[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-1]
(a)
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to exercise the authority
delegated to municipalities by the Municipal Land Use Law and hereby,
in conformance with the purposes of such law:
(1)
To guide the appropriate use or development of all lands in
a manner that will promote the public health, safety, morals and general
welfare;
(2)
To secure safety from fire, flood, and other natural and human
made disasters;
(3)
To provide adequate light, air and open space;
(4)
To ensure that the development of the municipality does not
conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring municipalities,
the county and the state as a whole;
(5)
To promote the establishment of appropriate population densities
and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being of persons,
neighborhoods, communities and regions and the preservation of the
environment;
(6)
To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure of public
funds by the coordination of public development with land use policies;
(7)
To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for a variety
of uses and open space, both public and private, according to their
respective environmental requirements;
(8)
To encourage the location and design of transportation routes
that will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging locations
of such facilities and routes that result in congestion or blight;
(9)
To promote a desirable visual environment through creative development
techniques and good civic design and arrangements;
(10)
To promote the conservation of open space and valuable natural
resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment
through improper use of land;
(11)
To encourage planned unit developments that incorporate the
best features of design and relate the type, design and layout of
various types of development to particular sites;
(12)
To encourage the development of housing of sizes and types that
will serve residents of various ages, incomes, and physical capabilities;
(13)
To encourage coordination of the various public and private
procedures and activities shaping land development with a view to
lessening the cost of such development and to the more efficient use
of land; and
(14)
To promote sustainability and the conservation of energy through
the use of planning practices designed to reduce energy consumption
and to provide for maximum utilization of renewable energy sources.
(15)
To protect the environment and promote sustainability, especially
wooded areas and the tree canopy, for the purposes of flood control,
soil erosion prevention, energy conservation, wildlife preservation,
and aesthetics.
(b)
The Princeton Council further finds and declares that Princeton contains
numerous buildings, archeological sites, and areas of special character
and special historic and aesthetic value; that these buildings, archeological
sites, and areas of the municipality reflect elements of the cultural,
social, economic, and architectural history of the community; and
that preservation and enhancement of such elements are required in
the interest of the health, prosperity, and welfare of the municipality
as well as the surrounding region. The purpose of the historic district
regulations is to:
(1)
Preserve and enhance structures, archeological sites, and locations
which reflect the heritage of the community;
(2)
Maintain and develop harmonious settings for such structures,
archeological sites, and locations;
(3)
Foster civic pride;
(4)
Protect and enhance the community's attractions to visitors;
(5)
Strengthen the economy of the community; and
(6)
Promote the appreciation of landmarks for the education, pleasure,
and welfare of the people of Princeton.
[Ord. No. 2014-44; Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-2; Ord. No. 2016-16 § 1; Ord. No. 2018-11 § 2; amended 1-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
Protection against fire as provided by compliance with the fire flows or alternatives as set forth in Article IV, Division 14 of this Chapter.
An area on both sides of a waterway measured from the top
of the channel banks and extending outward.
The municipal engineer unless another person is appointed
by the Princeton Council for action with respect to a specific development
application or other matter.
Very low, low and moderate income housing as defined by the
Uniform Housing Affordability Controls, N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.
Construction for the purposes of supporting common farm site
activities, including but not limited to: the production, harvesting,
storage, grading, packaging, processing, and the wholesale and retail
marketing of crops, plants, animals, and other related commodities
and the use and application of techniques and methods of soil preparation
and management, fertilization, weed, disease and pest control, disposal
of farm waste, irrigation, drainage and water management, and grazing.
The use of the land for common farm site activities including
but not limited to production, harvesting, storage, grading, packaging,
processing and the wholesale and retail marketing of crops, plants,
animals and other related commodities and the use and application
of techniques and methods of soil preparation and management, fertilization,
weed, disease and pest control, disposal of farm waste, irrigation,
drainage, and water management, and grazing.
The art or science of cultivating the ground or tillage,
not including the erection, alteration, enlargement, occupancy or
use of any building intended, designed for or susceptible to occupancy
for residential purposes.
To change the appearance of exterior elements of a structure,
including changing the materials used and removing paint and cleaning
by means of abrasives or chemicals or pressurized liquids. A change
in the exterior color of a structure shall be considered an alteration
if the change in color entails application of paint or other surface
coloring to a surface which has not been painted before or if pre-primed
or prefinished material is added to the exterior. In addition, the
repainting shall be considered an alteration in Historic Preservation
Districts Type 1 if it is substantially out of character with the
historic preservation district within which the structure is located.
