For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not
inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include
the future, words in the plural number include the singular and words
in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory.
Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in
this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they
have in common usage and to give this section its most reasonable
application.
[Amended 4-13-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-08]
ACCESSORY USE OR BUILDING
Shall mean a subordinate use or building, the purpose of
which is incidental to that of the principal use or building on the
same lot.
ACTIVE RECREATION USE
Shall mean a ball field, running track, or other similar
facility utilized for active outdoor recreation.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-3, and for all purposes arising under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. and/or Chapter
30 of the Holmdel Ordinances, it shall mean the Planning Board Secretary, except for any matters within the jurisdiction of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, in which case it shall mean the Zoning Board Secretary.
[Amended 2-14-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-03]
ADVERSE EFFECT
Shall mean development designs or existing features on a
developer's property or nearby property creating, imposing, aggravating
or leading to impractical, unsafe, unsatisfactory or noncomplying
conditions, such as a layout inconsistent with the zoning regulations;
insufficient street width, unsuitable street grade; unsuitable street
location, inconvenient street system; inadequate utilities, such as
water, drainage, shade trees and sewerage; unsuitable size, shape
and location of any area reserved for public use or land for open
space in a planned development; infringement upon land designated
as subject to flooding; and the creation of conditions leading to
soil erosion by wind or water from excavation or grading, all as set
forth in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-38 and measured against the design and performance
standards of this chapter.
AGRICULTURAL USE/PURPOSE
Shall mean land devoted, but not limited, to forages and
sod crops; grain and feed crops; dairy animals and dairy products;
poultry and poultry products; livestock, including the breeding and
raising of such animals; bees and apiary products; trees and forest
products; or land devoted to and meeting the requirements for compensation
pursuant to a soil conservation program under an agreement with an
agency of the Federal government. For the purposes of this chapter,
"agricultural use" does not include a dwelling. See the definitions
of "farm."
APARTMENT
Shall mean a dwelling unit in a building having two or more
dwelling units.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
Shall mean the Planning Board, unless a different agency
is designated in this chapter pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE
Shall mean a facility which is licensed by the Department
of Health to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining
and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed,
for four or more persons unrelated to the proprietor. Apartment units
offer, at a minimum, one unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette,
and a lockable door on the unit entrance. Assisted living residences
may include dementia/memory care facilities designed to meet the specific
needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia.
[Amended 9-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-18]
ATRIUM HOUSE
Shall mean an attached unit similar to a townhouse except
it is arranged to produce a private yard designed for privacy through
the use of building walls on at least two sides of the yard with fencing
and/or walls on the remaining two sides. More than two units can be
attached.
BILLBOARD
Shall mean an off-site lettered or pictorial advertising
sign.
BOARDING HOUSE
Shall mean a rooming house at which meals are provided for
consideration, usually monetary in nature. A boarding house is not
a permitted use, accessory use, or conditional use permitted in any
zone.
BUILDING COVERAGE
Shall mean the area of a lot covered by buildings as measured
around the foundation.
BUILDING FOOTPRINT
Shall mean the area encompassed by a principal building's
outer wall, excluding building projections.
BUILDING HEIGHT
Shall mean the vertical distance from grade plane to the
average height of the highest roof surface.
[Ord. No. 2015-12; Ord. No. 2015-13]
CAFRA PLANNING MAP
Shall mean the geographic depiction of the boundaries for
coastal Planning Areas, CAFRA Centers, CAFRA Cores and CAFRA Nodes
pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.3.
CALIPER
Shall mean the diameter, in inches, of the trunk of a tree
taken six inches above the ground for trees up to and including four-inch
caliper size and taken 12 inches above the ground for trees larger
than four-inch caliper size. The term caliper is used when describing
the size of a new tree, e.g. nursery stock.
CATHEDRAL SPACE
Shall mean an interior space two or more stories in height
with no intervening ceiling or floor between the stories.
CHILD CARE CENTERS
Shall mean any facility which is maintained for the care,
development, and supervision of six or more children who attend a
facility for less than 12 hours a day and which offers such programs
as child care centers, day care centers, drop-in centers, day nursery
schools, play schools, cooperative child centers, centers for children
with special needs, infant-toddler programs, employment-related centers,
and/or kindergartens that are not an integral part of a private educational
institution or system offering elementary education in grades kindergarten
through sixth. A child care center shall not offer programs operated
by a public or private day school of elementary or high school grade,
special activity programs for children, youth camps, or religious
classes or centers. Child care centers shall have a license from the
Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.S. 30:5b-1 et seq.
CHURCH OR HOUSE OF WORSHIP
Shall mean a building or group of buildings, including customary
accessory buildings designed or intended for public worship. For the
purpose of this chapter, the word "church or house of worship" shall
include chapels, congregations, cathedrals, synagogues, temples and
similar designations as well as parish houses, convents and such accessory
uses.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
Shall mean a planned development technique based on a density
of dwelling unit(s) per acre. The permitted number of dwelling units
is then clustered into one or more portions of the overall tract on
reduced lot sizes so that individual segments of the tract have higher
densities, provided that other portions of the tract are left in open
space or common property so that the gross density limitation of the
entire tract is not exceeded.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
Shall mean an 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. "Common open
space" may contain such complementary structures and improvements
as are necessary and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents
and owners of the development.
