In the construction of this chapter, the present
tense shall include the future, the singular number shall include
the plural and the plural the singular. The word "shall" is always
mandatory. The word "may" is permissive. The words "zone" and "district"
are synonymous. The word "used" shall include the words "arranged,"
"designed" or "intended to be used." Any word or term not interpreted
or defined by this article is to be given its standard or common meaning.
Whenever a term is used in this chapter which is defined in N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq., such term shall have the meaning in the state statute.
For purposes of this chapter, the following
phrases and words shall have the meanings indicated:
A use or structure subordinate to the principal use or structure
on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the
principal use or the principal structure. Where an accessory building
is attached to a principal building by a roof, wall or the like, such
accessory building shall be considered part of the principal building.
The Zoning Officer, construction code official or other designee
appointed by the Township Committee to be responsible for the enforcement
of the provisions of this chapter.
Development designs or existing features on a developer's
property or nearby property, creating, imposing, aggravating or leading
to impractical, unsafe, unsatisfactory or noncomplying conditions,
such as a layout inconsistent with the zoning regulations; insufficient
street location; inconvenient street system; inadequate utilities,
such as water, drainage, shade trees and sewerage; unsuitable size,
shape and location of any area reserved for public use or land for
open space in a planned development; infringement upon land designated
as subject to flooding; and the creation of conditions leading to
soil erosion by wind or water from excavation or grading; all as set
forth in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-38 and measured against the design and performance
standards of this chapter.
Any changes in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders or in the dimensions or
configuration of the roof or exterior walls.
A dwelling unit in a building having three or more dwelling
units.
A building used solely for dwelling purposes by three or
more families occupying separate rooms or suites of rooms.
Acceptance of a plat by the approving authority and meeting
the preliminary or final plat requirements as applicable.
The Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, unless a different
agency is designated in this chapter pursuant to the Municipal Land
Use Law.
[Amended 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1015-10; 8-17-2011 by Ord. No.
1038-11]
The open, uninhabitable space between the ceiling beams of
the top habitable story and the roof rafters in any building.
[1]The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display and sale of new or used automobiles generally, but may
include light trucks or vans, trailers or recreational vehicles and
including any vehicle preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory
use. The term "light truck" means two-axle, four-tire trucks of 10,000
pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less; "van" means a twenty-foot-long
or shorter vehicle, designed to carry from five to 13 passengers or
haul cargo, with seating entry directly through side or rear doors
rather than from a central aisle; "trailer" means a structure standing
on wheels, towed or hauled by another vehicle and used for short-term
human occupancy, carrying materials, goods or objects; "recreational
vehicle" means a vehicular-type portable structure without permanent
foundation that can be towed, hauled or driven and primarily designed
as a temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping and
travel use.
A building or place of business where gasoline, fuel, oil
and grease and/or batteries, tires and automobile accessories are
supplied and dispensed directly to the motor vehicle trade and where
mechanical repair but not body repair may be rendered as an accessory
activity, provided that all mechanical repair takes place within the
confines of a building.
Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing automotive
repair to the general public.
An interior space or a portion of an interior space having
a floor level below the average outside elevation of ground at the
foundation wall of the structure in which it is contained.
An off-site lettered or pictorial advertising sign.
A strip of land consisting of natural materials, woodlands,
earth mounds, screening fences or walls and/or other planted vegetation
for the purposes of making a physical or visual barrier.
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy by any person, animal
or thing and having a roof.
The horizontal area measured from the exterior walls of all
principal and accessory buildings on a lot. For a residential property,
building coverage shall specifically include any attached or detached
garage as well as any other principal and accessory building.
[Amended 11-10-2004 by Ord. No. 916-04]
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finished grade, six feet from every side of the structure,
to the highest point of a flat roof;, to the deckline of a mansard
roof and to the midpoint below the highest peak on a gable sloped
or hip roof.
[Amended 6-19-2002 by Ord. No. 855-02]
Any mercantile or service activity, pursuit, occupation or
employment conducted for compensation, either wholesale or retail.
