This chapter shall be known and referred to
as the "Zoning Ordinance" of the City of Bordentown, Burlington County,
New Jersey.
It is the purpose of the City of Bordentown
in adopting this chapter to exercise the powers granted to the City
by the Municipal Land Use Law[1] to promote the orderly growth of lands within the City,
taking into consideration the character of each district and its peculiar
suitability for particular uses, and to encourage the most appropriate
use of land through the police power generally. It is further the
purpose of the City in adopting this chapter to limit and restrict
buildings and structures to specified districts and to regulate buildings
and structures according to their type and nature and the extent of
their use and to regulate the nature and extent of use of land for
trade, industry, residence, open space or other purposes in order
to avoid undue concentration of population and to conserve the value
of property in order to protect the public health, safety and morals
and promote the general welfare throughout the entire community.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
It is not intended, by this chapter, to repeal,
abrogate, annul or in any way to impair or interfere with existing
provisions of other chapters or ordinances, except those specifically
repealed by this chapter, or with private restrictions placed upon
property by deed, covenant or other agreements. However, where this
chapter imposes a greater restriction upon land, buildings or structures
than that imposed by existing provisions of chapters, contract or
deed, the provisions of this chapter shall control. Where the provisions
of this chapter are or become repugnant to state or federal law and
such differences cannot be reconciled therewith, the provisions of
such law shall govern.
In the interpretation and application of this
chapter, the provisions hereof shall be held to be minimum requirements.
Where other chapters of the revised general ordinances of the municipality
overlap or conflict with this chapter in jurisdiction and effect,
the more restrictive provisions of such chapter shall take precedence.
No land may be used and no structure may be
erected, raised, moved, extended, enlarged, altered or used for any
purpose other than a purpose permitted herein for the zone district
in which it is located, and all construction shall be in conformity
with the regulations provided for the zone district in which such
construction is located.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment is established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-69 et seq. as set forth in Chapter 51, Land Use Procedures, and shall have all the powers and duties provided for by statute. Application for development within the jurisdiction of the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 51, Land Use Procedures, state statutes and the rules, regulations and instructions of the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A subordinate structure on the same lot with a principal
structure. Where an "accessory structure" is attached to a principal
structure in a substantial manner by a wall or roof, such "accessory
structure" shall be considered part of the principal structure.
A use naturally and normally incident and subordinate to
the principal use of a structure or lot and located on the same lot
as the principal use to which it relates.
An extension or increase in floor area or height of a building
or structure.
Any public or private way less than 30 feet in width.
A change or rearrangement in the structural parts, the means
of egress or an enlargement, whether by extending on a side or by
increasing in height of a building or structure, or to change the
use of a structure or land or to move a structure from one location
or position to another.
Any public or quasi-public place or premises wherein five
or more amusement machines or devices are maintained, kept, operated
or installed, except the premises of any volunteer fire company whose
amusement devices shall also be exempt from all licensing fees.[1]
A building or structure, or portion thereof, designed or
used as the residence or sleeping place by one family or household.
See § 300-104.
A portion of the building partly underground but having less
than 1/2 its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining
ground, plus at least one means of egress directly to the exterior
of the building.
A room planned or used primarily for sleeping.
An area bounded by neighboring and intersecting streets or
by such streets and streams or City boundary lines.
A person who is not related to the head of the household
and who may or may not pay for the privilege of boarding.
Any dwelling in which people, either individuals or as families,
are housed or lodged, for hire, with meals and which contains five
or fewer such rooms for hire.
A strip of land containing natural woodlands, earth mounds
or other planted screening material and separating one kind of land
use from another or separating a planned development from any other
development.
A structure which is designed, built or occupied as a shelter;
or roofed enclosure for persons, animals, property or shelter, located
on foundations or other supports and used for residential, business,
mercantile, storage, commercial, professional, industrial, institutional,
assembly, educational or recreational purposes.
The total area covered by a building at grade level, exclusive
of terraces, steps and uncovered porches.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest
point of the roof for flat roofs; to the average height level (between
the eaves and ridge) for gable and hipped roofs; and to the deckline
for mansard roofs.
