This Part 1 shall be known and cited and referred
to as the "River Vale Land Use Ordinance."
A.
General terms. For the purposes of this Part 1, unless
the context clearly requires a different meaning, the following general
terms shall be construed as follows:
(1)
The term "shall" has a mandatory connotation and the
term "may" has a discretionary and permissive connotation.
(2)
A term in the singular number includes the plural,
and vice versa.
(3)
A term in the present, past or future tense includes
either of the other two tenses.
(4)
The verb "use" includes the phrase "or designed, intended
or arranged to be used."
(5)
The noun "use" shall include the actual or intended
occupancy or other employment of land or of a structure.
(6)
The term "person" shall include an individual, firm,
joint venture, association, partnership, syndicate, limited partnership,
corporation, trust and any other form of business organization.
B.
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
ADULT DAY CARE
ADULT RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
AGE-RESTRICTED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT
ALTERATION
APPLICANT
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE
BASEMENT
BUILDING
BUILDING AREA
BUILDING COVERAGE
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING INSPECTOR
BUILDING LINE
CATERING ESTABLISHMENT
CELLAR
CERTIFICATE AS TO APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISION OF LAND
(1)
(2)
(3)
COAH
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE FOR PERSONS WITH HEAD INJURIES
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
COMMUNITY SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CONDITIONAL USE
CONGREGATE CARE APARTMENT HOUSING
CONTINUING CARE
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
CORNER LOT
CURB LEVEL
DAYS
DECK
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT FEES
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGEWAY
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
DWELLING UNIT
EQUALIZED ASSESSED VALUE
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
FAMILY
FINAL APPROVAL
FINAL PLAT
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, PUBLIC
GRADE, FINISHED
GROSS FLOOR AREA TOTAL
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
HOME PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE
INDEPENDENT LIVING
INTERESTED PARTY
(1)
(2)
JOINT PLANNING BOARD
JUDGMENT OF REPOSE
LOADING SPACE
LONG-TERM CARE/NURSING HOME
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT DEPTH
LOT FRONTAGE
LOT LINE, FRONT
LOT LINE, REAR
LOT LINE, SIDE
LOT TYPES
(1)
(2)
(3)
LOT WIDTH
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
MASTER PLAN
MINOR SUBDIVISION
MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE STATION
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
(m)
(2)
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE OR USE
NURSING, REST OR CONVALESCENT HOME
OFFICIAL MAP
OFF SITE
OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE
OFF TRACT
ON SITE
ON TRACT
OPEN SPACE
OWNER
PARKING SPACE
PARTY IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
PERMIT, BUILDING
PERMIT, CERTIFICATE OF USE AND OCCUPANCY
PERMIT, SPECIAL EXCEPTION
PLAN
PLAT
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
PRELIMINARY PLAT
PRIMARY USE
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
PUBLIC UTILITY
QUADPLEX
QUORUM
RECREATION VEHICLE
RESIDENTIAL/GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT
RESTAURANT
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
RETAINING WALL
SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS
SCHOOL, TRADE OR VOCATIONAL
SETBACK, FRONT
SETBACK, REAR
SETBACK, SIDE
SIGN
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
SIGN, AREA OF
SITE PLAN
(1)
(2)
(3)
STORY
STREET
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
STREET LINE
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
SUBSTANTIVE CERTIFICATION
SWIMMING POOL
TOWNHOUSE
USE
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
Specific terms. The specific terms hereinafter set
forth shall have the following meanings:
A use or building customarily subordinate and incidental
to the primary use or building on the same lot.
The person with whom applications for development are filed
pursuant to this Part 1. The administrative officer for the Joint
Planning Board shall be the Clerk to the Joint Planning Board.
A program offering health and/or social services designed
to enhance the daily lives of the program's participants. The facilities
provide organized group activities designed to strengthen the participant's
involvement in the community.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
A planned development for individuals over the age of 55
that does not provide health care to the residents.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
A multifamily residential development intended and specifically
designed to provide well-constructed and adequate housing for persons
62 years of age or older. Each dwelling unit shall consist of complete
living accommodations, including cooking facilities, sleeping accommodations
and individual bathroom facilities. The age-restricted multifamily
development contains dwelling units that are designated for permanent
occupancy by households composed of at least one permanent resident,
who is a head of the household and has attained an age of 62 years.
Occupancy and use are confined accordingly and consistent with all
federal and state standards, laws, rules and regulations.
