[Res. 1-24-79]
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the word "person" includes
a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company, or
corporation as well as an individual. The present tense includes the
future, the singular number includes the plural, and the plural includes
the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory; the word "may" is permissive.
The words "used" or "occupied" include the words intended, designed,
or arranged to be used or occupied. Words not herein defined shall
have the meaning given in the Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
Shall mean a subordinate use or structure, the purpose of
which is incidental to that of the main use or structure and on the
same lot therewith.
Shall mean the Secretary of the Planning and Zoning Board
in the case of matters involving the Planning Board or the Board of
Adjustment; the Zoning Officer in the case of matters involving the
issuance of Zoning Permits, Certificates of Occupancy, and Zoning
Ordinance Enforcement; and the Township Clerk in the case of matters
involving the Governing Body.
Shall mean an application for development which includes
an application form completed as specified by ordinance and the rules
and regulations of the Planning and Zoning Board and the accompanying
documents and drawings required by ordinance for approval of the application
for development; provided that the municipal Board may require such
additional information not specified in the ordinance or any revisions
in the accompanying documents, as are reasonably necessary to make
an informed decision as to whether the requirements necessary for
approval of the application for development have been met. The application
shall not be deemed incomplete for lack of any such additional information
or any revisions in the accompanying documents so required by the
municipal Board. An application shall be certified as complete immediately
upon the meeting of all requirements specified in the ordinance and
in the rules and regulations of the Municipal Agency, and shall be
deemed complete as of the day it is so certified by the Administrative
Officer for the purposes of the commencement of the time period for
action by the municipal Board.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean the application form and all accompanying documents
required for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned development,
conditional use, zoning variance, or direction of the issuance of
a permit pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
Shall mean the Planning and Zoning Board of Greenwich Township
unless a different agency is designated by the Greenwich Township
Procedures Ordinance.
Shall mean any establishment for the washing of automobiles
or other motor vehicles, using a chain or other conveyor to move the
vehicle and or using various automatic devices for the application
of soap, water, steam, air or other materials required in the cleaning
process.
Shall mean the mean height or level of completed lawn, walk,
or driveway surfaces, as shown on official plans or designs relating
thereto, adjoining the front facade of the building.
Shall mean a story of a building that is partly underground
which has more than one-half of its interior height, measured from
the floor to finished ceiling, below the average finished grade of
the adjoining building.
Shall mean the length on one side of a street between two
street intersections.
Shall mean a required open space area to be landscaped or
naturally planted along district boundary lines, in connection with
industrial or commercial uses.
Shall mean meeting all of the applicable requirements necessary
for building including but not limited to Township, County State,
and Federal regulations for the development of a property or the construction
of structures thereon.
[Ord. No. 2000-3]
Shall mean a combination of materials to form a construction
adapted to permanent, temporary, or continuous occupancy, and having
a roof.
Shall mean a line parallel to the street at a distance therefrom
equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district under
consideration. No part of a building may extend closer to the street
than the building line. Roofed porticos, whether open or enclosed,
shall be considered as part of a building when measuring distance
from the street line and lot lines. Existing roofed porches and porticos
may only be permanently enclosed when they comply with all setback
or rear yard requirements and all side yard requirements.
Shall mean a group of tents, huts, or other shelters, usually
located near a lake or in the woods, forming a temporary residence,
especially in summer.
Shall be deemed to authorize, and is required for each occupancy
and use of the building or land to which it applies, and shall continue
in effect only so long as such building and the use thereof or the
use of such land is in full conformity with the requirements of this
ordinance, and any requirement pursuant thereto. The maintenance of
a valid certificate of occupancy shall be the responsibility of the
property owner.
Shall mean the bed and banks of a stream which convey the
normal flow of the stream.
Shall mean the systems, structures, and physical improvements
for the movement of people, water, air, sewage, or power by such means
as paths, streets, highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways,
pipes, and conduits, and the handling of people and goods by such
means as terminals, stations, warehouses, and other storage buildings
or transshipment points.
Shall mean any organization catering exclusively to members
and their guests, or any organization for religious, vocational, civic,
recreational, or athletic purposes which is not conducted for financial
gain.