A line established by this chapter within a lot defining
the minimum distance between any structure, or portion thereof, to
be erected or altered and an adjacent right-of-way, easement, street
line or common open space.
A building in which is conducted the main or principal use
of the lot on which the building is located.
A permit required prior to constructing, moving or altering
any building or structure, issued in compliance with the New Jersey
Uniform Construction Code Act[2] and this chapter.
A portion of the building partly underground, having 1/2
or more than 1/2 of its clear height below the average grade of the
adjoining ground with or without at least one means of egress directly
to the exterior of the building.
That certificate issued by the Construction Official in accordance
with the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code Act[3] and this chapter.
The triangle formed by the point of intersection of the right-of-way
lines of two intersecting streets and the points on each of the intersecting
right-of-way lines at a given distance from the point of intersection.
Areas to be developed as a single entity according to a plan
containing residential housing, commercial and or industrial units,
which have a common or public open space as an appurtenance.
The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.
[Added 5-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-14]
Any commercial use under separate ownership or lease.
Trucks, buses, sedan delivery vehicles, station wagons with
advertising matter on the sides or any other commercially used vehicle
except a passenger car with no advertising matter exposed to view.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, within the site designed and intended for the use
or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development and/or community.
Common open space may contain such complimentary structures and improvements
as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of
residents and owners of the development, as permitted.
A vertical wall and/or horizontal separation forming a structural
part of two buildings or of two separately owned and/or rented units
in the same building.
Ownership of two or more contiguous parcels of real property
by the same person or persons.
Buildings, structures, recreational devices, service systems
and other facilities generally available to and/or operated for the
benefit of residents, including but not limited to swimming pools,
tennis courts, building entries and passageways, roads, drainage systems,
pedestrian and bicycle pathways, sewage treatment plants and other
facilities (municipal buildings or schools).
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use, as contained in this chapter, and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Planning Board, as outlined in Article XVI, Conditional Uses, of this chapter.
A parcel, plot or area of land abutting a public street complying
with the minimum requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35, exclusive of
any area within such public street, whose area is sufficient to provide
the yard, space and setback requirements and the minimum area requirement
for the zone district in which it is located and complying with all
other minimum requirements for said district, as required by this
chapter.
A lot at the junction of, and having frontage on, two or
more intersecting streets.
Any unbuilt space other than a yard.
The diameter of a tree trunk at breast height (typically
three feet six inches above ground level).
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, excavation or landfill; and any use or change in the use
of any building or other structure, or any extension of use of land,
for which permission may be required.
Money paid by an individual, person, partnership, association,
company or corporation for the improvement of property as permitted
in COAH's rules.
[Added 5-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-14]
A construction schedule and plan showing the year in which
each portion of a development will be constructed.
The part of the municipality to which certain uniform regulations
of this chapter apply as a separate zone district.
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 N.J.S.A.
58:1-1 to 58:1-34.[4]
A business involving the serving of food and drink outside
the confines of the building or where patrons are served food and
drink at counters, stools or bars outside the confines of the building
or where food and drink is intended for immediate consumption outside
the confines of the building or in automobiles.
A double house consisting of two separate dwelling units
under one roof, each complete in itself, with closed partition between,
with independent means of ingress and egress in front and rear, and
with separate sewer, water and other utility services.
A building, or portion thereof, designed or used as the residence
or sleeping place of one or more persons, including but not limited
to one-family, two-family and multiple dwellings, condominiums, cooperatives,
apartment hotels, boarding- and rooming houses, motel tourist cabins,
trailers or trailer courts, tents and other types of movable buildings.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHEDA freestanding residential building which contains one dwelling unit and which has no common walls with other units.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHEDA dwelling unit sharing a common wall with one or more single-family dwelling units.
DUPLEX (SEMIDETACHED)A residential structure connected to a similar structure on one side by a vertical or horizontal common wall or separation.
TOWNHOUSEA single dwelling unit in a structure containing five or more units sharing two vertical common walls, except that the end units have a single common wall.
GARDEN APARTMENTA building containing a group of separate dwelling units so designed that not more than two apartments are served by a common entry.
