As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY USE or ACCESSORY
A use which is incidental or subordinate to, customarily
found in connection with and, except in the case of parking spaces
or loading berths, located on the same lot as, the principal use to
which it is related.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Zoning Officer for any application before the Planning
Board or Board of Adjustment.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
ANTENNA
The arrangement of wires or metal rods used in the sending
and receiving of electromagnetic waves.
ANTENNA HEIGHT
The overall vertical length of the antenna, including all antenna support structure and materials above grade, or, if such system is located on a building, then the overall vertical shall be subject to §
416-12B.
[Added 4-6-1987 by Ord. No. 925]
ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Any structure, mast, pole, tripod or tower, including all
bracing and other support structures or materials utilized for the
purpose of supporting an antenna for the purpose of transmission or
reception of electromagnetic waves by federally licensed amateur radio
or citizen band radio operators.
APPLICANT
The developer, or his agent or representative, submitting
an application for development.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned
development, conditional use, zoning variance or direction of the
issuance of a permit pursuant to law.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Planning Board and/or the Zoning Board of Adjustment
of the Borough of River Edge, unless a different agency is designated
by ordinance.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
AREA
The surface of a lot, building or structure measured on a
horizontal plane.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building or structure which is partly below
and partly above grade and having at least 1/2 its height above grade.
BILLBOARD
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service, entertainment or attraction conducted, sold or offered elsewhere
than upon the lot on which such sign is located.
BOARD
The Planning Board of the Borough of River Edge or the Zoning
Board of Adjustment of the Borough of River Edge.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
BUILDABLE AREA
The portion of a lot remaining after the required yard and
setbacks and required planted areas and buffer zones have been provided.
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
BUILDING AREA
For purposes of determining building coverage, the area of
the building shall be the projected area on a horizontal plane of
the outer extremities of the structure, including by way of example
as part of the structure in determining said outer extremities, the
foundation, roofs, protruding floors, patios and any overhangs and
the floors of any structures not having a roof.
BUILDING PERMIT
A document signed by the administrative officer which is
required by ordinance as a condition precedent to the commencement
of a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
conversion or installation of a structure or building and which acknowledges
that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions
of the Borough of River Edge Zoning Ordinance or variance therefrom
duly authorized by the Board of Adjustment or governing body.
CELLAR
That portion of a building which is partly or completely
below grade and having at least one-half (1/2) its height below grade.
CIRCULATION
Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement
of people, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means as streets,
highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes and conduits,
and the handling of people and goods by such means as terminals, stations,
warehouses and other storage buildings or transshipment points.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
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 complementary structures and improvements as are necessary
and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of
the development.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
An application form and accompanying maps and documents as
required by ordinance. Additional information or revisions may be
required by the reviewing agency.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
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 the Zoning Ordinance, and upon issuance of an authorization
therefor by the approving authority.
[Amended 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL
The Construction Official shall serve as the chief administrator
of the enforcing agency. He shall establish the day-to-day operating
routines of the agency and shall coordinate the activities of the
subcode officials.
[Added 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]
COURT
Any area which is bounded by three or more attached building
walls.
DEVELOPER
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 person having
an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land in two or more parcels,
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure, or of
any mining, excavation or landfill, and any use or change in the use
of any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of
land, for which permission may be required pursuant to the Municipal
Land Use Law.
DISH
The parabolic reflector part of a satellite antenna, the
function of which is to focus and compress a satellite signal into
a focal point.
[Added 12-5-1988 by Ord. No. 971]
DISTRICT, ZONING
Any portion of land within the Borough of River Edge within
which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations
thereof apply under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Borough of River Edge.
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means, and includes 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 or prevention or alleviation
of flooding.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY
The land required for the installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage ditches, or required for drainage purposes along a natural
stream or watercourse or other body of water.
DWELLING
Any permanent building or portion thereof designed or used
exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more families.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A dwelling house designed to be used as a residence, and
used for a one-family residence. There shall be only one distinct
set of kitchen, dining room and living facilities.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A dwelling having two distinct sets of kitchen, dining room
and living facilities, and designed, planned and used by two families.
A two-family dwelling shall have separate entrance/exit doors to each
dwelling unit on the front or street side of the structure as well
as separate sanitary facilities for each dwelling unit.
