goods that require outdoor
storage and/or display, such as lumber, building supplies, boats,
trailers, outdoor furniture, nursery stock, and garden supplies.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Consists of an area within which buildings, parking, roads
and open space conform to a unified design.
[Amended 7-18-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994]
An open area other than a street, public way or access driveway,
but including aisles used for the parking of motor vehicles and available
for use as a service or privilege to employees, clients, customers,
suppliers or residents. For the purposes of this definition, an access
driveway shall not include a private driveway servicing a single-family
residential dwelling.
An off-street space for the parking of one motor vehicle,
which space shall have an area as required by this Code.
[Amended 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 6-2016]
Any security which may be accepted by the Township Council,
including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit as permitted
by Section 16, c. 291, L. 1991,[3] and cash.
An establishment engaged in the retail sale of prescription
drugs, nonprescription medicines, cosmetics, and related merchandise.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of 50
acres or more, to be developed as a single entity according to a plan,
containing one or more residential clusters or planned residential
developments, and one or more public, quasi-public, commercial or
industrial areas in such ranges or ratios of nonresidential uses to
residential uses as shall be specified in this chapter.
Uses which were lawfully in existence and which were in fact
being exercised within the structure or on land in conformance with
zoning regulations at the time of issuance of the original certificate
of occupancy or prior to the adoption of the first zoning ordinance
in Byram, dated November 2, 1966, and which do not now conform to
the regulations of the zone in which they are located.
Any tower or antenna for which a building permit or special use permit has been properly issued prior to the effective date of Article XII, including permitted towers or antennas that have not yet been constructed so long as such approval is current and not expired.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the
subdivision which is submitted for Planning Board consideration and
tentative approval in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-48.
The primary or predominant use of the premises.
An establishment involved in book publishing, die cutting,
printing of catalogue sheets or newspapers, engraving, four-color
printing, lithography and other similar processes or the copying of
newsletters, flyers and resumes, using photocopying machines, as well
as blueprinting, facsimile sending and receiving.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any artificially constructed basin or other structure for
the holding of water for use by the possessor, his family or guests
for swimming, diving and other aquatic sports and recreation. The
term "swimming pool" does not include any plastic, canvas or rubber
pool temporarily erected upon the ground and holding less than 500
gallons of water.
An establishment for administrative, executive, or management
functions or for the conduct or transaction of a business, profession,
service industry, occupation or government, provided no goods are
offered for sale on the premises except the incidental sale of medical
or optical goods in a medical or dental office. An office does not
include or involve the manufacture, fabrication, production, processing,
assembly, cleaning, testing, or storage for sale of materials, goods
or products.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A plat showing the layout of a subdivision, conforming in
all respects to the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances. This plat is
used for purposes of illustration of the maximum number of lots ordinarily
resulting from the subdivision of a parcel of land and is used in
determining the maximum number of lots permitted in a residential
cluster.
An establishment for the creation, receipt, maintenance,
use and disposal of records. Records are content that documents a
business transaction. Documentation may exist in contracts, memos,
paper files, electronic files, reports, emails, videos, instant message
logs or database records. Paper records may be stored in physical
boxes and digital records may be stored on storage media.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Usable open space consisting of an area not less than 1/4
acre, with grades not in excess of 8%, which may be provided with
access for pedestrians and vehicles in order to provide for both use
and maintenance. Such an area need not be developed as a ball field,
picnic area, playground or the like facility, but must be adaptable
to such purpose.
A site that contains a wide variety of retail and service
establishments, that has at least one or more anchor stores, and that
draws its clientele from the region. A regional shopping center is
composed of one or more buildings designed as a unit to be occupied
by two or more retail businesses or departments in a single facility,
conducted as an integrated and cohesively planned development with
on-site parking and vehicular and pedestrian circulation areas.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A facility for investigation into the natural, physical or
social sciences, which may include engineering and product development.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An area to be developed as a single entity according to a
plan, containing residential housing units which have a common or
public open space area as an appurtenance.
