Any word or term not defined herein shall be used
in accordance with a meaning utilized in the Municipal Land Use Law,
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., where given, or, where not given, a meaning
of standard usage, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates.
ACCESSORY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR USE
A building, structure or use which is customarily associated
with and is subordinate and incidental to the principal building,
structure or use and which is located on the same lot therewith. An
accessory building attached to the principal building shall comply
in all respects with the requirements applicable to the principal
building.
ADVERSE EFFECT
Conditions or situations created by a proposed development
that impose, aggravate or lead to impractical, unsafe or unsatisfactory
conditions on surrounding properties, including, but not limited to,
inadequate drainage facilities, inadequate public utilities, unsuitable
street grades, street locations that fail to compose a convenient
system, failure to provide or make future allowance for access to
the interior portion of adjoining lots or for other facilities required
by this chapter.
AIRPORT
Any area of land or water, or both, designed and set aside
for the landing and taking-off of fixed wing aircraft, utilized or
to be utilized be the general public for such purposes, publicly or
privately owned, and licensed by the Commissioner of the Department
of Transportation as a public use airport or land strip.
AIRPORT HAZARD
Any use of land or water, or both, which may create a dangerous
condition for persons or property in or about an airport or aircraft
during landing or taking-off at an airport; or any structure or tree
which obstructs the airspace required for the flights of aircraft
in landing or taking-off at an airport.
AIRPORT HAZARD AREA
An airport hazard area shall be established for each runway
at an airport and shall consist of a runway subzone, two runway end
subzones and two clear zones. The overall airport hazard area for
an airport is geometrically constructed by defining and locating the
runway subzone and runway end subzones for each runway open to the
public on an airport open to the public. The outermost borders of
the subzones comprise the outermost boundary of the airport hazard
area. The area within those outermost boundaries is that area regulated
by the provisions of this chapter and is the airport hazard area for
an airport.
APPLICANT
Any owner, or authorized representative having written consent
from the legal owners, submitting an application for review and approval
for land subdivision or site plan approval in accordance with this
chapter.
APPLICATION
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by this chapter for approval of a subdivision plat or a site plan.
AUTOMOBILE SALES
The use of any building, land area or other premises for
the display and sale of new or used automobiles, panel trucks or vans,
trailers or recreation vehicles, and including any warranty repair
work and other repair service conducted as an accessory use.
BASEMENT
A story having more than 25% of its clear height below average
contact grade.
BILLBOARD
Any structure or portion thereof on which lettered or pictorial
matter is displayed for advertising purposes other than that on a
building or its grounds giving the name and occupation of the user
of the premises, the nature of the business conducted therein or the
products primarily sold or manufactured therein.
BOARD
The Joint Land Use Board of the Borough of Wrightstown, Burlington
County, New Jersey.
BUILDING
Any structure or extension thereof or addition thereto having
a roof supported by such things as columns, posts, piers or walls
and intended for the shelter, business, housing or enclosing of persons,
animals or property.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The square footage or other area measurement by which all
buildings occupy a lot as measured on a horizontal plane around the
periphery of the foundation, including the gross square footage of
the building structure supported by columns, but not having walls,
as measured around the outside of the outer most extremities of the
roof above the columns.
BUILDING HEIGHTS
The vertical distance measured to the highest point from
the mean elevation of the finished grade five feet away from the foundation
along the side(s) of the building facing a street or to the street
line, whichever is closer to the foundation. On a corner lot, the
height shall be measured on the street having the greatest slope.
BUILDING RESTRICTION LINE
A line that is a specified distance from the center line
of a runway; between this line and the runway, there may be no buildings,
structures, trees or other such permanent or semipermanent obstructions.
CARTWAY
The hard or paved surface portion of a street customarily
used for vehicles in the regular course of travel. Where there are
curbs, the cartway is that portion between the edges of the paved
or graded width.
CIRCULATION
Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement
of people, goods, water, air, sewerage or power by such means as streets,
highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes and conduits,
and the handling of people and goods by such means as terminals, stations,
warehouses and other storage buildings or transhipment points.