DWELLING UNIT
One room or connecting rooms containing eating and/or cooking,
bathroom and sleeping facilities, constituting a separate and independent
unit of habitation for owner occupancy, rental or lease, on a weekly,
monthly or longer basis.
[Amended 10-5-1987 by Ord. No. 940]
ENLARGEMENT
An addition to the aggregate floor area or an increase in
the height of any existing building, or area of the lot covered by
any building or structure.
ERECT
To construct, make, build, alter, remodel, create, including
the moving, removing and assembling of any building or structure or
part thereof.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
ESSENTIAL SERVICE
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground,
surface or aerial gas, electrical, steam or water transmission systems,
including poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cable,
fire alarm boxes and devices, police call and information boxes and
devices, traffic signals, light stations, telephone lines, hydrants
and other similar equipment and accessories herewith, reasonably necessary
for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities or
municipal, state, county, regional or federal agencies or for the
public health, safety or general welfare.
EXISTING
Any building or structure or use that was in existence on
the effective date of this chapter.
EXPANSION
An increase in the amount of existing floor area used for
an existing use within an existing building or structure.
FAMILY
A group of persons living together as a single, nonprofit
housekeeping unit. This definition shall not include any society,
club, fraternity, sorority, association, lodge, commune organization
or similar group. A single bona fide housekeeping unit is constituted
by a group of persons having a relationship for the purpose of maintaining
a common household family relationship on a permanent basis, or for
an indefinite period of time. There shall be a presumption that a
collective group of persons related by kinship, adoption, blood or
marriage, living together in a dwelling unit, on a permanent basis
or for an indefinite period of time, including domestic servants,
does constitute a "family."
[Amended 10-5-1987 by Ord. No. 940]
FENCE
Any artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone,
wire, plastic, metal or any other manufactured material or combination
of these materials, erected for the enclosure of land, dividing one
piece from another.
FINAL APPROVAL
The official action of the approving authority taken on a
preliminary approved major subdivision or site plan after all conditions,
engineering plans and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled
and the required improvements have been installed or guaranties properly
posted for their completion, or approval conditioned upon the posting
of such guaranties.
FLOOR AREA
The sum of the horizontal areas devoted to a use, including
all sales, office, service and storage space, measured from the exterior
faces of exterior walls, the center line of party walls separating
two buildings or the center line of walls separating the uses. The
floor area devoted to a use shall normally include the entire floor
of each floor devoted to such use. In computing floor area per establishment,
when several uses share one floor, the publicly used spaces such as
halls, elevator shafts, stairwells and bathroom facilities shall be
considered as divided among several uses proportionate to the private
and separate spaces devoted to each use.
FLOOR AREA, BUILDING
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of the
building or buildings on a lot measured from the exterior faces of
exterior walls or from the center line of party walls separating two
buildings, excluding: roof areas, cellar and basement areas used only
for storage or the operation land maintenance of the building and
any and all parking structures or areas attached to, under or within
the building.
FLOOR AREA RATIO
The ratio computed by adding the floor area of each building
floor on or above grade and dividing the total by the total lot area.
The "floor area ratio" is not a substitute for yard coverage or height
regulations because it would allow low buildings with high coverage
or high buildings with low coverage in the absence of any other regulations.
GARAGE
A building designed and constructed to be a place for the
care and storage of motor vehicles.
GARDEN APARTMENT
One or more multiple-family buildings not exceeding 2 1/2
stories or 35 feet in height, containing off-street parking, outdoor
recreational facilities and as more fully required herein. Each dwelling
unit therein shall contain two separate direct means of access to
the outside.
GOVERNING BODY
The chief legislative body of the Borough of River Edge.
HEIGHT
The vertical distance from the average finished grades at
a point six feet perpendicular to each foundation corner and each
break in the foundation of the building and/or structure to the highest
point of the building, excluding chimneys, antennae and accessory
fixtures for convenience. All measurements for the purpose of height
shall be to the peak of the proposed roof. For any structure without
a roof, including radio and cellular towers, the height shall be measured
from the average grade plan along all sides of the structure which
grade shall be unchanged from the natural grade to the highest point
of the structure.
[Amended 8-6-2007 by Ord. No. 1573]
HISTORIC SITE
Any building, structure, area of property that is significant
in the history, architecture, archaeology or culture of the State
of New Jersey, its communities or the nation and has been so designated.