Such repainting, however, shall not be considered an alteration in
Historic Preservation Districts Type 2. Ordinary maintenance and repainting
in the same color shall not be considered an alteration within this
definition. The Type 1 and Type 2 Historic Preservation Districts
are shown on the "Overlay Zoning Map of Historic Preservation Districts
and Historic Preservation Buffer Districts, Princeton, Mercer County,
New Jersey" on file in the office of the Clerk of Princeton, prepared
by the Princeton Engineering Department, as revised through July 11,
2022, and adopted hereby.
[Amended 7-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-22]
A developer submitting an application for development.
The application or appeal form and all accompanying documents
required by this chapter for approval of a subdivision plat, site
plan, planned development, conditional use, zoning variance or direction
for the issuance of a special permit.
An application for development that seeks the direction of
the issuance of a special permit.
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
A governmental acquisition of real property or a major construction
project.
Waters of the state designated in N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.15(c) through
(h) for purposes of implementing the anti-degradation policies set
forth at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.5(d) for protection from measurable changes
in water quality characteristics because of their clarity, color,
scenic setting, other characteristics of aesthetic value, exceptional
ecological significance, exceptional recreational significance, exceptional
water supply significance, or exceptional fisheries resources(s).
Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement
of people, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means as 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.
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.
The increase in soil bulk density caused by subjecting soil
to greater-than-normal loading. Compaction can also decrease soil
infiltration and permeability rates.
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
that are contained in the zoning regulations, and upon approval of
such use by the Planning Board.
To make, remake, or make additions to the exterior of a structure
by combining materials.
The officer appointed pursuant to law to administer and enforce
the State Uniform Construction Code.
A permit for construction required by and issued in accordance
with the State Uniform Construction Code and ordinances adopted pursuant
thereto.
Development other than planned development.
A pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and civic uses serving
the surrounding area, generally including housing and access to public
transportation.
The Mercer County Planning Board, as designated by the County
Board of Chosen Freeholders to review municipal stormwater management
plans and implementing ordinance(s).
Calendar days.
When applied to an action affecting a property in a historic
preservation district, an action of such minimal nature that: (a)
the purposes of historic preservation as defined in this chapter will
not thereby be materially affected; and (b) the action does not increase
the degree of noncompliance or create a new noncompliance with respect
to any bulk regulation set forth in this chapter.
To partially or completely take down a structure or a part
thereof.
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of
land to be developed.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New
Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily
be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development
of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
A State Development and Redevelopment Plan Center, such as
urban, regional, town, village, or hamlet, as designated by the State
Planning Commission.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any
land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase or any other person
having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels,
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlargement of any building or structure, any mining
excavation or landfill, any clearing, grading, or excavation or other
activity that results in land disturbance; and any use or change in
the use of any building or other structure, or land or extension of
use of land, by any person, for which permission is required under
the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. In the case
of development of agricultural lands, development means: any activity
that requires a state permit; any activity reviewed by the County
Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural Development Committee
(SADC), and municipal review of any activity not exempted by the Right
to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
The officer referred to in Section 10B-99.
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance,
or other municipal regulation of the use and development of land,
or amendment thereto, adopted and filed pursuant to this chapter.
The placement of impervious surface, the movement or exposure
of soil or bedrock, or the clearing, cutting, or removal of vegetation.
Milling and/or repaving of existing impervious surfaces shall not
be considered disturbance for the purposes of this section.
The removal of surface water or groundwater 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.
A geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or
dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to
a particular point along a receiving waterbody.
A municipal advisory body created pursuant to P.L. 1968,
c. 245.
An area or feature which is of significant environmental
value, including but not limited to: stream corridors; natural heritage
priority sites; habitat of endangered or threatened species; large
areas of contiguous open space or upland forest; steep slopes; well
head protection areas; and groundwater recharge areas.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity.
The permanent installation of ladders, steps, rungs, and/or
other features that provide easily accessible means of egress from
a stormwater management measure.
The distance between buildings or structures, which distance
may vary with building type, age and whether it contains on-site fire
suppression systems.
The final map of all or a portion of a subdivision which
is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance
with this article which, if approved, shall be filed with the proper
county recording officer.
(a) With respect to commercial property, including property
rented for residential uses, the inability of the applicant to realize
a reasonable return on the property without the proposed work; (b)
with respect to property which is devoted to a charitable non-profit
purpose and is exempt from local property taxes, the inability of
the applicant to carry out such purpose without the proposed work;
and (c) with respect to owner-occupied residential property, the inability
of the applicant to continue owner-occupied residential use without
the proposed work.
The amount or volume of water available to fire hydrants
within or adjacent to a development application, and measured in gallons
per minute ("gpm"), duration of flows or storage capacity as measured
in hours of deliverable flows, and water pressure as measured in pounds
per square inch ("psi").