A facility which accepts, collects, moves, transfers, stores
and/or separates ferrous and nonferrous metals, glass, aluminum, wood,
concrete, asphalt, paper, cardboard, plastic and other recyclable
materials.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment where food and drink are prepared and/or
served and consumed at tables or where the sale of foods, frozen desserts
or beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume state for consumption
either within the restaurant building, for carry-out or with facilities
for drive-through order and/or drive-through pickup for consumption
off the premises.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to
the general public for personal or household consumption and without
necessarily rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Establishments engaged in providing services for individuals,
businesses, government and other organizations and includes finance;
insurance, real estate and personal services; business services and
miscellaneous repair services; motion pictures, amusement and recreation
services; health services and educational services; social services,
museums, art galleries, botanical gardens and zoological gardens.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A building where the use combines retail and warehouse functions
by stocking the inventory of goods in large quantities using stack-storage
techniques in areas accessible to patrons for the purpose of selling
the goods at retail or wholesale prices.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Areas forming the line at the top of a rise between opposite
slopes. These are areas of maximum local elevation and are surrounded
by areas of lower elevation, sloping away. Ridgelines and hillcrests
are mapped on the Township Ridgelines and Hillcrests Map[4] and then field verified by the applicant when an application
is submitted to the Board.
[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 27-2004]
A structure or planting consisting of fencing, berms and/or
evergreen trees or shrubs, providing a continuous view obstruction
within a site or property.
A building or group of buildings containing separate, individual,
and private storage spaces of varying sizes available for lease or
rent for varying periods of time. For the purposes of this definition,
miniwarehouses shall be considered self-storage facilities.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord. No. 10-2017]
A commercial establishment which as one of its principal business
purposes offers for sale, rental, or display any of the following:
books, magazines, periodicals or other printed material, or photographs,
films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides or other visual representations
which depict or describe a specified sexual activity or specified
anatomical area; or still or motion picture machines, projectors or
other image-producing devices which show images to one person per
machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are characterized
by the depiction of a specified sexual activity or specified anatomical
area; or instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed
for use in connection with a specified sexual activity; or
A commercial establishment which regularly features live performances
characterized by the exposure of a specified anatomical area or by
a specified sexual activity, or which regularly shows films, motion
pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic representations
which depict or describe a specified sexual activity or specified
anatomical area.
The provision of food and drink as an addition or extension
of a permitted principal use on a sidewalk outside the principal building,
that may include seats, tables, umbrellas, and plant materials.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any device, fixture, placard or structure that uses color,
form, picture, display, graphic, illumination, symbol or writing to
advertise, attract attention to, announce the purpose of or identify
a person, entity or thing or to communicate any information to the
public.
[Amended 4-21-2015 by Ord. No. 3-2015]
A sign incorporated into or attached to an awning.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A temporary sign pertaining to the performance of contractor
services (builder, roofer, landscaper, architect, general contractor,
etc.) on the premises, or a portion of the premises, on which the
sign is located.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A sign using internally illuminated components that digitally
display an electronic image, which may or may not include text and
is capable of changing the message periodically. Digital displays
may include but are not limited to television screens, holographic
displays, programmable ink, LCD, LED, or plasma displays.
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 15-2019]
Signs limited to directional messages, principally for pedestrian
or vehicular traffic, such as "one-way," "entrance" and "exit."
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A sign used to identify tenants and businesses in a multitenant
building.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
Any sign supported by structures or supports that are placed
on or anchored in the ground and that are independent from any building
or other structure.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
Any sign in which the entire bottom is in contact with the
ground.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A sign giving the nature, logo, trademark, or other identifying
symbol, address, or any combination of the name, symbol, and address
of a building, business, development, or establishment on the premises
where it is located.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A type of illuminated, changeable copy sign that consists
of electronically changing alphanumeric text often used for gas price
display signs, time and temperature, and simple messages.
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 15-2019]
A sign, located on the premises, giving the name or address,
or both, of the owner or occupant of a building or premises.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
Any sign that is painted directly on the window glass with
permanent paint or that is mounted by bolts or screw, or otherwise
in a permanent fashion, on a permanent structure.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A temporary sign announcing or supporting political candidates
or issues in connection with any national, state or local election.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A sign that is affixed to the face of a building or structure
that projects in a perpendicular manner from the wall surface of a
building.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A temporary sign pertaining to the sale or lease of the premises,
or a portion of the premises, on which the sign is located.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A sign that is mounted on the roof a building or that is
wholly dependent upon a building for support and that projects above
the top walk or edge of a building with a flat roof, the eave line
of a building with a gambrel, gable or hip roof or the deckline of
a building with a mansard roof.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A two-sided sign that is not affixed to a building, structure
or the ground and therefore portable. Such sign shall not be illuminated,
animated or have moving parts.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A temporary sign advertising a grand opening, new tenancy
or a special event. Such sign shall not be illuminated, animated or
have moving parts.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
Any sign designed or intended to be displayed for a short
period of time. Such sign shall not be illuminated, animated or have
moving parts.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
Any sign attached parallel to, but within 10 inches of, a
wall, painted on the wall surface of, or erected and confined within
the limits of, an outside wall of any building or structure, which
is supported by such wall or building, and which displays only one
sign surface.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
Any sign that is placed within 24 inches of a window or upon
the window panes or glass and is visible from the exterior of the
window.
