A.Â
For the purpose of this chapter, certain phrases and
words are herein defined as follows:
(1)Â
Words used in the present tense include the future;
(2)Â
Words used in the singular number include the plural
number and vice versa;
(3)Â
Words used to include the male gender include the
female gender and vice versa;
(4)Â
The word "used" shall include arranged, designed,
constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased or intended to be
used;
(5)Â
The word "lot" includes the word "plot" and "premises";
(6)Â
The word "building" includes the words "structure,"
"dwelling" or "residence";
(7)Â
The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary;
and
(8)Â
The word "may" is discretionary and not mandatory.
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Any word or term not defined or referenced in this
chapter hereinbelow shall be used with a meaning of standard usage
as defined in Webster's New International Dictionary of the English
Language, unabridged and latest edition.
Whenever a term is used in this chapter which
is not defined in this chapter but which term is defined in the Municipal
Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), such term is intended to
have the meaning as defined in the Municipal Land Use Law.
The following terms shall have the meanings
as indicated or referenced herein:
A building, structure or use which is customarily associated with and is subordinate and incidental to the principal building, structure or use and which is located on the same lot therewith, including but not limited to garages, carports, decks, kennels, sheds, nonportable swimming pools and all roofed structures. Any accessory building attached to the principal building shall be considered part of the principal building. A detached accessory building shall not be used as a home occupation, dwelling or bedroom unless specifically permitted in Articles IV and VI of this chapter. Detached accessory buildings associated with residential buildings shall be smaller in area than the principal building with which it is associated unless specifically permitted in Articles IV and VI of this chapter.
[Amended 6-10-2014 by Ord. No. 14-05]
The Secretary of the Planning Board or the Secretary of the
Zoning Board of Adjustment, whichever the case may be, of the Township
of Pilesgrove, Salem County, New Jersey, unless a different municipal
official is designated by this chapter to administer certain of the
responsibilities and authorities specified for the administrative
officer in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Conditions or situations created by a proposed development
that impose, aggravate or lead to impractical, unsafe or unsatisfactory
conditions on surrounding properties, including but not limited to
inadequate drainage facilities, inadequate public utilities, unsuitable
street grades, street locations that fail to compose a convenient
system and failure to provide or make future allowance for access
to the interior portion of adjoining lots or for other facilities
required by this chapter.
Any change in or additions to the supporting members of a
building, such as walls, columns, beams, girders, posts or tiers.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any
land to be proposed to be included in a proposed development, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase or other person having
an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
The application or appeal forms and all accompanying documents
required by this chapter for approval of a subdivision plat, site
plan, planned development, conditional use, zoning variance or direction
for issuance of a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or 40:55D-36.
A space between the ceiling beams of the top habitable story
and the roof rafters. Attic space which has a stairway for access
and egress and in which the ceiling area at a height of 7Â 1/3
feet above the attic floor is more than 1/3 the area of the floor
next below shall be considered a story for the purposes of this chapter.
The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display and sale of new or used automobiles, panel trucks or vans,
trailers or recreation vehicles and including any warranty repair
work and other repair service conducted as an accessory use.
A building, accessory to a farm, which is used in connection
with the storage, raising and/or harvesting of crops, feed, livestock,
farm equipment, agricultural produce and/or hay.
That portion of a building partly below and partly above-grade,
where the ceiling averages four feet or more than four feet above
the finished grade where such grade meets the outside walls of the
building. A basement shall be considered a story above-grade when
the distance from grade to the finished surface of the floor above
the basement is more than six feet for more than 50% of the total
perimeter or more than 12 feet at any point.
A room planned or used primarily for sleeping.
Any structure or portion thereof on which lettered or pictorial
matter is displayed for advertising purposes, which structure is located
on a site other than the site to which the advertising relates.
The Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township
of Pilesgrove, as the case may be.
A visual and auditory barrier, at a width as specified elsewhere
in this chapter for a particular district or use, between adjoining
lots or uses composed of evergreen growth arranged to form a landscape
screen.
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of
the finished grade six feet from the foundation of the building along
the side(s) of the building facing a street and measured to the highest
point of the roof.
[Amended 6-10-2014 by Ord. No. 14-05]
A portable structure which is self-propelled or mounted on
or towed by another vehicle and which is designed and used for temporary
living for travel, recreation, vacation or other short-term uses.
Camper does not include mobile homes or other dwellings.
A facility operated for profit, providing a natural setting
upon which two or more campsites are located, established or maintained
for occupancy by camping units, for outdoor living in tents, camp
trailers or camp cars for recreation, education or vacation purposes
during the camping season, extending from March 1 through November,
and which complies with all of the requirements of Chapter XI of the
New Jersey Sanitary Code, as supplemented or amended by any applicable
municipal ordinances.
A facility, operated by a public or nonprofit organization,
designed to provide the natural setting of outdoor living combined
with recreational, educational or cultural activities on a formally
scheduled basis for periods of temporary occupancy and which may or
may not provide common sleeping or eating facilities.
A place used or suitable for camping, on which temporary
shelter, such as a tent or camper, may be placed and occupied on a
temporary and seasonal basis.
The hard or paved surface portion of a street customarily
used for vehicles in the regular course of travel. Where there are
curbs, the cartway is that portion between the curbs. Where there
are no curbs, the cartway is that portion between the edges of the
paved or graded width.
That portion of a building partly or wholly below-grade,
where the ceiling averages less than four feet above the finished
grade where such grade meets the outside walls of the building.
A certificate issued by the Construction Official upon completion
of the construction of a new building or upon an alteration or addition
of a structure which certifies that all requirements of the New Jersey
Uniform Construction Code and Township ordinances have been complied
with and met.
Any facility which is maintained for the care, development
and supervision of six or more children who attend the facility for
less than 12 hours a day and which offers such programs as child-care
centers, day-care centers, drop-in centers, day nursery schools, play
schools, cooperative child centers, centers for children with special
needs, infant-toddler programs, employment related centers and/or
kindergartens that are not an integral part of a private educational
institution or system offering elementary education in grades kindergarten
through sixth. A child-care center shall not offer programs operated
in the day-care center by a public or private day school of elementary
and/or high school grade, special activity programs for children,
youth camps and/or religious classes or centers.
