Unless otherwise stated, the following words shall, for the purposes of this Part 2, have the meaning herein indicated. Any word used in this Part 2 which is not defined herein and which is defined in other articles of the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance[1] shall, for the purpose of this Part 2, have the meaning
defined herein.
Regularly spaced and aligned row of trees usually planted
along a street or pedestrian path.
Allee
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An open framework structure that forms a shelter, gateway
framework or bower. Its primary purpose is to be a semi-architectural
place for climbing plants to grow, while providing shaded seating,
directional form to frame a view or to create a private out-of-doors
area. An arbor can be arched or square-topped. It differs from a gazebo
in that its roof area is open to the elements, while a gazebo traditionally
has a solid roof that protects those seated beneath it from the elements.
Arbor
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Shops of special trade, including the manufacturing, compounding,
assembly, processing, packaging or similar treatment of such products
as baked goods, candy, ceramics, pottery, china, weaving and other
textile arts, painting, cooperage, woodworking, and other artistic
endeavors and similar trades. Retail sales of products made on the
premises are encouraged.
An ancillary lightweight structure usually of canvas, cantilevered
from a facade providing shade to the fenestration and spatial containment
to the pedestrian. Awnings, to be an effective adjunct to a shop front,
must thoroughly overlap the sidewalk and should be no higher than
10 feet at the front edge of the sidewalk.
A platform that projects from the wall of a building and
is surrounded by a railing or balustrade.
Landscape element designed to remove silt and pollution from
surface runoff water. It consists of a swaled drainage course with
gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.
The water's flow path, along with the wide and shallow ditch, are
designed to maximize the time water spends in the swale, which aids
in the trapping of pollutants and silt.
Bioswale
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The aggregate of private lots, passages, rear lanes and alleys,
circumscribed by public streets.
A covered passage one story in height connecting a main structure
and an accessory building.
The height of a building or portion of a building shall be
measured from the average established grade at the street lot line
or from the average natural ground level, if higher, or, if no street
grade had been established, to the deck line of mansard roofs; and
the cornice or eaves line for hip and gable roofs. In measuring the
height of a building, the following structures shall be excluded:
chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, tanks, water
towers, radio and television towers, ornamental cupolas, domes, or
spires, and parapet walls not exceeding four feet in height.
A mode of public transportation that combines the quality
of rail transit and the flexibility of buses. It can operate on exclusive
transitways, high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes, expressways or ordinary
streets. A BRT system combines intelligent transportation systems
technology, priority for transit, rapid and convenient fare collection
and integration with land use policy in order to substantially upgrade
bus system performance.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
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A freestanding structure, located on a bus transit route,
which is designed to accommodate embarking and disembarking bus transit
passengers.
The term defining not-for-profit organizations dedicated
to arts, culture, education, recreation, government, transit, and
municipal parking.
A building designed specifically for a civic function.
Public spaces located within the Township and its neighborhoods
A plaza or square may contain a civic building or space located within
a primarily unpaved, formally configured, small public lawn or park.
Portions may be linear in shape. Both types should be surrounded by
canopy street trees. Situated at prominent locations and often dedicated
to important events and/or citizens, plazas and squares may contain
water features, an amphitheater, farmers' markets and in some instances
play equipment and courts, but shall not include ball fields.
An outdoor area dedicated for public use. Civic space types
are defined by the combination of certain physical constraints, including
the relationship between their intended use, their size, their landscaping
and the building(s) defining the space.
A roof or building structure, extending over the sidewalk,
open to the street and sidewalk except for supporting columns or piers.
A parcel of land used for the growing of vegetables, flowers,
etc. used for human consumption but not for commercial sales. The
garden area shall include but not be limited to a greenhouse, an accessory
storage building, benches, a watering system and fencing.
The topmost element composed of moldings for an entablature
in formal architecture orders or used alone at the roofline or ceilings.
Cornice
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An open, unoccupied space bounded on more than two sides
by the walls of the building. An inner court is a court entirely surrounded
by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court has one side open
to a street, alley, yard, or other permanently open space.
A side-by-side attached group of single-family units having
a minimum of three units per building. Entrances to a unit shall be
from a paved courtyard area located in front of the unit. Front-loaded
garages shall be provided with no alleys. The courtyard area shall
include some landscaping and be constructed with one or combination
of pavement materials, including, but not limited to, decorative paving.
Paving that is made up of solid, precise, modular units,
stamped concrete, seeded concrete, colored concrete or any combination
of the above.
An enclosed outdoor area intended for the exercising and/or
containment of dogs and similar animals.
A projecting vertical structure on the slope of a roof, which
provides light and headroom to the interior space.
Dormer
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The junction of a wall of a building and an overhanging roof.