COMMON PROPERTY
Shall mean land or water, or a combination, together with
improvements, 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. "Common property" includes common open
space and may contain such complementary structures and improvements
as are necessary and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents
and owners of the development.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
Shall mean submission of an application form provided by the Township and completed by the applicant, together with all accompanying documents required by this chapter for approval of the application for development, including, where applicable, but not limited to, the checklist provided for in Section
30-8.
CONDITIONAL USE
Shall mean 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 this chapter and upon the issuance of an
authorization therefor by the Planning Board.
CONGREGATE CARE SENIOR RESIDENCE
A residential facility that provides congregate dining and
other services to residents; where occupants reside in apartment-style
units, which may include a kitchen; and where the primary occupant
of each unit is at least 55 years of age. This term shall not refer
to facilities that are licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health.
[Added 9-22-2020 by Ord.
No. 2020-18]
CONSTRUCTED STORMWATER WETLAND
Shall mean a constructed wetland system designed to maximize
the removal of pollutants from stormwater runoff through settling
and both uptake and filtering by vegetation.
CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL SITE
An area generally greater than two acres and less than a
square mile depicted on the State Plan Policy Map, which includes
one or more critical environmentally sensitive features located either
outside of a planning area classified as environmentally sensitive
by the State Development and Redevelopment Plan or within designated
centers located within such planning areas.
[Added 8-27-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-14]
CRITICAL ROOT RADIUS
Shall mean a distance (in feet) equal to 1.5 times the number
of inches in the DBH of an existing tree.
DAYS
Shall mean calendar days.
DENSITY
Shall mean the permitted number of dwelling units per gross
acre of land to be developed. For purposes of this chapter "units/gross
acre" shall be calculated with deductions for environmentally sensitive
areas as set forth in the definition of "Environmentally sensitive
areas." Further, for purposes of this chapter, "design density" shall
be the number of units per acre on that portion of the tract devoted
to a specific housing type including streets, parking areas, driveways
and yards, but excluding other areas to be set aside for common property
or other dedicated land under a cluster development plan.
DETENTION BASIN
Shall mean a facility, other than a swale, with a non-emergency
outlet that is designed for the temporary storage of stormwater and
that is intended to be dry between precipitation events.
DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH)
Shall mean the diameter of the trunk of a tree measured at
a point 4.5 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of the
tree. The term DBH is used when describing the size of an existing
tree.
DRAINAGE
Shall mean 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 and after construction
or development and means necessary for water supply preservation or
prevention or alleviation of flooding.
DRIPLINE
Shall mean a line on the ground established by a vertical
plane extending from a tree's outermost branch tips to the ground,
i.e. the line enclosing the area on the ground directly beneath the
crown of the tree from which rainfall would drip.
DRIVE-UP KIOSK
Shall mean a window or kiosk from which customer services
are provided for persons remaining in their vehicles.
DRIVE-UP LANE
Shall mean a delineated access way utilized for vehicular
access to a drive-up kiosk.
DRIVEWAY
Shall mean a vehicular right-of-way other than a public street
or interior road which affords parking and vehicular access to or
as part of a property for the convenience of its users.
DUPLEX
Shall mean a residential structure consisting of two dwelling
units arranged side by side.
DWELLING UNIT
Shall mean a room or series of connected rooms containing
living, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for one family.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
Shall mean a detached building containing one dwelling unit.
For purposes of this chapter, modular homes shall be considered single-family
dwellings.
EASEMENT
Shall mean an acquired privilege or right of use or enjoyment
which one person or other legal entity may have in the land of another,
such as drainage, conservation, utility, sight or similar purpose.
EDGE TREATMENT
Shall mean a wall, fence or hedge parallel to a street within
or outside the street right-of-way.
EFFICIENCY UNIT
Shall mean a dwelling unit in a garden apartment building
consisting of a bath plus one main room without permanent separations
to be used for living, dining and bedroom facilities, with a kitchen
area separated from the main room by either a permanent wall or a
sliding or some other temporary partition.
EMPOWERMENT NEIGHBORHOOD
Shall mean a neighborhood designated by the Urban Coordinating
Council "in consultation and conjunction with" the New Jersey Redevelopment
Authority pursuant to N.J.S.A. 55:19-69.
ESTATE HOUSE, GREEN
Shall mean a building that conforms to the requirements of
this chapter for a green estate house.
ESTATE HOUSE, HAMLET
Shall mean a building that conforms to the requirements of
this chapter for a hamlet estate house.
ESTATE HOUSE, INDIVIDUAL
Shall mean a building that conforms to the requirements of
this chapter for an individual estate house.
ESTATE HOUSE, RURAL
Shall mean a building that conforms to the requirements of
this chapter for a rural estate house.
EXTENDED DETENTION BASIN
Shall mean a multi-stage detention basin with an outlet that
is designed for the temporary storage of stormwater. Lower stages
in the basin can detain water for extended periods of time and may
be wet most or all of the time, while higher stages attenuate peak
rates of runoff and are dry between precipitation events.
FAMILY
Shall mean one or more persons living and cooking together
as a single housekeeping unit, exclusive of household servants.