CLEAR ZONES
The clear zones of an airport hazard area shall consist of
trapezoids located within the runway end subzone along the flight
approach and departure path. Each clear zone shall extend 1,000 feet
from the end of the runway subzone, as measured along the extended
center line of the runway. The base of the clear zone shall be collocated
with the end of the runway subzone, and shall have a width of 250
feet. The width of the clear zone shall increase as the distance from
the end of the runway safety zone increases. Its final width shall
be 450 feet.
CLERK
The Borough Clerk of the Borough of Wrightstown.
CLUSTER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
A development technique based on a gross dwelling unit density
for the entire tract in the zoning district in which it is located
and allowing the lot sizes for detached dwellings to be reduced or
individual segments to have higher densities so long as the gross
density is not exceeded.
COMMON PROPERTY/OPEN SPACE
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, together with the improvements thereon, and designed
and intended for the ownership, use and enjoyment shared by the residents
and owners of the development. Common property may contain such complementary
structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the
benefit of the residents and owners of the development.
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L.
1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.) providing food, shelter and
personal guidance, under such supervision as required, to not more
than 15 developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons, who require
assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in the community,
and shall include, but not be limited to: group homes, halfway houses,
intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment living arrangements
and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered a health care
facility within the meaning of the Health Care Facilities Planning
Act, P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq. ). In the case of
a community residence housing mentally ill persons, such residence
shall have been approved for a purchase of service contract or an
affiliate agreement pursuant to such procedures as shall be established
by regulation of the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals of the
Department of Human Services. "Developmentally disabled person" means
a person who is developmentally disabled as defined in Section 2 of
P.L. 1977, c. 488 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2). "Mentally ill person" means
a person who is afflicted with a mental illness as defined in N.J.S.A.
30:4-23, but shall not include a person who has been committed
after having been found guilty of a criminal offense by reason of
insanity or having been found unfit to be tried on a criminal charge.
All residences shall be subject to the provisions of BOCA.
COMMUNITY SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Any shelter approved for a purchase of a service contract
and certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by
regulation of the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1979,
c. 337 (N.J.S.A. 30:14-1) providing food, shelter, medical care, legal
assistance, personal guidance and other services to not more than
15 persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including any
children of such victims, who temporarily require shelter and assistance
in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare.
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 specified in this chapter.
DENSITY
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of
land to be developed.
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means and including control of runoff during
and after construction or development to minimize erosion and sedimentation,
to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen
nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for
their biological functions as well as for drainage, and the means
necessary for water supply preservation and prevention or alleviation
of flooding.
DRAINAGE AND UTILITY RIGHT-OF-WAY
The lands required for the installation and maintenance of
stormwater and sanitary sewers, water pipes or drainage ditches and
other utilities, 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.
DWELLING
A building which is designed or used exclusively as the living
quarters for one or more housekeeping units.
DWELLING, DETACHED
A building physically detached from other buildings or portions
of buildings which is occupied or intended to be occupied for residence
purposes by one housekeeping unit and which has its own cooking, sleeping,
sanitary and general living facilities.
DWELLING UNIT
A room or series of connected rooms containing living, cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities for one housekeeping unit.
EASEMENT
A use or burden imposed on real estate by deed or other legal
means to permit the use of land by the municipality, public, a corporation
or particular persons for specific uses.
EFFECTIVE RUNWAY LENGTH
That distance measured along a runway center line, from a
point on the runway surface where there is a specified slope intersection
from obstacles within a specified approach zone to the runway in the
direction of travel during the landing. In regard to initial licensing
criteria, the effective runway length is affected and reduced by runway
gradient to the extent of 20% for each 1% of longitudinal gradient
in excess of 2% longitudinal gradient.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity.
FINAL APPROVAL
The official action of the 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 guarantees properly posted for
their completions, or approval conditioned upon the posting of such
guarantees.
FIXED OR MOVABLE OBSTRUCTION
"Fixed or movable obstruction," when used in the context
of "obstacle free zone," means any use of land or water, including
lateral taxiway to runway center-line clearance and any man-made or
natural structure or body that is fixed or movable that is higher
than one meter. Objects such as visual approach slope indicators,
wind indicators, and the like, are exempted from being such fixed
or movable obstructions when they are mounted on frangible posts.
Crops also may be exempted upon application and review.