HOME OCCUPATION
An accessory use which is customarily carried on in a dwelling
unit; is carried on by an occupant of the dwelling unit; and is clearly
incidental or secondary to the residential use of the dwelling unit.
HOME PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
A use which is carried on in a dwelling unit by a resident
thereof. A "home professional office" shall include the office of
an architect, dentist, engineer, lawyer, minister, physician, surgeon
or similar learned profession. A home professional office shall not
include a real estate or insurance office or a studio where individual
dancing or music instruction is offered.
IMPROVED LOT COVERAGE
The percentage of lot area which is improved with principal
and accessory buildings, structures and uses, including but not limited
to driveways, parking areas, garages and other man-made improvements.
INTERESTED PARTY
In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, any citizen of
the State of New Jersey; and in the case of a civil proceeding in
any court or in an administrative proceeding before a municipal agency,
any person, whether residing within or without the Borough, whose
right to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected by any
action taken under this chapter, or whose rights to use, acquire or
enjoy property under this chapter or under other law of the state
or the United States have been denied, violated or infringed by an
action or a failure to act under this chapter.
LAND
Includes improvements and fixtures on, above or below the
surface.
LOT
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.
LOT AREA
The computed area contained within the lot lines.
LOT, CORNER
A parcel of land at the junction of and abutting on two or
more intersecting streets where the interior angle of intersection
does not exceed 135º. Any lot abutting a curved street shall
be considered a "corner lot" if the tangents to the curve at the points
of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersect
at an interior angle of less than 135º.
LOT COVERAGE
That portion of a lot which is occupied by buildings and
accessory structures but not including walkways, driveways, patios
and open parking areas.
LOT DEPTH
The minimum distance from the street line of a lot to the
rear lot line of such lot.
LOT, INTERIOR
Any lot which is not a corner lot or a through lot.
LOT LINE
Any boundary of a lot other than a street line.
LOT, REAR LINE
The lot line generally opposite to the street line. If the
"rear lot line" is less than 10 feet in length, or if the lot comes
to a point in the rear, the "rear lot line" shall be deemed to be
a line parallel to the street line not less than 10 feet long lying
farthest from the street line.
LOT, THROUGH
Any lot which extends from one street to another and is not
a corner lot.
LOT WIDTH
The distance between the side lines, measured parallel to
the front lot line at the required front yard setback line.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the Borough of River
Edge for the maintenance of any improvements required by the Municipal
Land Use Law, including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of
credit under the circumstances specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.3 and
cash.
MASTER PLAN
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of the Borough of River Edge as set forth in the Municipal
Land Use Law, as amended, and adopted by the Planning Board of the Borough of River
Edge.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot the area, dimension or location 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.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A 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.
NONCONFORMING USE
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.
OFFICE BUILDING
A building used primarily for business offices or where the
major use is business offices, as opposed to retail, industrial, residential
or storage.
OFFICIAL COUNTY MAP
The map, with changes and additions thereto, adopted and
established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders of Bergen County pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-5.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq.,
or any prior act authorizing such adoption. Such map shall be deemed
conclusive with respect to the location, width and extent of streets
and other areas shown thereon, as provided in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32.
OFF-SITE
Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but
within the property of which the lot is a part which is the subject
of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or
right-of-way.
OFF-TRACT
Not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
ON-SITE
Located on the lot in question.
ON-TRACT
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OPEN SPACE
Any parcel or area of land 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, street
and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to
be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
OWNER
Any individual, firm, company, organization, association,
syndicate, partnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary
interest in the land sought to be developed to commence and maintain
proceedings to develop the same under this chapter.
PARKING AREA
Land or any part of a building used for the parking of motor
vehicles.
PARKING SPACE
An off-street space, open or enclosed, and paved, which is
accessible and available at all hours when the building to which it
is serves is in use, for the parking of one-passenger vehicles.
PARTY IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED
For purposes of notice any applicant for development, the
owners of the subject property and all owners of property and governmental
agencies entitled to notice.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the municipality, including
but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances
specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.3 and cash.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation
or other legal entity and their agents, servants and employees.
PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous acreage as specified by ordinance
to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing
one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate
commercial uses and other uses incidental to the predominant use as
may be permitted by ordinance.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Includes planned unit development, planned unit residential
development, residential cluster, planned commercial development or
planned industrial development.
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous acreage as specified by ordinance
to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing
one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate
industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the predominant use
as may be permitted by ordinance.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous acreage of 10 acres or more
to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing
one or more residential clusters or planned unit residential developments
and one or more public, quasi-public, commercial or industrial areas
in such ranges of ratios of nonresidential use to residential uses
as shall be specified in this chapter.
PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of five
acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan
containing one or more residential clusters, which may include appropriate
commercial or public or quasi-public uses, all primarily for the benefit
of the residential development.
PLAT
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to this chapter
prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan
have been agreed upon by the approving agency and the applicant.
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
Architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory
stages of the design of a project illustrating in a schematic form,
its scope, scale and relationship to its site and immediate environs.
PUBLIC AREAS
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreation
areas; other public open spaces; scenic and historic sites; and sites
for schools and other public buildings and structures.
PUBLIC BUILDING
Any building owned or operated by the Borough of River Edge,
Bergen County, State of New Jersey or the United States, or any of
their duly authorized agencies or administrative units.
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
A master plan, capital improvement program or other proposal
for land development adopted by the appropriate public body, or any
amendment thereto.
PUBLIC DRAINAGEWAY
The land reserved or dedicated for the installation of stormwater
sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or
watercourse for preserving the biological as well as drainage function
of the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the
public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion and to assure
the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges, to induce
water recharge into the ground, where practical, and to lessen nonpoint
pollution.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of the time and place of a hearing or proceeding printed
in the official newspaper of the Borough of River Edge, at least 10
days prior to the time of such hearing or proceeding, unless otherwise
provided by law.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the
Borough of River Edge, Borough agencies, Board of Education, state
or county agency or other public body for recreational or conservation
uses.
QUORUM
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
An 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.
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area, including streets, easements and open space portions of
a development as may be specified by this chapter.
RESUBDIVISION
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 any streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but does not include conveyances so
as to combine existing lots by deed, or other instruments.
SATELLITE ANTENNA
Any apparatus, building or structure (with the exception
of conventional television antennas) which is designed for the purpose
of receiving television, radio, microwave, satellite or similar signals.
The terms "satellite antenna," "dish-type antenna," "satellite earth
station" and any other term used to refer to the type of antenna defined
herein shall be interpreted as being synonymous.
[Added 12-5-1988 by Ord. No. 971]
SCREENING [Added 12-5-1988 by Ord. No. 971]:
(1)
Plantings/landscaping and/or fencing placed
around the satellite antenna either in proximity to the satellite
antenna or the lot boundary lines, for the purpose of concealing the
satellite antenna from view of people on contiguous:
(a)
Residential properties, whether at ground or
at first floor elevation.
(2)
The screening shall be of sufficient height
and depth to conceal the satellite antenna from such view.
SEDIMENTATION
The deposition of soil that has been transported from its
site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means
as a product of erosion.
SIGN
Any building, structure or part thereof, or device attached
thereto or painted or represented thereon, which displays or includes
any letter, word, banner, model, flag, pennant, insignia, device or
representation used as or which is in the nature of an announcement,
direction or advertisement. For the purpose of this chapter, the word
"sign" does not include the flag, pennant or insignia of any nation,
group of nations, state, city or other political unit.
SIGN, AREA OF
The maximum projected area of the oblong parallelogram, or
other shape, which encloses the sign structure, device or representation.
For a freestanding or projected sign, all sides which are used as
a sign shall be included in the computation of the area of the sign.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
Any sign which is separate and apart from the building exceeding
two and one-half (2 1/2) feet in height from the ground to the
top of the sign.
SIGN, GROUND
Any sign which is separate and apart from the building and
not exceeding two and one-half (2 1/2) feet in height from the
ground to the top of the sign. Maximum faces permitted: two.
SIGN, PROFESSIONAL
Shall be limited to those professions as stated in this chapter
under "Home Professional Occupations" and may only be used to identify
actual office premises.
SIGN, TEMPORARY
All signs not of a permanent nature, either ground or freestanding,
and with a six-month expiration date or less, such as for sale, for
lease, for rent, construction signs, architect-engineer job signs,
real estate signs, advertising, promotional or premium signs.