See Residential Cluster.
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.
Shall mean 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 Zoning Ordinance, and upon the issuance
of an authorization therefor by the Planning and Zoning Board.
Shall mean land and parcels that abut each other, or are
separated only by streets, ways, pipelines, electrical power lines,
or other rights-of-way owned or controlled by others.
Shall mean any development other than planned development.
Shall mean that percentage of the plot or lot area covered
by all structures other than retaining walls, hedges, and fences.
Shall mean a minor land service street, closed at one end
and having adequate vehicle turning area at the closed end.
Shall mean calendar days.
Shall mean the number of dwelling units per acre for a given
area that includes streets or other common or public open spaces.
In the case of mixed use developments, space devoted to nonresidential
uses is also included.
Shall mean the number of dwelling units per acre for a given
area that excludes streets and other common or public open spaces.
In the case of mixed use developments, space devoted to nonresidential
uses is also excluded.
Shall mean the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot
or of any land proposed to be included in an application for development,
including the holder of an option for contract purchase or other person
having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
Shall mean the division of parcel of land into two or more
parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural
alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure;
any mining, excavation or landfill; any use or change in the use of
any building or other structure, or land; or extension of use of land
for which permission may be required pursuant to the Municipal Land
Use Law.
Shall mean any permit or certificate of occupancy required
to be submitted for any development regulated by the Greenwich Township
Development Regulations.
Shall mean a zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site
plan review ordinance, official map ordinance or other municipal regulation
of the use and development of land, or amendment thereto adopted and
filed pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
Shall mean a structure containing sleeping rooms of not less
than eighty square feet each; and containing complete sanitary facilities
although not necessarily within individual rooms; and without cooking
facilities in individual rooms; and for use only by students and assigned
supervisory staff of an educational institution.
Shall mean the removal of surface water or ground water from
land by drains, grading, or other means and includes control of runoff
during and after construction or development to minimize erosion and
sedimentation, to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts
and bridges, to induce water recharge into the ground where practical,
to lessen nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream
channels for their biological functions as well as for drainage, and
the means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or
alleviation of flooding.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean the lands required for the installation of stormwater
sewers and/or drainage ditches or the land area required along a natural
stream, or other watercourse for preserving the channel or drainageway
and providing for the flow or passage of water therein to safeguard
the public from flood damage in accordance with the provisions of
the Greenwich Township Development Regulations or applicable laws.
Shall mean a detached building designed for or occupied by
one family only.
Shall mean a detached building designed for, or occupied
by two families only.
Shall mean a group of interrelated rooms:
Intended or designed for the use of one family;
Separated from other space by lockable doors;
Having access to the outdoors without crossing any portion of
another family's dwelling quarters; and
Having living and sleeping facilities and cooking facilities
fixed or portable and complete sanitary facilities.
Shall mean the removal of sand, topsoil, gravel, fill dirt
or mineral or clay products for sale or reuse at another site exclusive
of agricultural operations, the process of grading a lot preparatory
to the construction of a building for which application for a building
permit has been made.
Shall mean the detachment or movement of soil or rock fragments
by water, wind, ice and gravity.
Shall mean structures and physical improvements, whether
publicly or privately owned, necessary to permit the orderly development
of an area, including such facilities as streets; water, sewage, gas,
telephone and electric lines; supporting structures such as manholes,
catch basins; underground pumping station, and underground transformer
stations; but not including generating or storage plants; processing
station, maintenance yards, administration headquarters facilities
or above-ground utility poles within major subdivisions.
Shall mean an individual or group of two or more persons
related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or containing foster children
placed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66, together with not more
than three additional persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption,
living together as a single housekeeping unit.
Shall mean any parcel of land containing at least five acres
used for general purpose agriculture, which includes the raising of
agricultural or horticultural products, livestock, poultry and their
resultant products.
Shall mean a structure which permanently or temporarily prohibited
unrestricted travel between properties or portions of properties or
between the street or public right-of-way and a property.
Shall mean official action of the Planning and Zoning Board
taken on preliminary approved major subdivisions or site plans after
all conditions, engineering plans and other requirements have been
completed or fulfilled and the required improvements have been installed
or guarantees properly posted for their completion, or approval conditioned
upon the posting of such guarantees.
