[Amended 11-4-2020 by Ord. No. 48-2020]
A.
Word usage.
(1)
Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular
number includes the plural and the plural the singular. The word "shall"
is always mandatory. The word "lot" includes the word "plot." The
word "building" includes the word "structure." The term "such as,"
where used herein, shall be considered as introducing a typical or
illustrative, rather than an entirely exclusive or inclusive, designation
of permitted or prohibited uses, activities, establishments or structures.
The words "zone" and "district" are synonymous.
(2)
Any word or term not defined herein shall be used with a meaning
of standard usage for the context in which the word is used or shall
be defined in the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
B.
ACCESSORY USE
ACCESSORY, IMPROVEMENT, OR STRUCTURE
ACRE
ADAPTIVE REUSE
ADULT DAY CARE CENTER
ADULT USE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AIR RIGHTS
AISLE
ALLEY
ALTERATION OF BUILDING
AMUSEMENT CENTER
AMUSEMENT OR MECHANICAL DEVICE MACHINES
APARTMENT
APARTMENT HOTEL
APPLICANT
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
APPROVED COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL
APPROVED PLASTICS
ARCADE
ARCADE, AMUSEMENT
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
ARTISANAL MANUFACTURING
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
ATTIC
AUTOMOBILE BODY REPAIR CENTER
AUTOMOBILE OR TRAILER SALES AREA
AUTOMOBILE RECYCLING
AUTOMOBILE SALES USED
AUTOMOBILE SALES, NEW
AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION WITH QUICK MART
AWNING
AWNING, FIXED
BAR
BILLBOARD OR SIGNBOARD
BLOCK
BOARD
BOARDINGHOUSE OR ROOMING HOUSE
BREAD AND BREAKFAST
BUFFER
BUILDING
BUILDING AREA
BUILDING COVERAGE
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING LINE
BUILDING, MAIN OR PRIMARY
BULK
BULK REGULATIONS
BUS TERMINAL
CANOPY
CAR WASH
CARRIAGE HOUSE
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
CHANGE OF USE
CHILD CARE CENTER
CHURCH
CIRCULATION
CITY
COMMERCIAL RECREATION
COMMERCIAL SALES AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
COMMON FACILITIES
COMMON OWNERSHIP
COMMUNITY CENTER
COMMUNITY FACILITY
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
CONDITIONAL USE
CONSOLIDATION
CONVENIENCE GOODS OUTLET
CONVENIENCE RETAIL
COURT
CPTED
CULDESAC
CURB
DAYS
DECK
DECORATIVE TRIM
DENSITY
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
DISPLAY SURFACE
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY
DRIVEWAY
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
EASEMENT
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION
EMINENT DOMAIN
FACADE
FACADE
FAMILY
FAMILY DAY CARE HOME
FENCE
FENCE LINE
FENESTRATION
FINAL APPROVAL
FINAL PLAT
FINAL SITE PLAN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FLOOR AREA
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
FLOOR AREA, GROSS (GFA)
FLOORPLATE
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
FREESTANDING FASTFOOD RESTAURANT
FREESTANDING RESTAURANT
FRONTAGE
FUNERAL HOME
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, PUBLIC
GOVERNING BODY
GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
GROUP HOME
HISTORIC SITE
HOME PROFESSION
HOME PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
HOSPITAL
HOTEL
INDUSTRIAL OPERATION OR USE
INDUSTRY
INFRASTRUCTURE
INSTITUTIONAL USE
JUNKYARD
LAUNDROMAT
LEED - LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
LIGHT MANUFACTURING
LOADING AREA
LODGER OR ROOMER
LOT
LOT AREA
LOT COVERAGE
LOT DEPTH
LOT FRONTAGE
LOT WIDTH
LOT, CORNER
LOUNGE
MAIN STREET SHOPPING DISTRICT
MAKER SPACE
MANUFACTURING
MARQUEE
MASTER PLAN
MEDICAL FACILITIES
MIXED USE STRUCTURE
MOTEL
NEW AUTOMOBILE DEALER
NONCONFORMING LOT
NONCONFORMING SIGN, AWNING, CANOPY OR MARQUEE
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING USE
NONPROFIT OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES
NURSING HOME
OCCUPANCY OR OCCUPIED
OFFICE
OFFICIAL MAP
OFFTRACT IMPROVEMENT
(1)
(2)
(3)
ONTRACT IMPROVEMENT
OPEN SPACE
OPEN SPACE, COMMON
OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE
OUTDOOR STORAGE
OWNER
PARKING AREAS
PARKING LOT
PARKING SPACE
PARKING STRUCTURE
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
PERMITTED USE
PERSON
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
PLACE OF ASSEMBLY
PLACE OF WORSHIP
PLANNING BOARD
PLAT
PLAZA
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
PRELIMINARY PLAT
PRINCIPAL USE OR STRUCTURE
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONAL USE
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
PROCESSING AND WAREHOUSING
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
PROHIBITED USE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL USE
PUBLIC PARKING
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES
QUORUM
RECREATION CENTER
RESEARCH LABORATORY
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, GROSS
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, NET
RESIDENTIAL ZONES
RESTAURANT
RETAIL FOOD STORE
RETAIL SALES
RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER AND RETAIL PLAZA
ROOF LINE
ROOF-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
ROOM
SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA
SCHOOL
SEASONAL MERCHANDISE
SECURITY GATES
SETBACK
SHARED PARKING
SIGN
SIGN AREA
SIGN, BUSINESS
SIGN, CANOPY
SIGN, CHANGEABLE MESSAGE
SIGN, COMBINATION
SIGN, ELECTRIC
SIGN, FLASHING
SIGN, GROUND
SIGN, ILLUMINATED
SIGN, MARQUEE
SIGN, NEON
SIGN, OFF PREMISES
SIGN, POLE
SIGN, PORTABLE
SIGN, POSTAL ADDRESS
SIGN, PROFESSIONAL
SIGN, PROJECTING
SIGN, RESIDENTIAL
SIGN, ROOF
SIGN, SIDEWALK
SIGN, STRUCTURE
SIGN, TEMPORARY
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
SIGN, WALL
SIGN, WINDOW
SINGLE OWNERSHIP
SITE
SITE PLAN
(1)
(2)
(3)
SITE PLAN REVIEW
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
STORE, RETAIL
STOREFRONT
STORY
STREET
STREET SIDE LINE
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
SWIMMING POOL, PRIVATE
SWIMMING POOL, PUBLIC
TAVERN
THEATER, MOVIE
TOWNHOUSE LOT
TOWNHOUSE PRIVILEGE YARD AREA
TOWNHOUSE TRACT
TRAVEL TRAILER AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
URBAN FARMING
USED CAR LOT
USED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER
USED MOTOR VEHICLE AND/OR SECONDHAND MOTOR VEHICLE
VARIANCE
VENDING MACHINES
WALL
WAREHOUSING
WHOLESALE TRADE
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
A use naturally and normally incidental and subordinate to
a principal use on the same premises.