SITE PLAN
A developed pan of one or more lots on which is shown the
existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including but not necessarily
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, structures and signs, lighting,
screening devices; and any other information that may be reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to the
Borough of River Edge Site Plan Review Ordinance.
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE
Standards adopted by ordinance regulating noise levels, glare,
earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or nuclear radiation,
noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and inflammable matters, smoke
and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening of unsightly objects
or conditions and such other similar matters as may be reasonably
required by the Borough of River Edge or required by applicable federal
or state laws or other laws.
STORY
That part of a building, exclusive of cellars but inclusive
of basements, contained between the level of one finished floor and
the level of the next higher finished floor; or, if there is no higher
finished floor, then that part of the building contained between the
level of the highest finished floor and the top of the roof beams.
STORY, HALF
Any space partially within the roof framing, where the clear
height of not more than 50% of such space between the top of the floor
beams and the structural ceiling level is seven feet six inches or
more.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway,
or which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law,
or which is approved by official action as provided pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1, or which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded 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, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines.
STREET LINE
The dividing line between a lot and a street. Where a proposed
street widening is shown on the Official Map, the "street line" shall
be the line of the proposed widening.
STRUCTURE
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.
SUBDIVISION
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 following shall not be considered subdivisions if
no new streets are created: divisions of land found by the Planning
Board or Subdivision Committee thereof appointed by the Chairman to
be for agricultural purposes where all resulting parcels are five
acres or larger in size, divisions of property by testamentary or
intestate provisions, divisions or 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 the requirements of the Borough
of River Edge development regulations and are shown and designated
as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the Tax Map or atlas of the
Borough. The term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision."
TENANT
The person or persons to whom a dwelling unit is leased or
rented. This term shall also include any person who pays the owner
of the dwelling unit, so as to be able to occupy the dwelling unit.
[Amended 10-5-1987 by Ord. No. 940]
TOWNHOUSE
A building or structure designed for or occupied by no more
than one family and attached to other similar buildings or structures
by not more than two party walls extending from the foundation to
the roof and providing two direct means of access from the outside.
Furthermore, each such dwelling unit shall be provided with cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities for the use of each family of the
townhouse. For purposes of this chapter, a "townhouse" may include
a building or structure in a fee simple, condominium, cooperative
or leasehold ownership or any combination thereof.
TRAILER
Any vehicle mounted on wheels or on a truck body or chassis,
movable either by its own power or by being drawn by another vehicle,
which is initially designed or converted to be used for living or
sleeping quarters, including mobile homes. The term "trailer" shall
include such vehicles if mounted on temporary or permanent foundations
with the wheels removed.
TRANSCRIPT
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or
reproduction thereof.
USE
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed,
arranged or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of the
Borough of River Edge Zoning Ordinance, as amended, according to the
procedures of the Zoning Ordinance, or applicable laws of the State
of New Jersey.
YARD
An open space which lies between the principal or accessory
building or buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and
unobstructed from the ground upward except as herein permitted.
YARD, FRONT
An open unoccupied space extending the full width of the
lot between a principal building and the front lot line, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specified
elsewhere in this chapter. The depth of the front yard shall be measured
parallel to and at right angles to the front lot line.
YARD, REAR
An open unoccupied space extending across the full width
of the lot and lying between the rear line of the lot and the nearest
line of the principal building. The depth of the rear yard shall be
measured parallel to the rear property line.
YARD, SIDE
An open unoccupied space between the side line of the lot
and the nearest line of the principal building and extending from
the front to the rear yard. The width of the side yard shall be measured
parallel to the side line of the lot.
ZONING BOARD
The Board of Adjustment as continued under the Zoning Ordinance
of the Borough of River Edge.
ZONING MAP
The Zoning Map of the Borough of River Edge, New Jersey,
dated December 22, 1986, together with all amendments subsequently
adopted.
ZONING OFFICER
Examines the plans and application for proposed developments
for compliance with federal, state, county and local zoning laws,
ordinances, rules and regulations. Conducts field inspections in order
to ensure compliance with zoning regulations, applicable rules and
initiates appropriate enforcement actions against violators and does
related work as required.
[Added 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 1220]