Shall mean the sum of the total horizontal area of the several
floors of a building excluding basement space, unless designed to
be used for customary visits by commercial clientele, but including
the area of permanent roofed porches and terraces. All dimensions
shall be measured from the outside face of exterior walls or from
the center line of parting or common walls.
Shall mean an area fully enclosed by the inside surfaces
of walls, windows, doors and partitions and having a headroom of at
least six feet six inches including living, eating, cooking, sleeping,
storage, circulation, service, utility and other related household
spaces but excluding garages, carports, porches, unheated sheds and
basements. Attics or portions thereof may be considered habitable
floor area provided they are fully finished and meet the proper height
requirements.
Shall mean in sections of the Township involving areas along
tidal portions of the Cohansey River, Stow Creek, Phillips Creek and
the Delaware Bay, lands subject to an intermediate regional tidal
flood shall constitute a flood plain as delineated by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency on Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM). In
areas adjoining any other natural stream, drainage course or water
body, a flood plain shall include Beeryland, Muck and Pokomoke soils
as delineated by the Soil Survey for Cumberland County, U.S. Department
of Agriculture. Flood plains as described above are shown on the Greenwich
Township Zoning Map. Flood plains shall also include flood hazard
areas designated as Zone A on the official map issued by the Federal
Insurance Administration.
[Ord. No. 2000-3]
Shall mean any portion of a flood plain lying within fifty
feet of the adjacent channel edge of a natural stream or within 25
feet from the edge of a lake or centerline of any watercourse other
than a natural stream or as designated by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency and shown on Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM).
[Ord. No. 2000-3]
Shall mean an accessory building incidental to a dwelling
unit, as defined herein, which accessary building is intended for
the off-street storage of motor vehicles belonging to the inhabitants
of said dwelling unit, but in which garage no business service or
occupation is conducted or rendered for profit. The rental or storage
space for more than two cars not owned by persons residing on the
premises is considered a business for profit.
Shall mean a building used for the off-street storage of
motor vehicles, the provision of incidental gasoline service, the
sale of accessories and the repair of motor vehicles excluding body
work.
Shall mean a multiple-family dwelling structure of not more
than two rooms in depth of two and one-half stories in height, designed
as part of a residential project under single management, providing
joint or common use of open areas by occupants whether for recreation,
parking or other purposes.
Shall mean an area of land, including any structures thereon,
used primarily for the retail sale and direct delivery to motor vehicles
of motor fuel and lubricants, as well as such incidental services
as the lubrication and hand washing of motor vehicles and the sale,
installation and minor repair of automobile accessories, such as tires
and batteries.
Shall mean illumination whereby a source of light, producing
a reading of 50 or more on a Standard Weston Photographic light meter
or equivalent at a distance of three feet is visible from the public
right-of-way, or a reading of 0.8 or more is found when such meter
or equivalent is held anywhere on a residential property line.
Shall mean the vertical distance from the established Average
Finished Grade to the highest point on the building.
Shall mean any building, structure, area, or property that
is significant in the history, architecture, archeology, or culture
of this State, its communities, or the Nation and has been so designated
pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
Shall mean a kennel for the keeping of dogs not for profit,
but for the entertainment and personal use of the owners thereof.
[Ord. 12-8-98]
Shall mean an occupation or profession which is clearly incidental
to the use of the lot and dwelling for residential purposes and is
carried on by a member of the family residing on the premises; does
not involve more than one employee not living on the premises; does
not occupy more than 20% of the principal residential structure or
more than 300 square feet of an accessory structure; does not have
any exterior evidence of such secondary use other than one sign as
per Section 8-10 and does not include the storing of any stock in
trade outside a principal or accessory building. In connection with
the operation of a home occupation or home professional office, only
external operations which are customary to residential buildings shall
be permitted. In the case of any home occupation or home professional
office involving customer or patient visitation, adequate off street
parking shall be provided in conformance with standards contained
in Zoning Ordinance.
Shall mean any structure providing overnight accommodation,
in other than dwelling units, for hire to the traveling public and
where only a general kitchen and dining room are provided within the
building or as an accessory building.