Establishments primarily engaged in rendering services to
business establishments on a fee or contract basis, such as advertising
and mailing; building maintenance; employment services; management
and consulting services; protective services; equipment rental and
leasing; commercial research; development and testing; photo finishing;
and personal supply services.
An interior space or a portion of an interior space having
a floor level below the average outside elevation of ground at the
foundation wall of the structure in which it is contained.
A document signed by the construction code official which
is required by this chapter as a condition to the commencement of
a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion
or installation of a structure or building and, in the event of any
transfer of title, to existing premises and which acknowledges that
such use, structure or building complies with the provisions of this
chapter or a variance duly authorized by a municipal agency pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-57 of the Municipal Land Use Law, Chapter 291 of
the Laws of 1975.
An institution offering the provision of supplemental parental
care and supervision for nonrelated children on a regular basis during
part or all of the day, under license by the New Jersey Department
of Human Services. The term "child-care center," as used herein, includes
the terms "infant-care center," "day nursery," "day-care center,"
"nursery school" or similar.
The determination by the approving authority that a plat
is either a minor or major development.
A planned development technique based on a density of dwelling
unit(s) per acre. The permitted number of dwelling units is then clustered
onto one or more portions of the overall tract on reduced lot sizes
so that individual segments of the tract have higher densities, provided
that other portions of the tract are left in open space or common
property so that the gross density limitation of the entire tract
is not exceeded.
A truck, bus, van, trailer, camper or similar wheeled conveyance,
motorized or not, other than a pleasure or passenger automobile, regardless
of its form of license registration. This definition shall include
any vehicle bearing advertisements or printed commercially related
matter thereon. Any vehicle designed or converted and used for commercial
purposes notwithstanding the type of registration shall be deemed
to be commercial.
A parcel(s) of land, together with the improvements thereon,
the ownership, use and enjoyment of which are shared by owners and
occupants of one or more of the individual building sites in the development.
A building or structure owned and operated by a governmental
agency to provide a governmental service to the public.
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L.
1977, c. 448, 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.
The submission of an application form and checklist completed
by the applicant, together with all accompanying documents required
by this chapter, for review by the approving authority.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use
as contained in the zoning provisions of this chapter and upon the
issuance of an authorization thereof by the Planning Board.
[Amended 6-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1015-10; 8-17-2011 by Ord. No.
1038-11]
An organization that provides housing, services and health
care (including long-term care), to persons of retirement age. The
community must provide increasing levels of care that meet the needs
of individual residents, beginning with independent living and providing
a variety of health and nursing care services. It offers a contract
based on an entry fee that guarantees shelter and access to various
health care services, whether these are prefunded or on a fee-for-service
basis.
Any retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food
products, household items, newspapers and magazines and sandwiches
and other freshly prepared foods, such as salads, for off-site consumption.
A lot bounded on two or more consecutive sides by street
lines.
An open area, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, that
is bounded on two or more sides by the walls of a building that is
on the same lot.
An open area, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, that
is bounded on three or more sides by the exterior walls of one or
more buildings.
An open area, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, that
is bounded on not more than three sides by the exterior walls of one
or more buildings.
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of
land developed.
The number of dwellings per unit of land, excluding streets,
easements, water areas and lands with environmental constraints.
Those areas which exist or are created for the temporary
storage of stormwater and controlled discharge of this water to a
receiving drainage system.
Subdivision and/or Site Plan Committee(s) of at least three
members of the approving authority (three members on each Committee
if separate Subdivision and Site Plan Committees are appointed), appointed
by the Chairman for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations
to the approving authority on a development application. In the event
that no Development Committee(s) has been created, the function delegated
to it shall be performed by the approving authority.
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage swales or required along a natural watercourse for preserving
the channel and providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard
the public against the hazard of flooding in accordance with Chapter
I of Title 58 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
A business or establishment engaged in the sale of food,
soft drinks, ice cream and similar confections which are so prepared,
packaged in paper or other types of disposable wrappers or containers
and served to persons in motor vehicles, so as to be intended for
immediate consumption either outside of the building or in motor vehicles
while parked on the premises.
