This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as "The Subdivision and Site Plan Chapter and the Planning Board and
Zoning Board Chapter of the Land Development Ordinance of Middle."
The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide
rules, regulations and standards to guide land subdivision and site
development in the Township of Middle in order to promote the public
health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the municipality.
It shall be administered to ensure orderly growth and development,
the conservation, protection and proper use of land and adequate provision
for circulation, utilities and services.
The approval provisions of this chapter shall
be administered by the Township of Middle Planning Board or Board
of Adjustment, whichever has jurisdiction of the development application,
in accordance with Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1975 (N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq.). Hereinafter, all references to "Board" in this
chapter shall include Planning Board and/or Zoning Board, whichever
is applicable.
All sections of the Township ordinances which contain provisions contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be and are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency, except that Chapter 42, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment, and Chapter 218, Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Review, of the Code of the Township of Middle are repealed in their entirety.
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Whenever a term is used in this chapter which is defined
in the Municipal Land Use Law, such term is intended to have the meaning
set forth and the definition of such term found in said statute unless
a contrary intention is clearly expressed from the context of this
chapter.
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ABUT
ACCESS
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
ACCESSORY USE
ACRE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
ADT (AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC)
AGENT
AISLE
ALLEY
ALTERATION
APPLICANT
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
APPROVING AUTHORITY
ASCE
ASTM
AWWA
BARRIER CURB
BELGIAN BLOCK CURB
BERM
BICYCLE-COMPATIBLE ROADWAY
BICYCLE LANE
BICYCLE PATH
BIKEWAY
BLOW-OFFS
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
BUFFER
BUILDABLE AREA
BUILDING
CALIPER
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM
CAPPED SYSTEM
CARTWAY
CENTERLINE OFFSET OF ADJACENT INTERSECTIONS
CHANNEL
CHANNELIZATION
CIRCULATION
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
COMMERCIAL ZONES —Â
COMMON LATERAL
COMMON OPEN SPACE
COMMON OWNERSHIP
COMPLETE APPLICATION
CONCEPT PLAN
CONDITIONAL USE
CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL
CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CORNER LOT
CORPORATION STOP
COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
CUL-DE-SAC
CULVERT
CURB
CURB CUT
DAYS
DEDICATION
DENSITY
DENSITY, NET
DESIGN FLOOD
DESIGN GUIDELINES
DESIGN STANDARDS
DETENTION BASIN
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
DIVIDED STREET
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE FACILITY
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
DRIVEWAY
DROP MANHOLE
DROP PIPE
DRY LINES
EASEMENT
EGRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS
EROSION
ESCROW
EXCEPTION TO APPLICATION
EXEMPT SUBDIVISION
FENCE
FINAL APPROVAL
FINAL PLAT
FLAG LOT SUBDIVISION
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
FLOOR AREA, GROSS
FLOOR AREA, NET
FLUSHING
FRONTAGE
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
GOVERNING BODY
GRADE, EXISTING
GRADE, FINISHED
GROUND COVER
GUTTER
HISTORIC DISTRICT
HISTORIC SITE
HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE
IES
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
IMPOUNDMENT
IMPROVED PUBLIC STREET
IMPROVEMENT
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
INGRESS
INTERESTED PARTY
(1)Â
(2)Â
ISLAND
ITE
LAND
LATERAL SEWERS
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT COVERAGE
LOT FRONTAGE
MAIN
MAINTENANCE BOND
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
MAJOR SITE PLAN
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
MANHOLE
MANNING EQUATION
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
MASTER PLAN
MEDIAN
MINOR SITE PLAN
MINOR SUBDIVISION
MLUL
MOUNTABLE CURB
MOVING LANE
MULCH
MUNICIPAL AGENCY
NONCONFORMING LOT
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING USE
OFFICIAL MAP
OFF-SITE
OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE
OFF-TRACT
ON-SITE
ON-STREET PARKING SPACE
ON-TRACT
OPEN SPACE
OWNER
PARKING LANE
PARKING LOOP
PARKING SPACE
PAVEMENT
PERC TEST (percolation test)
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