FARM
Shall mean one or more contiguous lots with at least five
acres used only for agricultural purposes. The land used for a dwelling
unit shall not be counted as agricultural acreage.
FARM MARKET, RETAIL
Shall mean a permanent building with footings and foundation
connected to any public utility services and to which the general
public is invited for the purpose of retail sales of all types of
vegetables, fruit, flowering farm products and other goods which are
compatible with, complementary to and ancillary to agricultural goods.
For example, construction materials, commercial landscape services,
home improvement materials and farm or household machinery and services
would not be permitted for sale at a retail farm market. Examples
of ancillary, complementary and compatible goods which would be permitted
for retail sale at a farm market would be nursery and landscape products,
dairy products, meat products, grain products and other agricultural
commodities.
FARM STAND, TEMPORARY
Shall mean a movable structure which shall not be connected
to any public utility service and which is intended to be used on
a seasonal basis only for the sale of vegetable, fruit and flowering
farm products. A "temporary farm stand" shall be an accessory use
to the farm upon which it is located.
FARMLAND EASEMENT
Shall mean an easement which provides for agricultural or
farm purposes to the exclusion of other uses.
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT
Shall mean a commercial establishment where food and drink
prepared for immediate consumption is purchased at a counter and either
eaten on the premises, in the purchaser's automobile or off the premises.
Those restaurants where food is consumed only at tables on the premises
and served either cafeteria style or by waiters and waitresses shall
not be deemed "fast-food restaurants."
FENCE, PICKET
Shall mean a fence constructed of a single row of closely
spaced upright wooden stakes supported by horizontal rails and vertical
posts.
FENCE, RAIL
Shall mean a fence constructed of horizontal rails and widely
spaced upright posts.
FINAL APPROVAL
Shall mean the official action of the Planning Board 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.
FLAG LOT
Shall mean a lot whose area, exclusive of its access drive,
meets the area requirement of the zoning provisions of this chapter.
The lot's configuration is one of reduced frontage on an approved
street, generally a width sufficient for use as a driveway or future
street, with the enlarged buildable portion of the lot located at
the rear of the lot at the end of the access drive.
FLOOD
Shall mean a general and temporary condition of partial or
complete inundation of normally dry land from the unusual and rapid
accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA
Shall mean the floodway and the relatively flat area adjoining
the floodway, which area can be expected to be inundated by rising
waters at least once in 100 years.
FLOODPLAIN
Shall mean the same as the flood hazard area.
FLOODWAY
Shall mean the channel of a natural stream and portions of
the flood hazard area adjoining the channel which are reasonably required
to carry and discharge the floodwater or flood flow of any natural
stream without increasing the elevation more than 2/10 of one foot.
FOREST
Shall mean a biological community dominated by trees having
an average canopy height greater than 20 feet and other woody plants
covering a land area of at least 10,000 square feet (0.23 acres) and
generally characterized by a tree density of 100 or more trees per
acre with at least 50% of such trees having a DBH of two inches or
greater. A forest may have been cut (but not cleared) in conjunction
with an approved forestry management plan or may be intact. An orchard
or a tree or a tree nursery is not a forest. The term "woodland" is
used interchangeably with the term "forest."
FOREST STAND
Shall mean a contiguous grouping of trees growing on a site
that are sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition
and structure and are of sufficiently uniform quality to be a distinguishable
unit.
FOREST STEWARDSHIP MANAGEMENT PLAN
Shall mean a plan prepared for qualifying property owners
participating in the Federally funded Forest Stewardship Program.
The Management Plan and Program are intended to encourage management
of private forests for their noncommodity benefits, such as wildlife,
recreation, aesthetics and water quality, in addition to or in lieu
of their traditional commodities such as timber and wood products.
Forest stewardship promotes long-term active management while emphasizing
consideration of all resources and benefits associated with forests.
GARDEN APARTMENT
Shall mean a building containing four or more apartments,
where one apartment is above the other and where no apartment will
be above the second story.
GRADE PLANE
Shall mean a reference plane representing the average of
finished ground level adjoining the building at the exterior walls.
Where the finished ground level slopes away from exterior walls, the
reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within the
area between the building and the lot line or, where the lot line
is more than six feet from the building, between the building and
a point six feet from the building. For the purposes of Zoning, buildings
built on a slope cannot exceed the limits of the Uniform Construction
Code measured vertically from a point six feet out from the front
exterior wall.
[Ord. No. 2015-12; Ord. No. 2015-13]
GRADE, FINISHED
Shall mean the final elevation of the average ground level
adjoining a building at the front exterior wall after development.
GREEN
Shall mean a publicly accessible passive open space bounded on all sides by public streets and faced by building facades. For maintenance purposes, a green created as part of a cluster subdivision within the R-4H or R-4R Districts shall be deemed a reservation area and shall be subject to the maintenance responsibilities outlined in Section
30-83d.
GREENHOUSES AND SIMILAR STRUCTURES
Shall mean any type of enclosed structure covered with glass,
plastic or other similar material used exclusively for the purpose
of growing all types of plants and vegetation with or without a temperature-and
humidity-controlled environment.