Any permanent building or portion thereof designed or used
exclusively as the residence of one or more persons.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILYA building which is completely surrounded by permanent open space occupied or intended for occupancy exclusively by one family, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the use of the occupants of the dwelling unit; also referred to as a "single-family dwelling."
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILYA building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters for no more than two families, with separate access, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit, which units are separated from each other by vertical walls to the underside of the roof or by horizontal floors; also referred to as a "duplex dwelling."
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILYA structure or building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters for more than two families, with separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSEA one-family dwelling in a row of units in which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another units and each unit is separated from any other unit by one or more common fire-resistant walls.
DWELLING, GARDEN APARTMENTOne or more multiple-family buildings with dwelling units located one above the other, and/or side-by-side units, containing off-street parking, outdoor recreation facilities, landscaped areas and other appurtenant facilities.
One or more rooms occupied or intended for occupancy as separate
living quarters by one family or household, provided that access is
directly from the outside or through a common hall and that separate
cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities are provided within the
dwelling for the exclusive use of the occupants.
Includes any restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order
cafe, luncheonette, tavern, sandwich stand, drugstore and soda fountain
serving food, pizza parlor and all other eating and drinking establishments.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal or other government agency of electrical,
gas, water transmission or distribution systems or collection, communication,
water supply or sewage treatment and collection systems, including
poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire
alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, light stanchions,
telephone lines, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessories
in connection therewith, reasonably necessary for the furnishing of
adequate services by such public utilities or municipal or other governmental
agencies for the public health, safety or general welfare, but not
including buildings.
Any number of persons related by blood, marriage or adoption
or living together as a single housekeeping unit.
A private residence in which child-care services for a fee
are regularly provided to no fewer than three and no more than five
children for no less than 15 hours per week.
An area of land which is organized as a management unit actively
devoted to agricultural or horticultural use, including but not limited
to cropland, pasture, idle or fallow land, woodland, wetlands, farm
ponds, farm roads and land under farm buildings and other enclosures
related to agricultural pursuits, which occupies a minimum of five
acres, exclusive of the land upon which the farmhouse is located and
such additional land as may actually be used in connection with the
farmhouse as provided in the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964 (N.J.S.A.
54:4-23.1 et seq.).
An establishment whose principal business is the sale of
prepared or rapidly prepared food directly to the customer in a ready-to-consume
state for consumption either within the restaurant building, in cars
on the premises or off the premises. (See also "drive-in restaurant.")
A lot whose area, exclusive of its access drive, meets the
area requirement of the zoning provisions of this chapter, but whose
configuration is one of reduced frontage on an approved street (generally
a width sufficient for use as a driveway or future street), with the
enlarged buildable portion of the lot located at the rear of the lot
at the end of the access drive.
The rivers or other watercourses and adjacent land areas
subject to inundation as defined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection in the event of the design flood. These areas include,
but are not necessarily limited to, the floodway and flood-fringe
areas as delineated on the Flood Insurance Study for the Township
of Rochelle Park with accompanying Flood Insurance Rates Maps and
Flood Boundary Maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The flood hazard areas of delineated steams and areas inundated
by the one-hundred-year flood in nondelineated areas.
The channel of a natural stream and portions of the flood
hazard area adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to
carry and discharge the floodwater or flood flow of any natural stream.
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.
The total of all floor areas of a building, excluding stairwells
and elevator shafts, equipment rooms, rest rooms, 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 gross floor area of all floors of building(s) compared
to the total area of the site.
A detached accessory building or portion of a main building
intended to be used for the storage of a passenger vehicle or vehicles
and not more than one commercial vehicle of a rated capacity not exceeding
1Â 1/2 tons. A carport or any similar structure not completely
enclosed shall not be considered to be a "garage."