FLOODPLAIN
The relatively flat terrain adjoining a water channel which
has been or may be hereafter covered by floodwater of the channel,
including the following components:
(1)
FLOODWAYThe river or other watercourse and the adjacent land area that must be reserved in order to discharge the design flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than 0.2 of a foot.
(2)
FLOOD HAZARD AREALand in the floodplain subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flood in any given year.
FLOOR AREA RATIO
The sum of the area of all floors of buildings or structures
compared to the total area of the site.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
An accessory building or structure or portion of a main building
or structure only for the parking of vehicles of the occupants of
the principal use, building or structure of the lot.
GARDEN APARTMENT
An apartment building containing a minimum of six dwelling
units and not exceeding two stories in height.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The area measured by using the outside dimension of the building,
excluding the area of a garage, attic, open porch or patio. Only those
floor areas which have a ceiling height of eight feet or more and
those areas used for storage space in nonresidential uses shall be
included in the gross floor area. The gross floor area of a townhouse,
apartment or other attached structure shall be measured from the center
of interior walls and the outside of exterior walls.
HISTORIC RESOURCE
Any site, building, area, structure or object important in
American history or prehistory, architecture, archaeology and culture
at the national, state, county, local or regional level.
HOME OCCUPATION
An occupation being conducted wholly or in part from a residence
or its residential lot as an accessory use. Such occupations shall
be conducted solely by resident occupants of the residential building
except that no more than two persons not residents of the building
may be employed and provided also that no more than 900 square feet,
or the equivalent of the first floor area of the building, whichever
is smaller, shall be used for such purpose; that the livable floor
area for the residence shall remain at least as large as that required
of residences; that no display of products shall be visible from the
street; that the residential character of the building shall not be
changed; that no sign shall be displayed exceeding a maximum of two
square feet on each of two sides and said sign shall be placed inside
the building or, if located outside, shall be attached flat against
the building; that the occupation shall be conducted entirely within
either the dwelling unit or an accessory building, but not both; that
no occupational sounds shall be audible outside the building; that
no article shall be offered for sale on the premises; that no machinery
or equipment shall be used which will cause interference with radio
and television reception in neighboring residences; and that the use
does not reduce the parking or yard requirements of the principal
use.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
An organization operating in a development under recorded
agreements through which each lot owner shall be a member and each
dwelling unit is subject to a charge for a proportionate share of
the expenses for the organization's activities and maintenance, including
any maintenance costs levied against the association by the township
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43.
HOTELS and MOTELS
A building or group of buildings consisting of individual
sleeping units designed for transient travelers and not for permanent
residency, except that up to 3% of the total units may be provided
for the sole use of resident employees.
HOUSEKEEPING UNIT
One or more persons living together in one dwelling unit
on a nonseasonal basis and sharing living, sleeping, cooking and sanitary
facilities on a nonprofit basis.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
Any land used for the following public or private purposes:
educational facilities, including universities, colleges, elementary
and secondary and vocational schools, kindergartens and nurseries;
cultural facilities such as libraries, galleries, museums, concert
halls, theaters and the like; hospitals, including such educational,
clinical, research and convalescent facilities as are integral to
the operation of the hospital; medical and health service facilities,
including nursing homes, supervised residential institutions, rehabilitation
therapy centers and public health facilities; law enforcement facilities;
military facilities; churches; public office buildings; cemeteries;
and other similar facilities.
INTERESTED PARTY
Any person, whether residing within or without the Borough,
whose right to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected
by any actions taken under this chapter or whose rights to use, acquire
or enjoy property under this chapter or under any law of this State
of the United States have been denied, violated or infringed by an
action or a failure to act under this chapter.
JUNKYARD
Any area of land, with or without buildings, devoted to the
storage, keeping or abandonment of junk or debris, whether or not
it is in connection with the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale
or other use or disposition thereof or of any material whatsoever.
LAND
Includes improvements and fixtures on, above or below the
surface.
LOCAL UTILITY
Any sewerage authority created pursuant to the Sewerage Authorities
Law, P.L. 1946, c. 138 (N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.); any utilities
authority created pursuant to the Municipal and Country Utilities
Authority Law, P.L. 1957, c. 183 (N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq.); or any
utility, authority, commission, special district or other corporate
entity not regulated by the Board of Regulatory Commissioners under
Title 48 of the Revised Statutes that provides gas, electricity, heat,
power, water or sewer service to a municipality or the residents thereof.