PERVIOUS SURFACE
PLANNING BOARD
PLAT
POTABLE WATER SUPPLY
PREAPPLICATION CONFERENCE
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAT
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
QUORUM
RATIONAL METHOD
RESIDENTIAL ACCESS STREET
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL SUBCOLLECTOR
RESIDENTIAL ZONES
RESUBDIVISION
(1)Â
(2)Â
RETAINING WALL
RETENTION BASIN
REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT
RIGHT-OF-WAY
SCREEN
SCD
SCS
SEDIMENTATION
SEPTIC SYSTEM
SEPTIC TANK
SETBACK, BUILDING
SEWER
SHADE TREE
SHOULDER
SIDEWALK (AREA)
SIGHT TRIANGLE
SIGN
SIGN, ANIMATED OR MOVING
SIGN AREA
SIGN, AWNING, CANOPY OR MARQUEE
SIGN, BANNER
SIGN, BILLBOARD
SIGN, BULLETIN BOARD
SIGN, BUSINESS
SIGN, CONSTRUCTION
SIGN, DIRECTIONAL
SIGN, ELECTRONIC MESSAGE
SIGN, FACADE
SIGN FACE
SIGN, FLASHING
SIGN, FREESTANDING
SIGN, GOVERNMENTAL
SIGN, GROUND
SIGN, HOLIDAY DECORATION
SIGN, HOME OCCUPATION
SIGN, IDENTIFICATION
SIGN, ILLUMINATED
SIGN, MEMORIAL
SIGN, NAMEPLATE
SIGN, NONCONFORMING
SIGN, OFF-PREMISES
SIGN, ON-SITE INFORMATIONAL
SIGN, POLE
SIGN, PORTABLE
SIGN, PROJECTING
SIGN, REAL ESTATE
SIGN, ROOF
SIGN, TEMPORARY
SIGN, WALL
SIGN, WARNING
SIGN, WINDOW
SITE PLAN
(1)Â
(2)Â
(3)Â
SITE PLAN, MAJOR
SITE PLAN, MINOR
SKETCH PLAT
SOIL CEMENT
STABILIZED TURF OR EARTH
STORMWATER DETENTION
STORMWATER RETENTION
STREAM
STREET
STREET FURNITURE
STREET HARDWARE
STREET HIERARCHY
STREET, LOOP
STUB STREET
SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
SUBDIVISION AND SITE PLAN COMMITTEE
TOWNSHIP
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USCGS (Also USC&G and USC&GS)
VARIANCE
WETLANDS
WYE
WYE CONNECTIONS
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
To physically touch or border upon; or to share a common
property line.
A way or means of approach to provide physical entrance to
a property.
A structure detached from a principal building on the same
lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal building
or use.
A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily
incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building
and located on the same lot with such principal use.
An area equal to 43,560 square feet.
The governmental officer charged with administering land
development regulations; the Zoning Officer in Middle Township.
The average number of cars per day that pass over a given
point.
One or more persons designated to represent the applicant
before the Planning Board.
The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.
A public or private street primarily designed to serve as
secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal
frontage is on some other street.
Any change or rearrangement in the supporting members of
an existing building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders
or interior partitions, as well as any change in doors or windows
or any enlargement or diminution of a building or structure, whether
horizontally or vertically, or the moving of a building or structure
from one location to another.
A developer submitting an application for development.
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat or site plan, planned
development conditional use, zoning variance or direction of the issuance
of a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36.
The Planning Board of the municipality, unless a different
agency is designated by ordinance.
American Society of Civil Engineers.
American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia.
American Water Works Association.
A steep-faced curb intended to prevent encroachments.
A type of paving stone generally cut in a truncated, pyramidal
shape, laid with the base of the pyramid down.
A mound of soil, either natural or man-made, used as a view
obstruction.
A road designed to accommodate the shared use of the roadway
by bicycles and motor vehicles.
A lane at the edge of a roadway reserved and marked for the
exclusive use of bicycles.
A pathway usually separated from the roadway, designed specifically
to satisfy the physical requirements of bicycling.
A pathway designed to be used by bikers.
An outlet in a pipe through which water or sediment can be
discharged from a lower sewer.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment established pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-69.
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, fences
and/or berms, designed to continuously limit view of and/or sound
from the site to adjacent sites or properties.
The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard and open space requirements of Chapter 250, Zoning have been met.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of any individual,
animal, process equipment, goods or materials of any kind or nature.