A residential dwelling unit without a separate bedroom and
not exceeding 600 square feet in size.
The value of a property determined by the Municipal Tax Assessor
through a process designed to ensure that all property in the municipality
is assessed at the same assessment ratio or ratios required by law.
Estimates at the time of building permit may be obtained utilizing
estimates for construction cost. Final equalized assessed value will
be determined at project completion by the Municipal Tax Assessor.
[Added 5-10-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-14]
A written statement, documented by maps and charts as appropriate,
examining, discussing and evaluating the impacts of a particular aspect
of a proposed development An evaluation in this context, shall include
a comparison of the development and its impacts, as appropriate, to
applicable standards set forth in this chapter. If no standards in
this chapter are applicable to the particular aspect which is the
subject of the evaluation, then to generally accepted standards.
The total wall surface, including door and window areas,
of a building's principal face. In the case of corner buildings which
front on more than one street, only one face shall be used to calculate
facade area.
One or more persons living as a single, non-profit housekeeping
unit, including foster children as defined by law.
A public eating facility where patrons purchase food while
within the physical premises of the restaurant, which is obtained
by self-service or from an employee of the establishment over a counter,
for consumption either within the establishment or away from the premises.
Cafeterias constitute "fast-food restaurants" under this chapter.
A structure of wood, metal, stone, masonary or other material
and shall also include barriers formed by living vegetation.
A parcel, plot or area of land abutting a public street,
complying with the minimum requirements of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-35, whose
width at the street line and/or at the building setback line is less
than that required by the zone district in which it is located and
whose principal portion shall be to the rear of a conforming lot;
such lot shall comply with the minimum requirements hereinafter set
forth.
The area of all floors computed by using the dimensions of
the outside walls of each floor of a building. Only those areas having
five feet or more clear head room with completed floors, ceilings
and partitions may be considered in computing "floor area," and at
least 1/2 of the included floor area shall have a minimum ceiling
height of seven feet six inches. Cellars, porches, balconies, patios,
terraces, breezeways, carports, verandas and garages are excluded,
except that enclosed porches and patios which are heated and used
year-round may be counted in computing the floor area, provided that
the walls, ceilings, foundation, etc., are the same as required for
the remaining structure.
The sum of the area of all of the floors of the building
or structures compared to the total area of the site.
That property line of a lot coinciding with the right-of-way
line of a street or other way, public or private, giving access to
such lot.
A building owned or operated or maintained by the City of
Bordentown which is used primarily for the storage, repair, maintenance
and major repair of motor vehicles owned, used or customarily maintained
by the City of Bordentown and which may include such facilities designed
for uses incidental thereto, including the provision of motor fuel
for said vehicles.
[Added 4-27-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-9]
A detached accessory building or portion of the principal
building designed primarily for the storage of passenger vehicles
and not more than one commercial vehicle with a rated capacity not
exceeding 3/4 ton.
A building space, other than a private garage, which is primarily
used for the storage, repair, retail, maintenance and major repair
of motor vehicles and the retail sales of motor vehicles, in connection
with a franchised dealership; and which may include such facilities
designed or used for polishing, greasing, washing, spraying and otherwise
servicing of such motor vehicles incidental thereto, other than service
stations as hereinafter defined, the sale of motor fuel and the sale
of previously registered motor vehicles, commonly referred to as "used
cars." The sale of previously registered automobiles as a primary
use shall be prohibited.
A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale
of motor fuels but also in supplying goods and services generally
required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and
the fulfilling of motorist needs. Major automotive repairs, painting
and body and fender work are excluded. (See the definition of "service
station, automotive.")
See the definition of "floor area."
Any room except those used for kitchen, bath or utility purposes.
