[Amended 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024]
For any words or word usage not included in Article III hereof, a dictionary of common usage or, alternately, the New Illustrated Book of Development Dates Definitions by Moskowitz and Lindbloom may be used.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A subordinate structure on the same lot with a principal structure. Where an accessory structure is attached to a principal structure in a substantial manner, by a wall or roof, such accessory structure shall be considered part of the principal structure.
ACCESSORY USE
A use naturally and normally incident and subordinate to the principal use of a structure or lot and located on the same lot as the principal use to which it relates.
ADDITION
An extension or increase in floor area or height of a building or structure.
AIRPORT
The only aircraft operation allowed within the Borough are those associated with medical services and governmental aircraft.
[Amended 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024]
ALTERATION
A change or rearrangement in the structural parts, the means of egress, or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by increasing in height of a building or structure; or to change the use of a structure or land or to move a structure from one location or position to another.
APARTMENT
A building or structure, or portion thereof, designed or used as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, including but not limited to: one-family, two-family and multiple dwellings, condominiums, cooperatives, apartment hotels, boarding and rooming houses, motels, tourist cabins, trailers, tents and other types of movable buildings.
AREA OF A SIGN
See § 215-128.
AUCTION MARKET
Any premises on which are held at periodic times, and from time to time, auction sales of merchandise or personal property.
BASEMENT
A portion of the building partly underground, but having less than 1/2 its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground plus at least one means of egress directly to the exterior of the building.
BEDROOM
A room planned or used primarily for sleeping.
BOARDER
A person who is not related to the head of the household and who may or may not pay for the privilege of boarding.
BOARDINGHOUSE
A dwelling in which people, either individuals or as families, are housed or lodged, for hire, with meals and which contains five or fewer such rooms for hire.
BUFFER
A strip of land containing natural woodlands, earth mounds or other planted screening material, and separating one kind of land use from another or separating a planned development from any other development.
BUILDING
A structure which is designed, built or occupied as a shelter; or roofed enclosure for persons, animals, property, or shelters, located on foundations or other supports and used for residential, business, mercantile, storage, commercial, professional, industrial, institutional, assembly, educational or recreational purposes.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from the grade at the base of the building to the highest elevation of the roof.
BUILDING LINE or BUILDING SETBACK LINE
A line established by this chapter, within a lot, defining the minimum distance between any structure, or portion thereof, to be erected or altered, and an adjacent right-of-way, easement, street line or common open space.
BUILDING PERMIT
A permit required prior to constructing, moving or altering any building or structure, issued in compliance with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code Act and this chapter.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which the building is located.
[Amended 12-3-2001]
CAMPING VEHICLE
A portable structure, or a wheelbased structure built on a chassis, which is self-propelled or designed to be transported by tractors or carried as a self-propelled vehicle, and which is designed and intended to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation or vacation purposes. The term "camping vehicle" shall include the following:
A. 
TRAVEL TRAILERA wheelbased vehicle built on a chassis designed to be hauled by traction which has a body width not exceeding eight feet and a body length not exceeding 24 feet.
B. 
PICKUP COACHA structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and for use as a temporary dwelling.
C. 
MOTORIZED CAMPERA temporary dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle. (See also "trailer.")
CELLAR
A portion of the building partly underground, having 1/2 or more than 1/2 of its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground with or without at least one means of egress directly to the exterior of the building.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
That certificate issued by the Construction Official in accordance with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code Act and this chapter.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
The triangle formed by the point of intersection of the right-of-way lines of two intersecting streets and the points on each of the intersection right-of-way lines at a given distance from the point of intersection.
CLUSTER
Areas to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing, commercial and/or industrial units, which have a common or public open space as an appurtenance.
COMMERCIAL UNIT
Any commercial use under separate ownership or lease.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Trucks, buses, sedan delivery vehicles, station wagons with advertising matter on the sides, or any other commercially used vehicle except a passenger car with no advertising matter exposed to view.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water, within the site designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development and/or community. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of residents and owners of the development, as permitted.
COMMON OWNERSHIP
Ownership of two or more contiguous parcels of real property by the same person or persons.
COMMON WALL
A vertical wall and/or horizontal separation forming a structural part of two buildings or of two separately owned and/or rented units in the same building.
[Amended 12-3-2001]
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Buildings, structures, recreational devices, service systems and other facilities generally available to and/or operated for the benefit of residents, including but not limited to swimming pools, tennis courts, building entries and passageways, roads, drainage systems, pedestrian and bicycle pathways, sewage treatment plants and other facilities (municipal buildings, schools).
CONDITIONAL USE
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, as outlined in Article XXV of this chapter.