The diameter of a tree trunk measured in inches, six inches
above ground level for trees up to four inches in diameter and measured
12 inches above ground level for trees over four inches in diameter.
A proposed schedule of all future projects listed in order
of construction priority, together with cost estimates and the anticipated
means of financing each project.
A completed water supply and/or sewerage system put in place
for future use (contingent upon expansion), rather than to meet immediate
development needs.
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.
The gap between the center line of roads adjoining a common
road from opposite or same sides.
The bed and banks of a natural stream which convey the constant
or intermittent flow of the stream.
The straightening and deepening of channels and/or the surfacing
thereof to permit water to move rapidly and/or directly.
The system, 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 trans-shipment
points.
See "Residential cluster."
B Business, HV Hildreth Village, TB Town Business, TC Town
Center, TP Town Professional, VC Village Commercial.
[Added 9-5-2012 by Ord. No. 1423-12]
A lateral serving more than one unit.
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.
Ownership of two or more contiguous parcels of real property
by one person or by two or more persons owning such property jointly,
either as joint tenants, as tenants by the entirety or as tenants
in common.
A properly completed application form and accompanying maps
and other documents in the necessary quantity, including sufficient
fees and deposits, containing pertinent plat or plan details and indicating
proposed physical improvements, all as may be required by this chapter,
and such additional data and information as the approving authority
may require in order to review an application for development. The
term "complete application" shall include reports from any persons
or agencies required by the Planning Board or the Board of Adjustment,
as the case may be.
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 specific location will comply with the conditions and standards for the locations or operation of such use as contained in Chapter 250, Zoning, and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Planning Board.
The individual designated by the appointing authority to
enforce the provisions of the Building Code.
Development other than planned development.
A lot at the junction of and having frontage on two or more
intersecting streets.
Also known as corporation cock. A valve which is placed in
a building's water or gas service pipe near its junction with the
public water or gas main.
The Planning Board of Cape May County.
A local street with only one outlet and having the other
end for the reversal of traffic movement.
A structure designed to convey a watercourse not incorporated
in a closed drainage system under a road or pedestrian walk.
A stone or concrete vertical or sloping edge of a roadway.
See also "Belgian block curb," "Barrier curb" and "Mountable curb."
The opening along the curbline at which point vehicles may
enter or leave the roadway.
Calendar days.
An act transmitting property or interest thereto.
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of
land to be developed.
The permitted number of dwelling units per area of land less
any public streets, easements, water areas, wetlands or any other
critical environmental areas, excluding riparian claims.
The relative size or magnitude of a major flood of reasonable
expectancy, which reflects both flood experience and flood potential
and is the basis of the delineation of the floodway, the flood hazard
area and the water surface elevations.
Guidelines that provide a general framework for sound planning.
Standards that set forth specific improvement requirements.
A man-made or natural water collector facility designed to
collect surface and subsurface water in order to impede its flow and
to release the same gradually at a rate not greater than that prior
to the development of the property, into natural or man-made outlets.
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 any other person
having 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 mining excavation or landfill; and any use or change in the use
of any building or other structure or land or extension of use of
land.
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance,
official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and
development of land, adopted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
A street having an island or other barrier separating moving
lanes.
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
to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground, where practical, to lessen
nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for
their biological functions as well as for drainage and the means necessary
for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
Any component of the drainage system.
The system through which water flows from the land, including
all watercourses, waterbodies and wetlands.
A paved or unpaved area used for ingress or egress of vehicles
and allowing access from a street to a building or other structure
facility.
A manhole provided for inspection and maintenance of sewers
where an incoming sewer is considerably higher than the outgoing.
A vertical pipe used to convey sewage from a higher to a
lower elevation.
See "capped system."
A right-of-way granted, but not dedicated, for limited use
of private land for a public, quasi-public or private purpose and
within which the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent
structures.
An exit.
A municipal advisory body created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1
et seq.
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.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
A deed, bond, money or a piece of property delivered to a
third person to be delivered by him to the grantee only upon fulfillment
of a condition.
A deviation from or the waiver of an on-tract improvement requirement or a design standard, as specified in Article VIII, in connection with an application for development.
See "Subdivision."
An artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone,
wire, metal or any other approved manufactured material or combination
of materials.
The official action of the Planning Board taken on a preliminary
approved major subdivision or site plan, after all conditions, engineering
plans and other requirements have been installed or guaranties properly
posted for their completion or approval conditioned upon the posting
of such guaranties.
The final map of all or a portion of a subdivision or site
plan which is presented to the proper review authority for final approval.
A flag lot subdivision consists of two lots (one new lot
and the remaining parcel). One lot must meet the bulk requirements
specified in the Middle Township Zoning Ordinance.[1] The other lot must meet all applicable Zoning Ordinance
requirements with the exception of frontage which shall not be less
than 50 feet on an existing street.
The ratio between the total area of all floors of all buildings
or structures on a lot and the total lot area.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or
from the center line of a wall separating two buildings but not including
interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles or any space
where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.
The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells
and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, interior vehicular parking or
loading and all floors below the first or ground floor, except when
used or intended to be used for human habitation or service to the
public.
The cleaning out of debris and sediment from pipes by force
of moving liquid, usually water.
See "lot frontage."
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 intention to be proposed and discussed without the
extensive costs involved in submitting a detailed proposal.
The Middle Township Committee.
The existing, undisturbed elevation of land, ground and topography
preexisting or existing on a lot, parcel or tract of land at the time
of the adoption of this chapter.
The completed surface of lawns, walks and roads brought to
grade(s) as shown on official plans or designs relating thereto or
as existing if no plans or designs have been approved.
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.
A shallow channel usually set along a curb or the pavement
edge of a road for purposes of catching and carrying off runoff water.
One or more historic sites and intervening or surrounding
property significantly affecting or affected by the quality and character
of the historic site or sites.
Any real property, man-made structure, natural object or
configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing which have
been formally designated in the master plan as being of historical,
archaeological, cultural, scenic or architectural significance.
The properties, distribution and circulation of water.
Illuminating Engineering Society.
A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
All buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks and any
areas in concrete and asphalt shall be considered "impervious surfaces."
A body of water, such as a pond, confined by a dam, dike,
floodgate or other barrier.
For subdivision purposes or site plan, any street which complies
in width and construction with municipal standards.
Any man-made, immovable item which becomes part of, placed
upon or is affixed to real estate.
A septic tank, seepage tile sewage disposal system or any
other approved sewage treatment device serving a single unit.
An entrance (driveway).
In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding,
any citizen of the State of New Jersey.
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 this act or whose right to use, acquire or enjoy
property under this act or under any other law of this state or of
the United States have been denied, violated or infringed by an action
or a failure to act under this act.
In street design, a raised area usually curbed, placed to
guide traffic, separate lanes or used for landscaping, signing or
lighting.
Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Real property, including improvements and fixtures on, above
or below the surface.
Pipes conducting sewage from individual buildings to larger
pipes called trunk or interceptor sewers that usually are located
in street rights-of-way.
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 size of a lot measured within the lot lines and expressed
in terms of acres or square feet, excluding any street rights-of-way.
Area of a lot covered by buildings, accessory buildings and
structures and expressed as a percentage of the total lot area. For
the purpose of this chapter, lot coverage shall include all parking
areas and automobile access driveways and internal roadways, whether
covered by impervious or pervious material, and all other impervious
surfaces.
The length of the front lot line measured at the street right-of-way.
[Added 10-5-1995 by Ord. No. 942-95]
In any system of continuous piping, the principal artery
of the system to which branches may be connected.
Any security that is acceptable to the governing body to
assure the maintenance of any required improvements.
Any security which may be accepted by a municipality for
the maintenance of any required improvements required pursuant to
the Municipal Land Use Law, including but not limited to surety bonds,
letters of credit under the circumstances specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5
and cash.
Any site plan which is not exempt or classified as a minor
site plan and for which no site plan waiver has been granted.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
An inspection chamber whose dimensions allow easy entry and
exit and working room for a person inside.
A method for calculating the hydraulic capacity of a conduit
to convey water.
A service street that runs parallel to a higher-order street
which, for purposes of safety, provides access to abutting properties
and separation from through traffic. It may be designed as a residential
access street or subcollector as anticipated daily traffic dictates.