A subordinate building, improvement, or structure on the
same premises with a main building, occupied or devoted to an accessory
use. Where an "accessory building" is attached to a main building
in a substantial manner by a wall or roof, such "accessory building"
shall be considered part of the main building.
An area of land, which includes 43,560 square feet.
The creation of a different use for an existing building.
A nonresidential facility in which adults are provided with
supervision and assisted care.
An establishment offering primarily entertainment, products
or activities of a sexual nature and intended for consumption by adults.
Housing with a sales price or rent within the means of a
household meeting the NJ Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) standards
for low and moderate income, where the instrument or subsidy required
to sustain such pricing will remain in effect for the minimum period
required for eligibility as affordable, pursuant to COAH regulations.
The interest in the use of the space above the land or above
structures or improvements affixed to the land.
The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.
A minor way, which is used primarily for vehicular access
to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting a street.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such
as bearing wall columns, beams, girders and interior partitions, as
well as any changes in the size or location of doors or windows or
any addition to or diminution of a building.
An establishment, place or location whose primary use is
the operation of amusement or mechanical device machines.
Any coin operated machine, apparatus, contrivance, appliance
or device which may be operated or played upon the placing or depositing
of any coin, check, slug, ball or any other article or device or by
the paying thereof, either in advance of or after use, and operated
by the public for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, the object
of which is to achieve either a high or low score, which by comparison
to the score of other players, whether playing concurrently or not,
demonstrates relative skill or competence or indicates in any other
way competitive advantage of one player over another, regardless of
skill or competence. This shall include devices, such as marble machines,
skill ball, pinball, mechanical grab machines, machines or contrivances
commonly known as "bagatelle," "baseball," "football," "hockey," "pool
table," "target shooting," "shuffle board" or "shuffle alley," "electronic
video games," "miniature bowling machines" or any similarly named
device or any device which utilizes an electronic display to reproduce
symbolic figures and lines intended to be representative of real game
activities; which machines or devices are operated, maintained or
used in any public or quasi-public place or in any building, store
or other place wherein the public is invited or wherein the public
may enter, which provides no free play, no prizes or return of any
money. Specifically excluded shall be any device, whether operated
by coin or not, which merely provides a ride, sensation, electronic
reading or weight for use by and to the amusement of the public or
dispensing or vending of merchandising or music or any mechanical
or amusement device which is otherwise the subject of regulation and
licensure in the Code of the City of Orange Township.
One or more dwelling rooms, with private bath and kitchen
facilities, comprising an independe self-contained dwelling unit within
a larger building.
A facility offering transient lodging accommodation to the
general public and where rooms or suites may include kitchen facilities
and sitting rooms in addition to the bedroom.
A developer submitting an application for development.
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plot, site plan, conditional
use, zoning variance or direction of the issuance of a permit pursuant
to Section 25, Chapter 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34) or Section 27, Chapter
291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36).
Wood or materials not more combustible than wood and approved
plastics.
Only those slow burning plastics, such as cellulose acetate
or methyl methacrylate or other plastics of no greater combustibility,
as now approved by the Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., for sign
use.
An area contiguous to a street or plaza that is open and
unobstructed to a height of not less than 12 feet and that is accessible
to the public at all times. Any portion of an arcade occupied by building
columns, landscaping, statuary, pools, or fountains shall be considered
part of the arcade for the purpose of computing a floor-area premium
credit. The term "arcade" shall not include off-street loading areas,
driveways, off-street parking areas, or open pedestrian walkways.
The floor of any arcade shall be level with the adjoining street or
plaza.
Any electric or electronic machine (e.g., pinball, video
games) which provides amusement, enjoyment, or entertainment and which
may be operated upon the insertion of a coin or token. This term shall
not include juke boxes, children's mechanical rides (e.g., horses,
rocket ships), or machines that sell merchandise. A place or facility
where pinball or other similar electronic games are played for amusement
only. Shall not be construed so as to include bingo games nor shall
it be construed so as to include gambling devices or any other devices
prohibited by law.
A part, portion, or projection that contributes to the beauty
or elegance of a building or structure, exclusive of signs, that is
not necessary for the structural integrity of the building or structure
or to make said building or structure habitable. Architectural features
of a building shall include cornices, eaves, gutters, belt courses,
sills, lintels, bay windows, chimneys, and decorative ornaments.
A production process characterized by minimal automation,
little division of labor, and a small number of highly skilled craftsman
as opposed to a larger, less-trained traditional workforce. Participants
in an artisan process may be self-employed, or employed by a smaller-scale
business.
Services in these establishments include assistance with
daily activities, such as dressing, grooming, bathing, etc. These
are also referred to as board and care establishments.
That part of a building that is immediately below and wholly
or partly within the roof framing.
A garage or building used for general repair, rebuilding,
or reconditioning of engines, motor vehicles, or trailers, including
bodywork, welding, and major painting service. Automobile repair center
is a garage or building used for the replacement or repair of any
automobile part.
An area used for the display, sale or rental of new or used
motor vehicles or trailers in operable condition, where no repair
work is done.
See definitions for "junkyard."
The use of land and buildings for the display and sale of
primarily used motor vehicles and may include repair and service facilities
as well as financing and leasing services.
The use of any building, land area, or other premise principally
for the display, sale, rental, or lease of new automobiles (but may
include light trucks or vans, trailers, or recreation vehicles), and
including any vehicle preparation, warranty, or repair work conducted
as an accessory use.
