A. 
Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and construction of this Part 6:
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The administrative clerk for any application before the Joint Planning Board of the Township of River Vale.
APPLICANT
A developer submitting an application for development.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
The application form and all accompanying documents required by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned development, conditional use, zoning variance or direction for the issuance of a permit pursuant to law.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Joint Planning Board of the Township of River Vale, as provided by Article XXIX.
BOARD
The Joint Planning Board of the Township of River Vale.
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
FINAL APPROVAL
The official action of the approving authority taken on a preliminary approved site plan after all conditions, engineering plans and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled and the required improvements have been installed or guaranties properly posted for their completion, or approval conditioned upon the posting of such guaranties.
GOVERNING BODY
(Reserved)
INTERESTED PARTY
In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, any citizen of the State of New Jersey, and, 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 River Vale, whose right to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected by any action taken under this Part 6 or whose rights to use, acquire or enjoy property under this Part 6 or under any other law of this state or the United States have been denied, violated or infringed by an action or failure to act under this Part 6.
PARTY IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED
Any applicant for development, the owners of the subject property and all owners of property and government agencies entitled to notice.
PERFECTED APPLICATION
One that is submitted in a proper and complete form, including all required application forms and maps, all required fees submitted and filed within the appropriate time schedules, proof that no taxes or assessments for local improvements are due or delinquent on the property for which approval is sought, and other municipal reviews and governmental approvals as provided herein.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the Township of River Vale, including cash, provided that the Township shall not require more than 10% of the total performance guaranty in cash.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to this Part 6 prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the approving authority and the applicant.
SIGHT TRIANGLE
A triangular-shaped easement established at the intersection of two streets, or a driveway and a street, in which nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to obstruct vision between a height of two feet and six inches above the center-line grade of the street or driveway. The Township shall have the right of entry to remove any obstruction to vision within the sight easement area not conforming to the standards of this definition, following due notice to the property owner. Said triangle shall be determined along such street lot lines or edge of driveway 30 feet distant from their joint intersection.
SITE PLAN
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, marshes and waterways; the location of all existing and proposed buildings, drives, parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage facilities, utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting and screening devices; and any other information that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to this Part 6.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy, use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface of a parcel of land.
B. 
Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "structure" shall include the word "building"; the word "person" includes a corporation as well as an individual; the word "lot" includes the word "plot"; the word "occupied" includes the words "designated or intended to be occupied"; the word "used" shall include the words "arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased or intended to be used." The word "shall" is mandatory and not optional, and the word "may" is permissive.