[Amended 2-14-1983 by Ord. No. 993; 2-27-1984 by Ord. No.
1017; 6-26-1989 by Ord. No. 1144]
For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms
are herewith defined and shall be construed as follows:
A subordinate building or structure located on the same lot
with a principal building.
The use naturally and normally incident to and subordinate
to the primary function of the premises. More particularly, but without
limitation, the same shall be construed to include a driveway, private
road, alley, railroad, spur, sidetrack or switch or other facilities
for ingress and egress, whether by foot or vehicle.
Any change in supporting or nonsupporting members of a building
or structure, any addition to or diminution of a building or structure
or change in use from that of one district classification to another
or any removal of a building or structure or part thereof from one
location to another.
That part of a building that is immediately below and wholly
or partly within the roof framing.
[Added 4-30-2008 by Ord. No. 1566]
An interior space or a portion of an interior space having
a floor level below the average elevation of normal grade at the foundation
wall of the structure in which it is contained.
[Added 4-30-2008 by Ord. No. 1566]
A person, not a member of a family as defined in this chapter,
who pays for the privilege of meals, lodging, or both.
Any structure as defined herein having a roof supported by
columns or walls, used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure
of persons, animals or property.
A facility, other than a private residence, receiving one
or more infant to preschool-age children for care for periods less
than 24 hours a day and where the parents or guardians are not immediately
available to the child. The facility is generally described as a child-care
center, day-care center, day nursery, nursery school, parent cooperative
preschool, play group, after-school program, or a "before and after"
center associated with religious institution uses.
[Added 12-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1631]
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.
Ownership in or of all or any part of two or more contiguous
lots or parcels of real property by one person individually or more
than one person jointly or in common with others by the entirety as
a partner with others or as a stockholder or a member of a corporation
or other business entity so holding, including ownership in or of
all or any part of two or more such contiguous lots or parcels by
a husband and wife or by any members of the same family.
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 this chapter and upon the issuance of an authorization
therefor by the Planning Board.
A lot at the junction of and having frontage on two or more
intersecting streets.
An establishment selling prepared food for off-site consumption
only. Delicatessen will include take-out only establishments.
[Added 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1613]
A building or part thereof designed, used or inhabited exclusively
as the residence and/or sleeping place of a single family as defined
herein and having provision for living, eating, cooking and sanitation
facilities used in common by such family.
ONE-FAMILY OR SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING OR RESIDENCEA building containing not more than one dwelling unit.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING OR RESIDENCEA building containing more than one dwelling unit.
A use providing a student with knowledge and instruction
through a course or group of courses. Educational uses are divided
into the following subclasses:
[Added 12-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1631]
Elementary and secondary schools. Elementary and secondary schools
are uses providing primary and secondary education for grades kindergarten
through 12, as regulated by the State of New Jersey Department of
Education or the Borough of Glen Rock Board of Education. Typical
uses include elementary, middle, and high school.
Post-secondary institution. A post-secondary institution is
a use providing academic, professional, business technical, or industrial
education beyond the 12th grade, leading to a degree or entry into
a paid occupation. Typical uses include universities, community colleges,
and business, career, beauty, or trade schools. These institutions
can be either for profit or nonprofit.
Instructional school. An instructional school is a use providing
domestic, recreational, and other types of instruction for all age
groups. Typical uses include schools for dance, cooking, music, martial
arts, or handicraft instruction. These institutions are exclusively
for profit.
The ratio of the gross floor area (residential) to the lot
area provided within a lot depth of 175 feet in the A-1 Zone District
and the lot area provided within a lot depth of 140 feet in the A-2
Zone District.
[Added 4-30-2008 by Ord. No. 1566]
One or more persons related by blood, adoption or marriage
living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, exclusive
of household servants. A number of persons, but not exceeding two,
living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, although
not related by blood, adoption or marriage, shall be deemed to constitute
a family.
The aggregate area of all floors in a building measured at
the exterior of the walls thereof, exclusive of attic and basement
floors, floors of open or unheated porches, breezeways and garages,
except that under sloping roofs the measurement shall be taken at
the interior of the walls thereof. For the purpose of this chapter,
floor area shall include only such floor area under a sloping roof
having headroom of not less than five feet six inches, and then only
if at least 50% of such area has a ceiling height of not less than
seven feet six inches.
Any portion of a lot line or boundary which abuts an existing
street.