LOT
Any parcel of land separated from other parcels or portions
as by a subdivision plat or deed of record, survey map or by metes
and bounds except that for purposes of this chapter, contiguous undersized
lots under one ownership shall be included in calculating the lot
boundaries or areas.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the lot lines of a lot but shall
not include any portion of a street right-of-way.
LOT, CORNER
A lot on the junction of and abutting two or more intersecting
streets where the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135º.
Any structure located on a corner lot shall be set back from the street
the required front yard distance.
LOT DEPTH
The shortest horizontal distance between the front lot line
and a line drawn parallel to the front lot line through the midpoint
of the rear lot line.
LOT FRONTAGE
The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured along
the street line. The minimum lot frontage shall be the same as the
lot width except that on curved alignments with an outside radius
of less than 500 feet, the minimum distance between the side lot lines
measured at the street line shall not be less than 75% of the required
minimum lot width. In the case of a corner lot, either street frontage
which meets the minimum frontage required for that zone may be considered
the lot frontage.
LOT LINE
Any line forming a portion of the exterior boundary of a
lot and the same line as the street line for that portion of a lot
abutting a street.
LOT WIDTH
The straight and horizontal distance between side lot lines
at setback points on each side lot line measured an equal distance
back from the street line. The minimum lot width shall be measured
at the minimum required building setback line. Where side lot lines
are not parallel, the minimum lot width at the street line shall not
be less than 75% of the minimum lot width for the zoning district
in which the lot is located. For the purpose of calculating lot width
only one of the lot front lines shall be designated as a side. However,
a front yard setback is required on both sides.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the Borough for the
maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter, including
but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances
specified in Section 16 of P.L. 1991, c. 256 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5),
and cash.
MASTER PLAN
A composite of the mapped and written plans recommending
the physical development of the municipality which shall have been
adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
MEAN ELEVATION
The average of the ground level measurements computed at
the four extreme corner points of any proposed or existing building.
MOBILE HOME
A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections, designed
for long-term occupancy and which can be transported after fabrication
to a site where it is to be occupied.
MUNICIPAL AGENCY
The Joint Land Use Board or any agency created by or responsible
to one or more municipalities when acting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot, the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but 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 a zoning ordinance,
but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted in accordance with the Official Map and Building
Permit Act, N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.30 et seq., only to the extent that it is consistent with N.J.S.A.
40:55D-32 et seq., and to the extent that it has not been supplanted
by an official map adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq.
Such a map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location
and width of streets, drainage rights-of-way and flood-control basins,
and the location and extent of public parks, playgrounds and scenic
and historic sites shown thereon.
OFFICE
A place for the transaction of business where reports are
prepared, records kept and services rendered, but where no retail
sales, except in connection with professional services, are offered
and where no manufacturing, assembly or fabricating takes place.
OFF-SITE
Located outside the lot lines of the property in question
but within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the
subject of a development application, or on a contiguous portion of
the street right-of-way.
OFF-TRACT
Not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street right-of-way or
drainage or utility easement.
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 land area 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,
off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to be
incidental to the natural openness of the land, and provided further
that no portion of the required open space shall include any yard
or setback distance stipulated in this chapter and any street right-of-way.
PARKING SPACE
An area of not less than 10 feet wide by 20 feet in length,
either within a structure or in the open, for the parking of motor
vehicles, exclusive of driveways, access drives, fire lanes and public
rights-of-way, except that nothing shall prohibit private driveways
for detached dwelling units from being considered off-street parking
areas, provided that no portion of such private driveway within the
right-of-way line of the street intersected by such driveway shall
be considered off-street parking space. The area is intended to be
sufficient to accommodate the exterior extremities of the vehicle,
whether in addition thereto wheel blocks are installed within this
area to prevent the bumper from overhanging one end of the parking
space. The width and length of each space shall be measured perpendicular
to each other regardless of the angle of the parking space to the
access aisle or driveway.
