Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
following words and terms shall be construed and defined as hereinafter
set forth:
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 Chapter 1 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes.[1]
The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with these regulations and which, if approved, shall be filed with
the proper county recording officer.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Northvale, in the
County of Bergen and State of New Jersey.
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.
Any subdivision not a minor subdivision.
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the municipality which shall have been
duly adopted by the Planning Board under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
[Amended 8-10-1994 by Ord. No. 675-94]
Any subdivision involving not more than three lots and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan, the Official Map, Chapter 200, Zoning, or this chapter.
A map adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article
5 of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq. Such map
shall be deemed to be conclusive with respect to the location and
width of the streets, public parks and playgrounds and drainage rights-of-way
shown thereon.
[Amended 8-10-1994 by Ord. No. 675-94]
Any security which may be accepted under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-38
et seq. in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made
before the Planning Board or other approving body approves a plat,
including performance bonds, escrow agreements and other similar collateral
or surety agreements.
[Amended 8-10-1994 by Ord. No. 675-94]
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
syndicate, copartnership, trust or any other legal entity.
The Planning Board, Borough of Northvale, New Jersey.
Any map, sketch or plan showing the subdivision of land.
The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision which is submitted to the Planning Board for consideration and tentative approval and meeting the requirements of Article V of this chapter. Tentative approval by the Planning Board of the preliminary map shall not be construed to indicate approval of the final plat by the governing body.
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 under this chapter,
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.
Any person commencing proceedings under this chapter 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, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale or building development, except that
the following divisions shall not be considered "subdivisions" within
the meaning of this chapter; provided, however, that no new streets
or roads are involved: divisions of land for agricultural purposes
where the resulting parcels are three acres or larger in size; division
of property by testamentary or intestate provisions; or divisions
of property upon court order. "Subdivision" also includes resubdivision
and, where appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing
or to the lands or territory divided.
A committee of at least three Planning Board members appointed
by the Chairman of the Board for the purpose of classifying subdivisions
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and such duties
relating to land subdivisions which may be conferred on this Committee
by the Board.