GREENWAY ACCESS CORRIDOR
Shall mean a publicly accessible open space connecting a
public street to the Township's greenway network.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
Shall mean the total floor area in a structure measured around
the outside of the building at each story. If sharing a common wall,
the area shall be measured from the center of interior walls and the
outside of exterior walls. In residential uses, the "gross floor area"
shall exclude the areas of the garage, unfinished attic, open porch
or patio, cellar, unfinished basement, utility areas, heating and
cooling rooms and all portions of floor areas which have a ceiling
height above them of less than 7.5 feet. In nonresidential structures,
the "gross floor area" shall exclude areas used for utility, heating,
cooling and other mechanical equipment, but shall include all other
areas, including cellars, warehousing and storage areas, regardless
of ceiling height.
HABITABLE FLOOR
Shall mean any floor usable for living purposes, such as
working, sleeping, eating, cooking or recreation or a combination
thereof. A floor used only for storage purposes is not a "habitable
floor."
HEDGING
Shall mean a pruned, solid evergreen hedge such as boxwood
or yew.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
Shall mean a nonprofit corporation operating under a recorded
land agreement through which each lot or dwelling unit owner shall
be a member; the owner of each dwelling unit is subject to a charge
for a proportionate share of the organization's expenses for activities
and maintenance, including any maintenance costs levied against the
association by the Township; and each owner and tenant has a right
to use the common property.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Shall mean a surface that has been covered with a layer of
material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
Pavers used as a surface other than a driveway shall be calculated
as 50% pervious surface. Decks that extend from a residential home
shall not be calculated as impervious surface if the deck is 18 inches
above ground. The water area of swimming pools shall not be counted
as an impervious surface.
[Ord. No. 2014-21]
INDUSTRIAL OR OFFICE PARK
Shall mean a tract comprehensively planned for industrial
or office uses, whether the buildings are erected in one development
stage or over a period of time, but where the streets, utilities and
lots and/or tenant's parcels are set forth for the entire tract prior
to construction of any portion of the tract. As development takes
place, changes may be made in the plans for the undeveloped section(s),
provided that the modifications conform to logical extensions of installed
segments of streets, drainage, utilities and other facilities. Parks
with no subdivided lot shall have buildings spaced so the mortgage
and/or lease lines conform to the requirements for lot lines to establish
conformance with this chapter for such matters as building setbacks,
buffers, driveway locations and distances between buildings.
INFILTRATION BASIN
Shall mean a facility with no outlet, other than an emergency
outlet, that is designed for the temporary storage of stormwater to
remove pollutants and infiltrate the water back into the ground. An
infiltration basin may include an emergency outlet.
INTERIOR ROAD
Shall mean a vehicular right-of-way other than a public street
which affords vehicular access to a property for the convenience of
its users.
LIRPP, LOWER INCOME REQUIRED PARTICIPATION PROPERTY
Shall mean any parcel of land which, as of the effective
date of this chapter, has preliminary and final subdivision or site
plan approval for the development of lower income housing, or is the
subject of a Mediation Agreement concerning the provision of lower-income
housing. The specific block and lot designations for lots which satisfy
this definition are as follows: Block 58.08, Lots 38 and 39; Block
56, Lot 7; Block 52, Lot 19.02; Block 52, Lots 2 and 8; Block 58,
Lots 20 and 22.02; Block 58, Lots 53, 53.01 and 53.02; and, Block
46, Lot 64 and Block 50.19, Lots 37 and 37.01.
LOADING SPACE
Shall mean an off-street berth on the same lot as the building
being served for the temporary parking of a vehicle while loading
or unloading.
LOT
Shall mean a designated parcel, tract or area of land established
by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
LOT AREA
Shall mean the area contained within the lot lines, but not
including any portion of a street. On flag lots, the minimum "lot
area" shall exclude the access drive. The minimum "lot area" of a
lot fronting on a street proposed to be widened in the adopted Master
Plan shall be the minimum area required for the district in which
it is located, plus the additional area needed to anticipate the widening
of the street.
LOT COVERAGE
Shall mean the area of a lot covered by buildings and paved
surfaces.
LOT DEPTH
Shall mean the shortest horizontal distance measured perpendicular
from the midpoint of the front lot line.
LOT FRONTAGE
Shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines
measured along the street line. The minimum "lot frontage" shall be
the same as the lot width, except that on curved streets with an outside
radius of less than 500 feet, the "lot frontage" may be reduced to
75% of the required minimum lot width.
LOT LINE
Shall mean any line, including the street line, forming a
portion of the exterior boundary of a lot.
LOT WIDTH
Shall mean the shortest straight line distance between side
lot lines measured parallel to the street line at the minimum required
building setback from the street right-of-way. On flag lots the "lot
width" shall be measured at the building location.
LOWER INCOME
Shall mean income limits established for low and moderate
income levels. Low income for the average household is less than 50%
of the median income. Moderate income is between 50% and 80% of median.
For purposes of this chapter, the median income shall be the applicable
number published in the most recent "Income Limits" by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development. The low and moderate income levels
shall be based on the number of people in the household as shown in
that publication as of the date of issuing each certificate of occupancy.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Shall mean any development that provides for ultimately disturbing
one or more acres of land or increasing impervious surface by 1/4
acre or more. Disturbance for the purpose of this rule is the placement
of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock
or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
Shall mean any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision nor, by virtue of Section
30-32, exempt.
MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING
Shall mean a building used in common for the practice of
medicine by two or more physicians, dentists, psychologists, physical
therapists, chiropractors, optometrists or by a hospital for its principal
or accessory uses or a combination of any two of the above.
MINOR SITE PLAN
Shall mean a development plan for one or more lots which proposes new development, site alterations or building alterations requiring less than five parking spaces and/or less than 500 additional square feet of floor area and/or not more than 10% additional lot coverage; does not involve planned development, any new street or extension of any off-tract improvements which is to be prorated pursuant to Section
30-79; does not involve any floodway or flood fringe area under Section
30-67; and contains the information reasonably required in order to make an informed determination as to whether the requirements established by ordinance for approval of a "minor site plan" have been met. Approval of a "minor site plan" shall be deemed final approval and as such shall be prepared in accordance with final plat requirements.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
Shall mean a subdivision of land that does not adversely affect the development of the remainder of the tract or any adjoining property and does not involve the creation of more than three lots fronting on an existing improved street, including the remainder of the original lot; planned development; any new street; extension of any off-tract improvements, the cost of which is prorated pursuant to Section
30-79; more than 500 square feet of steep slopes (as defined in subsection
30-116.6) greater than 15%; stream corridors or stream corridor buffers as defined in subsection
30-116.7); or surface water bodies (as defined in subsection
30-116.8c).
MOBILE HOME PARK
Shall mean any lot upon which two or more mobile homes are
located and used for dwelling purposes except as permitted under the
particular regulations governing mobile homes on farms for farm employees.
MOBILE HOME/MANUFACTURED HOME
Shall mean a dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections;
designed for long-term occupancy; containing living and sleeping accommodations,
a flush toilet, a tub or shower, bath and kitchen facilities with
plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside
systems; and designed to be transported on its own wheels after fabrication,
arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a complete dwelling,
usually including major appliances and furniture, and ready for occupancy
except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations.
For purposes of this chapter, travel trailers and campers are not
considered "mobile homes."
MODULAR HOME
Shall mean a dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections;
designed for long-term occupancy; containing living and sleeping accommodations,
a flush toilet, a tub or shower, bath and kitchen facilities with
plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside
systems; designed to be transported after fabrication on flatbed or
other trailers, arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as
a complete dwelling; and a unit that is in conformity with the Uniform
Construction Code. For purposes of this chapter, a modular home shall
include a "manufactured" home meeting the above requirements.
MOTEL
Shall mean a building or complex of at least 50 units, all
operated as a single business, each unit consisting of at least one
bedroom, one bathroom and one closet area, all designed and used exclusively
to accommodate transient guests and which have no individual cooking
facilities. Accessory uses incidental to the operation, such as restaurants,
kitchens, cafeterias, bars, gift shops, newspaper stands, cigar stores,
barbershops, beauty parlors, swimming pools, sauna baths, gymnasiums,
health clubs and laundries, shall be permitted.
MULTI-FAMILY
Shall mean a building designed for or occupied by more than
one family.
NECESSARY FOOTPRINT AREA
Shall mean an area of new home construction that includes
the portions of a private residential lot necessary for the principal
building footprint, detached garage, driveways leading to the principal
building and/or detached garage, and septic system plus an additional
20 feet beyond the perimeter of the principal building footprint and
any detached garage, and plus an additional five feet beyond the perimeter
of the driveways and septic system.
NONCONFORMING LOT
Shall mean a lot, the area, dimension or location of which
was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a Zoning
Ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning
district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision
or amendment.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
Shall mean a structure, the size, dimension or location of
which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a
Zoning Ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of
the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption,
revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING USE
Shall mean a use or activity which was lawful prior to the
adoption, revision or amendment of a Zoning Ordinance, but which fails
to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it
is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
OFF-SITE AND OFF-TRACT IMPROVEMENTS
Shall mean improvements to accommodate conditions generated
by a proposed development, including but not limited to new improvements
and extensions and modifications of existing improvements.
1.
OFF-SITEShall mean located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the subject of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
2.
OFF-TRACTShall mean not located on the property which is the subject of a development application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
ON-SITE
Shall mean located on the lot in question.
ON-TRACT
Shall mean located on the property which is the subject of
a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or
right-of-way.
OPEN SPACE
Shall mean any and all lands which meet the requirements
specified for open space in Section 30-58k of this chapter.
OPEN SPACE, ACTIVE
Shall mean an open space which is used or is intended to
be used primarily for active recreation uses.
PARK
Shall mean an area intended for use for passive or active outdoor recreation containing only those structures accessory to such recreation. For maintenance purposes, a park created as part of a cluster subdivision within the R-4H or R-4R Districts shall be deemed a reservation area and shall be subject to the maintenance responsibilities outlined in Section
30-83d.
PARKING AREA
Shall mean an off-public street and an off-interior road
space for the parking of a motor vehicle.
PATIO HOME
Shall mean a single-family detached unit on a small lot with
walls along the side yards for privacy, usually with the home placed
along one side lot line. The front and rear yard can also be walled.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Shall mean any security which may be accepted by a municipality,
including cash, provided that a municipality shall not require more
than 10% of the total performance guaranty in cash.