Any organization catering exclusively to members and their
guests or any organization for religious, vocational, civic or recreational
purposes which is not conducted for financial gain.
Actual construction on a parcel of land in accordance with
a permit issued by the applicable jurisdiction.
An open space area within or related to a site designated
as a development and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment
of residents and owners of the development. Common open space may
contain such complimentary structures and improvements as are necessary
and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of
the development.
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L.
1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.) providing food, shelter and
personal guidance, under such supervision as required, to not more
than 15 developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons who require
assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in the community,
and shall include but not be limited to: group homes, halfway houses,
intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment living arrangements
and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered a health care
facility within the meaning of the Health Care Facilities Planning
Act, P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.). In the case of
a community residence housing mentally ill persons, such residence
shall have been approved for a purchase of service contract or an
affiliate agreement pursuant to such procedures as shall be established
by regulation of the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals of the
Department of Human Services. "Developmentally disabled person" means
a person who is developmentally disabled as defined in Section 2 of
P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.). In the case of a community
residence housing mentally ill persons, such residence shall have
been approved for a purchase of service contract or an affiliate agreement
pursuant to such procedures as shall be established by regulation
of the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals of the Department of
Human Services. "Developmentally disabled person" means a person who
is developmentally disabled as defined in Section 2 of P.L. 1977,
c. 488 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2). "Mentally ill person" means a person who
is afflicted with a mental illness as defined in N.J.S.A. 30:4-23,[1] but shall not include a person who has been committed
after having been found guilty of a criminal offense by reason of
insanity or having been found unfit to be tried on a criminal charge.
Any shelter approved for a purchase of a service contract
and certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by
regulation of the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1979,
c. 337 (N.J.S.A. 30:14-1 to 30:14-14) providing food, shelter, medical
care, legal assistance, personal guidance and other services to not
more than 15 persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including
any children of such victims who temporarily require shelter and assistance
in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare.
An application form completed as specified by this chapter and the rules and regulations of the Township of Pilesgrove and all accompanying documents required by this chapter for approval of the particular application for development as specified in Article VIII of this chapter. The municipal agency may require such additional information not specified in this chapter or revisions to the accompanying documents as are reasonably necessary to make an informed decision as to whether the requirements necessary for approval of the application for development have been met, provided that the application shall not be deemed incomplete for lack of such additional information or any revisions to the accompanying documents so required by the municipal agency.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use
as specified in this chapter.
Portion of land development tract set aside for the protection
of farmland, natural features, scenic views and other unique features
through the conservation design cluster process. Open space lands
cannot be included in any residential lot or public right-of-way or
encumbered by stormwater control basins that limit their use. Subsurface
utility easements or control measures are permitted in open space
lands. A portion of the open space land must be accessible to the
residents of the development and/or the municipality, unless the open
space consists entirely of farmland, in which case it will not be
accessible to the residents of the development or to the public. Open
space access will be determined as part of the land development application
approval process.
[Added 10-13-2009 by Ord. No. 09-09]
The construction, erection, reconstruction, alteration, conversion,
demolition, removal or equipping of buildings or structures.
An individual designated by the Township of Pilesgrove and
duly licensed by the New Jersey State Department of Community Affairs
to serve as the Construction Official.
Any development other than planned development.
Any combination of offices, research laboratories and/or
limited manufacturing activities as defined in this chapter, provided
that all such activities are owned and operated by a single corporate
entity.
The aggregate area occupied by all principal and accessory
buildings and structures on a lot measured in a horizontal plane around
the periphery of the facades, including the area under the roof, canopy,
or elevated surface of any structure not having walls, as measured
around the outside of the outermost extremities of the structure which
may include the roof, canopy, or elevated surface.
[Amended 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
The percentage of the lot area which may be devoted to building
area or any other form of improvement which will interfere with surface
water penetration. Improvements shall include all paving, concrete
and bituminous concrete or any other material which replaces land
and/or landscaping, including (without limitation) prior rebuilding,
accessory buildings, driveways, walkways, patios and swimming pools.
All surfaced parking areas and all required parking areas which are
permitted to remain unsurfaced shall be included in the computation
of lot coverage. This provision shall apply to all uses in all districts
in the Township.
[Amended 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
A shop where prepared cooked meats, smoked fish, cheeses, salads and/or other similar foods are sold for consumption primarily off the premises, although a relatively limited area may be utilized for the seating of no more than eight patrons, provided that the use does not otherwise meet the definition of "fast-food convenience store." If any seats (up to the eight) are provided in the delicatessen, parking for the seats shall be provided at the ratio of one parking space per every four seats, or portion thereof, in addition to the parking spaces otherwise required for the retail use as specified in Article IV of this chapter for the applicable zoning district.
The number of dwelling units per acre for a given area that
includes proposed streets and other common or public open spaces.
The number of dwelling units per acre for a given area that
excludes streets and other common or public open spaces.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any
land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase or other person having
an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels;
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure; or any
mining, excavation or landfill; and any use or change in use of any
building or other structure or land or extension of use of land for
which permission may be required.
A committee of at least three Planning Board members appointed
by the Chairman of the Planning Board, which Committee is authorized
to carry out such duties related to land subdivision and site plan
review as may be conferred upon it by the Planning Board.
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means and including control of runoff during
and after construction or development to minimize erosion and sedimentation,
to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen
nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for
their biological functions as well as for drainage and the means necessary
for water supply preservation and prevention or alleviation of flooding.
The lands required for the installation and maintenance of
stormwater and sanitary sewers, water pipes or drainage ditches and
other utilities 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.