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
1 1/2 tons. Each garage shall not be smaller than 10 feet wide by
20 feet deep inside clear dimension and not any larger than 12 feet
wide by 26 feet deep, not to exceed 36 feet in width. A carport or
any similar structure not completely enclosed shall not be considered
to be a garage.
[Amended 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1613]
The aggregate area of all interior floor area space in a
nonresidential structure as measured from interior perimeter wall
to interior perimeter wall inclusive of hallways, closets, common
use and assembly areas, bathrooms, storage and HFAC spaces and the
like.
[Added 4-30-2003 by Ord. No. 1428]
The aggregate residential building and associated structures
as measured from exterior perimeter wall to exterior perimeter wall
inclusive of the first floor, upper floor(s), 60% of habitable attic
space, porches, sheds, private garages and other accessory structures.
Excluded from this calculation are basements, decks, cellars, patios,
garages in the basement area, and the water surface of swimming pools.
[Added 4-30-2008 by Ord. No. 1566]
Attic space that has a permanent stairway as a means of access
and egress and in which the ceiling area at a height of seven feet
above the attic floor is 1/3 or more of the floor below. Habitable
attic space is served by a heating system and includes, but is not
limited to, space used for living, sleeping, eating or cooking, as
well as bathrooms and toilet rooms. Unheated storage and utility spaces
are not considered habitable attic space.
[Added 4-30-2008 by Ord. No. 1566]
That portion of a building situated above a full story and
having at least two opposite walls meeting a sloping roof at a level
not higher above the floor than a distance equal to 1/2 the floor-to-ceiling
height of the story below.
The vertical distance from the lowest point at grade level
of the building foundation to the level of the highest point of the
building, inclusive of elevator, air-conditioning housing or similar
appurtenances, which shall be enclosed; in the case of sloping roofs,
except for accessory buildings, the vertical distance from lowest
grade level to a point 1/2 the distance between the top of the uppermost
floor plate and the highest point of the roof.
An open area, exclusive of any public street or highway,
used for the purpose of transferring materials or merchandise between
any type of commercial or industrial building and any type of vehicle.
Loading zones may not be included as parts of required parking areas.
A parcel of land which is or may lawfully be occupied by
one main building, including the yards required by this chapter, or
any parcel of land separated from other parcels as delineated on any
map filed in the office of the Bergen County Clerk or on the Tax and
Assessment Map of the Borough of Glen Rock. In the event that more
than one lot as previously defined is used in part or in whole with
one or more other such lots for the erection of a main building and
its accessory structures, including yards required by this chapter,
the aggregate of all such lots, for the purpose of this chapter, shall
be deemed to be one lot.
To make by hand or machinery, contract for, license, franchise,
regulate or otherwise control the production of a usable item from
raw materials according to an organized plan involving the systematic
use of labor and financing.
The gross floor area permitted within the minimum lot area
on a lot as defined in the A1 and A-2 Districts.
[Added 4-30-2008 by Ord. No. 1566]
A premises where patients, whether humans or animals, are
treated by one person or a group of licensed or certified medical
professionals practicing any form of healing or health-building services
to humans or animals, whether the practitioners are physicians (i.e.,
medical doctors), veterinarians, chiropractors, dentists, osteopaths,
podiatrists, nutritionists, psychologists and counselors, psychiatrists,
nurse practitioners, or any similar medical profession, the practice
of which is regulated by New Jersey law. Medical laboratories or pharmaceutical
dispensaries are excluded from this definition.
[Added 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1613; amended 12-16-2010 by Ord. No.
1631]
Includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular
power, excepting such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks and
motorized bicycles.
[Added 2-25-1998 by Ord. No. 1296]
Any building, structure, lot or land used for the repair
to the exterior of the vehicle or exterior of the vehicle parts, including
the painting of exterior surfaces.
[Added 2-25-1998 by Ord. No. 1296]
Any building, premises and land in which or upon which the
maintenance, servicing or repair of motor vehicles is conducted or
rendered to the general public, which is not used for the dispensing
or sale of motor vehicle fuels.
[Amended 2-25-1998 by Ord. No. 1296]
Any building, structure, lot or land used for the retail
dispensing or sales of gasoline fuel, and the sale and installation
of lubricants, tires, batteries and similar accessories, and servicing
of vehicles and mechanical repair when offered in conjunction with
the sale of gasoline, but not to include auto body repair.
[Amended 2-25-1998 by Ord. No. 1296]
A use which is lawfully exercised within or without a structure
or upon the lot or lots related thereto at the time of adoption of
this chapter, or any amendments thereto, which use does not conform
to the regulations of the district in which it is located as set forth
herein.