PARTY IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED
For purposes of notice, any applicant for subdivision or
for site plan approval, the owners of the subject property and all
owners of property and government agencies entitled to notice thereof.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the Borough, including
performance bonds with a responsible surety authorized to do business
in the State of New Jersey, or escrow agreements secured by cash,
certified check or cashier's check, to guarantee the completion of
the required improvements before the Board approves the final plat;
provided that no more than 10% of the total performance guaranty may
be required in cash. A responsible surety shall not include a surety
against whom there are proceedings pending in this state to revoke
its license to act as such surety.
PERMITTED USE
Any use of land or buildings as permitted by this chapter.
PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous or noncontiguous size as
specified by ordinance 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 and any residential
and other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted
by ordinance.
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous or noncontiguous size as
specified by ordinance to be developed according to a plan as a single
entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas
to accommodate industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the
predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance.
PLAT
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan. Included are:
(1)
PRELIMINARY PLATThe preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision or site plan which is submitted to the Board Secretary for Joint Land Use Board consideration and tentative approval, and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
(2)
FINAL PLATThe final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which is presented to the Board for final approval in accordance with the regulations of this chapter, and which, if approved, shall be filed with the County Clerk's Office.
PORCH
A roofed, open structure projecting from the front, side
or rear wall of a building and having no enclosed features of glass,
wood or other material more than 30 inches above the floor thereof,
except the necessary columns to support the roof. A porch may be screened.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to this chapter
after specific elements of a subdivision or site plan have been agreed
upon by the Joint Land Use Board and the applicant.
PRINCIPAL USE
The main purpose for which a lot or building is used.
PUBLIC AREAS
(1)
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and
other recreational areas.
(2)
Other public open spaces.
(3)
Scenic and historic sites.
(4)
Sites for schools and other public buildings
and structures.
PUBLIC DRAINAGEWAY
The land reserved or dedicated 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 to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation
and erosion.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the
Borough, a Borough agency, Board of Education, state or county agency,
or other public body for recreational or conservational uses.
PUBLIC PURPOSE
The use of land by the Borough Council, Borough School Board
or some officially created Borough agency or authority.
PUBLIC UTILITY
A business or service which is engaged in regularly supplying
the public with some commodity or service which is of public convenience
and need, such as electricity, gas, water and telegraph or telephone
service.
[Amended 12-13-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-13]
RESTAURANT
Any establishment, however designated, at which food is sold
for consumption on the premises. However, a snack bar or refreshment
stand at a public or community swimming pool, playground, playfield
or park, operated solely by the agency or group operating the recreational
facility, and for the convenience of patrons of the facility, shall
not be deemed to be a restaurant.
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
A commercial establishment where foods and drink, prepared
for immediate consumption, are purchased at a counter and either eaten
on the premises, in the purchaser's automobile, or off the premises.
Those restaurants where a majority of prepared food is consumed only
at tables on the premises and served by waiters or waitresses at said
tables shall not be deemed fast-food restaurants. Any restaurant with
drive-through window service shall be considered a fast-food restaurant.
Fast-food restaurants shall not include those retail stores where
food is primarily sold for preparation and consumption elsewhere,
such as a supermarket, or stores where, as a secondary use of the
premises, prepared foods may also be sold over the counter for immediate
consumption, such as a delicatessen.
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 alterations of any streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but shall not include conveyances so
as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
RUNWAY END SUBZONE
The runway end subzones of an airport hazard area shall consist
of trapezoids located at either end of the runway subzone along the
flight approach and departure path. Each runway end subzone shall
extend 3,000 feet from the end of the runway subzone, as measured
along the extended center line of the runway. The base of the runway
end subzone shall be defined by the end of the runway subzone, and
shall have a width of 2,350 feet. The width of the runway end subzone
shall narrow as distance from the end of the runway subzone increases.
Its final width shall be 850 feet.
RUNWAY LENGTH AND WIDTH
The dimensioned area usable for the landing or takeoff of
aircraft. It may be paved, unpaved or water. Along their length, runways
are required to have a minimum sighting distance between points 1.5
m (five feet) high for all distances separated by 350 m (1,148 feet).