[Added 5-23-2011 by Ord. No. 249-2011]
As applied to a building or a structure, a change or rearrangement
of structural parts or existing facilities or any enlargement or relocation,
whether by extension of a front, rear or side or by increasing in
height or in depth or by moving from one location or position to another.
A developer submitting an application for development.
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, conditional
use, zoning variance or direction for the issuance of a permit for
construction within the bed of a mapped street or for construction
of a structure not having access or not related to a street.
A facility licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health
to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining to four or
more individuals unrelated to the proprietor. Each unit shall, at
a minimum, provide one furnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette
and a lockable door on the entrance to each unit.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
That portion of a building that is partly underground that
has more than 1/2 its interior height, measured from floor to bottom
of floor joists, above the average finished grade of the ground adjoining
the building.
Any structure having a roof supported by arches, columns,
piers or walls, including air-supported structures. This term shall
not include recreation vehicles.
[Amended 12-22-1997 by Ord. No. 0-23-97]
The maximum horizontal projected area of the building and
its accessories. Roofed-over porches or similar extensions of a building
shall be considered parts of the building. Any eave or similar projection
in excess of four inches shall be considered as part of the building
for the computation of side yards and land coverage.
That percentage of the lot area covered by buildings.
The total vertical dimension from the corner point of the
curbline to the highest point of the building, excluding chimneys,
antennas, mechanical equipment and parapet walls not exceeding four
feet in height. For corner properties, the lower elevation curb center
point shall govern. For sites whose existing (preconstruction) grade
at the building footprint is lower than the governing curbline elevation,
the former shall replace the latter in the calculation. Building height
shall be measured from the average elevation of the existing grade
measured at ten-foot intervals around the outer perimeter of the proposed
building footprint, beginning at the low point.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
The person or persons duly appointed to discharge the duties
and functions of the office of the Building Inspector for the Township
of River Vale.
A line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane at
average grade level and a vertical plane that coincides with the exterior
surface of the building on any side. In the case of a cantilevered
or projected section of a building, the vertical plane will coincide
with the most projected surface.
An establishment that provides food prepared and served in
a formal setting for special occasions, such as weddings, family reunions,
corporate award ceremonies, charitable benefits and other special
events and celebrations.
[Added 11-27-2017 by Ord.
No. 328-2017]
The portion of a building that is partly or completely underground
that has more than 1/2 its interior height, measured from floor to
finished ceiling, below the average finished grade of the ground adjoining
the building.
A certificate issued by the proper of the Township certifying:
That there is in the Township a duly established
Joint Planning Board.
That there is in the Township an ordinance controlling
the subdivision of land.
Whether a subdivision has been approved by the
Joint Planning Board for the land designated in the application for
such certificate and, if so, the date of such approval and any extensions
and terms thereof.
The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.
[Added 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 0-18-93]
A community residential facility licensed pursuant to 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 persons with head
injuries, 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, supervised apartment living arrangements
and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered a health care
facility within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq. "Person with
head injury" means a person who has sustained an injury, illness or
traumatic change to the skull, the brain contents or its coverings
which results in a temporary or permanent physiological decrease of
mental, cognitive, behavioral, social or physical functioning which
causes partial or total disability.
A community residential facility licensed pursuant to 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 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 affiliation
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 N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2, and "mentally
ill person" means a person who is afflicted with a mental disease
as defined in N.J.S.A. 30:4-23, but shall not include a person who
has been committed after having been found not guilty of a criminal
offense by reason of insanity or having been found unfit to be tried
on a criminal charge.
[Added 11-25-1997 by Ord. No. 0-22-97]
A shelter approved for a purchase of service contract and
certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by regulation
of the Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:14-1 et
seq., 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.
[Added 11-25-1997 by Ord. No. 0-22-97]
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 contained in Part 9, Zoning, and upon the issuance of an authorization
therefor by the Joint Planning Board.
Multiunit housing developments for semi-independent individuals
that contains community social and dining facilities. Each unit shall,
at a minimum, provide a living room/bedroom, private bathroom and
kitchenette. The residents shall be provided at least one hot meal
per day, limited housekeeping services and transportation.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
The provision of lodging, nursing, medical or health-related
services at the same or another location to an individual pursuant
to an agreement for the life of the individual or for a period greater
that one year, including mutually terminable contracts, and in consideration
of an entrance fee with or without periodic charges.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
A facility providing lodging, nursing, medical and/or other
health-related services to people of retirement age. The facility
shall be required to maintain a certificate of authority pursuant
to the Continuing Care Retirement Community Regulation and Financial
Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27-330 et seq.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
A lot that borders two streets or a lot located on a curved
street if the curve constituting the front lot line shall be convex
having a change of direction of more than 45°. A corner lot bordering
two streets shall have two front yards for measurement purposes.
