[Adopted 1-2-1979 by Ord. No. 354-1-79 (Ch. 190, Part 1, of the 1989 Code)]
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter
to:
A.
Encourage municipal action to guide the appropriate
use and development of all lands in Brick in a manner which will promote
public health, safety, morals and general welfare.
B.
Secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other natural
and man-made disasters.
C.
Provide adequate light, air and open space.
D.
Ensure that the development of individual municipalities
does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the county and the state as a whole.
E.
Promote the establishment of appropriate population
densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being
of persons and neighborhoods in the community and preservation of
the environment.
F.
Encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure
of public funds by the coordination of public development with land
use policies.
G.
Provide sufficient space in appropriate locations
for a variety of agricultural, residential, recreational, commercial
and industrial uses and open space, both public and private, according
to their respective environmental requirements in order to meet the
needs of all Brick citizens.
H.
Encourage the location and design of transportation
routes which will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging
location of such facilities and routes which result in congestion
or blight.
I.
Promote a desirable visual environment through creative
development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
J.
Promote the conservation of open space and valuable
natural resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of environment
through improper use of land.
K.
Encourage planned unit developments which incorporate
the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout
of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational development
to the particular site.
L.
Encourage senior citizen community housing construction
consistent with provisions permitting other residential uses in the
same zoning district.
[Amended 6-26-1979 by Ord. No. 354-1A-79]
M.
Encourage coordination of the various public and private
procedures and activities shaping land development with a view to
lessening the cost of such development and to the more efficient use
of land.
N.
Do all things as authorized in the general purposes
and powers as more fully set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
In their interpretation, the provisions of this
chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements. It is not the intent
of this chapter to abrogate any permit previously issued pursuant
to law relating to the use of buildings or land; nor shall it be interpreted
to interfere with the provisions of existing codes, laws or ordinances
regarding building construction, health, safety or sanitation or with
any private restrictions placed upon a property by covenant or deed;
provided, however, that where this chapter requires a greater width
or size of lot or of yards or other open spaces or requires a lesser
height, bulk or ground coverage for buildings or, in general, imposes
restrictions greater than those required in another law or local ordinance
or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.
For purposes of this chapter, the terms used
within this chapter shall be defined as follows:
One which:
Is subordinate to and serves any principal building
or use.
Is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to
the principal building or principal use served.
Contributes to the comfort, convenience or needs
of occupants of the principal building or principal use served.
Is located on the same lot as the principal
building or principal use served.
[Amended 5-22-1990 by Ord. No. 354-2D-90]
Shall not be used as an extension of a permitted
home occupation.
Is any wind energy conversion system within
the meaning of and in accordance with the standards set forth in this
chapter.
[Added 11-10-1981 by Ord. No. 354-2BB-81]
The individual who shall serve in the office of the Principal
Planner in the Township of Brick who shall be the "administrative
officer" within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-3.
[Amended 8-23-1988 by Ord. No. 354-2SSSS-88]
A community-based program designed to meet the needs of functionally
or cognitively impaired adults through an individual plan of care
structured to provide a variety of health, social and related support
services in a protective setting during any part of a day but less
than 24 hours.
[Added 8-6-2001 by Ord. No. 354-2JJ-01]
Any rigid or semirigid material, with or without sign displayed
thereon, situated upon or attached to real property or mobile objects
and vehicles outdoors for the purpose of furnishing a background,
base or support on which a sign may be posted or displayed.
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the existing facilities, or an enlargement,
whether by extension of a side or by increasing in height, or change
in use from that of one district classification to another, any conversion
of a building or a part thereof, or removal of a building from one
location or position to another or demolition thereof.
A developer submitting an application for development.
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by this chapter for approval of a site plan, subdivision plat, conditional
use, planned development, zoning variance or direction of the issuance
of a permit pursuant to Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975
(N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
The Planning Board of the municipality, unless a different
agency is designated by ordinance when acting pursuant to the authority
of Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975.
A building where the public may enter, which building is
operated solely as an amusement center and housing for four or more
of any or all of the types of amusement games, machines or devices
as described in this chapter under the definition of "game room" and
such other amusement games, machines or devices in which the public
may participate for a fee. Amusement centers do not include motion-picture
theaters, bowling alleys, roller-skating rinks, ice-skating rinks,
bookstores, massage parlors and the like.
[Added 6-3-1991 by Ord. No. 354-2K-91]
[Added 12-8-1981 by Ord. No. 354-2EE-81; amended 5-11-1982 by Ord. No. 354-1D-82; repealed 6-3-1991 by Ord. No. 354-2K-91]
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and congregate
dining and to assure that assisted living services are available on
a twenty-four-hour basis for four or more adult persons unrelated
to the proprietor. Apartment units offer, at minimum, one unfinished
room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette and a lockable door on the
unit entrance.
[Added 8-6-2001 by Ord. No. 354-2JJ-01]
Commercial establishments whose facilities provide for competitive
sports, body building or exercise equipment or which conduct programs
of exercise that either provide for physiological development, cardiopulmonary
conditioning, weight reduction or other forms of active fitness preparation.
Such facilities shall not exclude male or female participants and
shall primarily provide for open enrollment limited only by the physical
capacity of the facility. It shall specifically exclude private social
clubs whose primary purpose is social activity or entertainment.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
Any premises on which is held at periodic times auction sales
of merchandise or any other personal property.
The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display, sale and rental of new or used automobiles, panel trucks,
vans or other recreational vehicles, including any warranty repair
work or warranty repair service conducted as an accessory use.
[Added 4-13-1982 by Ord. No. 354-2LL-82]
A place of business where the primary purpose is the sale
of new motor vehicles, having a building with showrooms, office space,
repair and maintenance facilities, with or without a used car lot
incidental thereto, and on the same business premises or immediately
adjacent thereto.
Any premises used for the retail sale of gasoline, oil or
other products necessary for the maintenance and operation of motor
vehicles and for servicing and repair thereof, but where no vehicular
painting and/or body work is done and where no junked or unregistered
vehicles are kept or stored.