A room or series of connected rooms designed for permanent
residency containing living, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities
for one housekeeping unit. The dwelling shall be self-contained and
shall not require the passing through another dwelling unit or other
indirect route(s) to get to any other portion of the dwelling unit,
nor shall there be shared facilities with another housekeeping unit.
DETACHED, SINGLE-FAMILYA building physically detached from other buildings or portions of buildings which is occupied or intended to be occupied for residence purposes by one housekeeping unit which has its own sleeping, sanitary and general living facilities.
PATIO HOMEA single-family dwelling on an individual lot which may be attached to a second single-family dwelling on an adjacent lot.
RESIDENTIAL FLATA residential dwelling unit situated on the second floor above permitted nonresidential uses in the VN Village Neighborhood District in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
TOWNHOUSEOne building containing at least four connected dwelling units, where each dwelling unit is compatibly designed in relation to all other units but is distinct by such design features as width, setback, roof design, color, exterior materials and other features, singularly or in combination. Each dwelling unit may be a maximum of 2Â 1/2 stories and 35 feet in height, but nothing in the definition shall be construed to allow one dwelling unit over another.
TWO-FAMILYA building on one lot containing two dwelling units only, each having entrances on the first floor, intended for the residential occupancy by two housekeeping units, each living independently of each other and each unit with its own sleeping, cooking and sanitary facilities. The dwelling units shall be entirely separated from one another by vertical walls or horizontal floors, except for access to the outside or to a common basement.
A use or burden imposed on real estate by deed or other legal
means to permit the use of land by the municipality, public, a corporation
or particular persons for specific uses.
An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an
increase in the size of any other existing structure or an increase
in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity.
See "housekeeping unit."
Any private residence approved by the Division of Youth and
Family Services or an organization with which the Division contracts
for family day care in which child-care services are regularly provided
to no less than three and no more than five children for no less than
15 hours per week. A child being cared for under the following circumstances
is not included in the total number of children receiving child-care
services:
A lot with at least five acres of land used for agricultural
purposes in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, including
but not limited to the growing and harvesting of crops and/or the
raising and/or breeding of animals, including truck farms, fruit farms,
nurseries and greenhouses, silviculture operations, dairies and livestock
produce, provided that the farm is not considered an "intensive fowl
or livestock farm" as defined in this chapter. Structures incidental
to farms, such as barns and packing, grading and storage buildings
for produce raised on the premises, fences, buildings for keeping
of permitted poultry and livestock and garages for the keeping of
trucks and other equipment used in farm operations, are permitted
when accessory to a permitted farm.
A relatively small food market where prepackaged foods, magazines
and newspapers, cigarettes, dairy products and/or similar foods and
items are sold for consumption or use elsewhere, including those establishments
where, as a secondary use of the premises, prepared foods (e.g., meats,
cheeses, salads, etc.) are sold over the counter in sandwiches or
are packaged to take out.
See "restaurant, fast-food."
A place for the transaction of business where reports are
prepared, records kept and services rendered, where retail sales may
be offered pursuant to and where office work, manufacturing, assembly,
distribution, warehousing or fabricating may take place. Retail space
shall not exceed 2,000 square feet or 10% of each occupancy, whichever
is smaller.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
The relatively flat area adjoining a water channel which
has been or may be covered by floodwater of the channel, including
the following components:
FLOODWAYThe river or other watercourse and the adjacent land area that must be reserved in order to discharge the design flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than 0.2 of a foot.
FLOOD HAZARD AREALand in the floodplain subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flood in any given year.
FLOOD-FRINGE AREAThat portion of the flood hazard area outside of the floodway.
The plane projection of all roofed areas on a lot multiplied
by the number of full stories under each roof section, provided that
the area under any roof overhang of four feet or less and/or any under-roof
parking area shall not be included in the GFA calculation. Basements
which satisfy applicable construction definitions of habitable space
are included in the GFA.
The finished and heated area fully enclosed by the inside
surfaces of walls, windows, doors and partitions and having a headroom
of at least 6Â 1/2 feet, including working, living, eating, cooking,
sleeping, stair, hall, service and storage areas, but excluding garages,
carports, parking spaces, cellars, utility (heating and cooling) rooms,
half stories and unfinished attics and basements.
The ratio of the gross floor area to the area of the lot
or tract.
A structure which is accessory to a nonresidential building
and use and which is used primarily for the parking and storage of
vehicles operated by the customers, visitors and employees of such
nonresidential building and use and which is not available to the
general public.
A structure which is associated with a residential building and which is used for the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the residents thereof and which is not a separate commercial enterprise available to the general public. Unless specifically permitted in Articles IV and VI of this chapter, a private residential garage shall not have capacity for more than three motor vehicles and shall not exceed an area of 1,080 square feet. Additionally, a detached private residential garage shall not exceed a height of 25 feet.
[Amended 6-10-2014 by Ord. No. 14-05]
A building or portion thereof, other than a private nonresidential
garage or private residential garage, used primarily for the parking
and storage of vehicles and available to the general public.
Any building, premises and land in which or upon which a
business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing,
repair or painting of vehicles is conducted or rendered.
The slope of a road, path, driveway, swale or other surface
or the average finished ground elevation adjoining a building at project
completion.
An occupation or profession which is clearly incidental to
the use of the lot and dwelling for residential purposes, is carried
on by a member of the family residing on the premises, does not involve
more than one employee not living on the premises, does not occupy
more than 20% of the principal residential structure, does not have
any exterior evidence of such secondary use other than permitted signs
and does not include the storing of any stock-in-trade outside the
principal or accessory building. In connection with the operation
of a home occupation, only external operations which are customary
to residential buildings shall be permitted. In case of any home occupation
involving customer or patron visitation, adequate off-street parking
shall be provided in conformance with the standards contained in this
chapter. Family day-care homes shall be deemed to be a home occupation
in any residential district in which home occupations are a permitted
accessory use and shall be subject to the same restrictions applicable
to all other home occupations.
An organization operating in a development under recorded
agreements through which each lot owner shall be a member and each
dwelling unit is subject to a charge for a proportionate share of
the expenses for the organization's activities and maintenance, including
any maintenance costs levied against the association by the Township
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.