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of the municipality as set forth and adopted by the
Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
That portion of a divided highway separating the traveled
ways of traffic proceeding in opposite directions.
Any site plan which proposes building alterations or expansions
which do not increase the gross floor area of the structure by more
than 30%; proposes the addition of five or fewer parking spaces; does
not include any planned development or any new street or extension
of any off-tract improvement; and contains the information reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination as to whether
the requirements established by ordinance for approval as a minor
site plan have been met. In addition, any application for development
which entails the moving of a building or buildings over, along or
across highways, streets, roads, lanes and alleys of the Township
of Middle, unless the same shall qualify as a manufactured home within
the definition contained in N.J.S.A. 54:4-1.4d, shall qualify as a
"minor site plan."
A subdivision of land of not more than five lots (four new
lots and the remaining parcel), provided that such subdivision does
not involve a planned development, any new street or the extension
of any off-tract improvement, the cost of which is to be prorated
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42, and further provided that said subdivision
is not a further division of an original tract of land for which previous
subdivisions have been approved by the Township within the current
twelve-month period and where the combination of the proposed and
previously approved "minor subdivisions" constitutes a major subdivision.
The original tract of land shall be considered any tract in existence
at the time of adoption of this Land Development Ordinance Amendment
as shown on the Township Tax Maps. Any readjustment of lot lines resulting
in new lots shall be classified as a "minor subdivision" for purposes
of the application submission and review requirements but not for
the purpose of counting whether there has been a subdivision within
the current twelve-month period.
Municipal Land Use Law.
[2]A low curb with a flat slope designed to be crossed easily
without discomfort.
Any traffic lane where traffic movement is the primary if
not sole function. (Compare with "Parking lane.")
A layer of wood chips, dry leaves, straw, hay, plastic or
other materials placed on the surface of the soil around plants to
retain moisture, prevent weeds from growing, hold the soil in place
and aid plant growth.
The Planning Board, the Board of Adjustment or the Township
Committee of the Township of Middle.
A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in
which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A structure the size, dimension or location of which was
lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A map adopted by ordinance of the governing body pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq., showing the location and width of streets
and drainage rights-of-way and the location and extent of public parks
and playgrounds, whether existing or proposed.
Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but
within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the subject
of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or
right-of-way.
A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle that is directly
accessible to an access aisle and which 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.
Located on the lot in question.
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 on 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 uses 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.
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, syndicate
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
sought to be subdivided or otherwise developed to commence and maintain
proceedings under this chapter.
A lane usually set on the sides of streets, designed to provide
on-street parking for vehicular traffic.
A private street with perpendicular parking.
An area provided for the parking of a motor vehicle.
See "Cartway."
A test designed to determine the ability of ground to absorb
water and used in determining the suitability of a soil for drainage
or for the use of a septic system.
Any security which may be accepted by a municipality, including
but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances
specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5 and cash.
Any material that permits full or partial absorption of stormwater
into previously unimproved land.
The municipal Planning Board established pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-23.
Water suitable for drinking or cooking purposes.
An initial meeting between developers and municipal representatives
which affords developers the opportunity to present their proposals
informally.
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 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 preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of a site
plan which is submitted for preliminary approval.
A map indicating the proposed layout of a development and
related information that is submitted for preliminary approval.
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality,
municipal agency, board of education, state or county agency or other
public body for recreational or conservational uses.
The majority of the full authorized membership of the Board.
A method of runoff calculation.
The lowest order of residential street (see "Street hierarchy").
Provides frontage for access to private lots and carries traffic having
destination or origin on the street itself. Designed to carry traffic
at slowest speed. Traffic volume should not exceed 250 ADT at any
point of traffic concentration. The maximum number of housing units
should front on this class of street.
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.
The highest order of residential street (see "Street hierarchy").
Conducts and distributes traffic between lower-order residential streets
and higher-order streets (arterials and expressways). Since its function
is to promote free traffic flow, access to homes and parking should
be prohibited. Collectors should be designed to prevent use as shortcuts
by nonneighborhood traffic. Total traffic volume should not exceed
3,000 ADT.
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area, including streets, easements and open space portions of
development.
Middle order of residential streets (see "Street hierarchy").