Establishments which provide for checking, savings, safekeeping,
loans, mortgages and other types of financial transactions commonly
associated with commercial banks, savings and loans, credit unions,
loan offices and thrift institutions.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
A sign having characters, letters or illustrations applied
to cloth, paper or fabric of any kind with only such material for
backdrop.
The elevation of surface water resulting from a flood that
has a one-percent chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any
given year as shown on the current Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).
[Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14]
A story of a building partly underground and having more
than 1/2 of its height above the average level of the finished grade
at the front of the building.
Includes any off-site sign used to identify
the product made or the activity being proposed by any individual,
service, business or commercial or industrial enterprise for the purpose
of apprising the public of the location of such enterprise and/or
type of activity in which it is engaged.
A structure utilized for advertising an establishment,
activity, product, service or entertainment which is sold, produced,
manufactured, available or furnished at a place other than on the
property on which said sign is located.
That area bounded by two or more streets. The "block frontage"
shall refer to the length of a street between intersecting right-of-way
lines.
The Board established by ordinance of the Township of Brick
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-69.[1]
An accessory use to a private home or club not operated as
a commercial venture for a profit.
Retail sale of boats and marine accessories, whether from
an enclosed showroom or open-air displays, and not an accessory use
to a primary use as a marina.
[Added 7-15-1980 by Ord. No. 354-2M-80]
See "marina."
A landscaped area designed to act as a visual and sound screen between a potentially unsightly or otherwise undesirable or incompatible use and adjacent properties, and as further defined in Chapter 281, Noise, of the Code of the Township of Brick.
Includes all land which can be built upon under current federal,
state, county and local laws/regulations. Buildable area/land does
not include any fresh- or saltwater buffer areas established by any
governmental agency.
[Added 3-13-1990 by Ord. No. 354-2A-90]
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof,
including tents, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp cars or
other structures on wheels or other supports and designed or used
for shelter, housing, enclosure or storage of persons, animals or
chattel.
The total areas circumscribed by the outside dimensions on
a horizontal place measured at the outermost extension wall and all
accessory buildings, exclusive of unroofed porches, terraces or steps.
[Amended 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14]
The vertical distance from the base reference point to the
lowest point of the roof for gable, hip gambrel, mansard and flat
roofs which in no event shall exceed:
[Added 3-25-2003 by Ord. No. 354-2D-03; amended 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14; 2-3-2015 by Ord. No. 3-15]
For purposes of calculating building height including building
eave height, building mean height and building ridge/peak height as
used in this article, measurements shall be determined for all measurement
purposes from a base reference point using either the average established
grade plane or from elevation 0 in the N.A.V.D. 1988. The average
adjacent grade plane is a reference plane representing the average
of finished ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls.
Where the finished ground level slopes away from the exterior walls,
the reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within
the area between the building and the lot line or, where the lot line
is more than six feet from the building, between the building and
a point six feet from the building. Unnatural and/or structural alterations
to the topography of a property to achieve a greater peak elevation
of a structure shall not be permitted.
[Amended 3-25-2003 by Ord. No. 354-2D-03; 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14; 2-3-2015 by Ord. No. 3-15]
A line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane and
a vertical plane that coincides with the most projected exterior surface
of the building, excluding roof overhangs or fireplaces or chimneys
which do not extend more than 18 inches into the required yard space.
For the purposes of this section, roof overhangs shall be the highest
plane of the building, whether sloped or horizontal, and no habitable
or inhabitable space shall exist above the roof overhang. All yard
requirements are measured to the building line. Where the front property
line is not perpendicular to the side line, the building line shall
be measured along a straight line tangent to the setback line being
concentric with the front property line.
[Amended 9-23-1980 by Ord. No. 354-1B-80; 4-27-1982 by Ord. No. 354-1C-82; 4-26-1988 by Ord. No. 354-2QQQQ-88]
The vertical distance from the base reference point to the
highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deckline for mansard
roofs, and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip
and gambrel roofs, which in no event shall exceed:
[Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14; amended 2-3-2015 by Ord. No. 3-15]
A building or buildings in which is conducted the main or
principal use of the site on which it is situated.
The vertical distance from grade plane to the highest point of the roof, excluding cupolas or chimneys, for gable, hip and gambrel roofs but in no event exceeding the height limitations of Part 2, Zoning, in this chapter. The grade plane is a reference plane representing the average of finished ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls. Where the finished ground level slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or where the lot line is more than six feet from the building, between the building and a point six feet from the building.
[Added 3-25-2003 by Ord. No. 354-2D-03]
The vertical distance from the base reference point to the
highest point of the roof for gable, hip and gambrel roofs, which
in no event shall exceed:
[Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14; amended 2-3-2015 by Ord. No. 3-15]
A governmental acquisition of real property or major construction
project.
A story of a building partly underground and having less
than 1/2 of its height above the average level of the finished grade
at the front of the building.
A certificate issued by the Division of Inspection upon completion
of construction on buildings and grounds which certifies that all
requirements of this chapter and/or such adjustments thereof which
may have been granted are in compliance.
Any use that substantially differs from the previous use
of a building on land.
[Amended 4-30-2002 by Ord. No. 354-2D-02]
The amount of voltage provided to charge an electric vehicle
varies depending on the type of EVSE as follows:
[Added 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 24-22]
Level 1 operates on a 15 to 20 amp breaker on a 120 volt AC
circuit.
Level 2 operates on a 40 to 100 amp breaker on a 208 or 240
volt AC circuit.
Direct-current fast charger (DCFC) operates on a 60 amp or higher
breaker on a 480 volt or higher three-phase circuit with special grounding
equipment. DCFC stations can also be referred to as rapid charging
stations that are typically characterized by industrial grade electrical
outlets that allow for faster recharging of electric vehicles.
Systems, 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.