PERMITTED USE
Shall mean any use of land or buildings permitted by this
chapter.
PERSON
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, Township of Holmdel, 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.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Shall mean and include planned unit development, planned
unit residential development, residential cluster, planned commercial
development or planned industrial development.
PLANNED RETIREMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Shall mean a planned retirement community development in
this chapter; a residential development for the habitation of people
at age 55 or older (children under 19 may not be in permanent residence,
defined as 30 consecutive days or 60 days in any year as to children
17 years of age or younger; but 90 consecutive days for those 18 years
of age), and may include assisted living residences licensed and regulated
by the New Jersey Department of Health, or the New Jersey Department
of Community Affairs, as well as residential communities unlicensed
or unregulated but which retain a private age restriction mechanism.
In all regards, PRC development shall comply with the Federal Fair
Housing Act as it applies to senior citizen housing.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
Shall mean an area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage
of 100 acres or more to be developed as a single entity according
to a plan, containing one or more residential clusters or planned
unit residential developments and one or more public, quasi-public
or commercial areas in such ranges of ratios of nonresidential uses
to residential uses as specified in the zoning regulations.
PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Shall mean an area with a minimum contiguous acreage as specified
in the zoning provisions of this chapter and an area to be developed
as a single entity according to a plan containing one or more residential
clusters, which may include, as specified in the zoning provisions,
appropriate commercial or public or quasi-public uses, all primarily
for the benefit of the residential development.
PLAT
Shall mean a map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
PLAT, FINAL
Shall mean the plat of all or a section of a subdivision
or site plan submitted for final approval in accordance with this
chapter and the statute, and which, if approved as a subdivision,
shall be filed with the county recording officer within the required
time, otherwise the approval shall be void. Minor or exempt subdivision
or site plan approval shall be deemed final approval and shall be
prepared and submitted to comply with final plat requirements.
PLAT, INFORMAL
Shall mean the plat submitted for purposes of classification
and discussion.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY
Shall mean the plat submitted as a part of the application
for preliminary approval.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
Shall mean the conferral of certain rights, pursuant to Section
30-37 and subsection 30-43.3, prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the Planning Board and the applicant.
PRESERVATION AREA
Shall mean open space that is intended primarily to maintain,
restore and enhance the functioning of natural systems.
PRINCIPAL USE
Shall mean the main purpose for which any lot and/or building
is used.
PRIVATE SCHOOL
Shall mean an institution of education whose general course
work is comparable to the public school system and whose curriculum
is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education or the New Jersey
Department of Higher Education.
PROTECTED ROOF ZONE (PRZ)
Shall mean the snow-fenced area enclosing the critical root
radius of any tree, or the critical root radii of any stand of trees,
that is required to be protected from disturbance during construction.
PUBLIC AREAS
1.
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational
areas.
2.
Other public open spaces.
3.
Scenic and historic sites.
4.
Sites for schools and other public buildings and structures.
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
Shall mean a Master Plan, capital improvement program or
other proposal for land development adopted by the appropriate public
body, or any amendment thereof.
PUBLIC DRAINAGEWAY
Shall mean the land reserved or dedicated for the installation
of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches or required along a natural
stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for
the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation
and erosion.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
Shall mean an open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated
to a municipality, municipal agency, Board of Education, State or
County agency or other public body for recreational or conservation
uses.
PUBLIC PURPOSE
Shall mean the use of land and/or buildings by a municipal,
County, State or Federal agency or authority.
PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Shall mean any centralized system that is operated by a municipality,
governmental agency, or a public utility for the collection, and off-site
treatment and disposal of wastewater, and shall not be deemed to include
any on-site system or package treatment plants no matter what type
of entity shall operate such a system.
PUBLIC VIEW
Shall mean visible from a public thoroughfare, public lands
or buildings or navigable waterways.
QUADRUPLEX
Shall mean a 1 1/2 story residential structure consisting
of four attached dwelling units.
QUORUM
Shall mean the majority of the full authorized membership
of a municipal agency.
RAINWATER GARDEN
Shall mean an infiltration basin that is extensively landscaped
with shrubs and woody plants.
RESERVATION AREA
Shall mean essentially undeveloped land that is intended
for a range of activities such as recreation, farmland and farm buildings,
stormwater management and the maintenance, restoration and enhancement
of natural systems.
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
Shall mean an area to be developed as a single entity according
to a plan containing residential housing units which has a common
or public open space area as an appurtenance.
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
Shall mean the number of dwelling units per gross acre of
residential land area, including streets, easements and open space
portions of a development.
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING SITE AREA
Shall mean a delineated area meeting the requirements of Section
30-58B, within a farm property to which a farmland easement has been applied. A single-family residence and structures accessory thereto shall be permitted within a delineated residual dwelling site area in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
RESTAURANT
Shall mean a commercial establishment where food and drink
are prepared, served and consumed. As used in this chapter, a "restaurant"
shall not include a fast-food restaurant as defined herein.
RESUBDIVISION
Shall mean the further division or relocation of lot lines
of any lot or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law or the alteration of any streets or the
establishment of any new streets within any subdivision previously
made and approved or recorded according to law, but does not include
conveyances so as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY CENTER
Shall mean a facility required in a planned retirement community
to be owned and operated by the homeowners' association of the retirement
community.