A building or group of buildings consisting of individual
sleeping units designed for transient travelers and not for permanent
residency, except that up to 3% of the total units may be provided
for the sole use of resident employees.
One or more persons living together in one dwelling unit
on a nonseasonal basis and sharing living, sleeping, cooking and sanitary
facilities on a nonprofit basis.
Any natural or man-made surface which does not permit infiltration
of water and/or causes surface runoff.
Any farm shall be considered an intensive fowl or livestock
farm if it meets any one of the following standards:
It has over 500 head of adult large animals,
such as beef and dairy cattle, horses and mules;
It has over 200 head of small animals, such
as pigs, sheep, goats and calves up to an age of one year;
It has over 5,000 head of fowl;
It has more than one adult large animal per
acre for farms less than 25 acres in area or more than two adult large
animals per acre for farms 25 acres or larger in area;
It has more than two small animals per acre
for farms less than 25 acres in area or more than four small animals
per acre for farms 25 acres or larger in area; or
It has more than 50 head of fowl per acre for
farms less than 25 acres in area or more than 100 head of fowl per
acre for farms 25 acres or larger in area.
Farms that exceed the impervious cover limitation of the
zoning district since by their nature these farms require the use
of extensive temporary or permanent structures to cover or protect
the agricultural product.
[Added 7-12-2005 by Ord. No. 05-09;
amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-10]
The use of more than 1,000 square feet in the case of an
agricultural parcel or more than 200 square feet of any other lot
or the use of any portion of that half of any lot adjoining a public
thoroughfare for the storage, keeping, processing or abandonment of
wastepaper, demolition or abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles,
machinery or parts thereof shall be deemed to constitute a junkyard.
Any building or land parcel used for the keeping of five
or more adult dogs and/or other household pets.
The surface and subsurface of the earth as well as improvements
and fixtures on, above or below the surface and any water found thereon.
Sites, including open dumps, where solid waste, liquid and
dry sewage sludge and liquid and dry chemical waste are disposed of
by land application with or without the use of management practices
or soil covering. For the purposes of this chapter, landfills are
not permitted except those operated by or in partnership with the
Township as public purpose uses.
The removal of sand, gravel, clay or other materials from
the ground for sale or other commercial or industrial purpose other
than such as may be incidental to any permitted agricultural use or
to excavating or regrading in connection with or anticipation of building
development or landscaping a building site, and shall be deemed to
include all operations customarily involved in connection with such
removal.
Any activity involving the fabrication, reshaping, reworking,
assembly or combining of products, parts and/or materials:
Which does not involve the union of chemicals,
compounds or elements to produce a new compound or substance on-site
for direct industrial sale;
Which does not involve the union of chemicals, compounds or elements on site for use during the fabrication, reshaping, reworking, assembly or combining of the products, parts and/or materials, except that the incidental application of chemicals or chemical products brought to the site is permitted pursuant to Subsection C of this definition hereinbelow;
Which may involve the incidental application
of chemicals, compounds or elements of chemical products during the
fabrication, reshaping, reworking, assembly or combining of the products,
parts and/or materials, including but not limited to painting, gluing
and cleaning;
Which store and contain any and all products,
parts and/or materials utilized during the fabrication, reshaping,
reworking, assembly or combining of the products, parts and/or materials
within completely enclosed buildings; and
Which may involve the ancillary storage and
warehousing of the items fabricated, reshaped, reworked, assembled
or combined during the limited manufacturing activity, provided that
such ancillary storage and warehousing activities occupy not more
than 30% of the total gross floor area of all buildings on the lot.
An off-street parking space or berth, either within a structure
or in the open and on the same lot with a building or group of buildings,
for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or
unloading, with at least 12 feet of vertical clearance, but, in any
case, sufficient clearance for the use intended. The minimum size
loading space shall be 12 feet by 30 feet.
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
The area contained within the lot lines, but not including
any portion of a street, lake, stream, freshwater wetlands, or agricultural
buffers.
[Amended 7-12-2005 by Ord. No. 05-09;
amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-10]
A lot on the junction of land abutting two or more intersecting
streets where the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 120º.
Each corner lot shall have two front yards, one side and one rear
yard, the side and rear yards to be designated at the time of application
for a construction permit.
The percentage of the lot area which may be devoted to building
area or any other form of improvement which will interfere with surface
water penetration. Improvements shall include all paving, concrete
and bituminous concrete or any other material which replaces land
and/or landscaping, including (without limitation) prior rebuilding,
accessory buildings, driveways, walkways, patios and all decking,
whether required by code or not, associated with the installation
of a pool. The water surface area of a pool, whether in-ground or
aboveground, shall not be included in the calculation of lot coverage.
All surfaced parking areas and all required parking areas which are
permitted to remain unsurfaced shall be included in the computation
of lot coverage. This provision shall apply to all uses in all districts
in the Township.
[Added 2-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 21-02]
The shortest horizontal distance between the front lot line
and a line drawn parallel to the front lot line through the midpoint
of the rear lot line.
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The continuous horizontal distance between the side lot lines
measured along the street line. The minimum lot frontage shall be
the same as the lot width, except that on curved alignments with an
outside radius of less than 500 feet measured from the center line
of the street, the minimum distance between the side lot lines measured
at the street line shall not be less than 75% of the required minimum
lot width unless a lesser frontage is specified in this chapter. In
the case of a corner lot, either street frontage which meets the required
frontage for that zone may be considered the lot frontage.
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Any line forming a portion of the exterior boundary of a
lot. The lot line is the same line as the street line for a portion
of a lot abutting a street. Lot lines extend vertically in both directions
from ground level.
The straight and horizontal distance between the side lot
lines measured at setback points on each side lot line an equal distance
from the street line. The minimum lot width shall be measured at the
minimum required building setback line.