An establishment where patients are admitted for examination
and treatment by one or more physicians, dentists, psychologists or
social workers and where patients are not usually lodged overnight.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
A building or structure principally used to house any club,
lodge, fraternal, social, recreational, athletic, patriotic or civil
organization and its attendant activities, whether private or public.
A development of single-family detached dwellings or two
single-family attached dwellings (herein referred to as "duplexes")
which will preserve desirable open spaces, conserve floodplains and
wetlands, provide open space recreational parks and land for other
public or quasi-public purposes compatible with residential uses by
permitting a reduction of lot size and the application of certain
other regulations hereinafter stated without increasing the number
of lots, i.e., the gross density, in the total area to be developed.[2]
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.
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 Part 2, Zoning, of this chapter and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Planning Board.[3]
A composite of the Master Plan for the physical development
of Ocean County, with accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive
and explanatory matter adopted by the County Planning Board pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:27-2 and N.J.S.A. 40:27-4.
The Planning Board of Ocean County.
That percentage of the plot or lot area covered by all structures or uses other than walls, hedges and fences, exclusive of required parking as required by Part 2 of this chapter.
That percent of the plat or lot area allowed to be utilized by the permitted use, exclusive of permitted parking as set forth in the Part 2 of this chapter.
A manufacturer of hard cider and/or mead holding a "cidery
and meadery license" issued by the State of New Jersey as defined
by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, Subsection 2f, producing less than 20,000 gallons
of distilled hard cider and/or mead. The holder of this license shall
be entitled to sell this product to wholesalers and retailers licensed
to sell this product and direct retail to consumers on the licensed
premises for consumption on the licensed premises but only in connection
with a tour of the premises, or for consumption off the premises in
a quantity not to exceed more than five liters per person. In addition,
the holder of this license may offer any person not more than three
samples per calendar day for sampling purposes.
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 15-22]
A distillery holding a "craft distillery license" issued
by the State of New Jersey as defined by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, Subsection
3d, producing less than 20,000 gallons of distilled alcoholic beverages.
The holder of this license shall be entitled to sell this product
to wholesalers and retailers licensed to sell this product and direct
retail to consumers on the licensed premises of the distillery for
consumption on the premises but only in connection with a tour of
the premises, or for consumption off the premises in a quantity not
to exceed more than five liters per person. In addition, the holder
of this license may offer any person not more than three samples per
calendar day for sampling purposes.
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 15-22]
Calendar days.
A wooden frame platform not exceeding eight inches in height
as measured from ground level and which is constructed in connection
with a residential use.
[Added 11-10-1981 by Ord. No. 354-2Z-81]
A fence no greater than five feet in height for the purpose of enclosing a deck or patio for a residential condominium or rental unit located in the R-M Multifamily Zone in accordance with the requirements of § 245-154B.
[Added 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 38-08]
The total number of dwelling units divided by the gross acreage
of the parcel, except for lands flooded or inundated by tidal waters.
A reference plane representing the base flood elevation, as shown on the current Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) as referenced in Chapter 196, plus any freeboard that may be required for a building in the designated flood zone.
[Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14]
A man-made or natural water collector facility designed to
collect surface and subsurface water so that it might impede its flow
and to gradually release the same, at a rate not greater than that
prior to the development of the property, into natural or man-made
outlets (i.e., the storm sewer system or stream).
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or any land
proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder
of an option or contract to purchase or other person having an 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 use of
any building or other structure or land or extension of use of land
for which permission may be required.
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance,
Official Map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and
development of land, or amendment thereto.
The complete analysis and implementation for a stormwater
management system.
An establishment which accommodates the patron's automobiles,
from which the occupants may receive a service or obtain a product
which may be used or consumed in the vehicles on the same premises.
A building designed or used exclusively as the living quarters
for one or more families.
A dwelling or group of dwellings situated on one plot containing
separate units for three or more families but which may have joint
services or facilities, or both.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
for one family and having no party walls or walks in common with any
adjacent house or houses.
A dwelling consisting of a building containing two dwelling
units only and not occupied or designed for occupancy by more than
two families living independently of each other.
One or more rooms providing living facilities for one family,
including equipment for cooking or provisions for the same.
Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation
on public and private highways, roads, and streets; and operates either
partially or exclusively using an electric motor powered by an externally
charged on-board battery.
[Added 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 24-22]
The equipment, including the cables, cords, conductors, connectors,
couplers, enclosures, attachment plugs, power outlets, power electronics,
transformer, switchgear, switches and controls, network interfaces,
point of sale equipment, and associated apparatus designed and used
for the purpose of transferring energy from the electric supply system
to a plug-in electric vehicle. "EVSE" may deliver either alternating
current or, consistent with fast charging equipment standards, direct
current electricity. “EVSE” is synonymous with “electric
vehicle charging station.”
[Added 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 24-22]
A frame platform greater than eight inches in height but
not exceeding three feet in height as measured from ground level and
which is constructed in connection with a residential use.
[Added 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 354-2A-02]
A building that contains establishments dispensing medical
services on an emergency basis with a registered physician in attendance.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
A municipal advisory body created pursuant to P.L. 1968,
c. 245 (N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq.).[4]
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
Facilities installed or maintained by a public utility or
governmental agency, including gas, electric, phone, water, sewerage
and other similar services necessary to provide adequate utility services
necessary to the general health, safety and welfare of the public.
A long-term care facility or a distinct part of a facility
licensed or approved as a nursing home, infirmary unit of a home for
the aged or a governmental medical institution.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
One or more persons living together as a single housekeeping
unit.
A parcel of land, five acres or larger in size, which is
used principally in the raising or production of agricultural products,
livestock, poultry or dairy products and the necessary or usual dwelling,
farm structures, storage and equipment.
Any building used for the housing of agricultural equipment,
produce, livestock or poultry or for the incidental or customary processing
of farm products, provided that such building is located on, operated
in conjunction with and necessary to the operation of a farm as defined
by this section.
