As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Secretary of the Woodcliff Lake Planning Board for any
application before the Planning Board and the Secretary to the Woodcliff
Lake Board of Adjustment for any application before the Board of Adjustment.
APPLICANT
A developer 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 or zoning variance or direction of the
issuance of a permit when provided for by statute, ordinance or regulation.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Woodcliff Lake Planning Board or the Woodcliff Lake Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided in Article
III.
BOARD
The Woodcliff Lake Planning Board.
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 to the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of
the development.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
An application form completed as specified by ordinance and
the rules and regulations of the approving authority and all accompanying
documents required by ordinance for approval of the application for
development, including, where applicable, but not limited to a site
plan or subdivision plat, provided that the approving authority may
require such additional information not specified in the ordinance
or any revisions in 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. The
application shall not be deemed incomplete for lack of any such additional
information or any revisions in the accompanying documents so required
by the municipal agency. An application shall be certified as complete
immediately upon the meeting of all requirements specified in the
ordinance and in the rules and regulations of the approving authority
and shall be deemed complete as of the date it is so certified by
the administrative officer for purposes of the commencement of the
time period for action by the approving authority.
[Added 2-18-1980 by Ord. No. 80-2]
CONDITIONAL USE
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 Chapter
380, Zoning, and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Planning Board.
COUNTY MASTER PLAN
A composite of the master plan for the physical development
of Bergen County, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive
and explanatory matter adopted by the Bergen County Planning Board
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-2 and 40:27-4.
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 other person having
an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
DEVELOPMENT
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 by statute, ordinance or
regulation.
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or underground water 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.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
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.
GOVERNING BODY
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake.
HISTORIC SITE
Any building, structure, area or property that is significant
in the history, architecture, archaeology or culture of this state,
its communities or the nation and has so been designated.
INTERESTED PARTY
Any person, whether residing within or without the municipality,
whose right to use, acquire or enjoy property under this chapter or
any law of this state or of the United States has been denied, violated
or infringed upon by an action or failure to act under this chapter.
LAND
Includes improvements and fixtures on, above or below the
surface.
LOT
A designated parcel, plot, 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.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by the
municipality for the maintenance of any improvements required by this
chapter.
MASTER PLAN
The composite of one or more written or graphic proposals
for the development of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake by the Woodcliff
Lake Planning Board pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A.
40:55D-28).
MINOR SUBDIVISION
A subdivision of land for the creation of a number of lots
specifically permitted by ordinance as a minor subdivision, provided
that such subdivision does not involve a planned unit development,
any new street or the extension of any off-tract improvement, the
cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.
[Amended 2-18-1980 by Ord. No. 80-2]
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of Chapter
380, Zoning, 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 Chapter
380, Zoning, 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 Chapter
380, Zoning, 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.
OFFICIAL COUNTY MAP
The map, with changes and additions thereto, adopted and
established from time to time by resolution of the Bergen County Board
of Chosen Freeholders, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:27-5.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map adopted by ordinance of the Woodcliff Lake Mayor
and Council pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq.
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
matter of a development application or the 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, streets
and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to
be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
PARTY IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED
For purposes of notice, any applicant for development, the
owners of the subject property and all owners of property and government
agencies entitled to notice under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the municipality, including
cash, provided that the municipality shall not require more than 10%
of the total performance guaranty in cash.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation,
syndicate, copartnership, trust or other legal entity.
PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
When permitted by ordinance or variance, an area of a minimum contiguous size as specified in Chapter
380, Zoning, to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate commercial or office uses or both.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
When permitted by ordinance or variance, planned unit development,
planned residential development, residential cluster or planned commercial
development.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
When permitted by ordinance or variance, an area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing one or more residential clusters or planned residential development and one or more public, quasi-public, commercial or industrial areas in such ranges of ratios of nonresidential uses to residential uses as shall be specified in Chapter
380, Zoning.
PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
When permitted by ordinance or variance, 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 subdivision or site plan.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to the Municipal
Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46, 40:55D-48 and 40:55D-49) prior to
final approval after specific elements of the development plan have
been agreed upon by the approving authority and the applicant.
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
Architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory
stages of design of a project illustrating in a schematic form its
scope, scale and relationship to its site and immediate environs.
PUBLIC AREAS
Public areas include:
(1)
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and
other recreational areas;
(2)
Other public open spaces;
(3)
Scenic and historic sites; and
(4)
Sites for schools and other public buildings
and structures.
PUBLIC DRAINAGEWAY
Land reserved or dedicated for installation of stormwater
sewers or drainage ditches or required along a natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the channel and providing for flow of water to safeguard
the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion.
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
to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
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.
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 by the Municipal
Land Use Law or which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in
the Bergen County Clerk's office 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.
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
[Amended 2-18-1980 by Ord. No. 80-2]
(1)
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 chapter, if no new streets are created:
(a)
Divisions of land founded 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.
(b)
Divisions of land by testamentary or interstate
provisions.
(c)
Divisions of land upon court order, including
but not limited to judgments of foreclosure.
(d)
Consolidation of existing lots by deed or other
recorded instrument.
(e)
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 municipal development regulations
and are shown and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on
the Tax Map or atlas of the municipality.
(2)
The term "subdivision" shall also include the
term "resubdivision."
TRANSCRIPT
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or
reproduction thereof.
[Added 2-18-1980 by Ord. No. 80-2]
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of Chapter
380, Zoning, pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60, 40:55D-40 and 40:55D-70).