The total of off-street parking spaces, including all provisions
for ingress and egress thereto, and driveways, aisles or lanes serving
such parking areas used for the parking of vehicles and available
for private use or for public use, whether for a fee or as a service
or privilege for clients, customers, suppliers, residents or others.
An accommodation within a parking area for a motor vehicle
which shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width measured perpendicular
to the axis of the length and having a minimum length of 20 feet.
Any ground area which has been sufficiently graded with rolled
or compacted cinders, gravel, stone or other approved dustless nonabsorbent
materials to provide a firm base for the intended use. Driveway pavement
shall consist of a firm base course of stone covered with bituminous
or portland cement concrete in accordance with acceptable standards.
An establishment primarily engaged in providing professional
business services to other individuals and businesses, not including
any form of healing or health-building services to humans or animals.
Professional office uses are generally categorized into professional
business establishments that customarily occupy standard office space,
do not require outdoor storage of supplies or use of vehicles other
than automobiles and small vans, and the practice of which may or
may not be regulated and/or licensed by New Jersey law. Examples of
these business establishments include, but are not limited to, the
offices of accountants, appraisers, architects, attorneys, engineers
(but not including laboratories or facilities involving testing or
treatment of products or instruments), real estate, insurance, and
investment brokers, consultants, and agents, the offices of advertising
agencies and consultants, business and management consultants, administrative
services, and travel agents. It may also include shared office space
for any of the aforementioned business establishments and headquarter
and satellite office space.
[Added 12-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1631]
A lawfully existing building or structure located in the
Borough in which place a person has and maintains his or her legal,
primary and permanent domicile.
[Added 2-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1263]
An establishment selling food and/or drink mainly consumed
on premises with or without wait service.
[Added 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1613]
Any building or part thereof that is designated, constructed
or used for education or instruction in any branch of knowledge.
[Added 12-16-2009 by Ord. No. 1613]
Any device, display or illustration used for the purpose
of bringing the subject to which it is appurtenant to the attention
of the public or used to promote or advertise the interests of any
person, entity, group of persons or entities or product which is viewed
from the outdoors, and the same shall include illustrations or devices
painted on or attached to inoperable vehicles when such vehicles are
located in view of the public for advertising purposes. The term "sign"
shall not include the following:
Any flag or insignia of any government or governmental
agency when displayed in accordance with regulations of such government
or governmental agency.
Any official traffic control device or traffic
control device authorized by the appropriate government or governmental
agency.
Any display of merchandise or animated display
located wholly within a show window.
Ownership in or of all or any part of one separate lot or
parcel of real property by one person individually or by two or more
persons in common, jointly, by the entirety, as a partner with others
or as a stockholder or member of a corporation or other entity so
holding, whereby any such person, persons or entity owns no other
adjoining real property.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
or roof next above it.
A public or private thoroughfare or way which affords the
principal means of access to an abutting property.
Any material or combination of materials constructed or erected,
whether portable, prefabricated, sectional or otherwise, which is
located on, above or in the ground or attached to something having
such location. The word "structure" shall include the word "building."
Unless otherwise permitted in this chapter, all zone district requirements
shall apply equally to structures and buildings.
An open space on a lot lying between a property line and
the nearest point of the foundation of the principal building on such
lot. A measurement defining the size of a yard shall be on a line
perpendicular to the property line.
FRONT YARDThat space on the same lot with a principal building situated between the front street line or lines and the front line of the building projected to the lot side line. The depth of the front yard shall be measured along a line perpendicular to the front lot line from the nearest point of the foundation of the structure or building nearest to such lot line.
REAR YARDThat space on the same lot with a principal building situated between the rear lot line or lines and the rear building line extended in both directions to the lot side lines. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured along a line perpendicular to the rear lot line from the nearest point of the foundation of the structure or building nearest to such lot line. For a triangular rear yard, the measurement shall be considered to be the distance from the intersection of the two side lot lines and the rear building line extending in both directions and perpendicular thereto.
SIDE YARDThat space on the same lot with a principal building situated between the side line of the building and the adjacent side line of the lot extending from the front yard to the rear yard. The width of the side yard shall be measured along a line perpendicular to the side lot line from the nearest point of the foundation of the structure or building nearest to such lot line.
CORNER LOT SIDE YARDThat space on the same lot with a principal building situated between the side line of the building and the side street lot line extending from the front building line to the rear lot line.