[Added 7-24-2003 by Ord. No. 0-7-03R]
The existing grade of the street in front of the midpoint
of the lot. Where a lot level is higher than the curb level, the average
elevation of the former along the building line may be taken as a
base for measuring the height of a building. Where a lot fronts on
two or more streets of different levels, the curb level of the higher
street may be taken as the base for measuring the height of a building,
to a distance of 100 feet back from the street with the higher curb
level.
Calendar days.
An exterior system supported on a least two opposing sides
by an adjoining structure and/or posts, piers or other independent
supports.
[Added 7-24-2003 by Ord. No. 0-7-03R]
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 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 this Part 1.
Money paid by an individual, person, partnership, association,
company or corporation for the improvement of property as permitted
by COAH regulations.
[Added 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 0-18-93]
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means, and includes control of runoff to
minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after construction or
development and the means necessary for water supply preservation
or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers
or drainage ditches or required along a natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein
to safeguard the public against flood damage in accordance with N.J.S.A.
58:1A-1 et seq.
A building designed or occupied as three or more dwelling
units for three or more families living independently of each other.
A detached building designed for and occupied as a single
dwelling unit for one family.
A detached building designed or occupied as two dwelling
units for two families living independently of each other.
One or more rooms constituting the common cooking, eating,
sleeping, sanitary and living facilities for one family.
The value of a property determined by the Municipal Tax Assessor
through a process designed to ensure that all property in the municipality
is assessed at the same assessment ratio or ratios required by law.
Estimates at the time of building permit may be obtained by the Tax
Assessor utilizing estimates for construction cost. Final equalized
assessed value will be determined at project completion by the Municipal
Tax Assessor.
[Added 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 0-18-93]
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by
public utilities or by municipal or other governmental agencies, of
underground or overhead gas, electric, electronic, steam, water or
sewage transmission or distribution systems, including buildings,
poles, wires, antennas, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables,
fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and
other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith, reasonably
necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities
or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health
or safety or general welfare.
Any number of individuals living privately together as a
single housekeeping unit and using certain rooms and cooking facilities
in common. However, in the event of guests, it shall not include more
than two paying guests.
The official action of the Joint Planning Board taken on
a preliminarily 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.
The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Joint Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with these regulations and meeting the requirements of this Part 1
and which, if approved, shall be filed with the proper county recording
officer.
A building or space accessory to a residence, designed or
used for the storage of motor vehicles and in which no occupation,
business or service is conducted for profit.
A building or part thereof, other than a private garage,
used for the storage, care or repair of motor vehicles for profit,
including any sale of motor vehicles, fuels or accessories or the
keeping of such vehicles for hire.
The completed surfaces of lawns, landscaped areas, driveways,
walks and roads.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of every floor of a
building, measured from the inside face of exterior walls or from
the center line of party or common walls, including:
Basement space.
Attic space, whether or not a floor has been
laid, over which there is structural headroom of 7 1/2 feet or
more.
Floor space used for mechanical equipment, with
structural headroom of 7 1/2 feet or more.
Elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor.
Roofed porches, breezeways, interior balconies
and mezzanines and penthouses.
The office, studio or occupational room of a physician, surgeon,
dentist, lawyer, artist, architect, engineer, musician, accountant
or real estate and/or insurance broker or agent residing on the premises
when:
Such use is conducted entirely within a dwelling
which is the bona fide residence of the principal practitioner.
Not more than three employees or assistants
are engaged on the premises by the principal practitioner.
Such use does not occupy more than 35% of the
gross floor area of the dwelling.
There is no sale or display of goods or advertising
other than an identification sign not to exceed 10 inches in height
or 18 inches in length.
Any area of the lot improved with principal and accessory
buildings, structures and uses, cement, concrete, asphalt, macadam
or other artificial structure or substance, and includes rock, wood
and other natural substances and any material which reduces or prevents
absorption of stormwater into land and which reduces percolation to
a rate slower than 120 minutes per inch. This phrase also includes
any overhanging portion of the roof or similar building component;
however, does not include swimming pools, lights or trees.
[Added 7-24-2003 by Ord. No. 0-7-03R]
A living unit chosen by the resident for his/her exclusive
use in which the resident can function independently.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding:
any citizen of the State of New Jersey.