Agricultural activity as a business or the keeping or raising
of livestock or other farm animals.
A structure forming a total or partial enclosure of an open
area and designed to prevent straying from within or intrusion from
without said enclosure or to provide a visual barrier for the purposes
of assuring privacy.
The official action of the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment
on matters within its jurisdiction 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.
The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with these regulations and which, if approved, shall be filed with
the proper county recording officer.
The area of relatively flat land adjoining a watercourse
and subject to flooding from an overflow of said watercourse due to
the intensity of a one-hundred-year storm, including lands mapped
by the Ocean County Soil Conservation Service and New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection and Housing and Urban Development flood
regulations, whichever is more restrictive.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of the building, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls
or from the center line of walls separating two buildings.
In particular, the floor area of a building
shall include:
Basement space (not to be included when computing
minimum floor space, except when the basement is used as living space
or selling area).
Stairwells.
Attic space, whether or not a floor has actually
been laid; however, just the area directly under a headroom of seven
feet or more.
Enclosed porches.
Second floor areas shall be considered as floor
area only where the side walls are at least four feet in height over
a finished floor and reach a ceiling height of at least seven feet.
Split-level dwellings shall be considered as
one-story or ground-level dwellings, unless a third level is constructed.
To be considered a split-level dwelling, a building shall contain
three or more floor levels, each separated from the adjoining floor
level by a vertical distance of more than one foot three inches but
less than seven feet.
A commercial establishment providing for the retail sale
of flowers, floral arrangements and/or imitation flowers or floral
arrangements as their primary business.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
An additional amount of height above the base flood elevation (BFE) used as a factor of safety in determining the level at which a structure's lowest floor must be elevated or floodproofed to be in accordance with state or community floodplain management regulations. On any parcel of land that is designated to be in a Velocity or V Zone, freeboard shall be measured from the BFE to the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of a finished floor elevation. On any parcel of land that is designated to be in a Coastal A Zone, the area where moderate wave action is anticipated during a flood event where surface waters equal or exceed the base flood elevation, freeboard shall be measured from the BFE to the finished floor elevation. Any parcel of land in a special flood hazard area that is designated to be in a V Zone or Coastal A Zone, as shown on the current Flood Insurance Rage Map (FIRM) as referenced in Chapter 196, requires a minimum freeboard of one foot.
[Added 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14]
A place or room within an existing building where the public
may enter, wherein there are located four or more amusement games,
machines or devices of the type commonly known and designated as "pinball,"
"console cathode ray tube game machines," "electronic or video game
machines," "electric crane," "bagatelle," "baseball" and any other
game, machine or device similar to the above, operated by the use
of coins or tokens and for the purpose of amusement or entertainment
of the user.
[Added 12-8-1981 by Ord. No. 354-2EE-81; amended 5-11-1982 by Ord. No. 354-1D-82]
See Chapter 211, Garage, Flea Market and Other Sales.
[Added 1-28-1986 by Ord. No. 354-2MMM-86; amended 11-28-2006 by Ord. No. 37-06]
A building or space used as an accessory to the main building
which provides for the storage of motor vehicles of the families resident
upon the premises and in which no occupation or business or service
for profit is carried on and in which not more than three motor vehicles
are stored.
A building or part thereof, other than a private garage,
used for the storage, care or repair of motor vehicles for profit,
including any sale of motor vehicles, fuels or accessories or where
any such vehicles are kept for hire.
One or more multiple-family dwelling structures not more
than two stories in height, with not more than six dwelling units
per structure and so laid out that no individual dwelling unit can
be sold independently on a separate parcel of land, each unit with
individual entrances.
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used
for the retail sale of gasoline or other vehicle fuel, oil or lubricating
substances, batteries, tires and automobile accessories, and which
may include the facilities for polishing, greasing, washing, dry cleaning
or otherwise cleaning or servicing motor vehicles, and which provides
minor automobile service and repairs, not amounting to rebuilding,
major repairs or body work.
A commercial establishment providing for the retail sale
of greeting cards, books, stationery and supplies, toiletries, candies
and similar items.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
An area of 50 or more contiguous acres containing a full-size
professional golf course, at least nine holes in length, together
with the necessary and usual accessory uses and structures, such as
but not limited to clubhouse facilities, dining and refreshment facilities,
swimming pools, tennis courts and the like, provided that the operation
of such facilities is incidental and subordinate to the operation
of the golf course.
The chief legislative body of the municipality.
The elevation of the completed surface of lawns, walks and
roads brought to grades as shown on official plans or designs relating
thereto or already in existence.
Parking spaces approved pursuant to site plan approval but
not physically improved.
[Added 6-25-2002 by Ord. No. 354-2H-02]
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floor or several
floors of an enclosed building measured between the inside face of
exterior walls or from the center line of a wall separating two or
more units, having a clear ceiling height prescribed in the Building
Code[6] for the type of building concerned; any cellar, basement,
garage space or accessory building is not to be included in computing
any minimum "gross floor area" required by this chapter.
A commercial establishment providing for the styling, cutting
and treatment of male and female hair.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
When used in connection with any WECS, the distance from
the surrounding ground level measured to the highest point of the
WECS (top of blade in highest possible position).
[Added 11-10-1981 by Ord. No. 354-2BB-81]
Any building, structure, area or property that is significant
in the history, architecture, archeology or culture of this state,
its communities or the nation and has been so designated pursuant
to law.
[7]An office activity carried on for gain by a resident in a
dwelling unit.
[Amended 11-28-2006 by Ord. No. 37-06]
A building or series of buildings primarily for treatment
of patients to be housed on the premises and providing primary health
services and medical or surgical care to persons, suffering from illness,
disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions,
and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities,
such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, training facilities,
central service facilities and staff offices. The definition "hospital"
shall not include nursing homes, medical care centers and the like.
[Amended 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84; 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 666-89]
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, designed
to provide short-duration accommodations for transient travelers and
provided with accessory off-street parking facilities. The term "hotel"
includes buildings providing additional accessory services, such as
restaurants, meeting rooms, recreational facilities and banquet facilities
with adequate parking on site for all such facilities.