Shall mean same as Structure, Multi-Family.
Shall mean a single-family house, wherein furnished rooms
without cooking facilities are rented or a valuable consideration
to two or more individuals unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner
or operator of the house.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean same as Structure, Multi-Family.
Shall mean same as Mobile Home.
Shall mean an area planned for specific industrial and commercial
operations, the coordinated development of which is carried out under
unified management and is governed by approved design, plot size,
setback, height, open space, buffering and performance standards.
Shall mean an educational institution of higher learning
chartered by the State of New Jersey or a private educational institution
of higher learning approved and subject to regulations prescribed
by the State of New Jersey and giving instruction or affording facilities
for study in academic or technical subjects only at or above the college
level.
Shall mean in a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, any
citizen of the State of New Jersey; and in the case of a civil proceeding
in any court or in an administrative proceeding before a Municipal
Agency, any person, whether residing within or without the municipality,
whose right to use, acquire, or enjoy property is or may be affected
by any action taken under this ordinance, or whose rights to use,
require, or enjoy property under this ordinance, or under any other
law of this State of the United States have been denied, violated
or infringed by an action or a failure to act under the Municipal
Land Use Law.
Shall mean the use of more than 1,000 square feet in the
case of an agricultural parcel or more than 200 square feet of the
area of any other lot, whether inside or outside a building, or the
use of any portion of that half of any lot that joins a public thoroughfare,
for the storage, keeping, processing or abandonment of waste paper,
rags, scrap metal or other discarded materials, or the dismantling,
demolition or abandonment of automobiles, other vehicles, machinery
or parts thereof.
Shall mean any building or land parcel used for the keeping
of dogs and other household pets. The keeping of more than five such
animals on any one property constitutes a kennel.
Shall include improvements and fixtures on, above, or below
the surface.
Shall mean any off-street space not less than 12 feet in
width, 70 feet in length and 14 feet in height available for the loading
or unloading of goods, having direct access to a street or alley and
so arranged that no vehicle is required to back into a street.
Shall mean a designated parcel, tract or area of land established
by a plot or other map as permitted by law and to be used, developed
or built upon as a unit.
Shall mean the surface of a land parcel determined by its
boundary lines and expressed in terms of square feet or acres. Any
portion of a lot included in a street right-of-way shall not be included
in calculating lot area.
Shall mean a lot fronting on two streets at their intersection.
Shall mean horizontal distance between the front and rear
lot line, measured in the general direction of the side lot lines.
Shall mean the horizontal distance measured along the full
length of the front lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the shorter
of the two street lines shall be considered as the frontage.
Shall mean the right-of-way line of a street which a lot
or parcel abuts.
Shall mean a lot line other than a street line which is the
farthest lot line from the street. In the case of a lot abutting two
streets, required front yard setbacks from both streets shall be observed.
Shall mean a continuous line which runs back from an intersection
with the front lot line and which forms the boundary line between
the lot and the adjacent parcel of land.
Shall mean the distance between the side lot lines measured
at right angles to the depth of the lot, along the front setback line.
Shall mean any security, other than cash, which may be accepted
by Greenwich Township for the maintenance of any improvements required
under the authority of Greenwich Township Development Regulations.
Shall mean any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
Shall mean minor streets which are parallel to, and adjacent
to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting
properties and related vehicular access to the arterial street or
highway.
Shall mean a composite of one or more written or graphic
proposals for the development of a municipality as set forth and adopted
pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
Shall mean any farm building, other than a principal dwelling,
used or intended for use on a temporary basis to house farm laborers.
Shall mean a subdivision of land that does not involve (1)
the creation of more than three lots to be used for residential purposes,
(2) planned development, (3) any new street, or (4) extension of any
off-tract improvement.
Shall mean any vehicle or similar conveyance so designed
or constructed as to permit its transportation as a fully built unit
and as to permit occupancy for dwelling purposes on a permanent basis.
Shall mean a land parcel upon which two or more mobile homes
for dwelling purposes are located on a permanent basis. Includes Trailer
Court, Trailer Park or Trailer Coach Park, when so used.