CONFORMING LOT
A parcel, plot or area of land abutting a public street complying with the minimum requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35, exclusive of any area within such public street, whose area is sufficient to provide the yard, space and setback requirements and the minimum area requirement for the zone district in which it is located and complying with all other minimum requirements for said district, as required by this chapter.
CORNER LOT
A lot at the junction of, and having frontage on, two or more intersecting streets.
COURT
Any unbuilt space other than a yard.
COVERAGE RATIO
The portion of a site, expressed as a percentage, covered by impervious materials.
DBH
The diameter of a tree trunk at breast height (typically three feet six inches above ground level).
DEVELOPMENT
The process of subdividing or obtaining site plan review. It may also refer to the improvement of land and, in proper context, to a subdivision or planned development.
DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE
A construction schedule and plan showing the year in which each portion of a development will be constructed.
DISTRICT
Part of the municipality to which certain uniform regulations of this chapter apply as a separate zone district.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY OR EASEMENT
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 58:1-1 to 58:1-34.
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
A business involving the serving of food and drink outside the confines of the building or where patrons are served food and drink at counters, stools or bars outside the confines of the building or where food and drink is intended for immediate consumption outside the confines of the building or in automobiles.
DUPLEX RESIDENCE
A double house consisting of two separate dwelling units under one roof, each complete in itself, with closed partition between, with independent means of ingress and egress in front and rear, and with separate sewer, water, and other utility services.
DWELLING/DWELLING UNIT
A building, or portion thereof, designed or used as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, including but not limited to one-family, two-family and multiple dwellings, condominiums, cooperatives, apartment hotels, boardinghouses and rooming houses, motel tourist cabins, trailers or trailer courts, tents and other types of movable buildings.
DWELLING UNITS, TYPES OF
A. 
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHEDA freestanding residential building which contains one dwelling unit and which has no common walls with other units.
B. 
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHEDA dwelling unit sharing a common wall with one or more single-family dwelling units.
(1) 
DUPLEX (SEMIDETACHED)A residential structure connected to a similar structure on one side by a vertical or horizontal common wall or separation.
(2) 
TRIPLEXThree dwelling units in a single structure, each unit having one or more vertical or horizontal common walls or separations.
(3) 
QUADRAPLEXFour dwelling units in a single structure, each unit having one or more vertical or horizontal common walls or separations.
(4) 
TOWNHOUSEA single dwelling unit in a structure containing five or more units sharing two vertical common walls, except that the end units have a single common wall.
C. 
GARDEN APARTMENTA building containing a group of separate dwelling units, so designed that not more than two apartments are served by a common entry.
EFFICIENCY
A residential dwelling unit without a separate bedroom and not exceeding 600 square feet in size.
EVALUATION
A written statement, documented by maps and charts as appropriate, examining, discussing and evaluating the impacts of a particular aspect of a proposed development. An evaluation, in this context, shall include a comparison of the development and its impacts, as appropriate, to applicable standards set forth in this chapter. If no standards in this chapter are applicable to the particular aspect which is the subject of the evaluation, then to generally accepted standards.
FACADE
The total wall surface, including door and window areas, of a building's principal face. In the case of corner buildings which front on more than one street, only one face shall be used to calculate facade area.
FAMILY
An individual living as a single housekeeping unit or a number of persons, including foster children as defined by law, and persons related by blood, marriage or adoption living together as a single housekeeping unit. This definition also includes those living in a group home or similar facility.
[Amended 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024]
FENCES
A structure of wood, metal, stone, masonry or other material and shall also include barriers formed by living vegetation.
FLAG LOT
A parcel, plot or area of land abutting a public street, complying with the minimum requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35, whose width at the street line and/or at the building setback line is less than that required by the zone district in which it is located and whose principal portion shall be to the rear of a conforming lot; such lot shall comply with the minimum requirements hereinafter set forth.
FLOOR AREA
The area of all floors computed by using the dimensions of the outside walls of each floor of a building. Only those areas having five feet or more clear head room with completed floors, ceilings and partitions may be considered in computing floor area and at least 1/2 of the included floor area shall have a minimum ceiling height of seven feet six inches. Cellars, porches, balconies, patios, terraces, breezeways, carports, verandas and garages are excluded; except that enclosed porches and patios which are heated and used year-round may be counted in computing the floor area, provided the walls, ceilings, foundation, etc., are the same as required for the remaining structure.
FRONT LOT LINE
That property line of a lot coinciding with the right-of-way line of a street or other way, public or private, giving access to such lot.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A detached accessory building or portion of the principal building designed primarily for the storage of passenger vehicles and not more than one commercial vehicle with a rated capacity not exceeding 3/4 ton.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
A building space, other than a private garage, which is primarily used for the storage, repair, retail, maintenance and major repair of motor vehicles and the retail sales of motor vehicles, in connection with a franchised dealership; and which may include such facilities designed or used for polishing, greasing, washing, spraying and otherwise servicing of such motor vehicles incidental thereto, other than service stations as hereinafter defined, the sale of motor fuel and the sale of previously registered motor vehicles, commonly referred to as "used cars." The sale of previously registered automobiles as a primary use shall be prohibited.[1]
GASOLINE STATION
A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of motor fuels but also in supplying goods and services generally required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and the fulfilling of motorist needs. Major automotive repairs, painting and body and fender work are excluded. (See "service station, automotive.")
HABITABLE FLOOR AREA
See "floor area."
HABITABLE ROOM
Any room except those used for kitchen, bath or utility purposes.
HOME OCCUPATION
Any occupation for gain or support conducted by members of the family residing in a dwelling unit, and conducted solely within the dwelling unit or accessory building, such as, by way of illustration, dress making millinery, home baking and the like.
HOTEL
A building containing more than five rooms used, rented or hired out, to be occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, where general kitchen, dining room and/or banquet rooms are provided within the building.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
A use by a public or nonprofit quasi-public or private institution for educational, religious, charitable, medical or civic purposes.
INTERSECTION
A point where two or more streets meet and/or cross.
JUNKYARD
A lot and/or structure used or intended to be used for the conducting and operating of the business of selling, buying, storing or trading in used or discarded metal, glass, paper, bags, cordage or any used or disabled fixtures, vehicles or equipment of any kind.
KENNEL
A business devoted to the boarding, care or breeding of dogs and cats.[2]
LOADING SPACE
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or material.
LOT
A parcel, plot or area of land, legally established, with precise boundaries determinable from a deed description or map filed in the office of the County Clerk.
LOT AREA
The total area included within the lot lines. Where the property line extends to the center of a street and the street right-of-way width has not been determined, the area of a lot for the purpose of this chapter shall not include land within 25 feet of the center line of the street. Where a right-of-way width is shown on either a subdivision map, or official map of the state, county or municipality, the area of the lot shall not include any portion of the actual or proposed right-of-way.
LOT COVERAGE
That part or percentage of the lot covered by building area.
LOT DEPTH
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured along the median between the two side lot lines.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along the street line.
MOBILE HOME
A single-family dwelling, having no permanent foundation, designed and constructed to be transported on its own wheels by traction to a site, capable of being relocated to another site, and not normally designed and constructed to comply with the requirements of the building code for a conventional structure. (See "trailer.")
MOTELS
A building which contains living or sleeping accommodations for transient occupancy and have individual outside entrances to each unit.
MOVABLE DWELLING
A structure or facility designed and constructed for residential occupation but not necessarily to comply with building code requirements for conventional residential construction, which may be transported to the site upon which it is to be used as a unit or as sections, comprising one or more rooms capable of being assembled to form a dwelling which is designed and constructed so as to be and capable of being relocated; provided this shall not be construed to include houses which were originally erected on one location and permanently to the freehold before being moved, or modular homes. (See "trailer.")
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING OR RESIDENCE
A building designed or used as a residence of three or more dwelling units, garden apartments, condominiums and cooperatives, however, not exceeding two stories in height.
[Amended 12-3-2001]
NATURAL FEATURES
The earth itself, the water upon or under the surface of the earth, the air above the earth, and plants, animals, fish, birds, insects and other living creatures growing upon or inhabiting the earth, the water or the air.
NATURAL MATERIALS
Materials found to exist naturally and/or have undergone minor modification, reduction or alloying by man, which can be reused (recycled) or are biodegradable. Such materials would include wood, stone, brick, rapid oxidizing metals such as iron, recyclable metals and minerals such as copper and glass and some alloys such as tin, bronze and brass. Plastics, polyvinyl chlorides, special polymers, aluminum, chromium, special steels and other exotic man-made or highly refined materials are specifically and generally excluded.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR USE
A building or structure or use lawfully existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, or subsequent amendments thereto, that does not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the zone in which it is located.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot or parcel which does not have the minimum width or contain the minimum lot area for the zone in which it is located.
NUISANCE
An offensive, annoying, unpleasant or obnoxious thing or practice, a cause or source of annoyance, especially a continuing or repeating invasion or disturbance of another's rights; including the actual or potential emanation of any physical characteristics, activity or use across a property line, which can be perceived by or affect a human being of ordinary sensibility or the generation of an excessive or concentrated movement of people or things such as, but not limited to:
A. 
Dust.
B. 
Smoke.
C. 
Fumes.
D. 
Odor.
E. 
Glare.
F. 
Flashes.
G. 
Vibration.
H. 
Shock waves.
I. 
Heat.
J. 
Electronic or atomic radiation.
K. 
Objectionable effluent.
L. 
Noise or congregation of people, especially at night.
M. 
Passenger traffic.
N. 
Transportation of things by truck, rail, or other means.
O. 
Invasion of nonabutting street frontage by parking.[3]
OFFICE
A building or portion thereof used as the place of business of a person, corporation, firm or public agency for professional services and administrative and executive purposes, as distinguished from a shop or store.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building containing one dwelling unit only and not occupied or designed for occupancy by more than one family.
OPEN SPACE
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated, or received for public or private use.
OPEN SPACE ZONING
A permitted reduction in lot sizes and lot area requirements in major subdivisions in which the density requirement (dwelling units per acre) is maintained and where all resulting open land within said subdivision is deeded to the municipality for public purposes or reserved as permanent open space, i.e., cluster development.
OWNER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land to commence and maintain proceedings under this chapter.
PARKING AREA
An open area, other than a street or other public way, used for the parking of motor vehicles and available for use as a service or privilege to guests, licensees, clients, customers, suppliers or residents. It shall include driveways and access drives located within the lot area.
PARKING SPACE
An off-street space for the parking of one motor vehicle. Such parking space shall have an area of not less than nine feet by 18 feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles, excepting in a residential area, there shall be a minimum of nine feet in width measured perpendicular to the axis of the length, and shall have adequate provision for ingress and egress.
[Amended 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024]
PARTIAL DESTRUCTION
That destruction which is less than total destruction as determined by the Tax Assessor in levying taxes on said premises. That is to say, if the damaged improvement still has sufficient value so that it is assessed, the destruction is determined to be partial.
PATH
A cleared way for pedestrians and/or bicycles to travel which may or may not be paved.
PERMANENTLY AFFIXED
Any building or structure with foundation walls or footings that support the aboveground elements and which cannot easily or conveniently be removed therefrom.
PERSON
An individual, association, partnership, corporation or joint venture.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Planned unit development, or planned unit residential development, where an area of land controlled by a landowner is to be developed as a single entity for one or more uses and where standard lot bulk, height and area requirements are replaced with performance standards with impact evaluation proceedings.
PREMISES
A lot or parcel of ground including any buildings or structures thereon.
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE
A structure arranged, adapted or designed for the predominant or primary use for which a lot may be used.
PRINCIPAL USE
The primary or predominant use of the premises.
PROFESSIONAL USE
A building or portion thereof used as the place of business of a person, corporation, firm or public agency for professional services.
PROPERTY OWNERS'/HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
A duly incorporated organization composed of all owners of property in a development.
PUBLIC BUILDING
A building which is owned and/or used by a governmental agency.
PUBLIC OR INSTITUTIONAL USE
See "institutional use."
ROADSIDE STANDS
An open or covered structure of permanent or temporary construction which fronts on a public street located on land which is owned or leased by the operator for the purposes of direct-to-consumer commodity sales.
ROOMER
A person who is not related to the head of the household, and who pays for the privilege of rooming.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling in which people, either as individuals or as families, are housed or lodged, for hire, and which contains five or fewer such rooms for hire.[4]
SERVICE STATION, AUTOMOTIVE
A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of motor fuels but also in supplying goods and services generally required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and the fulfilling of motorist needs. Major automotive repairs, painting and body and fender work are functions associated with a public garage and not with a service station.
SIGHT DISTANCE
The distance of clear sight required in the alignment of streets and roads.
SIGN
Any announcement, declaration, demonstration, billboard, display, illustration or insignia used to promote or advertise the interests of any person, group of persons, company, corporation, service or product when the same is placed, erected, attached, painted or printed, to advertise or promote the interest of the same, when placed out of doors in view of the general public, or placed where it may be viewed from the outside of any structure where placed.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
Any sign supported by uprights or braces placed upon or in the ground, and not attached to any building.
SIGN, OFF-PREMISES
A sign which advertises a business which is not conducted or a product which is not sold on the lot where the sign is located.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE
A structure designed for occupancy by one family. Not more than two roomers or boarders may occupy such a structure.
SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNITS
A separate area containing separate sanitary facilities and/or cooking facilities.
SINGLE OWNERSHIP
Ownership by one person, or ownership by two or more persons jointly as joint tenants, as tenants by the entirety or as tenants in common of a separate lot not adjacent to land in the same ownership.
SITE PLAN
A plan of a lot or subdivision on which is shown topography location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-way, boundaries, all essential dimensions and bearings, and any other information deemed necessary by the Zoning Board and/or Planning Board in unusual or special cases. (See Chapter 171, Site Plan Review.)
STORE, RETAIL
A building or part thereof in which or from which merchandise or services are furnished directly to the public.
STORE, WHOLESALE
A building or part thereof where merchandise is displayed for sale and sold at wholesale.
[Amended 12-3-2001]
STORY
That portion of a structure included between the surface of a floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
STREET
Any public or private right-of-way commonly used by the public for motor vehicle movement and which is approved for purposes of issuing building permits. For the purpose of this chapter, streets shall be classified as follows:
A. 
ARTERIAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
B. 
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
C. 
CUL-DE-SACA dead-end street providing access to adjacent lots.
D. 
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.
E. 
MINOR AND/OR LOCAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
STREET LINE
The line which separates the publicly owned or controlled street right-of-way from the private property which abuts upon said street, as distinct from a sidewalk line, curbline or edge-of-pavement line.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected which requires permanent or temporary location on the ground or attachment to something having such location, excluding unroofed patios and agricultural fences five feet in height and under.
TOURIST HOME
A residence in which, as an accessory use, a habitable room or habitable rooms are rented by the day or night to transients.
TOWNHOUSE
A self-contained independent dwelling unit attached by common wall between it and an adjacent unit or units extending from the basement to the roof and providing at least two means of access to the outside.
TRAILER
A wheelbased vehicle that is designed to be transported by traction and which is used or may be used as a dwelling or for the transportation or storage of goods, materials, livestock or any object. For the purposes of this chapter, trailers shall be considered buildings and are intended to be regulated as such, where trailers are permitted. The regulations of this chapter that apply to trailers shall also apply to the following vehicles as herein defined below:
A. 
CAMPING VEHICLEAs defined above.[5]
B. 
MOTORIZED HOMEA portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
C. 
MOBILE HOMEAs defined above.
D. 
MOVABLE HOMEAs defined above.
E. 
BOAT TRAILERA trailer designed for the purpose of transporting a boat overland.
F. 
HORSE TRAILERA trailer designed for the purpose of transporting horses or animals overland.
G. 
TENT TRAILERA trailer with a built-in or attached tent designed and equipped to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
TRAILER PARK OR COURT
A parcel of land in one ownership on which there is located or intended to be located one or more trailer coaches occupied for living purposes; a trailer camp. Trailer coaches on individual lots under separate ownership are not trailer parks or courts.
TRUCKING TERMINAL
A premises which is used for the temporary parking of motor freight vehicles between trips and for the transfer of freight between trucks or between trucks and rail facilities for shipment elsewhere and where the storage of freight or cargo is only temporary, and which also may contain facilities for dispensing motor fuels.
USE
The specific purpose for which land or building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
WAREHOUSE
A building used for the temporary storage of goods, materials or merchandise for later or subsequent distribution of delivery elsewhere for purposes of processing or sale.
YARDS
A. 
FRONT YARDAn area, unoccupied, except by a use as hereinafter specifically permitted, extending across the full width of a lot and lying between the abutting street line and the nearest part of the principal structure on the lot.
B. 
SIDE YARDAn area, unoccupied except by a use as hereinafter specifically permitted, extending from the front yard to the rear yard of a lot and lying between the side lot line and the nearest part of the principal structure on the lot.
C. 
REAR YARDAn area, unoccupied except by a use as hereinafter specifically permitted, extending across the full width of a lot and lying between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the existing or proposed principal structure on the lot. If there is no rear lot line, as in the case of a triangular shaped lot, or if there is doubt as to determination of rear yard measurement, the rear yard requirement of this chapter shall be construed as conforming provided there can be drawn entirely within the property a quadrilateral formed by the rear line of the existing or proposed principal building, the extension of the sidelines of the principal building from the rear of the principal building and a line connecting said extended building side lines, which quadrilateral shall have an average depth measured from the rear of the building equal to at least the required minimum rear yard. In no event shall the principal building be located closer to a property line at any point other than the minimum side yard requirement.
ZONING PERMIT
A permit issued by the Zoning Officer in accordance with § 215-157 of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "garden apartments," which immediately followed this definition, was deleted 12-3-2001.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "least-cost housing," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024.
[3]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "off premises sign," which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted 12-3-2001.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "setback lines," which immediately followed this definition, was deleted 12-3-2001.
[5]
Editor's Note: The former definitions of "travel trailer" and "pickup coach," which immediately followed this definition, were deleted 12-3-2001.