Any building, structure, premises and land in which a business
or service involving the maintenance, servicing or repair of vehicles,
but not body repair of vehicles, is conducted or rendered.
A structure containing facilities for the cleaning of automobiles
by hand. The cleaning process shall be manual. No mechanical devices,
such as used for the application of cleaner, brushes or waxing, shall
be used. The only mechanical devices to be used would be mechanisms
for vacuuming and drying within the facility, with consideration for
noise levels.
[Added 12-20-2000 by Ord. No. 811]
An establishment that provides facilities for aerobic exercises,
running and jogging, exercise equipment, game courts, swimming facilities
and saunas, showers, massage rooms and lockers.
An area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure,
licensed by the federal government or an appropriate state agency
and approved for the loading, landing and takeoff of helicopters and
including auxiliary facilities such as parking, waiting room, fueling
and maintenance equipment.
A heliport but without auxiliary facilities, such as parking,
waiting room, fueling and maintenance equipment.
An activity which is incidental to the use of a dwelling
for residential purposes and which is conducted as an accessory use
in the resident's dwelling unit.
A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the
general public and providing additional services, such as restaurants,
meeting rooms, entertainment and recreational facilities.
The part of the site that is covered by building, parking
areas, driveways, pools, walkways, paved ancillary surfaces such as
patios and tennis court, as well as decks and any area covered by
gravel. All areas with the exception of landscaped areas shall be
considered "improved" within this definition.
[Amended 3-17-2004 by Ord. No. 904-04]
Any area of land, with or without buildings, devoted to the
storage, keeping or abandonment of junk debris, whether or not it
is in connection with the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or
other use or disposition thereof of any material whatsoever.
Any residence or commercial establishment in which dogs or
domesticated animals are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or
sold, all for a fee or compensation.
An off-street space or berth used for the loading or unloading
of cargo, products or materials from vehicles.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
LOT, CORNERA parcel of land located at the junction of and abutting two intersecting streets or at the bend of the same street, where the angle of intersection does not exceed 135º.
LOT, THROUGHA parcel of land which extends through from one street to another.
A horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines,
measured perpendicular or radial to the front lot line at the midpoint
of the lot frontage to the furthest distance thereof or taken as the
average of three measurements, one taken at each corner and one taken
at the midpoint, for irregularly shaped parcels.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured
along the front lot line.
Any line, including the street line, forming a portion of
the exterior boundary of a lot.
LOT LINE, FRONTThe line which separates the publicly owned or controlled street right-of-way from the private property which abuts upon the street, as distinct from a sidewalk line, curbline or edge-of-pavement line. On a street or highway shown on the adopted Master Plan of the Township, the front lot line shall be considered to be the proposed right-of-way line for the street.
LOT LINE, REARThe lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEAny lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines, measured
parallel to the front lot line at the required front yard setback
line.
[Added 10-17-2007 by Ord. No. 971-07]
A public room intended for relaxing. A room
or portion of a business in which people may relax while waiting within
a public building such as a hotel without the service of food or alcoholic
beverages.
A lounge may be an accessory use to a restaurant
only when all of the following conditions are met:
Where the area permanently devoted to the lounge
is less than 20% of the gross floor area of the public portions of
the restaurant, not including hallways, bars and required aisles,
coat check areas, smoking areas, waiter stations and rest rooms.
Where the lounge occupancy is limited to the
number of persons for whom there are tables and chairs.
Where the restaurant continues unrestricted
food service including all advertised specials and all items on the
printed menu until closing.
Where the restaurant maintains no less than
75% of the total available seating within the establishment for restaurant
patrons ordering or consuming meals.
When entertainment is provided, it shall be
limited to acoustical nonamplified entertainment.
Any use which is accessory to a restaurant use
which does not satisfy all of the conditions described above shall
cause the entire use to be defined as a "nightclub" as defined herein.
The conversion of raw, semifinished or finished materials
into products of another character, form use or finish.