Provides frontage for access to lots and carries traffic to and from
adjoining residential access streets. Traffic should have origin or
destination in the immediate neighborhood. Traffic volume should not
exceed 500 ADT at any point of traffic concentration.
CD Coastal Development, R Residential, RB Residential Business,
RC Rural Conservation, SR Suburban Residential, TR Town Residential,
VR Village Residential.
[Added 9-5-2012 by Ord. No. 1423-12]
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.
The alteration of any streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded accordingly to law, but does not include conveyances so
as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
A structure erected between lands of different elevation
to protect structures and/or to prevent the washing down or erosion
of earth from the upper slope level.
A pond, pool or basin used for the permanent storage of water
runoff.
A through lot which is not accessible from one of the parallel
or nonintersecting streets upon which it fronts.
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. Generally, the right of one to pass over
the property of another.
A structure or planting consisting of fencing, berms and/or
evergreen trees or shrubs providing a continuous view obstruction
within a site or property.
Soil Conservation District.
Soil Conservation Service.
The deposit of soil that has been transported from its site
of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means as a
product of erosion.
An underground system with a septic tank used for the decomposition
of domestic wastes.
A watertight receptacle that receives the discharge of sewage.
The line beyond which a building shall not extend unless
otherwise provided in this chapter.
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 private or public place, street, special easement
or right-of-way adjoining a street.
The graded part of the right-of-way that lies between the
edge of the main pavement (main traveled way) and the curbline.
A paved path provided for pedestrian use and usually located
at the side of a road within the right-of-way.
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 which is used to advertise, identify,
display, direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution,
organization, business, product, service, event or location by any
means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures,
colors, illumination or projected images.
Any sign or part of a sign which changes physical position
by any movement or rotation or which gives the visual impression of
such movement or rotation.
The entire face of a sign, including the advertising surface
and any framing, trim or molding, but not including the supporting
structure. In the case of freestanding letters or a sign painted on
a window without any border framing or decorative attachments, it
shall be the area contained between the highest and lowest points
of the letters and the extremity points of the first and last letters.
Freestanding letters are those that have no visible means of support.
A sign that is mounted or painted on or attached to an awning,
canopy or marquee that is otherwise permitted by ordinance.
A sign made of fabric or other similar flexible material
with no framework or electrical components. A pole banner sign generally
is made of fabric, affixed to a lamppost, and celebrates an event,
season, community, downtown district or organization.
[Added 9-5-2012 by Ord. No. 1423-12]
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered at a location
other than the premises on which the sign is located.
A sign which identifies an institution or organization on
the premises on which it is located and which contains the name of
the institution or organization, the names of individuals connected
with it and general announcements of events or activities occurring
at the institution or similar messages.
A sign which directs attention to a business or profession
conducted or to a commodity or service sold, offered or manufactured
or to an entertainment offered on the premises where the sign is located.
A temporary sign erected on the premises on which construction
is taking place, during the period of such construction, indicating
the names of the architects, engineers, landscape architects, contractors
or similar artisans and the owners, financial supporters, sponsors
and similar individuals or firms having a role or interest with respect
to the structure or project.
Signs limited to directional messages, principally for pedestrian
or vehicular traffic, such as "one-way," "entrance" and "exit."
[Added 9-5-2012 by Ord. No. 1423-12]
See "Sign, wall."
The area or display surface used for the message.
Any directly or indirectly illuminated sign which exhibits
changing natural or artificial light or color effects by any means
whatsoever.
Any nonmovable sign not affixed to a building. (See "Sign
area.")
A sign erected and maintained pursuant to and in discharge
of any governmental functions or required by law, ordinance or other
governmental regulation.
A freestanding sign, other than a pole sign, placed upon
or supported by the ground independent of any other structure. Includes
monument signs.
[Amended 9-5-2012 by Ord. No. 1423-12]
Temporary signs, in the nature of decorations, clearly incidental
to and customarily and commonly associated with any national, local
or religious holiday.
A sign containing only the name and occupation of a permitted
home occupation.
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.
A sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting either
by lights on or in the sign or directed towards the sign.
A sign, tablet or plaque memorializing a person, event, structure
or site.
A sign, located on the premises, giving the name or address,
or both, of the owner or occupant of a building or premises.
