[Adopted 10-4-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-7]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Any application for funds submitted by the City of Ventnor
City to any agency of the state or federal government, or any contract
entered into between the City of Ventnor City and any other agency
of federal, state, or local government relating to a dunes project.
DUNES PROJECT
The creation, development, maintenance, and/or preservation
of dunes built or located upon the public beaches of the City of Ventnor
City as a part of any beach replenishment project.
The Board of Commissioners shall not approve
any dunes project; appropriate any funds for a dunes project; enter
into any cooperative agreement; nor authorize the acquisition of property
or an interest in property whether by purchase, eminent domain, or
otherwise, for a dunes project other than by means of an ordinance
duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners, which ordinance shall,
by its terms, not be effective until it has been submitted to and
approved by the voters of the City of Ventnor City at an election
duly scheduled for that purpose.
[Adopted 9-7-1989 by Ord. No. 8920]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCRETION
Includes either natural or artificial land. Natural accretion
is the buildup of land, solely by action of the forces of nature,
on a beach by deposition of waterborne or airborne material. Artificial
accretion is a similar buildup of land by reason of an act of man,
such as the accretion formed by a breakwater or beach fill, deposited
by mechanical means.
BEACH
Gently sloping, unvegetated areas of sand or other unconsolidated
material that extend landward from the mean high-water line to where
there is a marked change in the material of physiographic form, i.e.,
dune or boardwalk.
DUNE
A wind- or wave-deposited formation of vegetated or drifting
windblown sand, generally parallel to and landward between the inland
limit to the beach and the foot of the most inland dune slope, including
primary, secondary and tertiary dunes where they exist. Formations
of sand immediately adjacent to beaches that are stabilized by retaining
structures, such as snow fences, planted vegetation and other measures
are considered to be natural dunes, regardless of the degree of modification
of the dune by wind or wave action or disturbance by development.
A dune shall not include loose windblown and found in a street or
on a part of a structure as a result of wind or storm activity.
DUNE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (DDD)
An area located seaward of the boardwalk delineating a beach
zone presently without dunes. The width of the DDD will extend an
average of 50 feet from the boardwalk line toward the ocean. Placement
of fences and plantings of vegetation will be completed in an effort
to trap windblown sand and develop a dune. The DDD is considered to
have dynamic boundaries which move in response to seasonal winds and
storms. Consequently, the boundaries of the DDD will be reviewed every
12 months and following any storm which damages large portions of
the district. The boundary review process will be conducted by the
City Commission, Department of Public Works and representatives of
the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of
Coastal Resources.
EROSION
The wearing away of land by the action of natural forces.
On a beach, the carrying away of beach sediments by wave action, tidal
currents, littoral currents and wind.
MEAN SEA LEVEL
The 1929 Datum established by the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey or such other datum as may be established by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers or other properly authorized agencies.
PERSON
Natural persons, partnerships, firms, associations, joint-stock
companies, syndicates and corporations and any receiver, trustee,
conservator or other officer appointed pursuant to law or by any court,
state or federal. "Person" also means the State of New Jersey, counties,
municipalities, authorities, other political subdivisions and all
departments and agencies within the aforementioned governmental entities.
SAND FENCE
Includes the term "snow fence" and shall mean a barricade
established in a line or pattern to accumulate sand and aid in the
formation of a dune. It shall include and normally be limited to the
commercial variety of light, wooden, picket fence held together by
wire and secured by posts.
SHOREFRONT PROTECTION AREA
That area which extends from the mean high-water line to
the seaward toe of the dune, as hereinbefore defined.