In an administrative proceeding before a municipal
agency: any person, whether residing within or without the municipality,
whose right to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected
by any action taken under this Part 1 or whose right to use, acquire
or enjoy property under this Part 1 or under any law of this state
or of the United States has been denied, violated or infringed upon
by an action or a failure to act hereunder.
The Joint Planning Board of the Township of River Vale.
A judgment issued by the Superior Court approving a municipality's
plan to satisfy its fair share obligation.
[Added 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 0-18-93]
Any off-street space available for the loading or unloading
of goods and having direct usable access to the street or alley.
A facility providing for a resident who can no longer function
independently and requires constant supervision and/or medical assistance
for compensation.
[Added 2-28-2002 by Ord. No. 0-1-02]
A parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels
or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record of survey
map or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale, lease or separate
use.
The area of a lot expressed in square feet or acres. Any
portion of a lot included in a street shall not be included in calculating
lot area. However, any portion of a lot or lots dedicated to the Township
for other public use shall not be deducted from the calculation of
the lot area.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
The portion nearest the street for the purpose of determining
yard requirement. On corner lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to the
street shall be considered frontage.
[Amended 7-24-2003 by Ord. No. 0-7-03R]
The line of a street on which a lot fronts or abuts the street
line. In the case of a through lot, the longest lot line abutting
a street will be considered the front lot line.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
Any lot line that is not considered a front lot line or a
side lot line.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
The lot boundary line that connects a front lot line with
a rear lot line. A lot may only have two side lot lines.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
CORNER LOTA lot located at the junction of two or more intersecting streets, or a lot located on one curved street if the curve constituting the front lot line shall be a convex curve having a change of direction of more than 45°.
INTERIOR LOTA lot other than a corner lot, with only one front lot line.
THROUGH LOTA lot other than a corner lot with more than one front lot line.
The distance between the side lot lines, measured at right
angles to the axis of the lot across the rear of the required front
yard.
[Amended 12-28-1989 by Ord. No. 0-16-89]
Any security which may be accepted by the Township for the maintenance of improvements required by this Part 1, including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances specified in Section 16, P.L. 1991, c. 256 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5) and cash.
[Amended 4-22-1993 by Ord. No. 0-1-93]
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the Township which shall have been duly
adopted by the Joint Planning Board.
Any subdivision containing not more than three lots having
a depth of not more than 200 feet, fronting on an existing improved
street, not involving any new street or road or the extension of public
facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder
of the parcel or adjoining property, and not in conflict with any
provision or portion of the Master Plan; Official Map, Part 9, Zoning,
or this Part 8. Conflicts with the provisions or portions of the Master
Plan, Official Map, or Zoning Ordinance may be determined through
submission of a sketch plat of the proposed development or lot layout
to the reviewing land use board for review.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
A building and premises designed or used primarily
for the sale at retail of gasoline, oil, grease, tires, batteries
or accessories, together with the furnishing of some or all of the
following services and no others:
The sale and servicing of spark plugs, batteries
and distributors and distributor parts.
Tire servicing and repair, but not recapping
or regrooving.
Replacement or mufflers and tail pipes, water
hoses, fan belts, brake fluid, light bulbs, fuses, floor mats, seat
covers, windshield wipers and wiper blades, grease retainers, wheel
bearings, mirrors and the like.
Radiator cleaning and flushing.
Washing, polishing (but not as a primary service
as in the case of an auto laundry or car wash) and sale of automotive
washing and polishing materials.
Greasing and lubrication.
Providing and repairing fuel pumps, oil pumps
and lines.
Minor servicing and repair of carburetors.
Emergency wiring repairs.
Adjusting and repairing brakes.
Minor motor adjustments not involving the removal
of the head or crankcase or racing the motor.
The sale of cold drinks, packaged foods, tobacco
and similar convenience goods for service filling station customers,
as accessory and incidental to principal operation.
Provision of road maps and other informational
material to customers and provision of rest room facilities to be
installed and maintained in accordance with Board of Health regulations.
Uses permissible at a service filling station
do not include major mechanical and body work; straightening of body
parts; painting; welding; storage of automobiles not in operating
condition; renting of automobiles, trucks or trailers; or other work
involving noise, glare, fumes, smoke or other characteristics to an
extent greater than normally found in service filling stations. A
service filling station is not a repair garage nor a body shop.