The dismantling or disassembling of used motor vehicles or
trailers or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled, partially
dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts, as associated with
a junkyard.
Any building, land area, or other premises, or portion thereof,
used for the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels; servicing
and repair of automobiles; and including as an accessory use the sale
and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, and similar vehicle
accessories. A car wash is not an accessory use to an automobile service
station.
An automobile service station with a convenience goods outlet,
as defined herein, located on the same lot and planned, operated,
and maintained as an integrated planned development.
Any structure made of cloth, plastic, metal or other substance,
with a frame attached to a building or other structure and projecting
over a public or quasi public right-way, when the same is so erected
as to permit it to be raised to a position against the building or
structure when not in use.
[Added 1-2-1996 by Ord.
No. 30-95].
Any roof like permanent sloped cover, as of canvas or vinyl,
which projects five to six feet off the face of the building and has
an eight to ten-inch vertical fascia drop.
See TAVERN.
Any structure or portion thereof on which lettered, figured
or pictorial matter is displayed for advertising purposes, other than
the name and occupation of the user of the premises or the nature
of the business conducted thereon, or the products sold or manufactured
thereon.
The aggregate of private Lots, passages, rear lanes and alleys,
the perimeter of which abuts Thoroughfares.
Whenever the word "Board" is used, it refers to the Planning
Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Orange Township,
as applicable.
[Amended 10-19-2021 by Ord. No. 54-2021]
A dwelling having one kitchen and used for the purpose of
providing meals or lodging, or both meals and lodging for pay or compensation
of any kind to more than one person other than members of the family
occupying such a dwelling.
A group of lodging units not to exceed 10 units that may
provide services for dining, meeting and recreation.
A strip of land containing planted screening materials and/or
fencing used to physically separate and screen one use or property
from another so as to minimize adverse impacts.
A combination of materials forming a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof,
including the following:
The total areas taken on a horizontal plane at the main grade
level of the principal building and all accessory buildings exclusive
of steps. All dimensions shall be measured between the exterior faces
of walls.
The ratio of the horizontal area of all principal and accessory
buildings measured from the exterior surface of the exterior walls
of the ground floor on a lot to the total lot area.
The vertical dimensions measured from the average elevation
of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest
point of the ceiling of the top story of a flat roof, to the deck
line of a mansard roof and to the average height between the plate
and the ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.
A line parallel to the street line or other lot line, which
touches that part of a building closest to the street line or other
lot line. In the case of a cantilevered section of a building, the
building line will coincide with the most projected surface.
A building or buildings, which are devoted to the main or
principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.
A term used to indicate, but not limited to, the size, setbacks,
and location of building.
Standards that control the height, density, intensity and
location of structures.
Any premises for the storage or parking of motor driven buses
and the loading and unloading of passengers.
Any self-supporting structure, other than an awning or marquee,
made of cloth, plastic, metal or other substance, providing a roof
like shelter over a public or quasi-public right-of-way which is permanently
affixed to the wall of a building and which shall be construed to
be a part of the building to which it is affixed and is subject to
all setback requirements applicable to the building to which it is
affixed.
Any building or premises used for washing motor vehicles.
A structure usually located at the rear of a building lot
immediate to an alley. A carriage house is most often a two-story
structure. The ground level was used to protect carriages and horses
and the attic story was used to store feed. Living quarters were frequently
incorporated into the structure for the driver or hired hand.
A document issued by the Construction Official allowing the
occupancy or use of a building or structure and certifying that the
building or structure or use has been constructed and/or renovated
according to, and in compliance with all the applicable state codes
and municipal ordinances and resolutions.
A change from one type of use to another classification of
use in the same zone, or, any removal of a building from one location
to another, or, the conversion of any part thereof to another classification
of use in the same zone. However, use changes within the same category
(i.e. retail-to-retail, warehouse-to-warehouse, office-to-office,
restaurant-to-restaurant, etc.) will not be considered a change of
use.
A nonresidential facility licensed by the State of New Jersey,
Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (C.30:5B1
et seq.) for the daytime care of children.
A building or group of buildings designed or intended for
public worship. For the purpose of this chapter, the word "church"
shall include chapels, congregations, cathedrals, temples and similar
designations, as well as rectories, parish houses, convents and such
accessory uses.
Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement
of people, vehicles, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means
as streets, highways, railroads, waterways, towers, airways, pipes
and conduits and the handling of people, vehicles and goods by such
means as terminals, stations, warehouses and other storage buildings
and transshipment points.
City of Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey.
A building, group of buildings or outdoor facilities used
for recreational purposes and operated as a business and open to the
public for a fee, including skating and roller rinks, bowling alley,
pool and billiard halls, indoor batting cages, rock climbing, indoor
play areas, sports fields, recreation centers, an indoor swimming
pools or tennis courts, arcades, events hall, paintball and laser
tag.
Activity involving the sale of goods or services carried
out for profit.
Includes, but are not limited to, those facilities intended
for the common use of two or more residential or commercial units
within the development, such as roads, parking areas, sidewalks, recreation
facilities or open space.
The ownership of two or more contiguous lots or parcels of
real property by one person or by two or more persons owning such
property jointly as joint tenants, as tenants by entirety or as tenants
in common.
A building used for recreational, social, educational and
cultural activities, open to the public or a designated part of the
public, usually owned and operated by a public or non-profit group
or agency. A community center shall include those facilities with
regular operating hours and staff that provide a broad spectrum of
health, social, nutritional and educational services and recreational
activities. This use shall also include a Senior Center. This use
shall not include Child Care Centers, Substance Abuse Treatment Centers,
or Private Clubs.
A noncommercial use established primarily for the benefit
and service of the population of the community in which it is located.
Shall include schools, transit improvements, police protection, and
on-site pedestrian and bicycle facilities in the public right-of-way.
Any community facility licensed pursuant to P.L. 1977, c.
448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B1 et seq.) providing food, shelter and personal
guidance, under such supervision as required, to not more than 12
developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons who require assistance,
temporarily or permanently, in order to live in the community. Community
Residence for the developmentally disabled includes, but is not limited
to, group homes, half-way houses, intermediate care facilities, and
supervised apartment living arrangements.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use,
as contained in the Development Regulations Ordinance, and upon the
issuance of an authorization therefore by the Planning Board or Zoning
Board of Adjustment.