Any security, in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter, which may be accepted subject to review and approval by the
Township Committee for the maintenance of any improvements required
by this chapter, including but not limited to surety bonds, letters
of credit under the circumstances specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5,
and cash.
Any development plan not classified as a minor site plan.
Any division of land not classified as a minor subdivision.
A composite of the mapped and written plans recommending
the physical development of the municipality which shall have been
adopted by the Planning Board.
The average of the ground level measurements computed at
the four extreme corner points of any proposed or existing building.
A unit of electric capacity or electric load. A MW is equal
to 1,000 kilowatts (kW).
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
A megawatt-hour (MWh) is a unit of measure of electric energy.
A MWh is 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh). An MWh is the amount of electricity
generated by a one megawatt (MW) electric generator operating or producing
electricity for one hour. On an electric bill electricity usage is
commonly reported in kilowatt-hours.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
A structure designed to support the gathering of wind energy
resource data, and includes the tower, base plate, anchors, guy cables
and hardware, anemometers (wind speed indicators), wind direction
vanes, booms to hold equipment anemometers and vanes, data logger,
instrument wiring, and any telemetry devices that are used to monitor
or transmit wind speed and wind flow characteristics over a period
of time for either instantaneous wind information or to characterize
the wind resource at a given location.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
Any farm building, other than a principal dwelling, which
complies with state and local migrant housing laws, used or intended
for use on a temporary basis as a place of abode for farm laborers
and which is otherwise accessory to the principal use of the lot for
a farm.
Any development plan consisting of the following:
The construction of any permitted accessory
use(s), except as exempted from site plan review elsewhere in this
chapter, as such accessory uses are specifically permitted by the
provisions of this chapter; or
Any development plan consisting of an expansion
of or addition to an existing structure and use not exempted from
site plan review elsewhere in this chapter and not accounting for
more than 5% additional building coverage, not exceeding more than
1,500 square feet of enclosed and roofed area and not involving any
grading, clearing or disturbance of an area of more than 5,000 square
feet, provided that such development plan does not involve the installation
of any road improvements, does not change the construction of Township
drainage facilities, does not involve the expansion of public facilities
and does not adversely affect the development of any adjoining properties.
Any division of land for the creation of not
more than three lots (two new lots and the remaining parcel), each
fronting upon, and providing vehicular access to, an existing street
either improved in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35 or granted relief
therefrom in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36, and which:
Does not involve any new street or access easement
or the installation of any street improvements or the extension of
Township facilities;
Does not involve any streets requiring additional
right-of-way width as specified in the Master Plan or Official Map
and/or the street requirements of this chapter, unless such additional
right-of-way width, either along one or both sides of said street(s),
as applicable, shall be deeded to the Township or to the appropriate
governmental authority;
Does not involve any required off-tract improvements;
Does not involve a planned development;
Does not conflict with any provisions or portions
of the Master Plan;
Is not deficient in those details and specifications
required of minor subdivisions as specified in this chapter, unless
specifically waived by the Board;
Will not result in the creation of a total of
four lots (three new lots and the remaining parcel) or more from an
original tract of land as it existed on June 14, 1960, including in
such total all lots that would result from the subdivision application
and all lots previously created from such original tract by deeds
or plants recorded or filed in the office of the Salem County Clerk
on or after June 14, 1960.
[Amended 7-8-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
Does not adversely affect the future development
of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property. If the proposed
subdivision is deemed by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment
to potentially adversely affect the future development of the remainder
of the parcel or adjoining property, the Board may require that the
applicant submit a nonbinding conceptual subdivision plat for the
remainder of the parcel in accordance with sound planning and the
applicable zoning and design standards of this chapter, and/or the
Board may determine that the proposed subdivision should more appropriately
be classified as a major subdivision because of the potential adverse
affects.
In its evaluation as to whether the granting
of the proposed subdivision may adversely affect the future development
of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property, the Board shall
evaluate each subdivision on its individual merits and shall consider:
The size of the remainder of the parcel;
The shape of the remainder of the parcel;
The orientation of the remainder of the parcel
to adjacent lands;
The amount of linear frontage of the remainder
of the parcel on existing streets;
The appropriate locations along street frontage
of the remainder of the parcel for vehicular access; and
The amount and locations of environmentally
sensitive areas on the remainder of the parcel.
Any readjustment of lot lines resulting in no
new lots shall be classified as a minor subdivision for purposes of
the application and review requirements specified in this chapter
but not for the purposes of counting the number of minor subdivisions
occurring within any calendar year.
The Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or Township Committee
or any agency created by or responsible to one or more municipalities
when acting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
A commercial center that is planned, developed, owned, and
managed as a single unit on a single lot in the NC Zoning District
that is designed to serve the needs of local residents; that is comprised
of at least five tenants all of which would be permitted individual
uses in the district and all of which have a gross floor area of less
than 20,000 square feet.
[Added 3-12-2007 by Ord. No. 07-01]
A building or structure the size, dimension or location of
which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this
chapter but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning
district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision
or amendment.
A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter but which
fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which
it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of this chapter but which fails to conform to
the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by
reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
An offensive, annoying, unpleasant or obnoxious thing or
practice; a cause or source of an annoyance, especially a continuing
or repeating invasion or disturbance of another's rights, including
the actual or potential emanation of any physical characteristics
of activity or use across a property line which can be perceived by
a human being; the generation of an excessive or concentrated movement
of people or things, such as but not limited to noise, dust, smoke,
fumes, odor, glare, flashes, vibrations, shock waves, heat, debris,
litter, trash sites, electronic or atomic radiation, effluent, noise
of congregation of people, especially at night, vehicular traffic
or the transportation of things by truck, rail or other means; invasion
of nonabutting street frontage by parking; the obscuring or masking
of adjacent or nearby property by projecting signs, marquees or canopies;
or any adverse effect on value or desirability of nearby property
caused by such matters as the appearance of the exposed storage of
inoperable automobiles, junk or other materials or the dilapidation
of buildings, structures or land caused by neglect.