[Added 4-15-2014 by Ord. No. 9-14]
Any dwelling unit which is so designed or constructed as
to permit its transportation as a fully built unit, and whether or
not equipped with wheels or some device used for the purpose of transporting
such unit from place to place, whether by its own motor power or by
other means, or any other unit used for temporary living or sleeping
purposes temporarily located in the locality, whether the same is
on blocks, posts or other type of nonpermanent foundation.
Any paved, hardened or structural surface which does not
allow for on-site infiltration of precipitation. Such surfaces include
but are not limited to buildings, driveways, streets, parking lots,
swimming pools, dams, decks, tennis courts, concrete pavers, brick
pavers and any other structures that meet the above definitions.
[Added 4-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2-21]
For subdivision purposes or site plan, any street which complies in width and construction with the standards set forth in Part 3, Subdivision of Land, of this chapter, and any amendments thereto and has been accepted by the Township of Brick.
A planned or organized industrial area with comprehensive
design for industrial building, utilities and street access which
is systematically subdivided according to the needs of the tenants
and contains more than two separate buildings, either individually
owned or leased, occupied by acceptable manufacturing or industrial
enterprises.
A "winemaking instructional facility" holding a license issued
by the State of New Jersey as defined by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, Subsection
2d. The holder of this license shall be entitled to instruct persons
and provide them with the opportunity to participate directly in the
process of winemaking and to assist such persons in the process of
winemaking on the premises of the facility. Wine produced on the premises
shall be used, consumed or disposed of on the premises or distributed
from the premises to a person that has directly participated in the
process for the purpose of the person's personal or household use
of consumption.
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 15-22]
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 the municipality, whose
right to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected by any
action taken under this chapter or under any other law of this state
or of the United States or has been denied, violated or infringed
by an action or a failure to act under this chapter.
Use of any lot for the storage, keeping or abandonment of
junk, including scrap materials, or for the dismantling, demolition
or abandonment of structures, automobiles or other vehicles, equipment
or machinery, or parts thereof, or any area and/or structure used
or intended to be used for the conducting or operating of the business
of selling, buying, storing or trading in used or discarded metal
or glass.
Real property, including improvements and fixtures on, above
or below the surface.
A freestanding static light-emitting diode (LED) or digital
numeric sign for the purpose of displaying the fuel price for the
sale of fuel at a gasoline filling station.
[Added 5-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 8-15]
An institution or a distinct part of an institution which
is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision
for 24 or more consecutive hours to two or more patients who are not
related to the governing authority or its member by marriage, blood
or adoption and offers financial arrangements to provide such care
for a person's natural life.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
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, but excluding that part of a lot
which is submerged under water or included within a street right-of-way
except where an easement is obtained or exists for public purposes
in which case the area of the easement shall be included in the calculation
of lot area.
[Amended 2-28-1989 by Ord. No. 354-2C-89]
A parcel of land at the intersection of and fronting on two
or more streets.
See "coverage, lot."
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines, measured in the general direction of the side lot line, provided
that, for triangular lots having no rear lot line, the distance shall
be measured to the midpoint of a line parallel to the front lot line
which shall be not less than 10 feet in length measured between its
intersection with the side lot lines. On a corner lot, the greater
frontage is its depth, and the lesser frontage shall be deemed the
front of the lot. In the event that a corner lot has equal frontages,
the front lot line shall be that line which the main entry of the
structure faces.
That portion of a lot extending along a street line.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
at right angles to its depth at a point which constitutes the rear
line of the required front yard space. Where the front property line
is not perpendicular to the side line, the building line shall be
measured along a straight line tangent to the setback line being concentric
with the front property line.
[Amended 9-23-1980 by Ord. No. 354-1B-80]
A commercial establishment providing for the consumption
of food or beverages primarily prepared on the premises and consumed
on the premises. Such food and beverages shall be dispensed at tables
or sit-down counters or cafeteria style or any combination thereof.
No alcoholic beverages shall be permitted.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
The prewiring of electrical infrastructure at a parking space,
or set of parking spaces, to facilitate easy and cost-efficient future
installation of electric vehicle supply equipment or electric vehicle
service equipment, including, but not limited to, level two EVSE and
direct current fast chargers. Make-ready includes expenses related
to service panels, junction boxes, conduit, wiring, and other components
necessary to make a particular location able to accommodate electric
vehicle supply equipment or electric vehicle service equipment on
a “plug and play” basis. “Make-ready” is synonymous
with the term “charger ready,” as used in P.L. 2019, c.
362 (C.48:25-1 et al.).
[Added 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 24-22]
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by a
municipality for the maintenance of any improvements required by this
chapter.
All subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions. In
addition, any proposed subdivision which would otherwise qualify as
a minor subdivision shall be classified as a major subdivision if
the subdivision under consideration represents a further subdivision
of an original tract of land for which previous minor subdivision(s)
have been approved by the Planning Board and the combination of the
proposed and approved minor subdivision(s) constitute a major subdivision.
The original tract of land shall be considered any tract in existence
at the time of the adoption of the first Subdivision Ordinance of
Brick Township.
Any waterfront facility wherever berthing spaces for any
and all watercraft are offered for rental by the operation. A marina
shall be deemed to include automobile parking facilities, sanitary
facilities and marine fuel sales. Additionally, a marina shall be
deemed to include on-site uses of a water-dependent nature such as
docks, upland boat storage, dock master's quarters, bait and tackle
shops and maintenance facilities for repair and preparation of watercraft,
boat sales, boat supplies, and facilities for the construction of
new boats, provided that the number of boats constructed annually
does not exceed 12, and the construction activities of boats are conducted
within a building approved for such use by the approving authority
and located within a Business Zone. For purposes of this chapter,
the rental of two or more berthing spaces to other than the resident
of property contiguous to the same shall be deemed to constitute a
marina. Marinas shall not include residential development other than
a dock master's quarters and/or one single-family dwelling.