Any manufactured, transportable, year-round single-family
dwelling built on one or more chassis and containing a flush toilet,
bath or shower and a kitchen sink, designed to be connected to a piped
water supply, sewerage facilities and electrical service.
An establishment providing sleeping accommodations with a
majority of all rooms having direct access to the outside without
the necessity of passing through the main lobby of the building.
A building containing three or more dwelling units occupied
or intended to be occupied by persons living independently of each
other or a group of such buildings.
A business area providing goods and services, including beauty
parlors, barbershops, cleaning establishments, candy stores, drugstores,
bakeries and shoe repair shops. It is the intent of this amendment
to maintain the same types of retail establishments presently existing
at said location, which allow for only low traffic retail uses. This
district shall not include luncheonettes, taverns, sandwich stands,
pizza stores or other takeout facilities.
An entertainment venue which does its primary business after
dark, at night, after normal restaurant operating hours. A nightclub
is distinguished from other forms of eating, drinking and entertainment
establishments by the inclusion of music and/or a permanent or temporary
dance floor or area. This includes places of entertainment open late
at night, offering live music and/or dancing, and drinks and sometimes
serving food. Venues or establishments offering live entertainment
of any kind, with or without food service, with or without the service
of alcohol or otherwise not covered by other Zoning definitions will
be considered nightclubs or clubs. One element of a nightclub or club
which will further distinguish the same from a restaurant is that
the patrons of such an establishment will be engaged in drinking alcohol
and other beverages with less emphasis on food consumption and service.
[Added 10-17-2007 by Ord. No. 971-07]
Any undesirable audible sound.
A lot, the area, dimensions or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter but which
fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which
it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A structure, the area, dimensions or location of which was
lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter
but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of this chapter but which fails to conform to
the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by
reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
An institution or a distinct part of an institution that
is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision
for 24 or more consecutive hours for more than two residents who are
not related to the governing authority or its members by marriage,
blood or adoption.
Improvements to accommodate conditions generated by a proposed
development, including but not limited to new improvements and extensions
and modifications of existing improvements. "Off-site" means located
outside the lot lines of the lot in question but within the property
(of which the lot is a part) which is the subject of a development
application or contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way. "Off-tract"
means not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
A space denoted by painted lines and used for the parking
of a motor vehicle outside of the street right-of-way. The term "parking
space" shall not include any aisle or driveway used for access.
A detached dwelling or semidetached dwelling that shares
no common interior wall, located on the side lot line. The resulting
design offers one larger side yard as opposed to two smaller side
yards that result in conventional designs where the building is sited
toward the center of the lot.
Any use of land or buildings permitted by this chapter.
Establishments providing services, as opposed to products,
to the general public. Such services generally pertain to the care
of a person or his/her personal goods or apparel. Examples of personal
services are dry cleaning, tailoring and beauty salons.
The primary or predominant use of a lot.
An institution of education whose general course work is
comparable to the public school system and whose curriculum is approved
by the New Jersey Department of Education or the New Jersey Department
of Higher Education.
The office of a dentist, physician, attorney, clergyman,
accountant, engineer, architect, professional planner, insurance agent,
real estate agent or other generally recognized professional.
The use of land and/or buildings by a municipal, county,
state or federal agency or authority.
Space allocated for the collection and storage of source-separated
recyclable materials.
Rest home or other home for the sheltered care of adult person;
an establishment which furnishes food and shelter to adult persons
unrelated to the proprietor and which provides any personal care or
services beyond food, shelter or laundry to any one or more of these
people.
The commercial establishment where food and drink are prepared,
served and consumed on premises and where full waitress / waiter table
service is provided, and where a customer orders food or drink from
printed menus, and where the main food course is served and consumed
while seated at a single location. The term "restaurant" shall not,
however, include a fast-food restaurant or a snack bar or refreshment
stand at a public or community swimming pool, playground or park operated
in conjunction with and incidental to such recreational facility for
the sole convenience of its patrons.