[Added 4-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 3-2015]
A structure designed for occupancy by one family, plus not
more than two roomers or boarders.
Ownership by one person or ownership by two or more persons
jointly, or as tenants by the entirety or as tenants in common, of
a separate parcel of real property not adjacent to land in the same
ownership.
A development plan containing the items required by virtue
of the provisions of this chapter as a condition for the issuance
of a permit for development.[5]
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord. No. 10-2017]
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord. No. 10-2017]
Any tree that has a caliper of greater than 18 inches, measured
4Â 1/2 feet above the surrounding ground or that has been determined
by a certified arborist to be of high value because of its type, size,
age, or other professional criteria.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means. This includes control of runoff during
and after construction or development to minimize erosion and sedimentation
and to ensure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen
nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for
their biological functions as well as for drainage and the means necessary
for water supply preservation or protection and prevention or alleviation
of flooding.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it, including the basement if the basement ceiling height
or the bottom of the support beams for the floor above where there
is no ceiling is five feet above the average finished grade along
any facade. See "story above grade."
[Amended 4-3-2000 by Ord. No. 6-2000; 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
Any story having its finished floor surface entirely above
grade, except that a basement shall be considered as a story above
grade where the basement ceiling or the bottom of the support beams
for the floor above where there is no ceiling is:
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway,
which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law, which
is approved by official action as provided by this chapter or which
is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the county
recording officer prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and
the granting to such Board of the power to review plats, and which
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. For the purpose of
this chapter, streets shall be classified as follows:
INTERSTATE (FREEWAY)Interstate freeways are limited access road systems which are designed to serve large volumes of regional traffic between urban centers. Interstate freeways are also primary routes used for the movement of commodities.
MAJOR HIGHWAYMajor highways are designed as primary routes which can accommodate large volumes of traffic with uncontrolled access points. Major highways often provide a linkage between interstate routes and link major urban centers with other urban centers as well as with recreational and commercial areas. Major highways generally provide intercounty travel as well as intermunicipal travel.
PRIMARY ARTERIALPrimary arterials are generally designed to provide intracounty and intermunicipal travel. Primary arterials also function as distributors of traffic flow from local collector and secondary arterial routes to highways, interstates and other interconnecting arterials.
SECONDARY (RURAL) ARTERIALSecondary arterials or rural arterials are designed to function by accommodating traffic flow between primary arterials. Generally, secondary arterials collect traffic from adjoining neighborhoods or other concentrations of development.
COLLECTORA collector street functions primarily to collect traffic flow from local minor road systems and distribute that traffic to secondary or primary arterials.
[Amended 7-18-1994 by Ord. No. 5-1994]
MINOR ROADMinor roads provide direct access to individual properties or services and are often served by a collector or secondary arterial.
Aboveground objects constructed to improve the appearance
and/or function of a street or park in accordance with its planned
use, including but not limited to outdoor seating, benches, bus shelters,
sculptures, landscape planters, trash receptacles, fountains, telephone
booths, kiosks, and any other objects that have potential for enlivening
and giving variety to streets, sidewalks, plazas, and any other outdoor
space open to the public.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy,
use or ornamentation constructed, installed or located below, upon,
or above ground, including any excavation or foundation thereof, excepting
fences, walkways, and driveways and basic accessories serving a principal
structure.
[Amended 7-17-1995 by Ord. No. 5-1995; 6-6-2016 by Ord. No. 20-2016]
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.
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.
Division of property by testamentary or intestate
provisions.
Divisions of property upon court order.
Conveyances so as to combine existing lots by
deed or other instrument.
The term "subdivision" shall also include the
term "resubdivision."