[Amended 3-23-2004 by Ord. No. 354-2A-04; 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 354-2F-05]
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the municipality as adopted by the Township
of Brick.
A building that contains establishments dispensing health
services.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
A temporary portable shelter enclosed with materials such
as canvas or plastic, secured to a supporting metal, plastic or other
conduit or poles and secured to the ground with an anchoring system.
[Added 9-24-2001 by Ord. No. 354-2KK-01]
A microbrewery is a brewery holding a limited brewery license
issued by the State of New Jersey as defined by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10.1b,
producing less than 15,000 barrels of 31 gallons of malt beverage
per year. The holder of this license shall be entitled to sell this
product at retail to consumers on the licensed premises of the brewery
for consumption on the premises, but only in connection with a tour
of the brewery, or for consumption off the premises in a quantity
of not more than 15.5 fluid gallons per person, and to offer samples
for sampling purposes only pursuant to an annual permit issued by
the director of the State Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC).
[Added 6-27-2017 by Ord.
No. 13-17]
A building or structure principally devoted to the retail
leasing or rental of floor space for the storage of household goods,
personal effects, tools or equipment and the temporary storage of
inventory. "Miniwarehouses" shall not include warehouses principally
used for the storage of commercial inventories and/or used as commercial
distribution facilities.
[Added 7-20-1982 by Ord. No. 354-2OO-82]
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown existing and proposed conditions and other information and data as specified in Part 4 of this chapter.
[Added 5-25-1982 by Ord. No. 354-4D-82]
A subdivision of land that does not involve the creation
of more than three lots, planned development, any new street or extension
of any off-tract improvement.
A building or group of buildings, whether detached or in
connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, designed
for transient travelers and provided with accessory off-street parking
facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designed as tourist
courts, motor lodges, auto courts and other similar designations but
shall not be construed to include mobile or immobile trailers.
A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the
general public and providing additional services, such as restaurants,
meeting rooms and recreation facilities, with adequate parking on
site for all such facilities.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
See "dwelling, multifamily."
Municipal parks, playgrounds and other municipal buildings
and uses as are deemed appropriate and necessary by the Township Council.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
A lot, the area, 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 structure, the size, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of Part 2, Zoning, 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 use or activity 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.
An association of homeowners within a PRRC to which all homeowners,
by deed restrictions, covenants, restrictions, bylaws or otherwise,
automatically belong and become members of said association. The purpose
of the association is to own, maintain and preserve the common lands,
properties and facilities proposed to be deeded to the owners of their
association, provide the basic services and administer the enforcing
of the covenants, restrictions and bylaws, the costs thereof to be
shared equitably by the homeowners.
[Amended 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2DDD-84; 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. 354-2NNNN-87; 1-24-1989 by Ord. No. 354-2A-89]
An extended or intermediate care facility licensed or approved
to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who,
by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable
to care for themselves.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
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.
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.
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 unimproved and set aside,
dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment
or for the use 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 directly related to
the natural openness of the land.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide
the same.
The outdoor sale or storage of inventory conducted for profit
in association with a principal building already subject to a commercial
use.
[Added 1-28-1986 by Ord. No. 354-MMM-86]
Includes all parking spaces, access isles and internal circulation
driveways, but shall not include a driveway providing ingress or egress
to a site from an adjacent public or private street
[Added 9-13-1988 by Ord. No. 354-2TTTT-88]
Any lot which is devoted to the parking of automobiles in
return for a fee.
The area required for the parking of one automobile.
For purposes of notice, any applicant for development, the
owners of the subject property and all owners of property and government
agencies entitled to notice under Section 7 of Chapter 291 of the
Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-11).
A level prepared surface normally or customarily used as
an exterior sitting area and having no integral structural connection
to any building.
Any security, including cash, to ensure completion of improvements
required as part of a development application approval.
All uses specified in a particular zone, quoted in the subsections
labeled "permitted uses" within the text of this chapter.
A place where drugs and medicines are prepared and dispensed.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
The office of a member of a recognized profession maintained
for the conduct of that profession.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
A building or structure devoted to the gathering together
of persons for a common reason, such as legislative, religious, civic,
educational, recreational or social purposes.
[Added 4-19-2011 by Ord. No. 13-11]
A community having one or more parcels of land having a contiguous
total acreage of at least 100 acres forming a land block to be dedicated
to the use of a planned residential retirement community (PRRC); said
land, through its corporation, association or owners, shall restrict
the ownership and occupancy of each residential unit in said community
to at least one person of the age of 55 years or older by deed, covenants
and restrictions of record and bylaws and rules and regulations, and
the area comprising a PRRC may be by fee simple with common land or
open space to be maintained through assessments against property owners
within the confines of said community or development or in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 46:8B-1 et seq.
[Amended 1-24-1989 by Ord. No. 354-2A-89; 3-14-89 by Ord. No. 354-2E-89]
A community consisting of one parcel of land having frontage
on water and frontage on at least a collector road as defined in the
Brick Township Master Plan and having a contiguous total acreage of
at least 10 acres forming a land block to be dedicated to the use
of a planned residential waterfront community (PRWC) consisting of
a minimum of 48 units, the use of which, through its cooperative,
association or owners, shall be restricted by deed and regulations
for use by owners and tenants. The bylaws shall provide that the rental
or sublease of any unit shall not be less than 30 consecutive days.
Ownership of the dwelling units and the area comprising a PRWC may
be by fee simple with common land or open space to be maintained through
assessments against property owners within the confines of said PRWC
pursuant to this chapter or in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
46:8B-1 et seq.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2DDD-84; amended 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. 354-2NNNN-87]
The Municipal Planning Board of the Township of Brick established
pursuant to Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.).
A map or maps of a site plan or subdivision.