REVERSE GABLE
Shall mean a smaller section of pitched roof that intersects
perpendicularly to a larger section of roof.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Shall mean the total width and length of the course of a
street, watercourse, utility alignment or other way and within, under
or over which all improvements and rights of access are confined.
ROOMING HOUSE
Shall mean a dwelling unit in which a portion of it is provided
to one other than the owner or lessee, generally for sleeping accommodation
purposes, in return for the payment of rent or other consideration,
usually monetary in nature. A rooming house is not a permitted use,
accessory use, or conditional use permitted in any zone.
SEDIMENTATION
Shall mean the deposition of soil that has been transported
from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural
means as a product of erosion.
SETBACK LINE
Shall mean a line parallel to a street line or lot line beyond
which a building shall not project. The minimum yard requirements
shall be the minimum required setbacks. On flag lots, the minimum
yard requirements shall exclude the access drive. All setbacks from
public streets shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way as
shown on the adopted Master Plan.
SHED
A storage shed, toolshed, or similar outdoor storage structure.
[Added 8-10-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-24]
SHOPPING CENTER
Shall mean a tract comprehensively planned for two or more
retail businesses, whether the building(s) are erected in one development
stage or over a period of time, but where the off-street parking is
shared and the access, parking, buildings, utilities and lots and/or
tenants' parcels are set forth for the entire tract prior to construction
of any portion of the tract. Where there is more than one building,
each building shall be spaced as if it were to be on a separate lot
in order to establish conformance with this chapter for such matters
as building setbacks, buffers, driveway locations and distance between
buildings.
SIGHT TRIANGLE
Shall mean a triangular area at the quadrants of street intersections
where unobstructed visibility is maintained along the intersecting
street.
SIGN
Shall mean any announcement, display or illustration placed
to be seen from any street or public way.
SIGNIFICANT TREE
Shall mean any tree with a DBH greater than 18 inches and
including any American Holly with a DBH greater than 10 inches.
SITE PLAN
Shall mean a development plan for one or more lots on which is shown 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 and egress, drainage facilities, utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting and screening devices; and 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 adopted pursuant to Article
IV of this chapter.
SITE PLAN REVIEW
Shall mean the examination of the specific development plans
for a lot. The term "site plan approval" means a requirement that
the minor or major site plan be approved by the approving authority
prior to the issuance of a building permit or a certificate of occupancy.
SITE PLAN, EXEMPT
Shall mean accessory buildings to agricultural and horticultural
uses, including temporary farm stands, are exempt as are single-family
and two-family dwellings and their accessory uses, including swimming
pools and tennis courts, unless such dwellings involve a home occupation.
Building or site alterations which do not involve a change in use
or additional parking or additional building and/or paving area shall
be exempt. Changes in use, other than for conditional uses, which
do not require additional parking shall be exempt. These exemptions
shall not apply whenever three or more dwelling units are proposed
to be constructed under common ownership or control on contiguous
lots or on lots within the same subdivision under building permits
issued during the same period of 12 months beginning with the date
of the first permit issued.
SITE PLAN, MAJOR
Shall mean all site plans for new developments, and those
site plans not defined as minor or exempt.
SPECIMEN TREE
Shall mean a tree in good health of unusual or exceptional
form, size, age or shape for its species and/or occupying a significant
position within the landscape. A specimen tree would necessarily include,
but not by way of limitation, any tree included on the "Big Tree List"
of the New Jersey Bureau of Forestry, Community Forestry Program;
any endangered species of tree; any tree with a DBH greater than 75%
of the DBH of the State or County record tree for the same species;
or any tree that has been identified on a list maintained by the Shade
Tree Committee as being notable because of its age, size, placement
on the property, rarity, uniqueness or historical significance.
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE
Shall mean standards adopted by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-65d, regulating noise levels, glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations,
heat, electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters,
explosive and inflammable matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste
discharge, screening of unsightly objects or conditions and such other
similar matters as may be reasonably required by the municipality,
or standards required by applicable Federal or State laws or municipal
ordinances.
STONE WALL
Shall mean a wall constructed of stones with or without mortar.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN
Shall mean 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
Shall mean 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 non-stormwater discharges into
stormwater conveyances.
STORY
Shall mean that portion of a building included between the
surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or,
if there be no floor above it, then the surface between the floor
and the ceiling next above it.
STREET
Shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parking,
viaduct, drive or other way which is an existing State, County or
municipal roadway or which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved
pursuant to law or which is approved by official action as provided
by the Municipal Land Use Law or which is shown on a plat duly filed
and recorded in the office of the County recording officer prior to
the 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
within the street lines.
STREET LINE
Shall mean the edge of the existing or future street right-of-way,
whichever is wider, as shown on an adopted Master Plan or Official
Map or as required by this chapter, forming the dividing line between
the street and the lot.