The changing or moving of any property line, provided that
no additional lots are created. "Consolidation" also includes the
assembly or annexation of two or more lots into a fewer number of
lots than existed prior to the "consolidation."
Any retail establishment offering for purchase primarily
packaged foods, household items, magazines and newspapers, and limited
prepared foods such as sandwiches and salads, for off-premises consumption.
A retail sales establishment offering prepackaged food products,
toiletries, household items, tobacco products, newspapers and magazines,
flower arrangements, and freshly prepared foods for off-site consumption.
Such use includes bodegas. Such uses do not include take-out restaurants,
as defined herein, or are other establishment where the primary use
is the retail sale of food. Convenience retail establishments shall
not include any commercial cooking appliances for heating or cooking
food which produce grease vapors, steam, fumes, smoke or odors that
are required to be removed through an independent exhaust system.
Such appliances include deep fat fryers; upright broilers; griddles;
broilers; steam-jacketed kettles; hottop ranges; under-fired broilers
(charbroilers); ovens; barbeques; rotisseries; and similar appliances.
An open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with a principal building. A "court" entirely enclosed by walls
or opening on a side lot is an "inner court," while a "court" opening
for its full width on a street, front yard, rear yard or side yard
is an "outer court."
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design.
A street with a single common ingress and egress with a turnaround
at the end.
The edge of the vehicular pavement detailed as a raised concrete
or stone element, or flush with a swale.
Calendar days.
A raised accessory structure more than 1 1/2 feet above
finished grade and not covered by a permanent roof.
Moldings, battens, cappings, nailing strips, latticing, platforms
and letters, fixtures, characters or representations in cutout or
irregular forms which are attached to the sign structure.
The actual number or requested number of dwelling units per
gross area of land to be developed.
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The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any
land intended for a proposed development, including the holder of
an option or contract to purchase, or other persons having an enforceable
proprietary interest in such land.
The construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural
alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or structure
and any use, or change in the use, of any building or structure of
at least 300 square feet, of any excavation or land fill or use of
land, or extension of use of land, for which permission may be required
pursuant to this chapter.
Any zoning regulation, subdivision regulation, official map
or other municipal regulation of the use and development of land or
any amendment thereto adopted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law
(N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
The area made available by the sign structure for the purpose
of displaying the advertising message.
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means and includes control of runoff, to
minimize erosion and sedimentation during or after construction or
development and means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention
or alleviation of flooding.
The lands required for the installation of stormwater sewers 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 1 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes and including lands intended as flood control basins.
A paved or unpaved area used for ingress or egress of vehicles
and allowing access from a street to a lot, building or other structure
or facility.
A structure or portion thereof that is used exclusively for
human habitation.
A single unit of one or more rooms providing complete, independent
living facilities for not more than one family and two boarders and
including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking
and sanitation for such family.
The grant of the right to use private land for certain public
or quasi-public purposes.
An electric vehicle charging station is an element in an
infrastructure that supplies electric energy for the recharging of
plug-in electric vehicles, including electric cars, neighborhood electric
vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
The authority of a government to take or to authorize the
taking of private property for public use with the intent of providing
just compensation.
The external vertical surface of a building.
The face of any building whether front, rear or either side.
One or more persons living together as a single, nonprofit
housekeeping unit, whose relationship is of a permanent and domestic
character. The existence of a fraternity, sorority, club, religious
order or similar relationship shall not alone be sufficient to qualify
as a "family". Also permitted are children placed with a "family"
in a dwelling by the Division of Youth and Family Services in the
Department of Institutions and Agencies or a duly incorporated child-care
agency or children placed pursuant to law in single-family dwellings
known as "group homes." As used herein, the term "group home" means
and includes any single-family dwelling used in the placement of children
pursuant to law recognized as a group home by the Department of Institutions
and Agencies in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted
by the Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies, provided, however,
that no "group home" shall contain more than 12 children.
A home licensed for family day care use pursuant to P.L.
1987, c. 27 (C.30:5B16 et seq.).
A barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark
a boundary.
The established line of existing fences on a street, more
or less parallel to the curb line. The fence line may be within the
public right-of-way.
The arrangement of windows and doors on the elevations of
a building.
The official action of the Planning Board or Zoning Board
of Adjustment, as appropriate, taken on a preliminary approved major
subdivision or site plan after all conditions, engineering plans and
other requirements have been completed or fulfilled and the required
improvements have been installed or guaranties properly posted for
their completion or approval conditioned upon the posting of such
guaranties.
The map or maps of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment for
final approval, in accordance with the regulations contained in this
chapter, and which, when approved, shall be filed with the proper
county recording officer.
[Amended 10-19-2021 by Ord. No. 54-2021]
The final development plan indicating the final layout of
the site, which is submitted to the Secretary of the Planning Board
or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as appropriate, for consideration and
final approval as meeting the requirements of this chapter.
Any structure wherein business of primarily a monetary nature
is transacted, such as banks, savings and loans associations, mortgage
companies and similar institutions.
The area of all floors computed by measuring the dimensions
of the outside walls in a building, excluding attic and basement floors,
porches, patios, terraces, breezeways, carports, verandas and garages.
The sum of the area of all floors of buildings or structures
compared to the total area of the site.
The plan projection of all roofed areas on a lot, whether
fixed or temporary, times the number of stories.
The total indoor and outdoor Floor Area of any given Story
of a Building, measured to the exterior of the wall or balcony.
An activity or organization which is incorporated in the
State of New Jersey and determined and defined by the Internal Revenue
Service as a fraternal organization. The activity or organization
shall be open to the general public for a qualified membership and
participation in annual or regularly scheduled meetings.
A public eating place which provides offstreet parking for
its customers and employees and which does not abut any other buildings
and where prepared food is available upon a short waiting time and
is primarily intended for immediate consumption and/or is packaged
and presented in a manner, such as disposable containers, so that
food can be readily consumed on or off of the premises and where waiter/waitress
service is not provided. A "freestanding fast-food restaurant" shall
also include a drive-in/drive-through restaurant but shall be considered
separate and distinct from a freestanding restaurant, tavern, in-line
restaurant and retail food store.
A public eating place which provides off-street parking for
its customers and employees and which does not abut any other building
and where food is prepared and sold primarily for consumption on the
premises and where meals are served by a waiter/waitress staff to
seated patrons. An establishment that receives more than 50% of its
gross income from the sale of alcoholic beverages is to be classified
as a tavern. A "freestanding restaurant" is to be considered separate
and distinct from the classification of a freestanding fast-food restaurant,
tavern, in-line restaurant and retail food store.
The horizontal linear dimension designated as the primary
facade of that portion of a building occupied by a single use or occupancy.
A corner tenant will be permitted to use the secondary facade to determine
the "building frontage".
A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial
and the display of the deceased and rituals connected therewith before
burial or cremation.
A detached accessory building or a portion of the main building
used primarily for the storage of a passenger vehicle or vehicles
and not more than one commercial vehicle owned or used by the occupant
of the building to which the garage is accessory.
An enclosed building intended for the storage, servicing
or repair of motor vehicles as a business or any facility that is
a part of an agency dealing in new or used motor vehicles. A public
garage shall not include a car wash or auto dealing facility. Public
parking
The City Council of the City of Orange Township.
A solar energy system that is directly installed on solar
racking systems, which are mounted to an anchor, rigid pole, or other
object permanently fixed in the ground and wired to connect to an
adjacent building. Erection of ground-mounted systems may be appropriate
when insufficient space, structural and shading issues, or other restrictions
preclude roof-mounted systems.
[Added 5-2-2023 by Ord. No. 12-2023]
A nonprofit or forprofit group home for the sheltered care
of persons up to 15 persons with special needs, which, in addition
to providing food and shelter, may also provide some combination of
personal care, social or counseling services, and transportation.
Any building, structure, area or property that is significant
in the history, architecture, archeology or culture of New Jersey,
the City of Orange Township or the United States and has been so designated
pursuant to the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.).
Any occupation or profession carried out for gain by a resident
and conducted in the resident's dwelling unit.
An office for the practice of a profession (i.e. law, medicine,
dentistry), teaching, consulting or management businesses, and other
home businesses (i.e. photography, computer programming, etc.) which
do not sell products to the general public on a daily basis, provided
that all necessary licenses and permits have been obtained for that
professional office.
An institution providing primary health services and medical
or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from
illness, disease, injury, deformity, and other abnormal physical or
mental conditions and including as an integral part of the institution
related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, training
facilities, medical offices, and staff residences.
A building containing not less than 50 lodging units under
one management, each separate equipped with individual sleeping and
bathroom facilities and not furnished with individual cooking accommodations
and offered with or without meals to the public for compensation and
available to transient guests with or without such customary ancillary
facilities as restaurants, bars, gift arcades, auditoriums or convention
accommodations. This term includes the term "motel," but is distinct
from the terms "boardinghouse," "rooming house," "apartment hotel"
and "fraternity or sorority house."
Any activity conducted in connection with the manufacture,
assembly, disassembly, fabrication or processing of materials or products,
all of which are marketed off the premises to the ultimate consumer.
The location or premises used for any industrial operation.
A facility or structure related to the provision of roads,
water and sewer lines, electrical, telephone and cable transmission,
and all other utilities and communication systems necessary to the
functioning of a community.
An entity that contains a use such as a church, library,
school, hospital or municipally owned or operated building or land
use for public purpose.
A place where waste, discarded or salvaged materials are
brought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, cleaned
or handled, including house-wrecking yards, used lumber yards and
places for use of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials
and equipment, automobile recycling but excluding such uses as described
above when conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building
and excluding pawnshops and establishments for the sale or purchase
or storage of used cars in operable condition, salvaged machinery,
used furniture and household equipment and the processing of used,
discarded or salvaged materials as part of manufacturing operations.
An establishment providing washing and drying machines on
the premises for rental use to the general public and may include
drop off dry cleaning with an attendant as an accessory use.
It is a widely used Green Building rating system and provides
framework to create healthy, highly efficient, cost saving green buildings.
A use engaged in the manufacture, predominately from previously
prepared materials, or finished products or parts, including processing,
fabricating, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, sales
and distribution of such products, and packaging, incidental storage,
sales and distribution of such products, and excluding industrial
processes which utilize extracted or raw materials, flammable or explosive
materials or which potentially involve hazardous or commonly recognized
hazardous conditions.
An area in which goods and products are moved on and off
a vehicle, including the stall or berth and the apron or maneuvering
room incidental thereto.
A person, other than a member of a family, occupying a part
of any dwelling unit who, for a consideration, is furnished living
accommodations in such dwelling unit.
A parcel or portion of land, exclusive of any adjoining street,
separate from other parcels or portions by description of map.
The area contained within the lot lines of any lot described
in a certified survey.
That portion of a lot that is covered by buildings, structures
and all other man-made impervious surfaces, such as paved parking
areas and driveways.
The shortest horizontal distance between the street line
and a line drawn parallel to the street line through the midpoint
of the rear lot line. The greatest dimension on a corner lot is its
"depth."
The distance for which a lot or parcel of land abuts a street.
The "lot width" at any point shall be measured along the
line perpendicular to parallel side lines or making equal angles with
both converging side lines. Unless further qualified herein, the "lot
width" means the width at the front or setback line.
A lot at the junction of and having frontage on two or more
intersecting streets.
See TAVERN.
The CBD Zone, Central Business District, which lies on both
sides of Main Street from Cleveland Street to Hickory Street and extends
north from Main Street generally to William Street and south of Main
Street to the NJ Transit railway.
A place in which people with shared interests, especially
in computing or technology, can gather to work on projects while sharing
ideas, equipment, and knowledge.
Establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation
of materials or substances into new products, including the assemblage
of component parts, the manufacturing of products and the blending
of materials, such as resins and plastics.
A self-supporting, rooflike structure constructed of some
durable material such as metal, glass or plastic, permanently affixed
to and extending from part or all of a building or other structure
over a public or quasi-public right-of-way, which shall be construed
to be a part of the building to which it is affixed and is subject
to all setback requirements applicable to the building to which it
is affixed.
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of or use of land in the City of Orange Township,
as set forth in and adopted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law
(N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).
