The following words and phrases shall have the
meanings indicated:
ALLEY
A right-of-way intended for vehicular travel which serves
as a secondary means of access to lots and which abuts the side or
rear yards of two or more lots.
APPLICANT
A developer submitting an application for development.
[Added 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
BLOCK
An area bounded by streets.
CARTWAY
The portion of a street or alley intended for vehicular use.
CLEAR SIGHT DISTANCE
A line of unobstructed vision from a point 4 1/2 feet
above the center line of a street or alley to the nearest point on
the top of an object four inches high on the same center line.
CLEAR SIGHT TRIANGLE
A triangular area at a street intersection where vision is
unobstructed, which area is formed by the intersecting street lines
and a line drawn between points on the street center lines located
75 feet from the intersection of the center lines.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
An application form completed as specified by this chapter
and the rules and regulations of Greenwich Township 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 Planning Board 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 Planning Board. An application shall be certified as complete
immediately upon the meeting of all requirements specified in this
chapter and in the rules and regulations of the Planning Board and
shall be deemed complete as of the day it is so certified by the administrative
officer for purposes of the commencement of the time period for action
by the Planning Board.
[Added 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 13-1980]
CROSSWALK
A right-of-way for pedestrian travel across a block.
CUL-DE-SAC
A residential street with access closed at one end and with
a vehicular turnaround at the closed end.
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, excavating 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 chapter.
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
A Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, Site Plan Ordinance, Official Map
Ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and development
of land or amendment thereto adopted and filed pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq.
EASEMENT
A right granted for the use of private land for certain public
or quasi-public purposes; also, the land to which such a right pertains.
FINAL APPROVAL
The official action of the Planning Board 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.
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.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by a
municipality for the maintenance of any improvements required by this
chapter.
MINOR SITE PLAN
A development plan of one or more lots which proposes new
development within the scope of development specifically permitted
by this chapter as a "minor site plan;" does not involve planned development,
any new street or extension of any off-tract improvement which is
to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42; and contains the information
reasonably required in order to make any informed determination as
to whether the requirements established by this chapter for approval
of a "minor site plan" have been met.
[Added 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 13-1980]
MINOR SUBDIVISION
A subdivision of land for the creation of a number of lots specifically permitted by this chapter as a "minor subdivision," provided that such subdivision does not involve a planned 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 and Article
VIII of this chapter.
[Amended 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 13-1980]
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
A building containing three or more dwelling units occupied
or intended to be occupied by persons living independently of each
other, or a group of such buildings.
[Added 11-2-1993 by Ord. No. 18-1993]
MUNICIPAL RESIDENT
A person who is domiciled in the municipality.
[Added 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
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 the closest half of the street or
right-of-way abutting the property of which the lot is a part.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
OFF-TRACT
Not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application nor on the closest half of the abutting street or right-of-way.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
ON-SITE
Located on the lot in question and excluding any abutting
street or right-of-way.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
ON-TRACT
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on the closest half of an abutting street or right-of-way.
[Amended 12-28-2000 by Ord. No. 34-2000]
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.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by a municipality, including
cash, provided that not more than 10% of the total performance guaranty
may be required in cash.
PLANTING STRIP
The unpaved portion of a street right-of-way, either between
the sidewalk pavement and the property line or between the curb and
the sidewalk pavement.
PLAT
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46,
40:55D-48 and 40:55D-49 prior to final approval after specific elements
of a development plan have been agreed upon by the Planning Board
and the applicant.
RECYCLING AREA
Space allocated for collection and storage of source separated
recyclable materials.
[Added 11-2-1993 by Ord. No. 18-1993]
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 instrument.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land set aside for use as a street, alley, crosswalk or common
means of communication, travel or drainage.
SITE PLAN
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; and any other information that may be reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter relating to review and approval of site
plans by the Planning Board.
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 this chapter
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 of 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.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, tract or parcel 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 of 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 Township
development regulations and are shown and designated as separate lots,
tracts or parcels on the Tax Map of the Township. The term "subdivision"
shall also include the term "resubdivision."
[Amended 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 13-1980]
TRACT
A contiguous land area unbroken by a public street or road
and distinguishable in its ownership from all adjacent areas.
TRANSCRIPT
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or
reproduction thereof.
[Added 12-1-1980 by Ord. No. 13-1980]