As used in this section:
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent or continuous occupancy or use for public, institutional,
residence, business or storage purposes.
CHANNELS
A linear topographic depression that continuously or intermittently
confines and/or conducts surface water, not including transient erosional
gullies and other ephemeral features that temporarily form after heavy
rainfall. A channel can be naturally occurring or can be of human
origin through excavation or construction, in which case it is referred
to as “man-made.” A channel includes both bed and banks.
[Added 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-1-22]
COMMERCIAL USES
All uses involved in the (retail or wholesale) sales, service
or handling of goods of any nature. In addition thereto, apartment
complexes consisting of 10 or more units shall be considered commercial
uses and thereby governed by this section. In addition thereto, public
mausoleums shall be considered commercial uses and thereby governed
by this section.
FIRE HAZARD
Any device or condition likely to cause fire and which is
so situated as to endanger either persons or property; accumulation
or storage of combustible or explosive material sufficient in amount
or so located or in such a manner as to put in jeopardy, in the event
of ignition, either persons or property; or the obstruction to or
of all means of ingress and egress.
INDUSTRIAL USES
All uses involved in the manufacture, processing or packaging
of products of any nature.
JUNK MATERIAL
Any waste, broken or used materials, machinery, parts of
products which are not necessary to the operation of a use or which
have been obviously discarded by the owner or operator of the business.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Any commercial, industrial and mixed-use real estate, or
portion thereof, located in the City of Rahway, including improvements
thereon.
NUISANCE
(1)
Any common nuisance as known by common law or inequity jurisprudence
or as provided by the statutes of the State of New Jersey or the ordinances
of the City.
(2)
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to the health
or safety of children, whether in a building, on the premises of a
building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes, but is not limited
to, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, abandoned iceboxes,
refrigerators, motor vehicles, boats, any structurally unsound fences
or structures, lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation, such as
poison ivy, oak or sumac, which may prove a hazard for inquisitive
minors.
(3)
Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to
health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist.
(4)
Insufficient ventilation or illumination in violation of this
Code.
(5)
Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities in violation
of this Code.
(6)
Unsanitary conditions or anything offensive to the senses or
dangerous to health in violation of this Code.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly with several others, shall
have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying
actual possession thereof, or who shall have charge, care or control
of any property unit as owner or agent of the owner as lessee, executor,
executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee, receiver or guardian
of the estate or as a foreclosing mortgagee or mortgagee in possession,
regardless of how that possession was obtained. Any person who is
a lessee subletting or assigning any part of any property or property
unit shall be deemed to be co-owner with the lessor and shall have
joint responsibility over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned
by said lessee.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, right-of-way or multiples
thereof, including the building or structures thereon.
PROPERTY
Any real estate, including residential, commercial, industrial
and mixed-use, or portion thereof, located in the City of Rahway,
including any improvements thereon.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Any property that contains one or more dwelling units used,
intended or designed to be occupied for living purposes.
STRUCTURE
A combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable,
forming a construction, including buildings.
VACANT BUILDING
Any structure intended for residential or commercial use
which has not been occupied or in use for a period of six months or
more. This definition shall not include the following:
(1)
Any structure which is unoccupied because of a current alteration
being performed in accordance with a plan which has been approved
by the City Construction Official;
(2)
Any structure which is a principal residence that is utilized
by the owner for a period of six months or less per year;
(3)
Any structure which is a vacation home or seasonal residence;
(4)
Dormitories which are not normally in use during a portion of
the calendar year.
VACANT LOT
A neglected parcel of property that has no buildings on it.
WASTE
Material or a combination of materials which are no longer
of use for the purposes for which it is normally intended.
WATERWAYS
A collection of water on the surface of the ground, including,
but not limited to, a bay, brook, creek, ditch, lake, pond, reservoir,
river, or stream. A waterway also includes the path or depression
through which the water flows or is confined. A waterway can be either
naturally occurring or resulting from human activity, in which case
it is referred to as “man-made.”
[Added 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-1-22]
YARD, FRONT
The yard extending across the entire width of the lot between
the front lot line and the nearest point at which the principal building
would be permitted according to the Zoning Ordinance.