If required by the New Jersey Planned Real Estate Development
Full Disclosure Act (PREDFDA), a PRWC shall have received all requisite
approvals from the Division of Housing of the Department of Community
Affairs for the State of New Jersey prior to the issuance of a certificate
of occupancy in the PRWC.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2DDD-84; amended 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. 354-2NNNN-87]
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to this chapter
prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan
have been agreed upon by the Planning Board and the applicant.
Architectural drawings showing floor layout and front, side
and rear view, 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 reasonably accurate map indicating the proposed layout of a development and related information that is submitted for preliminary approval in accordance with the provisions of Part 4 of this chapter.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which the building is situated.
The primary or main purpose for which a lot or building is
being utilized.
EVSE that has restricted access to specific users (e.g.,
single- and two-family homes, executive parking, fleet parking with
no access to the general public). An electric vehicle charging station
that is (1) privately owned and restricted access (e.g single-family
home, executive parking, designated employee parking) or (2) publicly
owned and restricted (e.g, fleet parking with no access to the general
public). An EV charging station that is not available for use by the
general public. Examples include electric vehicle charging stations
that serve residential homeowners or renters, executive parking areas,
designated employee parking areas and fleet parking areas.
[Added 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 24-22]
A Master Plan, capital improvement program or other proposal
for land development adopted by the appropriate public body, or amendment
thereto.
The land reserved or dedicated for the installation of stormwater
sewers and structures or drainage ditches and swales as required along
a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing
for the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage,
sedimentation and erosion.
EVSE that is publicly available (e.g., park & ride, public
parking lots and garages, on-street parking, shopping center parking,
nonreserved parking in multifamily parking lots, etc.).An electric
vehicle charging station that is (1) publicly owned and publicly available
(e.g., park & ride parking, public library parking lot, on-street
parking) or (2) privately owned and available to visitors of the use
(e., commercial parking). An EV charging station that is accessible
to and available for use by the public.
[Added 11-9-2022 by Ord. No. 24-22]
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.
Institutions of higher learning and instructional facilities
whose enrollment consists of students acquiring credits toward graduate
degrees, certification in specialized fields or licenses in medical
or health-related care.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area, including streets, easements and open space portions of
a development.
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 or the alteration of any streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but does not include conveyances so
as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
The deposition of soil or other matter that has been transported
from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural
means as a product of erosion.
The minimum horizontal distance between the street, rear
or side lines of the lot and the front, rear or side setback line.
When two or more lots under one ownership are used, the exterior property
lines so grouped shall be used in determining setbacks. The setback
distance shall be equal to the required yard width.
A building line parallel to a lot line delineating the minimum
required yard area.
An integrated development of such uses as retail stores and
shops, personal service establishments, professional and business
offices, banks, post offices, restaurants and auditoriums, housed
in an enclosed building or buildings, utilizing such common facilities
as customer parking, pedestrian walkways, truck loading and unloading
space, utilities and sanitary facilities. For the purposes of this
definition, shopping centers shall be those facilities which have
a minimum gross floor area of 60,000 square feet and associated land
area of five acres.
[Amended 5-22-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2WW-84]
Any device, structure or object for visual communication
that is used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the
attention of others, but not including any flag, badge or insignia
of any public, quasi-public, civic, charitable or religious group;
integral decorative or architectural features of buildings, except
letters and trademarks; moving parts or moving lights or signs directing
and guiding traffic and parking on private property, but bearing no
advertising matters; and signs located entirely within an enclosed
structure.
The outdoor and/or indoor display of any writing,
printing, picture, painting, emblem, drawing or similar device intended
to invite or draw the attention of the public to any goods, merchandise,
property, business, services, entertainment, amusement or industrial
activity or establishment.
The area bounded by the extreme dimension of the sign, including
frame.[8]
A sign erected by the owner or his agent on property which
is for rent, sale or lease.
A movable sign not secured or attached to the ground.
A sign designating a subdivision plat or other division of
real property recorded in the county recorder's office.
A sign which indicates time and/or temperature by intermittent
lighting.
DIRECTORY OF OCCUPANTS SIGNA sign or plat attached to the facade of a building listing the tenants or occupants thereof and their respective professions or business activities.
DIRECTIONAL SIGNA sign or device intended to direct or point toward a place or which gives verbal directions.
IDENTIFICATION SIGNAny sign, symbol, trademark, structure or similar device used to identify the occupancy of any structure, the product made or the activity being pursued by any individual business service, commercial or industrial activity.
OFFICIAL SIGNAny sign, symbol or device erected and maintained by the federal government, the State of New Jersey, the County of Ocean or the Township of Brick for the purpose of informing or guiding the public or for the protection and promotion of health, safety, convenience and general welfare or any sign of a civic, fraternal or religious organization specifically authorized by the Township of Brick of the County of Ocean.
TEMPORARY SIGNAny sign displayed for a period of time not to exceed 90 days for the purpose of advertising the construction of residential, business or industrial activities; or decorative displays for holidays or public information.
The above functional sign types may be erected
in the following physical forms of arrangements.
GROUND SIGNA self-supporting sign connected to the ground and independent of any other structure, including pylon, pedestal or individual post-type supports.
PROJECTING SIGNA sign attached to the building wall which neither extends more than 12 inches from the face of the wall nor projects nearer the curbline than two feet nor projects nearer the sidewalk surface than eight feet nor projects above the roofline or storefront facade line nor extends beyond the ends of the facade or building.
WALL SIGNA flat or street sign attached to, painted on or erected against a building wall or flat vertical surface or a structure which extends not more than 12 inches from the face of the building and is not extended above the top or beyond the ends of the facade.
[Amended 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 666-89]
A street sign affixed to a window or readily visible through
that window from the exterior.
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, stormwater
management, 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
chapter requiring review and approval of site plans by the Planning
Board adopted pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 291 of the Laws of
New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-37 et seq.).
A development plan required for review and approval by the Planning Board pursuant to § 245-287 et seq. where an addition or alteration to an improved site, not exceeding 1,000 square feet of area, or a change of use is proposed.