Any structure, activity or use that does not conform to regulations
of this Part 1 for the district in which it is located but that was
lawfully in existence before the effective date of this Part 1 or
that exists by virtue of a duly granted variance.
A home for aged, chronically ill or incurable persons, where
persons are housed or lodged and furnished with board and nursing
care for compensation.
A map adopted in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law,
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. Such a 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.
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.
An area provided for the loading or unloading of trucks,
being not less than 12 feet wide and 25 feet long, exclusive of maneuvering
space or access drives thereto.
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.
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 area of land or water essentially unimproved
and approved by the Township to be 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 and off-street parking and other
improvements that are designed to be incidental to the natural openness
of the land. It may include common recreation areas, fields, woodland
areas, parks, playgrounds, golf courses, tennis, squash and similar
courts, skiing and skating facilities, nature trails, lakes and swimming
pools, and other similar open space, including walkways and sidewalks.
[Added 5-23-2011 by Ord. No. 249-2011]
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
sought to be developed to commence and maintain proceedings to develop
the same under this Part 1.
An off-street space available for the parking of a motor
vehicle, provided that such space shall have a minimum width of nine
feet and a minimum depth of 19 feet, exclusive of maneuvering areas,
passageways, driveways and loading spaces appurtenant thereto.
Any applicant for development, the owners of the subject
property and all owners of property and government agencies entitled
to notice under this Part 1.
Any security which may be accepted by the Township, including
but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances
specified in Section 16, P.L. 1991, c. 256 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5)
and cash.
[Amended 4-22-1993 by Ord. No. 0-1-93]
A certificate issued by the Building Inspector for the construction,
reconstruction, remodeling, alteration or repair of a building upon
approval of the submitted application and plans.
A certificate issued by the Building Inspector upon completion
of the construction of a new building or addition or upon a change
in the occupancy of a building, other than a dwelling unit as defined
in this Part 1, which certifies that all requirements of this Part
1, or such adjustments therefrom which have been granted by the Joint
Planning Board, have been met and that the purpose for which a building
or land is to be used is in conformance with the uses permitted and
all other requirements under this Part 1 for the zone in which it
is located or is to be located.
A certificate issued by the Building Inspector for the conduct
of a special use which states that the requirement governing special
uses in this Part 1 and all other applicable requirements have been
complied with as certified by the Joint Planning Board.
The written and graphic provisions for development of a development,
including a plat of a subdivision; all covenants relating to use,
location and bulk of buildings and other structures; intensity of
use or density of development; public and private streets, ways and
parking facilities; common open space; and public facilities. The
phrase "provisions of the plan," when used in this section, shall
mean the written and graphic materials referred to in this definition,
the developer’s agreement, the minutes and resolutions of the
Joint Planning Board, the application and the plan itself.
[Added 5-23-2011 by Ord. No. 249-2011]
The map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
Rights conferred pursuant to law and this Part 1 prior to
final approval after specific elements of a development plan have
been agreed upon by the Joint Planning Board and applicant.
The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the
subdivision, which is submitted to the Secretary of the Joint Planning
Board for its consideration and tentative approval and meeting the
requirements of this Part 1.
A principal use permitted in the district.
A building that is used or designed to be used for the primary
use of the lot on which said building is situated.
As herein used, this term shall have the meaning set forth
in N.J.S.A. 48:2-13.
Four attached dwellings in one building in which each unit
has at least three outside exposures, shares common walls with an
adjoining unit and is either above or below another unit.
[Added 4-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 332-2018]
The majority of the full authorized membership of the Joint
Planning Board or the Township Council.
A self-propelled or towed vehicle equipped to serve as temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping or travel purposes and is
used solely as a family or personal conveyance.
[Added 12-22-1997 by Ord. No. 0-23-97]
A development that includes both attached residential housing and an eighteen-hole regulation golf course. The residential/golf course development must contain both the attached housing and the eighteen-hole regulation golf course. Standards for residential/golf course development as contained in § 142-224A(1) must be met.
[Added 4-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 332-2018]
Any establishment, however designated, at which food and
beverages are sold for consumption within the principal structure
and in which all service and consumption take place within an enclosed
building. A snack bar or refreshment stand accessory to a public,
semipublic or private swimming pool, playground, playfield, park or
like recreational facility is not included within the meaning of the
term "restaurant" if such bar or stand is operated by or with the
approval of the agency operating the recreational facility and is
primarily for the convenience of patrons of the facility.
