As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENTThe application form and all accompanying documents required by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned development, conditional use, zoning variance or permit to build in a mapped area or for a structure not related to a street.
BLOCKAn area bounded by streets.
CARTWAYThe portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular use.
CLEAR SIGHT DISTANCEA line of unobstructed vision from a point 3.75 feet above the center line of a street to a point on the same center line.
CLEAR-SIGHT TRIANGLEA triangular area at a street intersection with another street, an alley or a driveway, where vision from an automobile is unobstructed, formed by the intersecting street lines and a line drawn between points on the street center lines located a required distance in feet from the intersection of the center lines.
CUL-DE-SACA residential street with access closed at one end by a vehicular turnaround.
DEVELOPERThe 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.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAYThe 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.
[Amended 3-15-1999 by Ord. No. 99-6]
Those residential and zoning districts in which the density is equal to or greater than five or more dwelling units per acre.
LOTA 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.
LOW DENSITYThose residential and zoning districts in which the density is equal or less than three dwelling units per acre.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTYAny security, other than cash, which may be accepted by a municipality for the maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter.
MEDIUM DENSITYThose residential and zoning districts in which the density is between three and five dwelling units per acre.
OBLIGOROne that places himself under a legal obligation.
OFFICIAL MAPA map adopted by ordinance pursuant to Article 5 of the Municipal Land Use Law.
ON-TRACTLocated on the property which is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OWNERAny individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership or corporation having a proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTYAny security, which may be accepted by a municipality, including cash, provided that the municipality shall not require more than 10% of the total performance guaranty in cash.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENTPlanned unit development, planned unit residential development, residential cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial development.
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONSArchitectural 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.
REVIEWING BOARDThe Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, whichever Board has jurisdiction over the particular application.
SITE PLANA development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
(1) 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 that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to this chapter.
STREETAny street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley or other way that 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 of the township 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 the 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 chapter, streets shall be classified as follows:
(1) ALLEYSMinor service streets used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of abutting properties.
COLLECTOR STREETSThe street intended to move traffic between local streets to and from secondary arterials. A collector street serves a neighborhood or large subdivision.
LOCAL STREETA street intended to provide access to other streets from individual properties and to provide right-of-way beneath it for sewer, water and storm drainage pipes.
MAJOR ARTERIALSA street intended to move through traffic to and from such major attractors as Central Business Districts, regional shopping centers, colleges and/or universities, military installations, major industrial areas and similar traffic generators within the governmental unit; and/or as a route for traffic between communities or large areas. They should be designed so that no residential properties face onto them.
MINOR ARTERIALSA street intended to collect and distribute traffic in a manner similar to primary arterials, except that these streets service minor traffic generating from areas such as community-commercial areas, primary and secondary educational plants, hospitals, major recreational areas, churches and offices, and/or designed to carry traffic from collector streets to the system of primary arterials. They should be designed so that no residential properties face onto them.
SERVICE ROADSLow-volume roads parallel to and adjacent to arterials and highways that provide access and frontage to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.