Any private or public health clinic, or other similar community
health facility providing diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive medical
care, surgical or invasive procedures not requiring inpatient admission,
and/or emergency or urgent care to ambulatory patients on an outpatients
basis only, including customary laboratories and pharmacies incidental
or necessary to its operation or the service of its patients, but
without facilities for inpatient care or surgical procedures that
require inpatient admission. A clinic or emergency care facility may
also be accessory to a hospital or medical institution.
Two or more different uses in a building such as but not
limited to residential, office, manufacturing, retail, public or entertainment.
See definition of "hotel."
A person or entity who is engaged in the sale of new automobiles
and who holds a franchise for the sale of new automobiles.
A lot, the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter or becomes
lawful by lawful variation of the requirements of this chapter but
fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which
it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision, amendment or
variation.
Any sign, awning, canopy or marquee which existed and was
permitted prior to the effective date of this chapter and which does
not comply with the provisions of the chapter will be considered to
be "nonconforming."
A structure, the size, dimension or location of which was
lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter
but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision, amendment
or variation.
A use which is lawfully exercised within a structure or on
land at the time of adoption of this chapter or any amendment thereto
and which does not conform to the regulations of the zoning district
in which it is located.
A public or quasi-public organization which is recognized
or licensed as nonprofit or charitable by the City of Orange Township,
the State of New Jersey or the United States Government and which
is not a "private institutional use," as defined herein.
Those zones set forth in the zoning regulations of this chapter
for nonresidential activities and known as the "MX" and "CBD" Zones.
A building or group of buildings in which nursing care and
medical services are prescribed by or performed under the general
direction of persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the
State of New Jersey, for the accommodation of convalescents or other
persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care but
who do require skilled nursing care and related medical services.
The residing of a person or persons in a dwelling unit overnight
or the installation, storage or use of equipment, merchandise or machinery
in any commercial, public or industrial building.
A room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs
of business, profession, service, industry, or government and generally
furnished with desks, tables, files, and communication equipment.
A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter
291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D32 through 55D36)
and deemed conclusive with respect to location and width of streets
and public drainage ways and the location and extent of flood control
basins and public areas and buildings, and streets or ways, whether
or not they are improved or unimproved or are in actual physical existence.
An improvement, which is not located on the property, which
is the subject of an application for development nor on a contiguous
portion of a street or right-of-way and includes any of the following:
All improvements of the types required for on-site installation
where the need for the providing of such improvements off tract is,
in whole or in part, made necessary by the proposed application of
the applicant and where the making of such improvements will confer
a benefit upon the applicant's lands which are the subject of the
application.
Any improvement or facility, the installation of which is required
in the public interest and the public need for which would not arise
but for the improvement of lands which are the subject of the applicant's
application and the installation of which would confer a benefit upon
the applicant's lands which are the subject of the application. In
addition to improvements of the type referred to above, the term specifically
includes improvements required to maintain a safe flow of vehicular
and pedestrian traffic necessary in the public interest.
Installation of new improvements and extensions and modifications
of existing improvements.
Any improvement, the installation of which may be required
as part of an application for development and which is to be located
on the property, which is the subject of an application for development
or on a contiguous street or right-of-way.
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designated or received 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, in the judgment
of the Board.
Any open space area within or related to a site designated
as a development and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment
of residents and owners of the development, where the developer provides
for an organization for the ownership and maintenance of such open
space or for the use of the municipality or other governmental agency
where such open space is dedicated and made available for public use
pursuant to Section 31 of Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975
(N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43). "Common open space" may contain such complementary
structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for use
or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development or the public,
as the case may be, pursuant to the above and subject to the direction
of the Board.
Any outside area on a lot, which is accessible and available
to all occupants of the building on said lot and is allocated, designed,
developed and maintained for outdoor recreation purposes.
The keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, junk, material,
merchandise or vehicles in the same place for more than 24 hours.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
sought to be processed for development under this chapter.
Any public or private area, under or outside of a building
or structure, designed and used for parking motor vehicles, including
parking lots, garages, private driveways, and legally designated areas
of public streets.
An offstreet, ground level, open area that provides temporary
storage for motor vehicles.
A rectangular space either outdoors or within a structure
and used to accommodate offstreet motor vehicle parking and meeting
the area and dimensional standards contained in this chapter.
A building or structure consisting of more than one level
and used to store motor vehicles.
A security, which may be accepted by a municipality, including
but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under the circumstances
specified in Section 16 of P.L. 1991, c. 256 (C.40:55D-12).
Any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions
applicable to that zoning district.
Includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
An establishment which offers specialized goods and services
purchased frequently by the consumer. Included are barbershops, beauty
shops, massage facilities, chiropractic clinics, garment repair, laundry
cleaning, pressing, dyeing, tailoring, shoe repair, and other similar
establishments.
A building or portion of a building designated and built
to serve as an entertainment center, theater, or meeting place for
social functions or worship area.
A building or structure, or groups of buildings or structures,
that by design and construction are primarily intended for conducting
organized religious services and associated accessory uses.
The Planning Board of the City of Orange Township, established
pursuant to this chapter.
The map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
An open space that may be improved, landscaped, or paved,
usually surrounded by buildings or streets.
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to Sections 34,
36 and 37 of Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey 1975 (N.J.S.A.
40:55D46, 55D 48 and 55D-49), prior to final approval, after specific
elements of a development plat have been agreed upon by the Planning
Board or other approving body and the applicant.
The map or maps indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision,
which is submitted to the Secretary of the Planning Board or Board
of Adjustment, as the case may be, for Planning Board or Board of
Adjustment consideration, as the case may be, and tentative approval
and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
The primary or predominant use or the structure devoted to
the primary or predominant use of any premises.
Nonprofit institutions that are not "public institutions',
and that are limited to the following: hospitals, medical clinics,
museums, utility companies and training centers. In addition, an entertainment
center, theater, or meeting place used for social functions or worship
area.
Any artificially constructed basin or other structure for
the holding of water for the use by the possessor, his family or guests
for swimming, diving and other aquatic sports and recreation. The
term "swimming pool" does not include any plastic, canvas or rubber
pool temporarily erected upon the ground holding less than 500 gallons
of water.
