[Ord. No. 2000-01; Ord. 5/16/77]
APPLICANT
Any owner or authorized representative of the owner, submitting
plans for review and approval of a land subdivision in accordance
with this Ordinance.
COMMUNITY DESIGN
(1) The process of organizing the contextual elements of
the built environment such that the end result will be a place with
its own character or identity or will maintain an existing character
or identity; (2) planning the development of the built environment
in a comprehensive manner to achieve a unified, functional, efficient,
and aesthetically pleasing physical setting.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use which may be permitted in a district through the granting
by the Planning Board of a special exception upon a finding by the
Board that it meets specified conditions and is capable of existing
in harmony with other uses situated in its immediate vicinity.
CROSSWALK OR WALKWAY
A right-of-way, dedicated for public use, to facilitate pedestrian
access through a subdivision.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY
The lands or interest in lands required for the installation
of storm water sewers or drainage ditches, or land or interests therein
required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the
channel and providing for the flow of water therein so as to safe
guard the public against flood damage in accordance with Chapter One
of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or combination of rooms containing sleeping, cooking
and sanitary facilities intended to provide living accommodations
for a family or an individual.
EASEMENT
A use or burden imposed on real estate by deed or other local
means to permit the use of land by the public, a corporation, or particular
persons for specified uses.
FAMILY
One or more persons customarily living together as a single
house-keeping unit related to each other by birth or marriage.
FEDERAL STYLE
One of the architectural styles built during the Colonial
Period between 1780-1820. Its characteristics are an elaborated entrance,
with sidelights (windows) centered in a symmetrical façade
of a large box-shaped (simple) mass. Federal style is also known as
Adam style.
FENESTRATION
An opening in a building facade, such as a window or door.
LOT
Any parcel, plot, site or portion of land separated or divided
from other parcels or portions on any filed map in the County Recording
Office, by description on a subdivision plat, deed, record of survey
or by metes and bounds.
MASSING
The 3-dimensional bulk of a building, often referred to as
either simple or complex massing. A simple massing has a box like
appearance. A complex massing is achieved through the use of various
building projections such as bay windows, turrets, and setbacks.
MASTER PLAN
A comprehensive plan consisting of mapped and written proposals
for the future growth, protection and development of the City of Lambertville,
recommending standards for the promotion of the comfort, convenience,
public health, safety and general welfare of the community, and which
shall have been duly adopted by the Planning Board.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted by the City of Lambertville in accordance with
the Official Map and Building Permit Act (1935) (N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.30
et seq.) Such a map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the
location and width of streets, drainage rights-of-way, and flood control
basins, and the location and extent of public parks and playgrounds,
and scenic and historic sites shown thereon.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Notification of all property owners affected by a proposed
subdivision within the limits defined in this Ordinance by either
a personal visit or registered mail, and the requirement to have a
notice of the public hearing published in a newspaper of general circulation
within the City at least 10 days prior to the hearing.
OWNER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership,
corporation or legal entity having legal title to the land.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
The security which may be accepted to guarantee the completion
of the required improvements before the Planning Board approves the
plat and shall include performance bonds with responsible surety authorized
to do business in the State of New Jersey, or escrow agreements secured
by cash, certified check or cashier's check.
PLAT, FINAL
The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with the regulations of section 503 of this Ordinance, and which,
if approved, shall be filed with the proper County Recording Officer.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY
The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the
subdivision which is submitted to the Secretary of the Planning Board
for consideration and tentative approval and meeting the requirements
of Section 502 of this Ordinance.
PLAT, SKETCH
The sketch map of a proposed subdivision of sufficient accuracy
to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification, meeting
the requirements of Section 501 of this Ordinance.
PROPORTION
The relationship or ratio between two dimensions, such as
the height and width of windows, doors and a building.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The land and space required on the surface, subsurface, and
overhead for the construction and installation of materials necessary
to provide passage-way for vehicular traffic, pedestrians, utility
lines, poles, conduits and mains, signs, trees, and shrubbery and
the proper amount of light and air as established by local authorities.
Street rights-of-way shall be measured from lot line to lot line.
ROOF, GABLE
A roof with a central ridge line and one slope on each side.
A gable is the triangular section of wall under the roof edge.
ROOF, MANSARD
A roof that is double pitched on all four sides, the lower
slope being much steeper.
SCALE
The degree of relatedness to the size and proportions of
a known unit of measurement, typically the human body. The size of
the exterior wall planes (or architectural features) is one of the
most important measurements of scale. If the wall plane is the approximate
dimensions of the human body, it is of a human scale. If the size
of the wall plane greatly exceeds the human body, it is referred to
as a monumental scale. Most Greek Revival buildings are of a monumental
scale because the large pillars usually extend to the roof line of
the building.
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Two buildings of a similar size can have different scales. The
building on the right may have a lower roof line, but the tall columns
and the long windows give it a larger appearance and scale.
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Human scale means that the openings and architectural features
of a building are similar to that of a human body. Likewise, humans
can readily relate to the building and are not dwarfed by it.
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STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct,
alley, or other way which is an existing state, county, or city road-way
or a street or right-of-way shown upon a plat approved pursuant to
law or approved by official action; or a street or way on a plat duly
filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk 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 street lines,
whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavements, shoulders,
gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street
lines. For the purpose of this ordinance, streets shall be classified
as follows:
STREET, ARTERIAL
Used primarily for fast or heavy volumes of traffic and are
those used generally to proceed between large areas of development
such as commercial centers, industrial areas, and concentrated residential
communities through or around the locality of the city.
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STREET, COLLECTOR
Those which carry traffic from local streets to the arterial
streets and designed to have considerable continuity and traffic capacity.
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STREET, CUL-DE-SAC
A local dead-end street terminating in a circular, or other
turn around area.
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STREET, MINOR
Those streets which need be entered only for stopping at
a destination on that street and which need not be used for general
traffic circulation through the City.
SUBDIVIDER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings
under this Ordinance to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for
himself or for another.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two
or more lots, sites or other divisions of land or the combination
of two or more lots into one or more lots, for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale or building development; except that
the following divisions shall not be considered subdivisions, provided,
however, that no new streets, or roads are involved; divisions of
land for agricultural purposes where the resulting parcels are three
acres or larger in size; divisions of property by testamentary or
intestate provisions; divisions of property upon court order. Subdivision
also includes re-subdivision and, where appropriate to the context
relates to the process of subdividing or to the lands or territory
divided.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
Any subdivision containing not more than three lots fronting
on an existing street, or City maintained street, not involving any
new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities or the
installation of any street improvements, and not adversely affecting
the development of the remainder of the parcel of adjoining property
and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan,
Official Map, the City of Lambertville Zoning Ordinance or this Ordinance.
Any subdivision which involves a lot which was previously approved
as a minor subdivision within a three-year period prior to the application
for another minor subdivision shall be classified as a major subdivision.
VERNACULAR STYLE
A building form native to a particular area based on tradition,
but without regard for formal or precise styles.
VICTORIAN, STYLE
A variety of architectural styles imported from Europe during
the reign of Queen Victoria. The styles are characteristically romantic
and include bargeboard, turrets, elongated windows and doors, brackets
and other ornamentation. Examples of Victorian styles include Italianate,
Second Empire and Queen Anne.
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Italianate
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Second Empire
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Queen Anne
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