[Amended 10-17-2007 by Ord. No. 971-07]
The total width of a street, watercourse, utility alignment
or other way and within, under or over which all improvements and
rights of access are confined.
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining to assure
that assisted living services are available, when needed, for four
or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor. Apartment units
offer at a minimum one unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette
and a lockable door on the unit entrance. This facility will be available
to individuals 62 years of age or older.
A line parallel to a street line or lot line beyond which
a building does not project. The minimum yard requirements shall be
the minimum required setbacks. All setbacks from public streets shall
be measured from the proposed right-of-way as shown on the adopted
Master Plan.
A triangular area at the quadrants of street intersections
where unobstructed visibility is maintained along the intersecting
street.
Any announcement, display or illustration placed so as to
be seen and in view of the general public.
Any site plan not classified as a minor site plan.
Any site plan which is limited to the proposed construction
of an accessory building or use, such as a sign or off-street parking
area consisting of fewer than 10 parking spaces, as such accessory
uses are specifically permitted in this chapter, and/or improvement
of existing outside facilities, such as parking and drainage without
the expansion of said facilities or interior renovations of an existing
building.
The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal,
expressed in percent or degree. Slope calculations shall be based
on elevation intervals of 10 feet. For example, a deviation of 10
feet in surface elevation within a horizontal or linear distance of
100 feet equates to a 10% slope.
Land areas where the slope exceeds 20%.
That portion of a building between the surface of any floor
and the surface of the floor above it or is there is no floor above
it, then the space between the surface of the floor and the ceiling
above it.
A space under a sloping roof which 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 head room of
five feet or less occupies at least 40% of the total floor area of
the story directly beneath.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway
or which is shown upon 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 street lines, whether improved or unimproved,
and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas within the street lines.
Any street that collects and distributes traffic to and from
collector streets and whose routes are intended to provide a high
degree of mobility. The principal function of an arterial is vehicular
movement. An arterial is characterized by access control and channelized
intersections.
A street that collects traffic from local streets and connects
to arterial streets.
A street which is designed to provide vehicular access to
abutting properties and to discourage through traffic.
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever
is wider, as shown on an adopted Master Plan or Official Map or as
required by this chapter, forming the dividing line between the street
and the lot. Where title to land extends into or to the center of
a street, the right-of-way line shall nevertheless be deemed to be
the street line.
Any subdivision not classified as a "minor subdivision."
A subdivision of land that is for the creation of less than
four lots, including the remainder of the original lot, and provided
that such subdivision does not involve a planned development; any
new street; or extension of any off-tract improvement; provided, however,
that in the event of more than one minor subdivision, then, for the
purpose of administering this chapter, the subsequent subdivision
shall be considered as a major subdivision and processed accordingly.
Approval of a minor subdivision shall be deemed final approval and
as such shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with the final
plat requirements.
One or more lots. Existing streets shall not be included
in calculating the area of the tract.
The specific purpose for which land or a building, structure
or facilities is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is
or may be occupied or maintained.
An open area of land designed for and devoted to recreational
purposes, e.g., park land, sports fields, playgrounds, swimming pools,
etc.
Services including but not limited to sewage treatment, water
supply, gas, electric, telephone and cable television.
A building use primarily for the storage of goods and materials.
Those areas as defined by the Freshwater Wetlands Protection
Act, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq.
An open space which lies between the principal or accessory
building or buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and
unobstructed from the ground upward, except as provided by this chapter.
YARD, FRONTThe area extending across the full width of the lot, between any building and the front lot line and measured perpendicular to the building at the closest point to the front lot line.
YARD, REARThe open space extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular to the building and the closest point of the rear lot line. The rear yard setback shall be parallel to the rear lot line.
YARD, SIDEAn open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard from the principal building and the side lot line and measured perpendicular from the side lot line closest to the principal building.
The administrative officer designated to administer this
chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "automatic
car wash," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
12-20-2000 by Ord. No. 811. See now the definition of "hand wash system"
infra.