The storage of materials in a warehouse or terminal and where
such materials may be combined, broken down or aggregated for transshipment
or storage purposes where the original material is not chemically
or physically changed.
The office of a member of a recognized profession, maintained
for the conduct of professions including, but not limited to, physicians,
chiropractors, dentists, attorneys, engineers, architects, planners,
but not including real estate sales offices or nonprofessional business
offices.
Any use not specifically or conditionally permitted.
Nonprofit institutions that are limited to the following:
schools, government buildings for government use, public libraries,
and post offices. In addition, an entertainment center, theatre or
meeting place used for social functions or worship area.
See GARAGE, PUBLIC.
Telephone and electrical lines, poles, equipment and structures;
water or gas pipes, valves or structures; mains, or sewer pipes, valves
or structures, maintained, operated and conducted for the service,
convenience, necessity, health and welfare of the general public,
whether owned by any arm or creature of the local, state or federal
government or by any privately owned public utility corporation.
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency, board or governing body.
An establishment, place or location whose primary use is
to provide recreational activities and facilities for individuals
or groups by providing courts, diamonds, fields or enclosed facilities
for the public's enjoyment.
A facility limited to laboratories engaged in scientific
investigation testing or the production of factual information for
industrial, commercial or institutional clients.
The total number of dwelling units per unit content of land
which may be or are developed on an area of land, before requirements
for public access and required open spaces are provided.
The total number of dwelling units per unit content of land
which may be or are developed on an area of land after public access
and required open spaces are provided.
Those zones set forth in the zoning regulations of this chapter
and known as the AA, A1, A2, B1 and B2 Zoning Districts.
An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served,
and consumed, mostly within the principal building.
An establishment at which packaged foods and/or hot or cold
prepared foods are offered for sale and are primarily intended to
be consumed off the premises and in which there is not more than 60
square feet of counter/seating/table space for patrons who wish to
consume their food on the premises. Retail food store does not include
"automobile service station with quick mart," as defined herein.
Establishments engaged in the selling or rental of goods
or merchandise and in rendering services incidental to the sale of
such goods.
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed,
and managed as a total entity, with customer and employee parking
provided on-site, provision for good delivery separated from customer
access, aesthetic considerations and protection from the elements,
and landscaping and signage in accordance with an approved plan.
Either the edge of a flat or hip roof or the top of the parapet,
whichever forms the top line of the building silhouette, and where
a building has several roof levels, this roof or parapet shall be
the one belonging to that portion of the building on whose wall a
sign is located.
A solar energy system that is directly installed on solar
racking systems, which are mounted on the roof of a building. Erection
of roof-mounted systems are preferred for all applications.
[Added 5-2-2023 by Ord. No. 12-2023]
As applied to garden apartment developments a "room" is defined
as a living room, dining room, kitchen and/or bedroom. A kitchenette
which does not include space for eating and a dining area of which
one full wall is open into a living room shall be counted as one-half
room. A bathroom shall not count as a room.
Any accessory structure capable of receiving for the sole
benefit of the principal use, radio or television signals from a transmitter
or a transmitter relay, located in planetary orbit, also known as
"satellite earth stations," "earth stations" or "ground stations."
Any building or part thereof that is designed, constructed,
or used for education or instruction in any branch of knowledge.
Goods and products typically purchased for a holiday, a special
day or seasonal time periods, such as Christmas trees, pumpkins, Easter
and Mother's Day flowers, etc.
Any rolling or sliding metal enclosure which has an open
weave minimum of 60% open (as opposed to a solid metal face), closing
vertically or horizontally, installed as a theft protection measure
in front of or behind a plate glass window or storefront door/window
combination.
Editor's Note: See subsection 210-30.9 for regulations concerning security gates in the Main Street (CBD) shopping district.
The minimum distance by which any building or structure must
be separated from a street right-of-way or lot line.
Parking spaces that are available to more than one function.
A public or private parking area used jointly by two or more uses.
Any object, device, display or structure or part thereof,
situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to advertise, identify,
display, direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution,
organization, business product, service, event or location by any
means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixture
colors, illumination or projected images.
The total square foot content of the background upon which
the lettering, illustration or display is presented, including any
base support or frame. If there is no background, the "sign area"
shall be computed as the product of the largest horizontal width and
the largest vertical height of the lettering, illustration of display.
This shall not be construed to include the supporting members of any
sign which are used solely for such purpose. For signs with two display
faces, the maximum area requirements shall be permitted on each side.
Signs with more than two display faces are prohibited.
A sign which directs attention to a person, organization,
institution, activity, event, place, object, product, commodity, business,
entertainment, service or profession which is located, sold, produced,
provided, conducted or offered upon the premises when such sign is
located or to which it is affixed.
Any sign inscribed on a self-supporting structure that projects
from the face of the building and that is supported, in whole or in
part, by the building.
Any sign expressly designed for the periodic changing of
copy or message manually and not entailing any alteration of the sign
structure.
Any type, which combines the characteristics of two or more
types of signs.
Any sign containing internal electric wiring which has characters,
letters, figures, design, faces, backgrounds or outlines illuminated
by incandescent or fluorescent lamps or luminous tubes as part of
the sign proper.
A sign, the illumination of which is not kept constant in
intensity at all times when in use.
A sign which is supported by columns, poles, uprights or
braces in or upon the ground, which is not a direct part of a building,
whether illuminated or not, but shall not include billboards. A "ground
sign" is also known as a "freestanding sign."
A sign lighted by or exposed to artificial lighting, either
by lights on or in the sign or directed towards the sign.
Any sign attached in any manner on a rooflike structure over
the entrance of a building.
Any sign consisting of transparent glass or plastic tubing
radiating colored or white light.
Any sign, which directs attention to a business commodity,
service or entertainment not conducted or sold on the premises on
which such sign is located.
Any sign supported from the ground by only one member, such
as a steel column, pylon, pole or post, with a sign attached thereto,
but shall not include billboards.
A sign, signboard, light post, awning, canopy, marquee, framework,
flagpole or other similar object which is not securely affixed to
the ground or otherwise affixed in a permanent manner to a building
or other structure.
Any display of the legal address.
A sign listing only the name or profession, or both, of a
person practicing a profession on the premises where the sign is located.
A sign, other than a wall sign, suspended from or supported
by a building or structure and extending beyond the face of the building
or structure.