An establishment where patrons are served food, soft drinks,
ice cream and similar confections primarily for consumption on the
premises but other than in the principal structure.
A structure designed for the separation of varying ground
levels.
A training institution operated on a profit or nonprofit
basis, offering instruction in stenographic, secretarial, accounting,
data processing and related skills associated with the conduct of
a commercial business or administrative office.
A training institution operated on a profit or nonprofit
basis, offering instruction and/or experience training to students,
journeymen, apprentices or comparable categories of persons in the
operation of industrial, construction or electronics machinery or
equipment, construction, trades or similar skills.
The distance in feet from the street line to the nearest
portion of the principal building.
The distance in feet from the rear lot line to the nearest
portion of the principal building.
The distance in feet from the side lot line to the nearest
portion of the principal building.
Any device, whether or not permanent, mobile or portable,
structure or object that provides visual communication to others,
but not including:
Signs not exceeding one square foot in area
and bearing only property numbers, post box numbers, names of occupants
of premises or other identification of premises not having commercial
connotations.
Flags, signs and insignia of any government,
public, semipublic, civic, political, charitable or religious groups,
except when displayed in connection with any commercial promotion.
Legal notices and identification, informational
or directional signs erected or required by governmental bodies.
Integral decorative or architectural features
of buildings, except letters, trademarks, moving parts or moving lights.
Signs directing and guiding traffic and parking
on private property, but bearing no advertising matter.
The area included within the frame or edge of the sign and
comprising all of the display surfaces of the sign. Where the sign
has no such frame or edge, the area shall be defined by an enclosed
four-sided (straight sides) geometric shape which most closely outlines
said sign.
A development plan 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
and screening devices.
Any other information required by this Part
1 that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed determination
pursuant to this Part 1.
That part of a building between a floor and the floor above
or, in its absence, the ceiling or roof above. A story extending less
than three feet above the building line shall not be counted in determining
the number of stories. A story, the floor of which is below the building
line and which extends to more than three feet above the building
line shall be counted as that fraction of a story that the section
above the building line bears to the height of the entire story. Any
story under a pitched roof at the top of a building, the floor of
which is not more than two feet below the plate, shall be counted
as a half-story when not more than 60% of the floor area is used for
rooms; otherwise, it shall be counted as that fraction of a story
which its floor area in rooms bears to the entire floor area of that
floor.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct,
alley or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal
roadway; or a street or way shown upon a plat heretofore approved
pursuant to law or approved by official action; or a street or way
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, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas
within the street lines. For the purpose of this Part 1, "streets"
shall be classified as follows:
ARTERIAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSStreets which are parallel with and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The dividing line between a lot and a street; the front lot
line.
An assembly or combination of materials forming a construction
for occupancy, use or ornamentation, including, among others, and
without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, buildings,
stadiums, meeting or circus tents, reviewing stands, platforms, stagings,
observation towers, radio and television towers and antennae, water
tanks, trestles, piers, wharves, open sheds, coal bins, shelters,
fences, nonportable flagpoles, swimming pools and signs, whether installed
on, above or below the surface of a parcel of land.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings
under this Part 1 to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself
or for another.
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 within
the meaning of this Part 1 if no new streets are created: divisions
of land found by the Joint 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 of
property upon court order; and conveyances so as to combine existing
lots by deed or other instrument. The term "subdivision" shall also
include the term "resubdivision."
A determination by COAH approving a municipality's housing
element and fair share plan in accordance with the provisions of the
Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq., and the regulations
promulgated thereunder. A grant of substantive certification shall
be valid for a period of six years in accordance with the terms and
conditions contained therein.
[Added 10-28-1993 by Ord. No. 0-18-93]
A body of water artificially constructed in whole or in part,
having a depth at any point of more than 18 inches, whether above,
below or level with the ground or area surrounding it and designed,
established, constructed, maintained or used as an accessory use to
a residence for the private swimming, bathing or wading purposes of
a person, the members of his household or their guests.
An attached one-family dwelling in a row of at least two
units, each with its own front and rear access to the outside and
each separated from any other unit by no more than two common walls.
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No. 332-2018]
The principal purpose for which land or a structure is designed,
arranged, intended, occupied or maintained.
That unoccupied portion of a lot, tract or parcel of land
which fronts upon a public street between the street line and the
buildings.
[Amended 7-24-2003 by Ord. No. 0-7-03R]
An open space on the same lot as the principal building,
extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear
lot line and the rear building line.
An open space between the side line of the lot and the side
building line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard.