The total contiguous or noncontiguous area(s) within the
tract of land supporting a solar energy generation facility and related
infrastructure. The total area calculation should include land devoted
to the solar energy generation facilities; roadway or utility easements
accessing the solar generation facilities; any areas used for underground
piping or wiring to transmit solar energy or heat where the piping
or wiring is less than three feet from the surface; and any other
buildings or site amenities deemed necessary for the production of
solar energy.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
A place for the transaction of business where reports are
prepared, records kept and services rendered but where no retail sales,
except in connection with professional services, are offered and where
no manufacturing, assembly or fabricating takes place.
Located outside the lot lines of the property in question
but within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the
subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of
the street or right-of-way.
Not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
Located on the lot in question.
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
Any parcel or land area or water, essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private
use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants
of land adjoining or neighboring such open space, provided that such
areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets,
off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to be
incidental to the natural openness of the land; and provided, further,
that no portion of the required open space shall include any yard
or setback distance stipulated in this chapter and any street right-of-way.
An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under a
recorded land agreement, provided that: each owner is automatically
a member; each occupied dwelling unit is automatically subject to
a charge for proportionate share of expenses for the organization's
activities and maintenance, including any maintenance costs levied
against the organization by the Township; and each owner and tenant
has the right to use the common property.
Any area, either within a structure or in the open, of not
less than nine feet wide by 20 feet in length, or, in the case of
a handicapped parking space, an area not less than eight feet wide
by 20 feet in length with an adjacent access aisle at least five feet
wide, for the parking of motor vehicles, exclusive of driveways, access
drives, fire lanes and public rights-of-way, except that the length
of a parking space may be reduced to 18 feet in length, subject to
the approval of the Board, in those instances where a two-foot overhang
area exists beyond a curb and where such overhang does not interfere
with any proposed and/or required landscaping. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this chapter, nothing shall prohibit private driveways
for detached dwelling units from being considered off-street parking
areas, except that no portion of such private driveway within the
right-of-way line of the street intersected by such driveway shall
be considered off-street parking areas. The width and length of each
space shall be measured perpendicular to each other regardless of
the angle of the parking space to the access aisle or driveway.
Any security, in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter, which may be accepted subject to review and approval by the
Township Committee in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements
be completed prior to final approval of a development application,
including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under
the circumstances specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5, and cash.
Any use of land or buildings as permitted by this chapter.
An individual, corporation, public agency, business trust,
partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common
interest or any other legal entity.
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTERAn area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing units which have a common or public open space area as an appurtenance; i.e., a residential development in which dwellings are grouped closer to each other than would otherwise be permitted and in which the open space so saved remains an integral element of the development.
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTAn area at least 100 acres in size to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing and integrating industrial uses along with a number of appurtenant commercial uses and common areas as specified in this chapter.
Floodplains, wetlands, slopes over 10%, and vernal ponds.
Most wetlands are located in the Conservation District, a separate
zoning district with separate standards. Wetlands within the Conservation
Zoning District cannot be used toward lot yield, lot size, yard, or
buffer requirements since they are not considered part of the AR District.
[Added 10-13-2009 by Ord. No. 09-09]
A building, structure or use which is the main or primary
building, structure or use on the lot.
The use of land or buildings by the governing body of Pilesgrove
Township or any officially created authority or agency thereof.
A closely regulated private enterprise with an exclusive
franchise for providing a public service, such as telephone, television,
electric, water or sewer service.
A use owned or operated by a nonprofit, religious or eleemosynary
institution and providing educational, cultural, recreational, religious
or similar types of public programs.
A facility or structure for the purpose of supplying electrical
energy produced from wind, solar, or photovoltaic technologies, whether
such facility or structure is a principal use, a part of the principal
use, or an accessory use or structure.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
MAJOR SOLAR OR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY FACILITYA solar or photovoltaic facility that occupies an area between 1,200 square feet and less than one acre.
RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER PLANTA renewable energy facility that occupies an area one acre or larger.
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTA planned industrial development with no more than 60% of the developable coverage area used for renewable energy production from solar or photovoltaic systems in accordance with § 145-41F.
A facility designed and used for research and engineering
activities involving scientific investigations, engineering studies
and consumer product development of types other than carried on in
offices (see definition of "offices") and similar activities, but
excluding the manufacturing, sale, processing, warehousing, distribution
or fabrication of materials, products or goods, except as incidental
to the principal permitted uses, and provided that such incidental
activities occupy not more than 30% of all buildings on the lot.
The growing and harvesting of plant life and the keeping
of nonhousehold animals for the enjoyment of the residents on the
property within single-family detached dwellings and not for commercial
purposes, provided that a lot of at least two acres in area is required
for the keeping of one nonhousehold animal and one additional acre
of land is required for each additional nonhousehold animal.
Any establishment, however designated, at which food and
drink is sold primarily for consumption on the premises and within
a building and in which no other business, except such as is incidental
to such establishment, is conducted. However, a snack bar or refreshment
stand at a public or community swimming pool, playground, playfield
or park, operated solely by the agency or group operating the recreational
facility and for the convenience of patrons of the facility, shall
not be deemed a restaurant.
Any retail food establishment, such as a restaurant, refreshment
stand, snack bar, dairy bar, hot dog or hamburger stand, where foods
and drinks, prepared for immediate consumption, are purchased and
served either primarily for consumption at counters, stools or bars
in the premises, outside the building or primarily for consumption
in automobiles parked on the premises or off the premises, whether
brought to said automobiles by the customer or by employees of the
restaurant, regardless of whether or not additional seats or other
accommodations are provided for customers inside the buildings. Those
restaurants where a majority of prepared food is consumed only at
tables on the premises and served by waiters or waitresses at said
tables shall not be deemed fast-food restaurants. Any restaurant with
drive-through window service shall be considered a fast-food restaurant.
However, no transaction may be made on the street or sidewalk, unless
specifically permitted.