Signs as permitted herein in residential districts.
A sign attached to the roof framing, walls and/or column
of the building on which the advertising display is above the roofline.
Any temporary portable exterior sign, including sandwich
boards.
All frames, glass or other coverings, gooseneck arms, light
bulbs, lights, shields, shades, reflectors, supports, brackets, braces,
screws, bolts, fastenings or other items or devices, which constitute
a part of the support system for any sign, awning, canopy or marquee.
Any sign put up for a limited period of time for the purpose
of:
Advertising the sale or rental of real estate;
Displaying information regarding a special offer of products,
services or positions available;
Announcing special events, holidays or seasons and/or pertaining
to civic, religious, political or philanthropic activities;
Construction, engineering or architectural work or a building
project of land improvement project.
Any sign, other than a projecting sign, attached to or erected
against a wall of a building or erected against a wall or a building
or structure or made an integral part of the building plan of said
wall, building or structure. So-called "box signs" which are recessed
so that they are flush with the facade of a structure and individual
channel letters mounted onto the facade are "wall signs."
Any sign attached to, etched or painted or placed behind
the window, intended to be visible from outside.
Ownership by one person or by two or more persons, whether
jointly as tenants, by the entirety or as tenants in common, of a
separate parcel of real property not adjacent to land held or owned
by said person or persons.
Any contiguous plot, parcel or parcels of land.
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown
the following:
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 or egress, drainage facilities,
utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting and
screening devices;
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 Planning Board or Board of
Adjustment, as the case may be.
The review of a site plan for any public or private project
by the designated review agency for the local jurisdiction.
Radiant energy (direct, diffused, or reflected) received
from the sun.
[Added 5-2-2023 by Ord. No. 12-2023]
One or more photovoltaic, concentrated solar thermal, or
solar hot water device, either free-standing ground, building integrated
or roof mounted, as well as related equipment, that is intended for
the purpose of reducing or meeting the energy needs of the property’s
principal and/or accessory use.
See also GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM and ROOF-MOUNTED
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
[Added 5-2-2023 by Ord. No. 12-2023]
A building or part thereof in which or from which merchandise
is sold only at retail directly to the public.
An area the width of the store times the height of the store
from finished first floor to finished first floor ceiling.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor above the average elevation of the ground at the foundation
wall and the surface of the next floor above it or, if there is no
floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next
above it.
Any vehicular way which is an existing state, county or municipal
roadway or is shown upon a plat approved pursuant to law or is approved
by other official action and includes the land between the street
lines, whether improved or unimproved.
The outermost line of the whole area devoted to street purposes
on either side thereof. "Street side line" is synonymous with the
street right-of-way line and street line.
Anything constructed or erected which requires permanent
location on the ground or attachment to something having such location.
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale or
development.
Any subdivision of five or more lots.
A subdivision of land which involves the creation of not
more than four lots, provided that such subdivision does not involve
a planned development, any new street or the extension of any off-tract
improvement, the cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to Section
30, Chapter 219 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42).
Any structure that contains water 24 inches in depth and
which is used, or intended to be used, for swimming or recreational
bathing available only to the family and guests of the householder.
Any swimming pool other than a private swimming pool. Public
swimming pool does not include a waterpark.
An establishment, duly licensed by the appropriate Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board, where the primary business is the retail sale
of alcoholic beverages to be imbibed on the premises. An establishment
that sells alcoholic beverages, but which receives more than 50% of
its gross income from the sale of food is to be classified as a restaurant.
A place where motion pictures are shown to the public for
a fee.
The parcel of land, which has been or is intended to be conveyed
in fee simple to an individual purchaser, together with a townhouse
dwelling unit constructed thereon.
The land area directly accessible from within the townhouse
dwelling unit having a total square feet area equivalent to and meeting
all front, rear and side yard requirements of an individual townhouse
lot and put into common ownership pursuant to the Condominium Act
of 1970 (N.J.S.A. 46:8B3-1 et seq.) or a similar or comparable ownership
arrangement consistent therewith.
The entire parcel upon which a townhouse complex shall be
or has been built.
A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis designed
as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation, having
a body width not exceeding eight feet and its body length not exceeding
29 feet.
Urban agriculture, urban farming, or urban gardening is the
practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around
urban areas. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry,
aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and horticulture. These
activities occur in peri-urban areas as well, and peri-urban agriculture
may have different characteristics.
Any indoor or outdoor space used or occupied for the business
of selling, buying or dealing in used motor vehicles.
A person engaged in the business of selling, buying or dealing
in used motor vehicles.
Any automobile or motor vehicle that has been previously
sold or used.
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this
chapter.
A machine licensed by the State of New Jersey, which sells
convenience goods to the public.
A solid, vertical structure of wood, masonry or other material
serving to enclose, divide or protect an area.
Terminal facilities for handling freight with or without
maintenance facilities.
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in
selling merchandise to other businesses, including retailers, industrial,
commercial, institutional, or professional business users, other wholesalers,
or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling
merchandise to, such individuals or companies.
A facility operated by a wireless telecommunications service
provider licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
designed and used for the purpose of transmitting, receiving and relaying
voice and data signals from various wireless telecommunications devices
and equipment, including antennas mounted on existing structures,
any towers, poles or other antenna support structures, and any ancillary
electronic equipment with or without enclosures around such equipment.
For purposes of this chapter, amateur radio transmission facilities
and facilities used exclusively for receive-only antennas are not
classified as wireless telecommunications facilities.
An open, unoccupied space, unless occupied by a use as hereinafter
specifically permitted, extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the front street property line and the nearest line
of the building, provided, however, in the case of a corner lot, that
the owner of said lot shall designate which yard, as meeting the "front
yard" requirements indicated herein, is to be considered as the "front
yard." For purposes of administering the regulations contained in
this chapter, the main entrance to the building shall be from the
"front yard" as designated by the owner.
A space unoccupied, except by an accessory building or use
as hereinafter specifically permitted, extending across the full width
of the lot between the rear line of any building, other than an accessory
building, and the rear lot line.
An open, unoccupied space, unless occupied by a use as hereinafter
specifically permitted, on the same lot with the building and between
the building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard
to the rear yard.