RUNWAY SAFETY AREA
An area in which a runway is symmetrically located and is
graded to be smooth and level. These areas are to be maintained in
such a condition that aircraft operating thereon may do so safely
and with no damage.
RUNWAY SUBZONE
The runway subzone of an airport hazard area shall consist
of a rectangle having the same center line and length as the runway,
unless a shorter length is necessitated by limited property ownership
at the airport. The width of the runway subzone shall be 2,350 feet
and the length of the runway subzone shall be the same as the physical
length of the runway.
SATELLITE DISH ANTENNAE
Any apparatus or structure constructed or installed out of
doors with the purpose of receiving television, radio or similar waves,
but excluding, however, conventional television antennae.
SEASONAL HIGH-WATER TABLE
The level below the natural surface of the ground to which
water seasonally rises in the soil in most years.
SECRETARY
The Secretary of the Joint Land Use Board.
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.
SERVICE STATION
Lands and buildings providing for the sale of fuel, lubricants
and automotive accessories and for providing maintenance and minor
repairs for motor vehicles, but not including body repairs or painting
or the storage of inoperable or wrecked vehicles.
SETBACK LINE
A line drawn parallel with a street line or lot line and
drawn through the point of a building nearest to the street line or
lot line. The term "required setback" means a line that is established
a minimum horizontal distance from the street line or the lot line
and beyond which a building or part of a building is not permitted
to extend toward the street line or lot line.
SHOPPING CENTER
An integrated group of uses where permitted in this chapter,
on lots at least five acres in size, planned, constructed and managed
as a total entity. For purposes of this chapter, shopping centers
shall contain multiple individual uses and/or tenants with at least
one use and/or tenant occupying more than 20,000 square feet of gross
floor area.
SIGHT TRIANGLE EASEMENT AT INTERSECTION
A triangular area established in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter in which no grading, planting or structure shall be
erected or maintained more than 12 inches above the street center
line except for street signs, fire hydrants and light standards.
SIGN
Any message written, printed, painted or otherwise placed
on a board, plate, banner, or upon any material or object, and/or
any device whatsoever which by reason of its form, color, wording,
activity, technique or otherwise, attracts attention to itself, whether
used as a means of identification, advertisement or announcement.
In addition to the provisions of this chapter, all signs shall comply
with the provisions of the Uniform Construction Code.
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
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,
screening devices; any other information that may be reasonably required
in order to make an informed determination concerning the adequacy
of the plan in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; and
any modification to a previously approved site plan.
(1)
MINOR SITE PLANAny site plan for any new development or building alteration or addition not exempt from site plan review which involves grading, clearing or disturbance of an area less than 5,000 square feet.
SITE PLAN REVIEW
The examination of the specific development plans for a lot.
Wherever the term "site plan approval" is used in this chapter, it
shall be understood to mean a requirement that the site plan be reviewed
and approved by the Joint Land Use Board.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it. For the purpose of this chapter, the interior of a
roof shall not be considered a ceiling. A half story is the area under
a pitched roof at the top of a building, the floor of which is at
least four feet, but no more than six feet, below the plate.
STREET
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 pursuant to the Municipal
Planning Act (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., as amended) 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. For the purposes of
this chapter, streets shall be classified to conform with the Burlington
County Master Plan as follows:
(2)
COLLECTOR STREETA street used to carry traffic from the minor streets to the primary streets and designed to have considerable continuity and traffic capacity.
(3)
MINOR STREETThose streets other than arterial or collector streets which need be entered only for stopping at a destination on that street, and which need not be used for general circulation or through traffic.
(4)
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETStreets located parallel and adjacent to arterial streets and highways which are designed to provide access to abutting properties without interrupting highway traffic except at recognized intersections and access points.
(5)
CUL-DE-SACA short, dead-end minor street terminating in a circular or other turnaround area.
STREET LINE
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever
would result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the adopted Master
Plan or Official Map, forming the dividing line between the street
and a lot.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed, assembled or erected which requires
location on the ground or attachment to something having such location
on the ground, including buildings, fences, tanks, towers, signs,
advertising devices, swimming pools and tennis courts.
SUBDIVISION
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: divisions
of land found by the Planning Board or subdivision committee thereof
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 municipal
development regulations and are shown and designated as separate lots,
tracts or parcels on the Tax Map or atlas of the municipality. The
term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision."