A committee of at least three Planning Board members appointed
by the Chairman of the Board for the purpose of classifying subdivisions
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and such other duties
relating to land subdivision which may be conferred on the committee
by the Board.
Machines and other devices permanently located in the immediate
vicinity of an antenna or tower used in the operation of or support
of such antenna or tower.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
Temporary or interim activities conducted on retail properties
for the purpose of promoting seasonal sales and special events, which
may be conducted under a weather-protected canopy or open air. Special
events shall include carwashes, fun runs, information fairs and other
nonprofit and charity events as well as commercial events.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily
for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting
lattice towers or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television
transmission towers, microwave towers, common carrier towers, cellular
telephone towers, alternative tower structures and the like. The term
includes the structure and any support thereto.
[Added 6-5-2000 by Ord. No. 9-2000]
Attached single-family dwelling units, each having its own
front and rear entrance and separated from adjoining units by one
or more common fire-resistant walls, which are established as and
controlled by a condominium association under the guidelines of New
Jersey condominium law, controlling and maintaining all structures,
landscaping and other common areas as approved by the Planning Board
and defined in bylaws and master deeds.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An area, parcel, site, piece of land or property that is
the subject of a development application.
[Added 10-21-2002 by Ord. No. 12-2002]
Any lot improvement, including construction or expansion
of buildings, decks, sheds, garages, driveways, lawns, pools, septic
fields, land clearing, tree removal, terracing and other land improvements.
[Amended 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 27-2004]
An establishment where domestic animals and household pets
are admitted for examination for medical treatment and are cared for
during the time of such treatment. Boarding of animals in connection
with medical treatment shall be permitted in conjunction with the
primary use of the facility as a veterinary office. Overnight boarding
of animals shall be permitted on a short-term basis, and must be incidental
to the veterinary activities. All boarding shall take place within
the confines of the building containing the veterinary office.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
That area of Byram Township subject to the District Regulating Map of § 240-59, Village Center Form-Based Code. The Village Center is composed of two lots: Block 365, Lots 2 and 5. The term "Village Center" is used in many Township documents and often refers to the general area at the corner of Route 206 and Lackawanna Drive. It has also been used to describe both the Byram Highlands Center and the VC Village Center Zone together.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
The area zoned for mixed-use commercial and residential development and subject to § 240-59, Village Center Form-Based Code. The Village Center Zone consists of Block 365, Lots 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2, 3, 5 and 5.02. It is located at the southeastern corner of Route 206 and Lackawanna Drive and is bounded on the south by Lubbers Run and on the east by the Family Theme Park Zone. The VC Village Center Zone is part of the Byram Highlands Center and is the only part of the Byram Highlands Center zoned for single-family, townhouse, condominium or other nonapartment residential development.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A large parcel of land (minimum five acres) set aside, dedicated,
designated or reserved for public use or enjoyment, which may include
such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and
appropriate for entertainment or recreation, with such facilities
being a small portion of the overall space.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Facilities for the storage of goods, such as furniture, household
goods, or other commercial goods of any nature, including cold storage
or facilities for the handling of freight or transshipment facilities.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
A facility where solid waste materials, including yard waste,
demolition materials, and household refuse, are transferred from small
vehicles to large trucks for efficient transport to landfills, recycling
centers, and other disposal sites.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
An establishment that offers health services for the body
and mind. Services may include skin care services, body services such
as fitness and personal training; and provide alternative or integrative
medicine and nutrition consulting.
[Added 6-20-2017 by Ord.
No. 10-2017]
Every lot must provide front, rear and side yards as required
for its zone. All front yards must face upon an improved public street
or right-of-way.
FRONT YARDAn open unoccupied space, unless occupied by a use as specifically permitted, extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the front street property line and a parallel line extending across the nearest point of the structure. For the purpose of determining the front yard, steps shall not be construed as part of the structure unless fully enclosed.
REAR YARDAn open space, unoccupied except by an accessory building or use as specifically permitted, extending across the full width of the lot between the rear property line of the lot and a parallel line extending across the nearest point of the structure other than an accessory building.
SIDE YARDAn open unoccupied space, unless occupied by a use as specifically permitted, on the same lot with the building between the building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the
Township offices.
[2]
Editor's Note: See now N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35
et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5.
[4]
Editor's Note: Said map is on file in the
Township offices.
[5]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "sketch
plat," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 7-19-1994
by Ord. No. 5-1994.