In order to encourage pitched roofs, the designated maximum building
height may be measured to the eave, not to the top of the roof.
Originally was an elaborated beam supported by columns. It
now generally refers to an elaborated horizontal band along the exterior
of a building. Used primarily just beneath the roofline; sometimes
used on the facade between floors.
A building face or wall.
A projecting flat horizontal member or molding, also part
of a classical entablature.
Fascia
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Window and other openings on a building facade.
A building or portion thereof designed for occupancy by three
or more families living independently in which they share common entrances
and other spaces and individual units may be owned as condominiums
or offered for rent.
The sum of the area of all the floors of buildings or structures
compared to the total area of the site.
Used as one of the ornamentation elements of particular Greek
and then Roman design. Applied to the top of a horizontal segment
of a mantelpiece, which assumes temple format with side supports serving
as pilasters.
The wood picket, wrought iron or masonry fence required along
the street frontage of all private lots and along common lot lines
to no more than 10 feet back from the street right-of-way line.
The part of the end wall of a building between the eaves
and a pitched or gambrel roof. The gable orientation shows the vertical
triangular plane rather than the slope side of the roof. A gable facing
towards a frontage individualizes a building more strongly than its
alignment parallel to a frontage.
Gable
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An establishment for retail sales of live plant material,
fertilizers, pesticides, landscape materials, plant containers, seasonal
sales of flowers, produce and holiday items, including Christmas trees,
both live and artificial, lawn ornaments, garden furniture and similar
material.
An open space corridor in largely natural conditions which
may include trails for bicycles and pedestrians.
Greenway/Passive Park
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A combination of physical space and vertical elements such
as plants, berms, fences, or walls, the purpose of which is to separate
and screen incompatible land uses from each other.
Any combination of living plants (such as grass, ground cover,
shrubs, vines, hedges, or trees) and nonliving landscape material
(such as rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, walls, fences or decorative
paving materials).
The topmost horizontal member over an opening, which helps
carry the weight of the vertical structure above it.
Lintel
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A dwelling unit that contains, to a limited extent, a commercial
component. A live/work unit is a fee-simple unit on its own lot, with
the commercial component limited to the ground level.
That portion of the dwelling unit utilized for living purposes
within the exterior walls of the structure and does not include porches,
breezeways, garages, carports, bay windows and decks.
The three-dimensional bulk of a structure: height, width
and depth.
A low wall encircling the perimeter of a flat building roof,
generally used to screen roof-mounted mechanical equipment.
Parapet
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Any public or private land available for recreational, educational,
cultural, or aesthetic use. A park includes the following types:
Adult park: A park that is typically developed
with active recreational facilities such as field games, court games,
picnicking and space for quiet/passive activities.
Children's park: A park that is primarily oriented
to children, that includes tot lots, play areas, picnic tables and
other recreational facilities.
Passive park: A park featuring passive recreation
pursuits, such as interpretive programs and trail systems that take
advantage of geological, biological, or scenic resources, located
within the park not including recreational facilities.
A parking lot designed for drivers to leave their cars and
use mass transit facilities beginning, terminating, or stopping within
immediate walking distance of the park-and-ride facility.
A crowning triangular element at the face of a roof or above
a door opening.
Similar to arbors, which include an open framework structure
that forms a shelter. However, pergolas are commonly used to provide
directional form over walkways or to create a private outdoor seating
or patio area.
A thin segment of a square column attached on a wall, which
matches in details accompanying freestanding columns or on corners
of buildings.
The element of the public streetscape which accommodates
street trees. Planters may be continuous or individual.
A covered but unenclosed projection from the main wall of
a building that may or may not use columns or other ground supports
for structural purposes.
A covered roof extending off the building facade which allows
a vehicle to park under and passengers to access the house via a side
stair.
Porte Cochere
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An open-sided structure attached to a building sheltering
an entrance or serving as a semienclosed space.
Portico
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Fences and hedges along alleys and common lot lines (behind
the front wall of the building), which may be as high as eight feet
above the adjacent ground. A wire fence (with wooden framework) shall
have a hardy species of hedge or climbing vine planted along it.
Property (streets, alleys, civic greens and parks) within
the public domain and physically within a town or neighborhood within
which citizens may exercise their rights. At its most ideal level,
public space and public buildings can be characterized as being of,
for, and by the people.
A planted depression that is designed to take as much as
possible of the excess rainwater run-off from a house or other building
and its associated landscape. The plants, a selection of wetland-edged
vegetation, such as sedges, rushes, ferns, shrubs and trees, absorb
the excess water and then, through the process of transpiration, return
water vapor into the atmosphere.
