The map entitled "Official Map of the Borough
of Saddle River" is hereby established as the Official Map of the
Borough.[2]
The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide
rules, regulations and standards to guide land subdivision in the
Borough in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience
and general welfare of the municipality. It shall be administered
to ensure the orderly growth and development, the conservation, protection
and proper use of land and adequate provision for circulation of traffic
and the location of utilities and services.
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered
by the Planning Board.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The lands required for installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage ditches 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.[1]
The licensed engineer serving the Planning Board.
A parcel of land which is or may be lawfully occupied by one principal building and accessory buildings, including the yards required by Chapter 210, Zoning. In the event that one plot or lot as set forth on any map filed with the office of the Clerk of the County of Bergen or as set forth on the present or future Assessment Maps of the Borough is used in part or in full with one or more other plots or lots for the erection of a principal building and its accessory buildings, including the yards required by Chapter 210, Zoning, the aggregate of all such plots or lots shall, for the purpose of this chapter, be one "lot."
Any security provided by a subdivider in accordance with
the terms and provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53 to secure the maintenance
of improvements installed by subdividers for a period of two years
after release of the subdivider's performance guaranty with respect
to such improvements.
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the municipality which shall have been
duly adopted in part or in whole by the Planning Board.
A map adopted in accordance with the Official Map and Building
Permit Act, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq., showing the location and width
of the streets and drainage rights-of-way and the location and extent
of public parks and playgrounds, whether existing or proposed.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary
interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain
proceedings to subdivide the same under this chapter.
Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement
that certain improvements be made before the Planning Board approves
a plat, including performance bonds, escrow agreements and other similar
collateral or surety agreements.
The map of a subdivision.
SKETCH PLATThe sketch map of a subdivision of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purposes of discussion and classification and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
PRELIMINARY PLATThe preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision which is submitted to the Planning Board for consideration and tentative approval and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
FINAL PLATThe final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance with these regulations and which, if approved, shall be filed with the proper county recording officer.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct,
alley or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal
roadway, or a street or way shown upon a plat heretofore approved
pursuant to law or approved by official action of the Council or of
the Planning Board, or a street or way 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 Planning Board of the power
to review plats, and includes the land between the street lines, whether
improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters,
sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines.
For the purpose of this chapter, "streets" shall be classified as
follows:
ARTERIAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of residential developments and streets for circulation with such developments.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSStreets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
IMPROVED STREETSRoadways dedicated or deeded for public use, constructed according to Borough regulations existing at the time of the application for the subdivision.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings
under this chapter to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself
or for another with the owner's written consent.
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:
division of land found by the Planning Board or Subdivision Committee
thereof appointed by the Chairman 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; and conveyance so as to combine existing
lots by deed or other instrument. The term "subdivision" shall also
include the term "resubdivision."
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny subdivision containing not more than four lots, including the basic lot fronting on an existing improved street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities or off-tract improvements 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, Chapter 210, Zoning, or this chapter.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAll subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions.
A committee of three Planning Board members appointed by
the Chairman of the Planning Board for the purpose of classifying
subdivisions in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and
performing such other duties relating to land subdivision which may
be conferred on this Committee by the Planning Board.