See Hotel or Motel.
Shall mean a self-propelled vehicle, less than eight feet
in width and less than 35 feet in length, which is used for sleeping
and other human occupancy during the course of activities commonly
known as "camping" or "caravanning."
Shall mean the Greenwich Township Planning and Zoning Board
or Governing Body when acting pursuant to municipal development regulations.
Shall mean a naturally eroded channel with visible evidence
of banks and bed as distinguished from a swale which shows no evidence
of natural erosion, except occasional gullying, and from a ditch,
which is an artificially excavated channel.
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 fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning
district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision,
or amendment.
Shall mean a structure whose size, dimension, or location
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.
Shall mean a use of 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 reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment.
Shall mean a small, private institution where the aged, ill,
or injured may receive minor medical, surgical, or psychiatric treatment,
nursing, food lodging, care, etc. during illness or convalescence.
Shall mean any area 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 a contiguous
portion of a street or right-of-way.
Shall mean any area not located on the property which is
the subject of a development application nor a contiguous portion
of a street or right-of-way.
Shall mean any area located on the lot in question.
Shall mean any area located on the property which is the
subject of a development application or a contiguous portion of a
street or right-of-way.
Shall mean an area which contains two or more off-street
parking spaces.
Shall mean an area not less than 10' x 20', exclusive
of driveways appurtenant and giving access thereto, accessible from
a street but not located on a street, and which is both suitable and
intended for the parking of a passenger motor vehicle.
Shall mean any security, which may be accepted by the municipality,
including cash; provided that the Township shall not require more
than ten percent of the total performance guarantee in cash.
Shall mean a place where pigs are commercially assembled
for growth or fattening before slaughter. The raising of one pig per
member of a household for home consumption only shall not constitute
a piggery.
Shall mean a map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
Shall mean a place where poultry is assembled for growth,
fattening, or egg production before sale or slaughter.
Shall mean the conferral of certain rights pursuant to the
Municipal Land Use Law prior to final approval after specific elements
of a development plan have been agreed upon the Municipal Agency and
the applicant.
Shall mean architectural drawings prepared during early and
introductory stages of the design of a project illustrating in a schematic
form, its scope, scale, and relationship to its site and immediate
environs.
Shall mean (1) Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and
other recreational areas; (2) other public open spaces; (3) scenic
and historic sites; and (4) sites for schools and other public buildings
and structures.
Shall mean a master plan, capital improvement program or
other proposal for land development adopted by the appropriate public
body, or any amendment thereto.
Shall mean any land reserved or dedicated for the installation
of stormwater sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural
stream or watercourse for preserving the biological as well as drainage
function of the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard
the public against flood damage, sedimentation, and erosion and to
assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to include water recharge into the ground where practical, and to
lessen nonpoint pollution.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean an open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated
to the Township, Township Agency, Board of Education, State or Country
Agency, or other public body for recreational or conservational uses.
Shall mean an organization supplying water, electricity,
gas, sewerage, mass transportation, or other service to the public
operated by a private corporation under governmental regulation or
by a government agency directly.
Shall mean the majority of the full authorized membership
of a Municipal Agency.
Shall mean an area to be developed as a single entity according
to a plan containing residential housing units in which the individual
lots have a common or public open space area as an appurtenance.
Shall mean the number of dwelling units per gross acre of
residential land area including streets, easements and open space
portions of a development.
Shall mean any building or use which serves food to the general
public and which provides tables, chairs, and or counters for the
consumption of food entirely within the walls of such buildings or
use. Restaurant does not include "take-out" or drive-in establishments
which permit the consumption of food within motor vehicles.
Shall mean (1) 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 (2) 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.
Shall mean the boundary lines of land used or intended for
use as streets and from which setback and other requirements shall
begin. Where existing records are vague or show a lesser dimension,
they shall be considered to be not less than 50 feet apart, 25 feet
from the center line of streets.
Shall mean an accessory farm building or structure with requisite
off-street parking and loading space designed for seasonal sale of
principally agricultural and horticultural products grown locally,
with at least 25 percent of its sales consisting of goods produced
on the farm on which it is located. The intermittent sale of homegrown
produce as an accessory use not involving a building or structure;
not occupying more than 300 square feet; and not creating any undue
traffic hazard shall not be deemed to constitute a roadside stand.