The further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot
or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded
according to law, or the alteration of streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but not including conveyances so as
to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
In addition to usual and customary mercantile operations,
there shall be included with the definition of retail sale of goods
such uses as auction facilities, including but not limited to those
that are principally engaged in the sale of fowl, livestock and other
agricultural products or commodities.
[Added 5-12-1995 by Ord. No. 95-3]
A permanent structure, together with its surrounding display
area and supporting off-street parking area, designed for the retail
sale of farm produce and located as an accessory use on the farm where
at least 25% of its products are grown. The intermittent sale of homegrown
produce as an accessory use not involving a building or structure,
not occupying more than 300 square feet and not creating any undue
traffic hazard shall not be deemed to constitute a roadside stand.
Any apparatus or structure constructed or installed out of
doors with the purpose of receiving television, radio or similar waves,
but excluding, however, conventional television antennae.
Areas of high groundwater recharge (12 to 16 inches per year),
natural heritage priority areas, and critical habitat areas designated
by the Landscape Project and confirmed by on-site data, as well as
other scenic, natural, cultural and historic features such as viewsheds,
natural swales, groves of trees, local landmarks, and historic structures
that may be unmapped but should be incorporated into site plans during
the site visit.
[Added 10-13-2009 by Ord. No. 09-09]
Any building, land area or other premises, or portion thereof,
used or intended to be used for the retail dispensing or sales of
vehicular fuels; and including as an accessory use the sale and installation
of lubricants, tires, batteries and similar accessories as well as
the performance of minor repair services, but where no vehicular painting
and/or bodywork is done and where no junked or unregistered motor
vehicles are kept or stored.
A line drawn parallel or concentric to a street line or lot
line and drawn through the point of the building nearest to the street
line or lot line. The term "required setback" means a line that is
established a minimum horizontal distance from the street line or
lot line and beyond which a building or part of a building is not
permitted to extend toward the street line or lot line. The minimum
front, side and rear yard requirements specified in this chapter shall
be the minimum required setbacks.
A structure which is associated with and accessory (see the definition of "accessory building, structure or use") to a residential building and which is used for the storage of personal objects owned by the residents of the property and which is not a separate area used for 1) commercial space available to the general public, 2) the storage of nonresidential or commercial items, goods, equipment or vehicles. A private residential shed shall be smaller in area than the principal building with which it is associated unless specifically permitted in Articles IV and VI of this chapter.
[Added 6-10-2014 by Ord.
No. 14-05]
A triangular area established in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter in which no grading, planting or structure shall be
erected or maintained more than 12 inches above the street center
line except for street signs, fire hydrants and light standards.
Any message written, printed, painted or otherwise placed
on a board, plate, banner or upon any material or object and/or any
device whatsoever which by reason of its form, color, wording, activity,
technique or otherwise attracts attention to itself, whether used
as a means of identification, advertisement or announcement.
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
The existing and proposed conditions of the
lot, including but not limited to topography, vegetation, drainage,
floodplains, marshes and waterways;
The location of all existing and proposed buildings,
drives, parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage
facilities, utility services, landscaping, signs, lighting, screening
devices and structures; and
Any other information that may be reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination concerning the
adequacy of the plan in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
The examination of the specific development plans for a lot
or tract of land. Whenever the term "site plan approval" is used in
this chapter, it shall be understood to mean a requirement that the
site plan be reviewed and approved by the Board in accordance with
the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
A wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine,
a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, which has
a rated capacity consistent with applicable provisions of the State
Uniform Construction Code promulgated pursuant to the "State Uniform
Construction Code Act," P.L. 1975, c. 217 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et
seq.), and technical bulletins issued pursuant to Section 2 of P.L.
2009, c. 244 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.13), and which will be used primarily
for on-site consumption.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
A system that utilizes solar panels, as defined herein, to
convert solar energy to electricity in order to satisfy all or a portion
of the energy requirements associated with a dwelling or nonresidential
structure and/or to generate electricity for use in the regional high-voltage
electrical grid. The conversion may be accomplished by solar radiation
absorbed by a medium (such as solar panels, as defined herein) and
distributed to a point of use. The system shall include the solar
panels and all associated equipment, including any base, foundation,
structural support, wiring, piping, batteries or other components
necessary to fully utilize the system. An auxiliary energy system
may be employed to supplement the output provided by the solar energy
system and to provide for the total energy demand should the solar
energy system become inoperable.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
The area contained within an elevated panel or plate, or
a canopy or array thereof, that captures and converts solar radiation
to produce power, and includes flat plate, focusing solar collectors,
or photovoltaic solar cells and excludes the base or foundation of
the panel, plate, canopy, or array. The total solar panel area, along
with the nonpervious surface area of any appurtenant facilities, shall
be used for the purpose of calculating building-structure coverage,
and the installation shall not result in a coverage percentage which
exceeds the maximum percentage permitted for the district in which
they are located.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
A structure containing one or more receptive cells, the purpose
of which is to convert solar energy into usable electrical energy
by way of a solar system. This term includes all components necessary
to generate, store, transport and/or transfer energy.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
The keeping of horses or other animals for hire or instructional
purposes.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there
be no floor above it, then the surface between the floor and the ceiling
next above it. For the purpose of this chapter, the interior of the
roof shall not be considered a ceiling; rather, the underside of the
highest horizontal surface separating the area above from the remainder
of the structure below shall be considered the ceiling. Moreover,
cellars and basements ordinarily shall not be considered stories when
considering the height of a building; provided, however, that finished
basements in nonresidential buildings shall be considered a story
for purposes of height, floor area and parking computations in accordance
with the requirements of this chapter. Finally, a half story is the
area under a pitched roof at the top of a building, the floor of which
is at least four feet but no more than six feet, below the plate;
and such half story shall not be used for nonresidential uses.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway
or which is shown on a plat heretofore approved, pursuant to law,
whether publicly or privately owned, or which is approved by N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq. or which is shown on a plat duly filed in the office
of the county recording officer prior to the 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, shoulder, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas
and other areas within the street line. For purposes of the paving
design and setback requirements of this chapter for and related to
streets, all private roads shall be considered streets.