Any use customarily conducted for profit entirely within
a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is
clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling
purposes and does not change the character thereof, provided that
no article is sold or offered for sale, except such as may be produced
by members of the immediate family residing in the dwelling, and provided
further that no machinery or equipment is used which will cause electrical
or other interference with radio and television reception in adjacent
residences or cause offensive noise or vibration. By way of exception
to the foregoing, any person may conduct not more than three sales,
commonly known as "garage, porch, attic, basement or lawn sales,"
on his or her premises in any one calendar year. The sale shall generally
be known as a "garage sale," which is defined as any public sale of
used personal property in a residential area of the municipality,
commencing not earlier than 10:00 a.m., terminating by sundown and
extending no more than a two-day period. "Garage sales" shall offer
only used items and personal property owned by the residents of the
property where the sale is held. No new merchandise shall be offered
for sale. No new merchandise from sources other than the home in question
shall be brought in and offered for sale. Such activities as clinics,
hospitals, barbershops, beauty parlors, tea rooms, tourist homes,
animal hospitals, nursery schools and music or dancing schools other
than for individual instruction shall not be deemed "home occupations"
under the terms of this chapter.
A duly incorporated organization composed of all owners of
property in a development.
A use by a public or nonprofit quasi-public or private institution
for educational, religious, charitable, medical or civic purposes.
A point where two or more streets meet and or cross.
The use of any lot for the storage, keeping or abandonment
of junk, including scrap metal or other scrap material, or for the
dismantling, demolition or abandonment of structures, automobiles
or other vehicles, equipment and machinery or parts thereof. The term
"junkyard" as defined above includes automobile wrecking yards.
A business devoted to the boarding, care or breeding of dogs
and cats.
That housing which may be produced at lowest price given
compliance with New Jersey Uniform Construction Code Act[5] and other applicable regulations.
The fabrication, processing or assembly of goods and material
where the storage of bulk goods and materials, or such activities
or materials create no major hazard from fire or explosion or produce
no toxic or corrosive fumes, gas, smoke, odors, obnoxious dust or
vapor, offensive noise or vibration, glare, flashes or objectionable
effluent.
An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building
or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of
a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or material.
A parcel, plot or area of land, legally established, with
precise boundaries determinable from a deed description or map filed
in the office of the County Clerk.
The total area included within the lot lines, but not including
any portion used or intended for use as a street, or a street right-of-way.
That part or percentage of the lot covered by building area
and impervious surfaces.
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines
measured along the median between the two side lot lines.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
along the street line.
A single-family dwelling, having no permanent foundation,
designed and constructed to be transported on its own wheels by traction
to a site, capable of being relocated to another site, and not normally
designed and constructed to comply with the requirements of the Building
Code for a conventional structure. (See the definition of "trailer.")
A building designed or used as a residence of three or more
dwelling units, garden apartments, condominiums and cooperatives;
however, not exceeding two stories in height.
The earth itself, the water upon or under the surface of
the earth, the air above the earth and plants, animals, fish, birds,
insects and other living creatures growing upon or inhabiting the
earth, the water or the air.
Materials found to exist naturally and/or have undergone
minor modification, reduction or alloying by man, which can be reused
(recycled) or are biodegradable. Such materials would include wood,
stone, brick, rapid oxidizing metals such as iron, recyclable metals
and minerals such as copper and glass and some alloys such as tin,
bronze and brass. Plastics, polyvinyl chlorides, special polimers,
aluminum, chromium, special steels and other exotic man-made or highly
refined materials are specifically and generally excluded.
A building or structure or use lawfully existing at the time
of enactment of this chapter, or subsequent amendments thereto, that
does not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the zone in
which it is located.
A lot or parcel which does not have the minimum width or
contain the minimum lot area for the zone in which it is located.
An offensive, annoying, unpleasant or obnoxious thing or
practice, a cause or source of annoyance, especially a continuing
or repeating invasion or disturbance of another's rights, including
the actual or potential emanation of any physical characteristics,
activity or use across a property line, which can be perceived by
or affect a human being of ordinary sensibility or the generation
of an excessive or concentrated movement of people or things, such
as but not limited to dust; smoke; fumes; odor; glare; flashes; vibration;
shock waves; heat; electronic or atomic radiation; objectionable effluent;
noise or congregation of people, especially at night; passenger traffic;
transportation of things by truck, rail or other means; and invasion
of nonabutting street frontage by parking.
A building or portion thereof used as the place of business
of a person, corporation, firm or public agency for professional services
and administrative and executive purposes, as distinguished from a
shop or store.