Shall mean a completely enclosed interior space containing
no partitions higher than four feet.
Shall mean the Zoning Schedule of District Regulations.
Shall mean an institution designed and staffed to provide
educational opportunity not including any such institution housing
detainees.
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.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the building line
and the district boundary line.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the building line
and the front lot line.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the building line
and the rear lot line.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the building line
and the side lot line.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the perimeter line
of the parking area and the district boundary line.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the perimeter of
the parking area and the front lot line.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the perimeter line
of the parking area and the rear lot line.
Shall mean the shortest distance between the perimeter line
of the parking are and the side lot line.
Shall mean any device designed to inform or attract the attention
of persons not on the premises on which the sign is located.
Shall mean a permanent sign detached from any building.
Shall mean a sign relating in its subject matter to the premises
on which it is located or to the products, accommodations, services,
or activities offered on the premises. On-site signs do not include
signs erected by the outdoor advertising industry in the conduct of
the outdoor advertising business.
Shall mean a sign attached to a building or other structure
and extending from the building wall or structure on a plan which
is not parallel to the building wall.
Shall mean a sign attached to, painted on, or erected against
a wall or flat vertical surface of a structure with the exposed surface
face of the sign on plane parallel to the face of said vertical surface.
Shall mean a development plan of one or more lots on which
is shown (1) the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including
but not necessarily limited to topography, vegetation, drainage, flood
plains, marshes and waterways; (2) 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, screening devices, and (3) any other information
that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed review
and approval.
Shall mean any plan not classified as a minor site plan.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean a development plan of one or more lots which (1)
does not involve a planned development, any new street, or extension
of any off-street improvement which is to be prorated; (2) does not
require or contain the installation of more than five off-street parking
spaces; (3) does not construct surface coverage in excess of 5,000
square feet; (4) and contains the information reasonably required
in order to make an informed determination that requirements established
by ordinance for approval of a minor site plan have been met.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean any system that converts solar energy into usable thermal electrical or chemical energy to meet all or a significant part of a building's energy requirements. As used in these regulations, solar energy system refers to both active solar energy systems requiring external mechanical power to move collected heat, and passive solar energy systems which rely upon natural forces of conduction, convection, and radiation controlled by architectural design and building orientation to collect, distribute, and store solar energy. Solar energy systems shall be considered a permitted accessory use in all zone districts and in the Historic Conservation District if approval is granted pursuant to Chapter 26 Zoning, Subsection 26-9.4.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean single-family dwelling having floor levels so
staggered that each is about one-half story above or below the adjacent
one and having at least a portion of the dwelling consisting of two
stories.
Shall mean (1) adopted by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-65 of the Municipal Land Use Law regulating house levels, glare,
earthborne or some 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 matters as may be reasonably required by the
municipality or (2) required by applicable Federal or State laws or
municipal ordinances.
Shall mean any covered area with a clear headroom of six
feet six inches or more whether furnished or not, except a cellar.
In the event a building has only one floor, each distance of eight
feet between the floor and ceiling shall be counted as a story.
Shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway,
viaduct, drive or other way (1) which is an existing State, County
or Township roadway, or (2) which is shown upon a plat heretofore
approved pursuant to law, or (3) which is approved by official action
as provided by this ordinance, or (4) 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.
Shall mean the right-of-way line of a street, road, or other
public way used or intended for use by vehicular traffic.
Shall mean a combination of materials to form a construction
for occupancy use or ornamentation whether installed on, above, or
below the surface of a parcel of land.
Shall mean a structure containing more than one dwelling
unit.
Shall mean a structure containing one and only one dwelling
unit.
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 subdivisions
within the meaning of this ordinance, if no new streets are created:
(1) divisions 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 (5) acres or larger in size,
(2) divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions,
(3) divisions of property upon court order, including but not limited
to judgments of foreclosure, (4) consolidation of existing lots by
deed or other recorded instrument and (5) 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 "resubdivision" shall also include the term "subdivision."