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever
may result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the adopted Master
Plan or Official Map and/or by the applicable requirements of this
chapter, forming the dividing line between the street and a lot.
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy,
use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface
of a parcel of land (e.g., fences, swimming pools, signs, tennis courts,
walls, buildings, etc.).
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale or
development. The term subdivision also shall include the term "resubdivision."
However, the following shall not be considered subdivisions within
the meaning of this chapter if no new streets are created:
Divisions of land found by the Planning Board
to be for agricultural purposes when all resulting parcels are five
acres or larger in size;
Divisions of property by testamentary or intestate
provisions, provided that the division is in conformity with the applicable
requirements of this chapter;
Divisions of property upon court order, including
but not limited to judgments of foreclosure;
Consolidation of existing lots by deed or other
recorded instrument; and
The conveyance of one or more adjoining lots,
tracts or parcels of land, owned by the same person or persons, and
all of which are found and certified by the administrative officer
to conform to all requirements of the Township of Pilesgrove land
development regulations and which are shown and designated as separate
lots, tracts or parcels on the tax map or atlas of the Township of
Pilesgrove.
A committee consisting of three members of the Planning Board
appointed by the Chairman shall review and consider minor site plan
and subdivisions as permitted by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46.1 and 40:55D-47.
Throughout this chapter when the Subdivision Committee is permitted
to act, all references to the Planning Board shall be deemed to include
the Subdivision Committee.
[Added 10-14-2008 by Ord. No. 08-10]
The examination of the specific subdivision plat for a lot
or tract of land. Wherever the term "subdivision approval" is used
in this chapter, it shall be understood to mean a requirement that
the subdivision plat be reviewed and approved by the Board in accordance
with the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
A facility constructed above or below the ground, having
a depth of more than two feet and/or water surface of 100 square feet
or more, and designed and maintained for swimming purposes.
A facility especially adapted to the viewing of demonstrations
or events, such as motion picture shows and dramatic, operatic or
spectacular presentations, ordinarily arranged with seats that rise
as they recede from a platform or stage. Specifically included within
said definition are movie theaters, amphitheaters, arenas and stadiums.
[Added 5-12-1995 by Ord. No. 95-3]
A monopole, freestanding, or guyed structure that supports
a wind generator. This definition shall also include meteorological
("met") towers.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
Township of Pilesgrove, Salem County, New Jersey.
An area of land composed of one or more lots adjacent to
one another, having sufficient dimensions and area to make one parcel
of land meeting the requirements of this chapter for the use(s) intended.
The original land area may be divided by one existing public street
and still be considered one tract, provided that a linear distance
equal to more than 75% of the frontage of the side of the street having
the larger street frontage lies opposite an equivalent linear distance
of street frontage on the other side of the street.
Wheeled vehicles not used for purposes of day-to-day habitation
but designed and constructed for travel and recreational purposes,
to be installed on a nonpermanent foundation if installation is required,
and which may be entirely enclosed or partially enclosed with canvas
or other material and which are used for temporary sleeping and other
human occupancy during the course of activities known as "camping"
or "caravanning."
The place for the break of bulk or storage and transfer of
cargo from and to trucks of one or more companies which may include
vehicle and ancillary storage and vehicle repair shops as well as
associated dispatch and general offices.
[Added 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 6007]
A place for the transient stopping, parking, fueling and
repair of commercial trucks and the resting, including eating, sleeping
and recreation of the truck drivers, which place may also serve the
general public and their vehicles.
[Added 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 6007]
The place for the basing, storage, repair and maintenance
of trucks of one company where drivers for that company would begin
or terminate commercial delivery trips and includes associated trucking
company offices and ancillary storage of repair or equipment associated
with the trucking operation.
[Added 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 6007]
Those services customarily rendered by corporations or the
municipality, under the review of the Public Utilities Commission,
for public service, such as electricity, gas, telephone, water and
sewerage, including the appurtenances used in connection with the
supplying of such services.
A departure from the terms of this chapter authorized by
the appropriate municipal agency in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.
A compact type of small energy wind system that can be mounted
on buildings, telecommunication towers and poles and produces energy
using vertical wind turbine technology in low wind speeds, is capable
of working in heavy storms, is viewed by animals as a solid object,
thus is bat and bird friendly, and operates at low noise levels.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials,
which may include terminal facilities for handling freight and related
maintenance facilities.
Any area of land either naturally formed or artificially
designed for the storage, passage, retention or flow of water, including
but not limited to the following: lake, pond, stream, canal, ditch
or swale.
A system that utilizes a wind turbine, as defined herein,
to convert wind energy to electricity, which has a rated capacity
consistent with applicable construction codes and is used to satisfy
all or a portion of the energy requirements associated with a dwelling
or nonresidential structure and/or to generate electricity for use
in the regional high-voltage electrical grid. The system shall include
the wind turbine and all associated equipment, including any base,
blade, foundation, rotor, tower, piping, transformer, vane, wiring,
inverter, batteries or other components necessary to fully utilize
the system, to include facilitating the storage and transfer of energy.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
Equipment that converts energy from the wind into electricity.
This term includes the rotor, blades and associated mechanical and
electrical conversion components necessary to generate, store and/or
transfer energy and which is mounted on top of a tower structure.
[Added 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-06]
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the street line and the closest point of any building
on the lot.
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the rear lot line and the closest point of the principal
building on the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured
horizontally and at right angles to either a straight rear lot line
or the tangent of curved rear lot lines.
The sale of used or unwanted household possessions by a homeowner
or nonprofit institution in accordance with the provisions specified
in this chapter. The definition of a yard sale also includes a tag
sale or garage sale for the purposes of this chapter.
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard
and lying between each side lot line and the closest point of the
principal building on the lot. The width of the required side yard
shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight
line or the tangent lines of curved side lot lines.
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Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 30:4-23 was repealed
by L. 1987, c. 116. See now N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.2.