A sign which advertises a business which is not conducted
or a product which is not sold on the lot where the sign is located.
A building containing one dwelling unit only and not occupied
or designed for occupancy by more than one family.
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designated or received for public or private
use.
A permitted reduction in lot sizes and lot area requirements
in major subdivisions in which the density requirement (dwelling units
per acre) is maintained and where all resulting open land within said
subdivision is deeded to the municipality for public purposes or reserved
as permanent open space, i.e., cluster development.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
to commence and maintain proceedings under this chapter.
An open area, other than a street or other public way, used
for the parking of motor vehicles and available for use as a service
or privilege to guests, licensees, clients, customers, suppliers or
residents. It shall include driveways and access drives located within
the lot area.
An area of not less than nine feet by 18 feet, either within
a structure or garage or in the open and exclusive of driveways or
other access drives for the parking of a motor vehicle.
That destruction which is less than total destruction as
determined by the Tax Assessor in levying taxes on said premises.
That is to say, if the damaged improvement still has sufficient value
so that it is assessed, the destruction is determined to be partial.
A cleared way for pedestrians and/or bicycles to travel which
may or may not be paved.
Any building or structure with foundation walls or footings
that support the above-ground elements and which cannot easily or
conveniently be removed therefrom.
An individual, association, partnership, corporation or joint
venture.
Planned unit development, planned unit residential development,
residential cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial
development, where an area of land, controlled by a land-owner, to
be developed as a single entity for one or more uses and where standard
lot bulk, height and area requirements are replaced with performance
standards with impact evaluation proceedings.
A lot or parcel of ground, including any buildings or structures
thereon.
A structure arranged, adapted or designed for the predominant
or primary use for which a lot may be used.
The primary or predominant use of the premises.
The office of a member of a recognized profession, including
doctors or physicians, dentists, optometrists, ministers, architects,
professional engineers, lawyers, artists, authors, musicians and such
other similar professional occupations which may be so designated
by the Zoning Board upon finding by the Board that such occupation
is truly professional in character by virtue of the need for special
training or experience as a condition for the practice thereof and
that the practice of such occupation shall not adversely affect the
safety, comfort and enjoyment of property rights in any zone to a
greater extent than for those professional activities listed herein.
The issuance of a state or local license for regulation of any gainful
occupation need not be deemed indicative of professional standing.
A building or portion thereof used as the place of business
of a person, corporation, firm or public agency for professional services.
A building which is owned and/or used by a governmental agency.
See the definition of "institutional use."
The area between the outer boundaries of a public street
or way, whether improved or unimproved, and whether acquired by deed
or easement. The term "right-of-way" shall apply to planned future
roadways or widenings when these are shown on adopted documents.
An open or covered structure of permanent or temporary construction
which fronts on a public street located on land which is owned or
leased by the operator for the purposes of direct-to-consumer commodity
sales.
A person who is not related to the head of the household
and who pays for the privilege of rooming.
Any dwelling in which people, either as individuals or as
families, are housed or lodged, for hire, and which contains five
or fewer such rooms for hire.
A retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale
of motor fuels but also in supplying goods and services generally
required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and
the fulfilling of motorist needs. Major automotive repairs, painting
and body and fender work are functions associated with a public garage
and not with a service station.
A line drawn parallel to a street line or lot line and drawn
through the point of a building nearest to the street line or lot
line.
The distance of clear sight required in the alignment of
streets and roads.
Any announcement, declaration, demonstration, bill-board,
display, illustration or insignia used to promote or advertise the
interests of any person, group of persons, company, corporation, service
or product when the same is placed, erected, attached, painted or
printed; to advertise or promote the interest of the same, when placed
out of doors in view of the general public, or placed where it may
be viewed from the outside of any structure where placed.
Any sign supported by uprights or braces placed upon or in
the ground, and not attached to any building.
A sign which advertises a business which is not conducted
or a product which is not sold on the lot where the sign is located.
A structure designed for occupancy by one family. Not more
than two roomers or boarders may occupy such a structure.
A separate area containing separate sanitary facilities and/or
cooking facilities.