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean a committee of at least three Planning and Zoning
Board members appointed by the Chairman of the Planning and Zoning
Board which is authorized to classify subdivisions in accordance with
the provisions of the Greenwich Township Development Regulations;
to approved minor subdivisions; and to carry out such other duties
relating to land subdivision and site plan review as may be conferred
upon it by the Planning and Zoning Board.
Shall mean a noncommercial, privately owned pool, constituting
an accessory use to a residential unit or units, and on the same lot
therewith. A wading pool with a depth less than 18) inches and portable
swimming devices located above ground level, with an area of less
than 125 square feet and a water depth less than three feet, temporary
in character and constructed of material other than concrete or masonry
shall not be deemed a swimming pool.
Shall mean a public or privately owned pool open to the public
on an annual member basis, and having dressing rooms, off-street parking
and other appropriate accessory facilities.
Shall mean a business selling alcoholic beverages for consumption
on the premises.
Shall mean a private home where rooms are rented for overnight
accommodations.
See Mobile Home.
See Mobile Home Park.
Shall mean structures less than eight feet in width and less
than 30 feet in length and not used for purpose of day-to-day habitation
but designed to be moved from place to place, and which may be entirely
enclosed or partially enclosed with canvas or other material and which
are used for sleeping and other human occupancy during the course
of activities commonly known as "camping" or "caravanning."
Shall mean a typed or printed verbatim record of the Planning
and Zoning Board proceedings or reproduction thereof.
[Ord. August 1983]
Shall mean permission to depart from the literal requirements
of a zoning ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60 and N.J.S.A.
40:55D-40 and 40:55D-70 of the Municipal Land Use Act.
Shall mean any land area or use either naturally formed or
artificially designed for the storage, passage, retention or flow
of water, including but not limited to the following: lake, pond,
canal, ditch or swale.
Shall mean any system that converts wind energy into mechanical
and/or electrical energy. As used in these regulations, the term wind
energy system refers to wind machines and their appurtenant devices
used for the production of energy. Wind energy systems shall be considered
a permitted accessory use in all zone districts and in the Historic
Conservation District if approved pursuant to Chapter front yards
shall be measured at right angles to a straight line joining the foremost
points of the side lot lines. The foremost point of the property corners
at street intersections, shall be assumed to be the point at which
the side and front lot lines would have met without such rounding.
Front and rearfront yard lines shall be parallel.
Shall mean an open space on the same lot with a principal
building, unobstructed by buildings or structures from the ground
to the sky, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance.
Shall mean the yard extending across the entire width of
the lot between the street right-of-way line and the nearest part
of any building. In the case of lots having frontage on two or more
streets, front yards shall be provided along each street frontage.
Where more than 50 percent of the lots in a block front have been
developed with an average front yard less than that required herein,
the Building Inspector may waive the front yard requirement to the
extent that required front yard shall at least equal the average of
the front yards provided on said lots. In the ease of corner lots,
required front yard depth shall be provided along all street frontages.
Depth of required front yards shall be measured at right angles to
a straight line joining the foremost points of the side lot lines.
The foremost point of the property corners at street intersections,
shall be assumed to be the point at which the side and front lot lines
would have met without such rounding. Front and rearfront yard lines
shall be parallel.
Shall mean a yard extending across the rear of the lot between
inner side yard lines. In the case of through lots, there will be
no rear yards. Depth of a required rear yard shall be measured in
such a manner that the yard established is a strip of the minimum
depth required by the District Regulations with its inner edge parallel
to the rear lot line.
Shall mean a yard extending along the side lot line from
the front yard to the rear lot line. In the case of through lots,
side yards shall extend between the required front yard lines. In
the case of corner lots, there shall be only one side yard, adjacent
to the interior lot line. Width of a required side yard shall be measured
in such a manner that the yard established is a strip of the minimum
width required by District Regulations with its inner edge parallel
to the side lot line.
Shall mean a document signed by the Zoning Officer which
is required as a condition precedent to the commencement of a use
or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion
or installation of a structure or building and which acknowledges
that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions
of the Township zoning ordinances or variance therefrom duly authorized
by the Planning or Zoning Board.
