In addition to any statutory definitions contained
in Chapter 291 of the Laws of 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.), the
definitions contained in this section shall be used in the interpretation
and construction of said chapter:
A developer submitting an application for development.
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, conditional
use, zoning variance or direction of the issuance of a permit pursuant
to this chapter.
The Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment of the municipality,
unless a different agency is designated by this chapter.
An area in which no building, parking area, driveway (except
to provide access to property and which is perpendicular to the buffer
area), street, sign (except directional sign) or storage of materials
shall be permitted.
Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement
of people, goods, water, air, sewage 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 transshipment points.
Unification of two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land
into one or several lots, tracts or parcels of land.
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 Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et
seq.).
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
291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
The official action of the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of
Adjustment taken in a major subdivision application on a preliminarily
approved plat after all requirements, conditions, engineering plans,
etc., have been completed and the required improvements have been
installed or bonds properly posted for their completion. A plat that
receives such "final approval" must have been prepared by a licensed
professional engineer or land surveyor in compliance with all the
provisions of Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq.), and is the map which must be filed with the County
Clerk within 90 days after such action in order to make the approval
binding.
The chief legislative body of the Borough.
A street, road or highway improved and maintained by the
Borough of Runnemede or the County of Camden or the State of New Jersey.
Includes improvements and fixtures on, above and below the
surface.
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.
Any security other than cash which may be accepted by the
Borough for the maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the Borough which shall have been duly
adopted by the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough
of Runnemede pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 291 of the Laws
of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
Subdivision of land that does not involve the creation of more than three lots fronting on an existing street or extension thereof; planned development; any new street; the extension of any municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property; conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan, Official Map, Chapter 395, Zoning, or this chapter; or more than one prior minor subdivision of the affected tract of land.
The Official Map of the Borough of Runnemede as adopted by
the governing body of this municipality pursuant to Chapter 291 of
the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).[3] Said map shall be deemed to be conclusive with respect
to the location and width of the public streets, public parks and
playgrounds and public rights-of-way shown thereon.
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.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide
the same under this chapter.
For purposes of notice any applicant for development, the
owners of the subject property and all owners of property and government
agencies entitled to notice under Section 7.1 of Chapter 291 of the
Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12).
Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement
that certain improvements be made before the Joint Planning/Zoning
Board of Adjustment approves a plat, including performance bonds,
cash held in escrow agreements and other similar collateral or surety
agreements.
Generally, the map of a subdivision, whether major or minor.
FINAL PLATThe final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which is presented to the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment for final approval in accordance with these regulations and which, if approved, shall be filed with the proper county officer as required by statute.
PRELIMINARY PLATThe preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the major subdivision which is submitted to the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment for consideration and preliminary approval and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
SKETCH PLATThe sketch plat of a subdivision of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion only, not for preliminary approval, and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
The official action taken on a preliminary plat by the Joint
Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment which determines whether or not
the plat or map submitted is in proper form and meets the established
standards adopted for design layout and development of the subdivision.
Such preliminary approval confers certain irrevocable rights upon
a subdivider for a period of three years on condition that the general
terms and conditions specifically agreed upon will be fully met and,
further, that the final plat will be submitted for final approval
within the three-year time period.
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational
areas; other public open spaces; scenic and historic sites; and sites
for schools and other public buildings and structures.
A Master Plan, capital improvement program or other proposal
for land development adopted by the appropriate public body or any
amendment thereto.
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.
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality,
municipal agency, Board of Education, state or county agency or other
public body for recreational or conservational uses.
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area, including streets, easements and open space portions of
a development.
Includes all divisions as defined under "subdivision" and
includes the combination of lots, tracts or parcels of land and the
new or different division of a lot, tract or parcel of land previously
subdivided. "Resubdivision" also is considered to occur when changes
in the lines of a lot, tract or parcel of land are made, even though
changes are not made in the dimensions of the lot, tract or parcel
of land.
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 an
ordinance requiring review and approval of site plans by the Joint
Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment adopted pursuant to Article 6
of Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et
seq.). Small additions or changes may be classified as a minor site
plan at the discretion of the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, viaduct, alley
or other way which is an existing state, county, municipal roadway
or private street or a street or way shown upon a plat heretofore
approved pursuant to law or approved by official action or a street
or way on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the county
officer prior to the appointment of a Joint Planning/Zoning Board
of Adjustment 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 purpose
of this chapter, "streets" shall be classified as follows:
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting a street.
ARTERIAL STREETSStreets used primarily for fast or heavy through traffic.
COLLECTOR STREETSStreets which carry traffic from minor streets to major systems of arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within a development. They are designed to provide circulation within residential areas and to provide areas to the secondary street system.
CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAYSStreets that are used by heavy through traffic and which permit no access from abutting property.
CULS-DE-SACMinor streets which dead end and are provided at the closed end with a turnaround of sufficient diameter to permit vehicular traffic to make a complete nonstop three-hundred-sixty-degree turn.
MAJOR STREETSStreets which are used primarily for heavy local and through traffic and those streets which are or may become the principal traffic arteries through the Borough of Runnemede or between major sections of said Borough.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSStreets which are parallel or adjacent to controlled access highways or major or arterial streets and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic, designed to preclude direct access from adjacent properties to controlled access highways or major or arterial streets.
MINOR STREETSStreets which are designed primarily to provide access to the abutting properties.
SECONDARY STREETSStreets designed to provide the overall circulation system within the blocks formed by the major street system and which provide the primary access to the major street system.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity 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.