[Added 8-25-1992 by Ord. No. 354-4F-92]
Standards adopted by ordinance pursuant to Subsection 52d
of Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65d)
regulating noise levels, glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat,
electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive
and flammable matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge,
screening of unsightly objects or conditions and such other similar
matters as may be reasonably required by the municipality or those
required by applicable federal or state laws or municipal ordinances.
A commercial establishment providing for the retail sale,
primarily, of either stationery, tobacco, newspapers or books, or
any combination thereof.
[Added 11-5-1984 by Ord. No. 354-2AAA-84]
The part of a building between the surface of any floor and
the next floor above it or, in its absence, the finished ceiling or
roof above it. A split-level story shall be considered a story if
its floor level is four feet or more above the level of the line of
the finished floor next below it, except a basement. An unfinished
or flood-resistant enclosure, useable solely for the parking of vehicles,
building access or storage, in an area other than a basement, is not
considered a story for zoning purposes.
[Amended 10-21-2014 by Ord. No. 30-14]
That portion of a building, hip or gambrel roof, the wall
plates of which, on at least two opposite exterior walls, are no more
than two feet above the floor surface of such story and seven feet
high.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway;
which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law; which
is approved by official action as provided by this chapter; or which
is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the county
recording officer prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and
the grant to such 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, curbs, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas within the street lines. The right-of-way width
and design standards shall be as per state, county or local requirements,
depending upon street jurisdiction in accordance with the Brick Township
Master Plan and subject to the following classifications: principal
arterial, minor arterial, major collector, minor collector, local,
marginal access and alley.
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.
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
A street not dedicated or deeded to the public for public
use.
The line determining the limit between the access rights
of the public and adjoining private property.
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.
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 definition if no new streets are created:
Divisions 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.
Conveyances so as to combine existing lots by
deed or other instrument.
The term "subdivision" shall also include the
term "resubdivision" as defined in this section.
A Committee of at least three Planning Board members appointed
by the Chairman of the Board for the purpose of classifying subdivisions
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 291 of the Laws of New
Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.) and such other duties relating
to land subdivision which may be conferred on this Committee by the
Board.
An unheated, prefabricated enclosure not intended to be used
for year-round habitable space with a minimum of 50% of the exterior
wall surface area to be glass or screening.
[Added 3-11-2003 by Ord. No. 354-2B-03]
When used in connection with any WECS:
[Added 11-10-1981 by Ord. No. 354-2BB-81]
STATIC SURVIVAL WIND SPEEDThat wind speed where, in a locked position, any element of the WECS may fail.
DYNAMIC SURVIVAL WIND SPEEDThat wind speed where, in an operating condition, any element of the WECS may fail.
A swimming pool extending more than 10 inches above the ground,
having a depth greater than 18 inches located on a single-family lot,
designed and maintained for swimming and bathing purposes by household
members and guests with no admission charges and not for the purpose
of profit.
[Added 5-9-2000 by Ord. No. 354-2AA-00]
A swimming pool not extending more than 10 inches above the
ground, having a depth greater than 18 inches located on a single-family
lot, designed and maintained for swimming and bathing purposes by
household members and guests with no admission charges and not for
the purpose of profit.
[Added 5-9-2000 by Ord. No. 354-2AA-00]
A vehicle, with or without motive power, designed primarily
for the transportation and/or storage of goods, equipment and/or materials
other than boats or watercraft, and not designed primarily for use
or occupancy in connection with recreational activities, and for being
drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its
weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
[Added 6-10-1980 by Ord. No. 354-2J-80; amended 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 354-2L-80]
Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing
other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than
a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
[Added 6-24-1980 by Ord. No. 354-2L-80]
The purpose or activity for which land or buildings are designated,
arranged or intended or for which land or buildings are occupied or
maintained.
[Amended 4-30-2002 by Ord. No. 354-2D-02]
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of the requirements of Part 2, Zoning.
A way for carrying pedestrian traffic, which may be located
within the street right-of-way provided for a street or may be located
adjacent to a lot line, between lots, and laid out so that it may
provide pedestrian traffic along a street or road.
Any streamer, propeller, pennant or similar device that is
activated by the wind.
A combination of the following:
[Added 11-10-1981 by Ord. No. 354-2BB-81; amended 3-11-2008 by Ord. No. 12-08]
A surface area for capturing the wind.
An assembly for converting the rotational power
of the attached surface area into an electrically utilizable form.
A generator or alternator to convert the rotational
energy into electrical energy.
A tower or other structure upon which the latter
three elements are mounted.
A foundation, guying or other supporting structure.
A wine salesroom apart from a winery holding a license issued
by the State of New Jersey for a "plenary winery license" as defined
by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, Subsection 2a, a "farm winery license" as defined
by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, Subsection 2b, or any "out-of-state winery license"
issued as defined by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10, Subsection 2e. The holder of
this license may sell wine at retail in original packages for consumption
on or off the premises.
[Added 7-26-2022 by Ord. No. 15-22]
An open, unoccupied space extending the full width of the
lot and situated between the setback line and the street right-of-way
line of that lot. The term "front setback line" shall be synonymous
with the rearmost limit of the required front yard area.
The area created by the rear yard setback.
The area created by the side yard setback.
A document signed by the administrative officer which is required, by ordinance, as a condition precedent to the commencement of a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion or installation of a structure or building and which acknowledges that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions of Part 2, Zoning, or variance therefrom duly authorized by a municipal agency, pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
[9][7]
Editor's Note: The definition of "home occupation"
which immediately followed this section, was deleted 11-28-2006 by
Ord. No. 37-06. See definition of "home office."
[8]
Editor's Note: The definition of “sign,
political,” which immediately followed this definition, was
repealed 6-13-2006 by Ord. No. 20-06.
[9]
Editor's Note: Original § 190-4,
Codification, which immediately followed this section, was deleted
11-28-2006 by Ord. No. 37-06.
