This article shall apply to all applications
for minor or major subdivision or site plan approval in the Borough
of Kinnelon.
Land or water falling in the following classifications
is hereby designated as an environmentally sensitive area:
A. Flood hazard area. The stream channel and the relatively
flat area adjoining the channel of a natural stream which has been
inundated or covered by floodwaters, from a one-hundred-year storm
frequency flood, as defined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection.
B. Wetlands area. Area saturated by surface or ground
water and/or containing hydrophytic vegetation and as further defined
in N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq., "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act."
C. Stream. Any body of continuously or intermittently
flowing water, whether designated as a stream, brook, river or otherwise,
and consisting of a bed and banks.
D. Lake area. Any body of water with a mean depth of
three feet or greater and a surface area greater than 1/2 acre, whether
designated as a pond, lake or reservoir.
E. Slope area. Any slope having a grade of 15% or more.
[Amended 8-19-1993 by Ord. No. 11-93]
Where the minimum required setbacks and/or actual
front yard setbacks contain environmentally sensitive areas, driveways
shall be permitted to be constructed and cross the minimum required
and/or actual setbacks which contain environmentally sensitive areas.