Whenever the following terms, or pronouns in place of them,
are used, the intent and meaning, unless a different intent or meaning
is clearly indicated, shall be interpreted as set forth in the following
unless specifically defined below:
BMP
The New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual.
CAFRA PLANNING MAP
The geographic depiction of the boundaries for coastal planning
areas, CAFRA centers, CAFRA cores and CAFRA nodes pursuant to N.J.A.C.
7:7-13.
[Amended 7-5-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-5]
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
An interest in land less than fee simple absolute, stated
in the form of a right, restriction, easement, covenant, or condition,
in any deed, will or other instrument, other than a lease, executed
by or on behalf of the person vested with a greater interest therein,
appropriate to retaining land or water areas predominantly in their
natural, scenic, open or wooded condition, or for conservation of
suitable habitat for plants or animals.
CONSERVATION RESTRICTION
An interest in land less than fee simple absolute, stated
in the form of a right, restriction, easement, covenant, or condition,
in any deed, will or other instrument, other than a lease, executed
by or on behalf of the owner of the land, appropriate to retaining
land or water areas predominantly in their natural, scenic or open
or wooded condition, or for conservation of soil or wildlife, or for
outdoor recreation or park use, or as suitable habitat for fish or
wildlife, to forbid or limit any or all:
A.
Construction or placing of buildings, roads, signs, billboards
or other advertising, or other structures on or above the ground.
B.
Dumping or placing of soil or other substance or material as
landfill, or dumping or placing of trash, waste or unsightly or offensive
materials.
C.
Removal or destruction of trees, shrubs or other vegetation.
D.
Excavation, dredging or removal of loam, peat, gravel, soil,
rock or other mineral substance.
E.
Surface use except for purposes permitting the land or water
area to remain predominantly in its natural condition.
F.
Activities detrimental to drainage, flood control, water conservation,
erosion control or soil conservation, or fish and wildlife habitat
preservation.
G.
Other acts or uses detrimental to the retention of land or water
areas according to the purposes of any conservation or environmental
laws or regulations.
CORE
A pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and civic uses serving
the surrounding municipality, generally including housing and access
to public transportation.
COUNTY REVIEW AGENCY
Unless otherwise specified, the Salem County Planning Board,
or such other agency as may be designated by the Salem County Board
of Chosen Freeholders to review municipal stormwater management plans
and implementing ordinances, and the Salem County Soil Conservation
District.
DESIGNATED CENTER
A state development and redevelopment plan center as designated
by the State Planning Commission, such as urban, regional, town, village,
or hamlet.
DESIGN ENGINEER
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New
Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily
be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development
of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
DEVELOPMENT
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 structure; any mining
excavation or landfill; any forestry or logging activities; and any
use or change in the use of any building or other structure, or land
or extension of use of land, by any person, for which permission is
required under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
In the case of development of agricultural lands, "development" means
any activity that requires a state permit; any activity reviewed by
the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and/or the State Agricultural
Development Council (SADC), and municipal review of any activity not
exempted by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
DRAINAGE AREA
A geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or
dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving water body or
to a particular point along a receiving water body.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSTRAINED AREAS
Areas where the physical alteration of the land is in some
way restricted, either through regulation, easement, deed restriction
or ownership, such as but not limited to wetlands, floodplains, threatened
and endangered species sites or designated habitats, and parks and
preserves. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified
using the NJDEP's Landscape Project as approved by the NJDEP's
Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREA
An area or feature which is of significant environmental
value, including but not limited to stream corridors, natural heritage
priority sites, habitats of endangered or threatened species, large
areas of contiguous open space or upland forest, steep slopes, and
wellhead protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered
or threatened species are identified using the NJDEP's Landscape
Project as approved by the NJDEP's Endangered and Nongame Species
Program.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been covered with a layer of material
so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
INFILTRATION
The process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Any development (as defined herein) that provides for ultimately
disturbing one or more acres of land or increasing impervious surface
by 1/4 acre or more. Projects undertaken by any government agency
which meet the definition of "major development" but which do not
require approval under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq., are also considered major development.
NJDEP
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
NODE
An area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating
facilities and activities which are not organized in a compact form.
NUTRIENT
A chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus,
which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, the Borough of Penns Grove, or political subdivision
of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction pursuant to the Municipal
Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions,
chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive
substance (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.), thermal waste, wrecked
or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal,
agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged
directly or indirectly to the land, groundwaters or surface waters
of the state, or to a domestic treatment works. "Pollutant" includes
both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
RECHARGE
The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into
the ground and is not evapotranspired.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by
air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
SITE
The lot or lots upon which a development is to occur or has
occurred.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
STATE PLAN POLICY MAP
The geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment
Plan's goals and statewide policies and the official map of these
goals and policies.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage
facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN
An excavation or embankment and related areas designed to
retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management basin may either
be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration basin),
retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted
mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands).
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE
Any structural or nonstructural strategy, practice, technology,
process, program, or other method intended to control or reduce stormwater
runoff and associated pollutants, or to induce or control the infiltration
or groundwater recharge of stormwater, or to eliminate illicit or
illegal nonstormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
The water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers
that results from precipitation.
TIDAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA
A flood hazard area which may be influenced by stormwater
runoff from inland areas but which is primarily caused by the Atlantic
Ocean.
TIME OF CONCENTRATION
The time required for runoff to travel from the hydraulically
most distant point of the watershed to the point of interest within
a watershed.
URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE
A zone designated by the New Jersey Enterprise Zone Authority
pursuant to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27H-60
et seq.
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA
Previously developed portions of areas:
A.
Delineated on the State Plan Policy Map (SPPM) as the Metropolitan
Planning Area (PA1), designated centers, cores or nodes;
B.
Designated as CAFRA centers, cores or nodes;
C.
Designated as urban enterprises zones; and
D.
Designated as Urban Coordinating Council empowerment neighborhoods.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries and all springs, streams, wetlands,
and bodies of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial,
within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its
jurisdiction.
WETLANDS or WETLAND
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."
Any person who erects, constructs, alters, repairs, converts,
maintains or uses any building, structure or land in violation of
this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $500 per day.
This chapter shall take effect upon the filing thereof with
the Salem County Planning Board and after final passage and publication
in the manner prescribed by law.