Borough of Wanaque, NJ
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2021-11-08
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 89B Retaining Walls
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Assessors, Board of Tax
- Ch 5 Civil Defense Agency
- Ch 6 Civil Service
- Ch 8 Claims Approval
- Ch 10 Court, Municipal
- Ch 12 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 13 Fire Department and Emergency Services
- Ch 15 Health, Board of
- Ch 17 Industrial Commission
- Ch 20 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 22 Meetings
- Ch 23 Open Space Committee
- Ch 24 Part-Time Employees
- Ch 26 Pensions
- Ch 28 Personnel, Municipal
- Ch 29 Personnel Policies and Regulations
- Ch 30 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 31 (Reserved
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 34 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 35 Purchasing
- Ch 36 (Reserved)
- Ch 38 Records, Fees for Public
- Ch 40 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 43 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 46 Alarm Devices
- Ch 47 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 48 Alarm Devices and False Alarms
- Ch 49 Amusement Devices and Vending Machines
- Ch 50 Animals
- Ch 51 Assemblies, Mass
- Ch 53 Auctions
- Ch 55 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Bathing Apparel
- Ch 58 Bathing, Public
- Ch 60 Bees, Domestic
- Ch 62 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 62A Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 63 Buildings, Repair or Demolition
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Car Lots, Used
- Ch 66A Certificate of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 67 Checks, Returned
- Ch 67A Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation
- Ch 72 Fees
- Ch 72A Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 73 Fire Prevention
- Ch 74 Flea Markets and Garage Sales
- Ch 74A Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 74AA Golf in Parks and Public Places
- Ch 74B Hazardous Materials
- Ch 74C Hotels, Motels and Tourist Lodges
- Ch 75 Housing
- Ch 76 Insurance
- Ch 78 Library, Municipal
- Ch 79 Licensing
- Ch 80 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 82 Noise
- Ch 83 Obscene Materials and Adult Uses
- Ch 83A Parking of Commercial Vehicles
- Ch 84 Parks
- Ch 85 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 87 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 88 Property Maintenance
- Ch 88A Rainbow Valley Lake
- Ch 89 Raffles
- Ch 89A Recycling
- Ch 89B Retaining Walls
- § 89B-1 Definitions.
- § 89B-2 Heights; sight triangles.
- § 89B-3 Terracing, embankments.
- § 89B-4 Design by professional engineer, details and design calculations.
- § 89B-5 Controlling standard.
- § 89B-6 Plans for wall to be part of overall permit.
- Ch 90 Secondhand Precious Metals, Dealers in
- Ch 91 Sewers
- Ch 91A Sexual Offenders
- Ch 92 Shade Trees
- Ch 93 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 94 Soil Removal
- Ch 95 Stormwater Management
- Ch 96 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 98 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 99 Swimming Pools
- Ch 101 Taxicabs
- Ch 103 Telephone Communication, Direct
- Ch 104 Trees
- Ch 105 Trespassing
- Ch 106 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 107 Vehicles, Repair of
- Ch 108 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 109 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 110 Vehicles, Towing and Storage of
- Ch 110A Video Surveillance, Outdoor
- Ch 111 Water
- Ch 112 Wellhead Protection
- Ch 112A Wood Furnaces, Outdoor
- Ch 113 Yard Waste
- Ch 114 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 116 Air Pollution
- Ch 116A Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 116B Dogs
- Ch 117 Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 119 (Reserved)
- Ch 120 Garbage and Rubbish
- Ch 122 Vital Statistics and Personal Health Programs, Fees for
- Ch 123 Housing Standards
- Ch 125 Litter
- Ch 127 Nuisances, Health
- Ch 128 (Reserved)
- Ch 130 Food and Beverages
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 133 Sanitation Standards
- Ch 135 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 136 (Reserved)
- Ch 137 Public Recreational Bathing
- Ch 137A Tattooing
- Ch 138 Water Systems, Public Noncommunity and Nonpublic
- Ch 139 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A141 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A144 Incinerator Franchise
- Ch A147 Sewerage Authority, Regional
- Ch A149 Telephone Franchise
- Ch A150 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Wanaque 11-17-1986 as Ord. No. 7-0-86.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A structure designed and constructed to provide the lateral
resistance necessary to prevent horizontal movement of the vertical
plane of a mass of soil and which acts as an opposing element to the
tendency of the soil to displace laterally to form a natural slope.
A.
Retaining walls more than 30 inches in height above
grade may not be constructed in locations within the sight triangle
area formed by the intersecting street/driveway lines and a straight
line joining said street/driveway lines at points which are 30 feet
distant from the point of intersection, measured along said street/driveway
lines. Where, due to topographic (existing or proposed) or other conditions,
the application of the above-stated rules do not produce a clear visibility
above 4 1/2 feet at the center lines of the streets adjacent
to the above-mentioned triangular area, plans for the developing of
such triangle shall be subject to the approval of the jurisdictional
authority.
B.
Notwithstanding the above provision the maximum height
permitted for any retaining wall shall be 10 feet.
C.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, no retaining
wall shall be erected, altered or constructed exceeding 30 inches
in height above the existing or proposed grade when located within
15 feet of any street right-of-way line.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, the use
of terracing whereby a series of two or more parallel retaining walls
are constructed behind one another with stabilized embankment slopes
between them shall be limited as follows:
A.
The horizontal offset distance between the back of
a lower wall and the front of an upper wall for two adjacent walls
shall not be less than the vertical distance measured from, the finished
grade at the bottom of the lower wall to the finished grade at the
bottom of the upper wall.
B.
The embankment slope between the lower and upper wall
shall not be steeper than two horizontal to one vertical and shall
be stabilized.
Notwithstanding the above provisions, any retaining
wall over four feet in height and any terracing utilizing retaining
walls where the summation of the heights of each retaining wall utilized
exceeds four feet in height shall be required to be designed by a
licensed professional engineer registered in the State of New Jersey.
In addition, details and design calculations shall be submitted to
and approved by the Borough Engineer prior to the issuance of a building
permit. The design calculations and details shall include and address
but not be limited to:
The New Jersey Uniform Construction Code shall
govern the design and construction of the wall (current B.O.C.A. Code).
In the event that the retaining wall is part
of the site work of a one- or two-family dwelling being constructed,
the plans and specifications for the retaining wall shall be part
of the overall construction permit.