(1)
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny division of land containing an aggregate of not more than three lots (two new lots and the remaining parcel), each fronting on an existing improved street, 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. Any readjustment of lot lines resulting in no new lots shall be classified as a minor subdivision.
SWIMMING POOL, PORTABLE
Portable pools shall not be subject to the requirements of Article
V and are those pools which are not otherwise permanently installed; do not require water filtration, circulation and purification; do no exceed 18 inches in depth; do not exceed a water surface area of 100 square feet; and do not require braces or supports.
SWIMMING POOL, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
Artificially constructed pools, whether located above or
below the ground, having a depth of more than 18 inches and/or a water
surface of 100 square feet or more; designed and maintained for swimming
and bathing purposes by an individual for use by members of his household
and guests, and which is located on a lot as an accessory use and
shall include all buildings, structures, equipment and appurtenances
thereto.
TAXIWAY
A pathway for movement of an aircraft on the surface, usually
connecting the landing and takeoff area or runways with support facilities.
THRESHOLD
A line, at right angles to the runway center line and extending
for the full width of the runway, established for the purpose of identifying
the beginning of the runway area that is designated for the landing
of airplanes.
TOWNHOUSE
One dwelling unit in a line of at least four but no more
than eight connected dwelling units, where each dwelling unit is compatibly
designed in relation to all other units, but is distinct by such design
features as width, setback, roof design, color, exterior materials
and other features, singularly or in combination. Each dwelling unit
may have one or two stories, but nothing in the definition shall be
construed to allow one dwelling unit over another.
TRACT
An area of land composed of one or more lots adjacent to
one another having sufficient dimensions and area to make one parcel
of land meeting the requirements of this chapter for the use(s) intended.
The original land area may be divided by one existing public street
and still be considered one tract, provided that the street is not
an arterial road and that a linear distance equal to more than 75%
of the frontage of the side of the street having the larger street
frontage lies opposite an equivalent linear distance of street frontage
on the other side of the street.
UTILITIES
Those services customarily rendered by corporations or the
municipality, under the review of the Public Utilities Commission,
for public service, such as electricity, gas, telephone, water and
sewerage, including the appurtenances used in connection with the
supplying of such services.
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of the
Borough Zoning Ordinance.
VFR RUNWAY, FIVE-THOUSAND-FOOT APPROACH SURFACE (MINIMUM STANDARD)
A runway approach/departure path that is 1,524 meters (5,000
feet) in length, 76 meters (250 feet) in width at the inner surface,
and expands uniformly to 381 meters (1,250 feet) in width at the outer
surface. It has a 2 0/1 upward slope from the ground from its
inner surface and is free of penetrating obstacles. From its inner
surface to 305 meters (1,000 feet) outward, the VFR approach surface
and clear zone define the same area and are always so collocated (see
definition of "clear zones" herein).
WETLANDS, FRESHWATER
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or
groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly
known as "hydrophytic vegetation"; provided, however, that in designating
a wetland, the three-parameter approach (that is, hydrology, soils
and vegetation) enumerated in the April 1, 1987, interim-final draft
Wetland Identification and Delineation Manual developed by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, and any subsequent amendments
thereto, shall be used.
WETLAND SOILS
Those soils designated as very poorly drained or poorly drained
by the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of
Agriculture, including, but not limited to, Atsion, Bayboro, Berryland,
Colemantown, Elkton, Keansbury, Leon, Muck, Othello, Pocomoke, St.
Johns and freshwater marsh and tidal marsh soil types.
YARD, FRONT
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the street line and the closest point of any building
on the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured horizontally
and at right angles to either a straight street line or the tangent
lines of curved streets. The minimum required front yard shall be
the same as the required setback.
YARD, REAR
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the rear lot line and the closest point of the principal
building on the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured
horizontally and at right angles to either a straight rear lot line
or the tangent lines of curved streets. The minimum required rear
yard shall be the same as the required setback.
YARD, SIDE
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard
and lying between each side lot line and the closest point of the
principal building on the lot. The width of the required side yard
shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight
side line or the tangent lines of curved lot lines.