A sign lawfully erected and maintained prior to the adoption
of the current ordinance that does not confirm with the requirements
of the current ordinance.
[Added 9-5-2012 by Ord. No. 1423-12]
See "Sign, billboard."
A sign commonly associated with and not limited to information
and directions necessary or convenient for visitors coming on the
property, including signs marking entrances and exits, parking areas,
circulation direction, rest rooms and pickup and delivery areas.
A sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole or other support
so that the bottom edge of the sign face is six feet or more above
grade.
A sign that is not permanently affixed to a building, structure
or the ground.
A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building
for support and which projects more than 12 inches from such building.
A sign pertaining to the sale or lease of the premises or
a portion of the premises on which the sign is located.
A sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or which
is wholly dependent upon a building for support and which projects
above the point of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a
building with a gambrel, gable or hip roof or the deck line of a building
with a mansard roof.
A sign or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas,
fabric, plywood or other light material and designed or intended to
be displayed for a short period of time. Temporary signs include those
advertising private sales of personal property, such as house sales,
garage sales, rummage sales and the like, or private not-for-profit
events, such as picnics, carnivals, bazaars, game nights, art fairs,
craft shows and Christmas tree sales.
A sign fastened to or painted on the wall of a building or
structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure
for or forms the background surface of the sign and which does not
project more than 12 inches from such building or structure.
Signs limited to messages of warning, danger or caution.
A sign that is applied or attached to the exterior or interior
of a window or located in such manner within a building that it can
be seen from the exterior of the structure through a window.
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
The existing and proposed conditions of the
lot, including but not necessarily limited to topography, vegetation,
drainage, floodplains, buildings, drives, parking spaces, walkways;
The location of all existing and proposed buildings,
drives, parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage
facilities, utility services, landscaping, structures, signs, lighting
and screening devices; and
Any other information that may be reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to this
chapter.
See "Major site plan."
See "Minor site plan."
Rough layout of a proposed land development of sufficient
detail, clarity and accuracy to be used for discussion prior to submission
of a preliminary plat.
A mixture of portland cement and locally available soil.
It serves as a soil stabilizer.
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.
A provision for storage of stormwater runoff and the controlled
release of such runoff during and after a flood or storm.
A provision for storage of stormwater runoff.
Any body, either natural or man-made, of constantly or intermittently
flowing water, whether designated as a stream, brook, river or otherwise,
and consisting of a bed, banks and watercourse.
Any vehicular way which is an existing state, county or municipal
roadway; or is shown upon a plat approved pursuant to law; or is approved
by other official action; 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. Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct,
drive or other roadway. See also: "Cul-de-sac;" "Divided street;"
"Marginal access street;" "Residential access street;" "Residential
collector;" "Residential subcollector;" "Stub street."
Man-made, aboveground items that are usually found in street
rights-of-way, including benches, kiosks, plants, canopies, 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.
A street that has its only ingress and egress at two points
on the same subcollector or collector street.
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.
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, divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions,
divisions of property upon court order, including but not limited
to judgments of foreclosure, consolidation of existing lots by deed
or other recorded instrument 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 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."
See "Major subdivision."
See "Minor subdivision."
A committee appointed by the Chairperson of the Planning
Board for the purpose of reviewing, commenting and making recommendations
with respect to subdivision and site plan applications and having
the power to approve minor site plans and subdivisions, signs and
landscaping items as directed by the Chairperson of the Planning Board.
The Township of Middle.
Technical Release 55, used for calculating storm runoff volume,
peak rate of discharge, hydrographs and storage volumes required for
floodwater reservoirs.
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or
reproduction thereof.
A single or one-way vehicle movement to or from a property
or study area. "Trips" can be added together to calculate the total
number of vehicles expected to enter and leave a specific land use
or site over a designated period of time.
Urban Land Institute.
United States Coastal and Geodetic Survey.
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of Chapter 250, Zoning, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60; N.J.S.A. 40:55D-40b; N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70c; N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d.
Those areas inundated or saturated by surface or ground water
at a frequency and duration sufficient to support and which under
normal circumstances do support a prevalence of vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. "Wetlands" include
swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.
A Y-branch or Y-fitting. In a plumbing system, a branch in
the shape of the letter Y.
A Y-fitting or connection. See "wye."