Ownership by one person, or ownership by two or more persons
jointly as joint tenants, as tenants by the entirety or as tenants
in common of a separate lot not adjacent to land in the same ownership.
A plan of a lot or subdivision on which is shown topography location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-way, boundaries, all essential dimensions and bearings and any other information deemed necessary by the Zoning Board and/or Planning Board in unusual or special cases. (See Chapter 244, Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Approval.)
A building or part thereof in which or from which merchandise
or services are furnished directly to the public.
A building or part thereof where merchandise is displayed
for sale and sold at wholesale.
That portion of a structure included between the surface
of a 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.
Any public or private right-of-way commonly used by the public
for motor vehicle movement and which is approved for purposes of issuing
building permits. For the purpose of this chapter, "streets" shall
be classified as follows:
ARTERIAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.
CULS-DE-SACDead-end streets providing access to adjacent lots.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSStreets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
MINOR AND/OR LOCAL STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
The line which separates the publicly owned or controlled
street right-of-way from the private property which abuts upon said
street, as distinct from a sidewalk line, curbline or edge of pavement
line.
Anything constructed or erected which requires permanent
or temporary location on the ground or attachment to something having
such location, excluding unroofed patios and agricultural fences five
feet in height and under.
A residence in which, as an accessory use, a habitable room
or habitable rooms are rented by the day or night to transients.
A self-contained independent dwelling unit attached by common
wall between it and an adjacent unit or units extending from the basement
to the roof and providing at least two means of access to the outside.
A wheel-based vehicle that is designed to be transported
by traction and which is used or may be used as a dwelling or for
the transportation or storage of goods, materials, livestock or any
object. For the purposes of this chapter, "trailers" shall be considered
buildings and are intended to be regulated as such, where trailers
are permitted. The regulations of this chapter that apply to trailers
shall also apply to the following vehicles as herein defined below:
CAMPING VEHICLE.
TRAVEL TRAILERA vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, and, when factory equipped for the road, it shall have a body width not exceeding eight feet and a body length not exceeding 32 feet.
PICKUP COACHA structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
MOTORIZED HOMEA portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
MOBILE HOME.
MOVABLE HOME.
BOAT TRAILERA trailer designed for the purpose of transporting a boat over land.
HORSE TRAILERA trailer designed for the purpose of transporting horses or animals over land.
TENT TRAILERA trailer with a built-in or attached tent designed and equipped to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
A parcel of land in one ownership on which there is located
or intended to be located one or more trailer coaches occupied for
living purposes; a trailer camp. Trailer coaches on individual lots
under separate ownership are not "trailer parks or courts."
A premises which is used for the temporary parking of motor
freight vehicles between trips and for the transfer of freight between
trucks or between trucks and rail facilities for shipment elsewhere
and where the storage of freight or cargo is only temporary, and which
also may contain facilities for dispensing motor fuels.
The specific purpose for which land or building is designed,
arranged, intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
A building used for the temporary storage of goods, materials
or merchandise for later or subsequent distribution of delivery elsewhere
for purposes of processing or sale.
FRONT YARDAn area unoccupied except by a use as hereinafter specifically permitted, extending across the full width of a lot and lying between the abutting street line and the nearest part of the principal structure on the lot.
SIDE YARDAn area unoccupied except by a use as hereinafter specifically permitted, extending from the front yard to the rear yard of a lot and lying between the side lot line and the nearest part of the principal structure on the lot.
REAR YARDAn area unoccupied except by a use as hereinafter specifically permitted, extending across the full width of a lot and lying between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the existing or proposed principal structure on the lot. If there is no rear lot line, as in the case of a triangular shaped lot, or if there is doubt as to determination of rear yard measurement, the "rear yard" requirement of this chapter shall be construed as conforming, provided that there can be drawn entirely within the property a quadrilateral formed by the rear line of the existing or proposed principal building, the extension of the side lines of the principal building from the rear of the principal building and a line connecting said extended building side lines, which quadrilateral shall have an average depth measured from the rear of the building equal to at least the required minimum rear yard. In no event shall the principal building be located closer to a property line at any point other than the minimum side yard requirement.
A permit issued by the Zoning Officer in accordance with § 300-123 of this chapter.