Rain Garden
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A vehicular street or driveway located to the rear of lots
providing access to service areas and parking, and containing utility
easements. Alleys should be paved from building face to building face,
with drainage by inverted crown at the center or with curbs at the
edges.
The "master plan" for the Woolwich Regional Center and the
Auburn Road Village that provides specific information for the disposition
of each property or lot. The Regulating Plan specifies the building
placement standard for each lot and shows how each building contributes
to the larger Center, neighborhood and village and shows the arrangement
of the public space in relation to private space.
A device attached to a building to provide shading for glazed
areas thereof.
Solar Screen
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A ground-floor entry platform at the front and/or street
side of a building. Stoops, where required, may be roofed but they
shall not be enclosed.
Stoop
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STREETIncludes all public space (streets, civic greens, and parks), but not alleys.
STREET FRONTAGERefers to the lot line that coincides with the greater street right-of-way and generally the shorter lot dimensions.
SIDE STREETThe street of the lesser right-of-way, generally with the longer lot line along it.
The design element that establishes the major part of the
public realm. The streetscape is composed of streets (travel lanes
for vehicles and bicycles, parking lanes for cars, and sidewalks or
paths for pedestrians) as well as the visible private frontages (building
facades and elevations, porches, yards, fences, awnings, etc.), and
the amenities of the public frontages (street trees and plantings,
benches, streetlights, etc.).
Streetscape
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A freestanding wall built along the frontage line, or coplanar
with the facade, often for the purpose of masking a parking lot from
the street. Street screens should be between 3 1/2 and eight
feet in height and constructed of a material matching the adjacent
building facade. The street screen may be a hedge or fence. Street
screens shall have openings no larger than are necessary to allow
automobile and pedestrian access. In addition, all street screens
over four feet high should be thirty-percent permeable or articulated
to avoid blank walls.
Street Screen
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The name given to development designed according to segregated
use zoning standards, and auto-dependent criteria concerning access
and parking. The resultant development provides for a low-density
landscape of independently designed uses connected by a system of
hierarchical streets, which do not provide through access. A majority
of the land in this model is relegated to street and parking surfaces,
and although the building density and population may be low, the amount
of usable open space is minimal to none, and traffic congestion is
common.
Suburban Sprawl
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Having the ability to accommodate and maintain population
growth and economic expansion through intelligent design.
The exterior finish of a surface, ranging from smooth to
coarse.
A one-family dwelling unit, with a private entrance, attached
horizontally in a linear arrangement, being located on a separate
lot, and being separated from an adjoining dwelling unit by an approved
wall extending from the foundation through the roof and structurally
independent of the corresponding wall of the adjoining unit and having
a totally exposed front and rear wall to be used for access, light
and ventilation.
Neo-traditional neighborhoods Incorporate design
principles that produce compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-scaled communities.
The following conventions are generally employed in the design of
traditional neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is limited in area to that
which can be traversed in a ten- to fifteen-minute walk.
Residences, shops, workplaces, and civic buildings
are located in close proximity.
A well-defined and detailed system of interconnected
streets serves the needs of the pedestrian and the car equally, providing
multiple routes to all parts of the neighborhood.
Physically defined open spaces in the form of
plazas, squares, and parks, in addition to finely detailed public
streets, provide places for formal and informal social activity and
recreation.
Private buildings form a clear edge, delineating
the private from the public realm.
Civic buildings reinforce the identity of the
neighborhood, providing places of assembly for social, cultural, and
religious activities.
Traditional neighborhoods pursue certain objectives
through their design:
Independence of movement for the elderly and
young by bringing many activities of daily living within walking distance.
Reduced traffic congestion and road construction
costs by reducing the number and length of car trips.
Use or preparation for future use of alternative
forms of transportation by organizing appropriate building densities.
Improved security of public spaces organized
to stimulate informal surveillance by residents and business operators.
Enhanced sense of community and improved security
through provision of a range of housing types and workplaces in proximity
to one another.
Accessible places for public assembly and civic
engagement by identification of suitable sites for civic buildings.
A horizontal window above a door or window, usually rectangular
in shape.
Transom
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Lightweight elements used for controlling the shape or to
support climbing and other plants. In most instances, it is usually
constructed on a flat plane, in a two-dimensional way, unlike an arbor,
which is frequently a three-dimensional structure.
Trellis
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A one-family dwelling unit, with a private entrance, attached
horizontally in a linear arrangement to one other dwelling unit, each
located on a separate lot, and being separated from each other by
an approved wall extending from the foundation through the roof and
structurally independent of the corresponding wall of the adjoining
unit and having a totally exposed front and rear wall to be used for
access, light and ventilation.
A regional adaptation of an architectural style or styles;
usage has intrinsically resolved the architectural response to climate,
construction technique, and, to some extent, social mores.