SUBDIVISION
Shall mean 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. The following shall not be considered within
the meaning of this Act, if no new streets are created: division of
land found by the Planning Board or Subdivision Committee thereof
appointed by the Chairman to be for agricultural purposes where all
resulting parcels are five acres or larger in size: divisions of property
by testamentary or intestate provisions; divisions of property upon
court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure;
consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument;
and the conveyance of one or more adjoining lots, tracts or parcels
of land, owned by the same person or persons and all of which are
found and certified by the administrative officer to conform to the
requirements of the municipal development Regulations and are shown
and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the tax map
or Atlas of the municipality. The term "subdivision" shall also include
the term "resubdivision."
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
Shall mean any repair reconstruction or improvement of a
structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value
of the structure either before the improvement or repair is started
or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before
the damage occurred.
SWALE
Shall mean a linear low-lying or depressed area which functions
as an intermittent drainage way and dries out between precipitation
events.
TIDAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA
Shall mean a flood hazard area, which may be influenced by
stormwater runoff from inland areas, but which is primarily caused
by the Atlantic Ocean.
TOWNHOUSE
Shall mean one dwelling unit in a line of three or more attached
dwelling units with each dwelling unit extending from the ground to
the roof and having individual outside access and no interior rooms
or hallways shared with another dwelling unit.
TRACT
Shall mean one or more lots. Existing streets shall not be
included in calculating the area of the "tract." When used in connection
with a planned retirement community, the term shall refer to all portions
of a single development scheme under one ownership or control for
purposes of a development application.
TRAIL
Shall mean a right-of-way containing an established path
for use by pedestrians and such nonmotorized vehicles and/or animals
as may be allowed by ordinance or law.
TRANSCRIPT
Shall mean a typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings
or reproduction thereof.
TREAD
Shall mean the portion of a trail right-of-way intended for
pedestrians and, where allowed, nonmotorized vehicles and/or animals.
TREAD, NATURAL
Shall mean a tread which consists of natural materials, such
as wood chips or the earth or rock in place prior to the trail's construction.
TREE
Shall mean any self-supporting woody perennial plant, usually
having a main stem or trunk and branches, that at maturity normally
attains a trunk diameter (DBH) greater than six inches and a height
of over 20 feet. This includes deciduous, evergreen, and multi-stem
trees.
TRUCK APRON
Shall mean a raised area of concrete or stone paving material
provided within a portion of the sight triangle at an intersection
with a narrow curb return radius to allow for safe turning movements
by vehicles with wide turning radii.
URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE
Shall mean 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
Shall mean previously developed portions of areas: (1) Delineated
on the State Plan Policy Map (SPPM) as the Metropolitan Planning Area
(PA1), Designated Centers, Cores or Nodes; (2) Designated as CAFRA
Centers, Cores of Nodes; (3) Designated as Urban Enterprise Zones;
and (4) Designated as Urban Coordinating Council Empowerment Neighborhoods.
UTILITY
Shall mean services, such as, but not limited to, sewage
treatment, water supply, gas, electric, telephone and cable television.
WET POND
Shall mean a constructed stormwater facility with an outlet
structure that creates a permanent pool. A wet pond promotes pollutant
removal through sedimentation and biological processes and also attenuates
peak rates of runoff.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Shall mean commercial mobile services, unlicensed wireless
services and common carrier wireless exchange access services, but
not including direct-to-home satellite services.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER
Shall mean a vertical structure designed to support wireless
telecommunications antennas, which may be of monopole or self-supporting
or guyed lattice construction.
YARD
Shall mean an open space extending between the closest point
of any building and a lot line or street line. In an apartment, townhouse,
industrial or office park, shopping center or other development where
more than one building may be erected on a lot, "yards" shall also
be the open space extending between structures and between structures
and interior streets. All "yard" dimensions shall be measured horizontally
and at right angles to either a straight street line, lot line or
building facade or perpendicular to the point of tangent of curved
lines and facades. The minimum distance between buildings in developments
where there is more than one building on a lot shall be the sum of
the two yards of the structures, and in no event shall two structures
be closer to one another than the sum of both side yards. Where an
interior street passes between buildings, the required "yards" shall
be in addition to the street width.
YARD, FRONT
Shall mean the area extending across the full width of a
lot between the street line and the building and, for apartments,
townhouses, industrial or office park, shopping center or other development
where more than one building may be erected on a lot, the front yard
shall be measured from the designated front of the building to an
imaginary line a designated distance away from the front of the building.
YARD, REAR
Shall mean the open space extending across the full width
of the lot between the rear lot line and the building, and for apartments,
townhouses, industrial or office park, shopping center or other developments
where more than one building may be erected on a lot, the "rear yards"
shall be measured from the designated rear of the building to an imaginary
line a designated distance away from the rear of the building.
YARD, SIDE
Shall mean an open space extending from the front yard to
the rear yard and lying between each side lot line and the building.
The "side yard" for apartments, townhouses, industrial or office park
complex, shopping center or other developments where more than one
building may be erected on a lot shall be measured from the designated
side of the building to an imaginary line a designated distance away
from the side of the building.
ZONING OFFICER
Shall mean the individual appointed by the Township Committee
to issue zoning permits.
ZONING PERMIT
Shall mean a document by the Zoning Officer (1) which is
required hereunder as a condition precedent to the commencement of
a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion
and installation of a structure or building and (2) which acknowledges
that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions
of the Township development regulations ordinances or a variance therefrom
duly authorized by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment.