As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Township Planning Board, unless a different municipal agency is designated in the text of this Part
2 or has the power of review, approval or other action, when acting pursuant to the authority of the Municipal Land Use Law, in which case it shall be that municipal agency.
BUFFER STRIP
A strip of land, of the width designated by this Part
2, maintained in trees or other natural woodland growth, or planted with evergreens, hedge or shrubbery of sufficient height to protect adjoining residential, agricultural, industrial or commercial uses from noises, dust, glare or other possible nuisances which might result from the operation of mining, utility, storage, commercial or loading or parking activities.
BUILDING PERMIT
The construction permit required under the New Jersey State
Uniform Construction Code for new construction, renovation, alterations
or additions, or a combination thereof.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon a showing that such use in a specific location will comply with the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use as contained in the zoning provisions of this Part
2 and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the approving authority.
DRIFTWAY
A roadway, thoroughfare, place or passageway sufficiently wide to accommodate motor vehicle traffic (including emergency vehicles), which is not a street as defined herein, but which, prior to March 7, 1953, has become established for use by owners of abutting land having no frontage on any existing state, county or municipal roadway for ingress or egress over the property of others, between a public roadway and the abutting properties. For the purposes of this Part
2, a private land situated entirely on a single property shall not be considered to be a "driftway."
[Amended 9-5-1978]
FLOOD FRINGE
That portion of the flood hazard area outside of the floodway.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA
The floodway and any additional portions of the floodplain
which the improper development and general use of would constitute
a threat to the safety, health and general welfare. This shall constitute
the total area inundated by the flood hazard design flood.
FLOODPLAIN
The relatively flat area adjoining the channel of a natural
stream, which has been or may be hereafter covered by floodwater.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a natural stream and portions of the floodplain
adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to carry and discharge
the floodwater or flood flow of any natural stream. This shall constitute
the portions of the floodplain needed for the passage of the floodway
design flood without an appreciable rise in the water surface profile.
LOT
A designated parcel or area of land established by plat or
otherwise established by deed description, subdivision or record of
survey map and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by the Township for maintenance of any improvements required by this Part
2.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
[Amended 4-15-1980 by Ord. No. 80-6]
A.
A subdivision of land that does not involve:
(1)
The creation of more than three lots, including
any lot consisting of the remainder of the original lot;
(2)
Planned development as defined in the Municipal
Land Use Law;
(4)
Extension of any off-tract improvement, the cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to §
100-180 of this Part
2. If the lot or lots have once been part of a minor subdivision under this Part
2 or any ordinance repealed hereby, a further division thereof shall not be classified as minor if the granting of the required minor subdivision(s) would result in more than three minor subdivision lots, including the remainder of the original lot, being created within a twelve-month period.
OFF-SITE AND OFF-TRACT IMPROVEMENTS
Improvements outside the site in question or the tract in
question, respectively, to accommodate conditions generated inside
the original tract as the result of the proposed development which
shall include, but not be limited to, installation of new improvements
and extensions and modification of existing improvements.
OWNER
An individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under this Part
2.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The total width and length of the course of a street.
SITE PLAN EXEMPT
Development which does not comprise, in whole or in part, a use as to which a site plan is required under §
100-35,
100-50.1E,
100-54,
100-73 or
100-91 of this Chapter
100.
[Amended 9-6-1977; 4-4-1984 by Ord. No. 84-3; 5-6-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-7]
SITE PLAN, MINOR
A site plan for a development requiring less than 10 parking and/or loading spaces as required in this Part
2, containing less than 2,500 square feet of floor area, not having more than fifty-percent lot coverage, not involving any planned development, not involving any new street, not involving the extension of any off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55-42, and contains information reasonably required to make an informed determination as to whether the requirements established by this Part
2 for approval of a minor site plan have been met.
[Amended 4-4-1984 by Ord. No. 84-3; 9-15-1987 by Ord. No.
1987-8]
SITE PLAN REVIEW ADVISORY BOARD
A group of citizens appointed by the Mayor for the purpose
of reviewing site plans referred to it by the approving authority
and making recommendations to the approving authority.
SILTATION BASIN
A facility through which stormwater is directed and which
is designated to collect eroded soil from a designated area.
STREET
A.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway; shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law; approved by official action as provided in this Part
2; or shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Recording Officer prior to 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 with the street line.
[Amended 9-6-1977]
B.
The balance of said definition of "street" shall
continued to read as heretofore.
C.
For the purposes of this Part
2, "streets" shall be classified as follows:
(2)
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.
(3)
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
(4)
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.
(5)
ALLEYSMinor ways are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Holland, in the County of Hunterdon, New
Jersey.
TRACT
An area of land composed of the lot or lots which are the
subject of the development application as well as all property (of
which such lot or lots are a part) contiguous thereto and in the same
ownership, and also all portions of a street or right-of-way contiguous
to such lot(s) or other property.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The applicable Zoning Ordinance of the Township, as amended
and supplemented.