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Any word or term not defined shall be used with a
meaning of standard usage for the context in which the word is used.
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The following words and phrases in this Part 2 are
used as defined in the Municipal Land Use Law but with reference to
this Part 2 and appropriate provisions thereof: applicant, application
for development, building, capital improvement, circulation, common
open space, conventional, County Master Plan, County Planning Board,
days, developer, development, development regulation, division, drainage,
erosion, final approval, historic site, intersected party land, major
subdivision, Master Plan, Mayor, municipal agency, nonconforming lot,
nonconforming structure, nonconforming use, Official County Map, Official
Map, off-site, off-tract, on-site, on-tract, open space, party immediately
concerned, planned development, plat, preliminary approval, preliminary
floor plans and elevations, public areas, public development proposal,
public drainageway, public open space, quorum, resubdivision, sedimentation,
structure, subdivision, variance and written notice.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Township Planning Board, unless a different municipal
agency is designated in the text of this Part 2 or has the power of
review, approval or other action, when acting pursuant to the authority
of the Municipal Land Use Law,[1] in which case it shall be that municipal agency.
The Holland Township Board of Adjustment.
A strip of land, of the width designated by this Part 2,
maintained in trees or other natural woodland growth, or planted with
evergreens, hedge or shrubbery of sufficient height to protect adjoining
residential, agricultural, industrial or commercial uses from noises,
dust, glare or other possible nuisances which might result from the
operation of mining, utility, storage, commercial or loading or parking
activities.
The New Jersey State Uniform Construction Code.[2]
The construction permit required under the New Jersey State
Uniform Construction Code for new construction, renovation, alterations
or additions, or a combination thereof.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
a showing that such use in a specific location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use
as contained in the zoning provisions of this Part 2 and upon the
issuance of an authorization therefor by the approving authority.
A zoning district.
A roadway, thoroughfare, place or passageway sufficiently
wide to accommodate motor vehicle traffic (including emergency vehicles),
which is not a street as defined herein, but which, prior to March
7, 1953, has become established for use by owners of abutting land
having no frontage on any existing state, county or municipal roadway
for ingress or egress over the property of others, between a public
roadway and the abutting properties. For the purposes of this Part
2, a private land situated entirely on a single property shall not
be considered to be a "driftway."
[Amended 9-5-1978]
The Environmental Commission established by ordinance of
the Township.[3]
That portion of the flood hazard area outside of the floodway.
The floodway and any additional portions of the floodplain
which the improper development and general use of would constitute
a threat to the safety, health and general welfare. This shall constitute
the total area inundated by the flood hazard design flood.
The relatively flat area adjoining the channel of a natural
stream, which has been or may be hereafter covered by floodwater.
The channel of a natural stream and portions of the floodplain
adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to carry and discharge
the floodwater or flood flow of any natural stream. This shall constitute
the portions of the floodplain needed for the passage of the floodway
design flood without an appreciable rise in the water surface profile.
The Township Committee of the Township.
A designated parcel or area of land established by plat or
otherwise established by deed description, subdivision or record of
survey map and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by the
Township for maintenance of any improvements required by this Part
2.
A development requiring major subdivision or site plan approval.
N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.9 et seq.
[Amended 4-15-1980 by Ord. No. 80-6]
A subdivision of land that does not involve:
The creation of more than three lots, including
any lot consisting of the remainder of the original lot;
Planned development as defined in the Municipal
Land Use Law;[4]
Any new street; or
Extension of any off-tract improvement, the cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to § 100-180 of this Part 2. If the lot or lots have once been part of a minor subdivision under this Part 2 or any ordinance repealed hereby, a further division thereof shall not be classified as minor if the granting of the required minor subdivision(s) would result in more than three minor subdivision lots, including the remainder of the original lot, being created within a twelve-month period.
The Attorney or Engineer of the Township.
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Improvements outside the site in question or the tract in
question, respectively, to accommodate conditions generated inside
the original tract as the result of the proposed development which
shall include, but not be limited to, installation of new improvements
and extensions and modification of existing improvements.
An 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 Part 2.
The Holland Township Planning Board.
The total width and length of the course of a street.
All site plans not defined as minor or exempt.
A site plan for a development requiring less than 10 parking
and/or loading spaces as required in this Part 2, containing less
than 2,500 square feet of floor area, not having more than fifty-percent
lot coverage, not involving any planned development, not involving
any new street, not involving the extension of any off-tract improvement
which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55-42, and contains
information reasonably required to make an informed determination
as to whether the requirements established by this Part 2 for approval
of a minor site plan have been met.
[Amended 4-4-1984 by Ord. No. 84-3; 9-15-1987 by Ord. No.
1987-8]
A group of citizens appointed by the Mayor for the purpose
of reviewing site plans referred to it by the approving authority
and making recommendations to the approving authority.
A facility through which stormwater is directed and which
is designated to collect eroded soil from a designated area.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway,
viaduct, drive or other way which is an existing state, county or
municipal roadway; shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant
to law; approved by official action as provided in this Part 2; or
shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County
Recording Officer prior to 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, curbs, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas with the street line.
[Amended 9-6-1977]
The balance of said definition of "street" shall
continued to read as heretofore.
For the purposes of this Part 2, "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.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
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.
ALLEYSMinor ways are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The Township of Holland, in the County of Hunterdon, New
Jersey.
An area of land composed of the lot or lots which are the
subject of the development application as well as all property (of
which such lot or lots are a part) contiguous thereto and in the same
ownership, and also all portions of a street or right-of-way contiguous
to such lot(s) or other property.
A zoning district established under Part 1, Zoning.
The applicable Zoning Ordinance of the Township, as amended
and supplemented.[5]
The zoning permit required under Part 1, Zoning.