Those methods and techniques that use vegetation, soils and
other elements and practices to restore the natural processes of the
land to manage and retain stormwater. Examples of green infrastructure
are but not limited to: rain gardens, green roofs, permeable pavement;
bio-infiltration, cisterns, or vegetated swales.
A body of water below the surface of the land in a zone of
saturation where the spaces between the soil or geological materials
are fully saturated with water.
Those habitats identified by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's
Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
Fences, principal structures, accessory structures, outbuildings,
gates, gate posts, walls, gateways, wells, windmills, cemeteries,
hedgerows and field rows, landscaping of historic significance, ponds,
bridges, dams, sculptures, walkways, driveways, historic boundary
markers, and archeological sites and as otherwise defined in the standards
established by the United States Secretary of the Interior, provided
that such features that are not located within a historic preservation
district shall be treated as historic features only if so listed in
the Princeton Master Plan or have been so designated by the Council
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65.1.
The intervening or surrounding property that significantly
affects or is affected by the quality and character of a historic
site or historic preservation district and as set forth on the Zoning
Map.
One or more historic sites and intervening or surrounding
property significantly affecting or affected by the quality and character
of the historic site or sites and as set forth on the Zoning Map.
Historic preservation districts as shown on the Zoning Map.
The Type 1 districts are: Maybury Hill; Kingston Mill Historic District;
Tusculum; Princeton Battlefield - Stony Brook Settlement Historic
District; Mansgrove; Castle Howard; Drumthwacket; Drumthwacket outbuildings,
consisting of Coach House/Stables, Greenhouse Potting Shed, Garden
Building, Gardener's House, Farmer's House and Dairy, Cow Barn; Princeton
Basin; Delaware & Raritan Canal Historic District; Joline - Gulick
House, Constitution Hill; Edgerstoune; Olden Manor; and Donald G.
Herring Estate - Old Arreton Road Historic District. The Type 2 Districts
are: the Jugtown District; Bank Street District; Mercer Hill District;
Central Historic District; Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District and
Prospect Avenue District. The Type 1 and Type 2 districts are subject
to the review, procedural, and substantive requirements of this Article;
the only differences in the requirements that apply to them concern
visibility parameters and changes in color as outlined below:
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Painting or adding other surface coloring to an unpainted surface
or adding pre-primed and prefinished material within the Type 1 district
requires preservation plan review.
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Painting or adding other surface coloring to an unpainted surface
or adding preprimed and prefinished material within the Type 2 district
requires preservation plan review
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Painting or other surface coloring that is substantially out
of character with the Type 1 district within which the structure is
located is subject to preservation plan review.
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Changing paint color or other surface coloring within the Type
2 district does not require review
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Proposed work that would be visible from anywhere within the
Type 1 district or from the public right-of-way is subject to preservation
plan review.
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Proposed work within the Type 2 district that would be visible
from a public right-of-way is subject to preservation plan review
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The administrative officer for processing preservation plans, for planning, developing, coordinating, and implementing historic, architectural and archeological preservation projects and activities, and for executing and furthering the purposes of Article XIII.
The portion of a property in an historic preservation zoning
district designed to preserve the historic features of the property
in their historic setting and meeting the standards set forth in Section
10B-387. Historic protection areas shall be designed as a result of
development application review on sites for which pre-mapped preservation
areas have not been established by ordinance.
Any real property, human-made structure, natural object or
configuration, or any portion or group of the foregoing having historical,
archeological, cultural, scenic or architectural significance so identified
in the Master Plan or designated by the Council pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-65.1.
Any functional construction or the elements or remains of
such construction associated with human activities, including an archeological
site, having historical, archeological, cultural, scenic or architectural
significance, provided that such structure that is not located with
a historic preservation district shall be treated as an historic structure
only if so listed in the Princeton Master Plan or has been designated
by the Council pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65.1.
A watershed or sub-watershed as defined by the United States
Geological Survey with a 14-digit identifier.
A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
Impervious surfaces include roofs and asphalt, concrete, and gravel
surfaces, parking lots, drives, sidewalks, porous asphalt or concrete,
pools, decks and patios.
The process by which water from precipitation seeps into
the soil.
Any citizen of the State of New Jersey in the case of a criminal
or quasicriminal proceeding; and in the case of a civil proceeding
in any court or 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 chapter, or whose right to use, acquire,
or enjoy property under this chapter, or under any law of New Jersey
or of the United States has been denied, violated or infringed by
an action or a failure to act under this chapter.
Includes improvements and fixtures on, above or below the
surface.
Those whose primary function is to provide immediate access
to properties that front upon them.
A parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels
or portions by description, on a subdivision map or record of survey
map or by metes and bounds in a deed of conveyance, other than a bona
fide mortgage, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale
or building development.
Utilizing selected stormwater management measures to replicate
predevelopment hydrology in order to reduce the impacts of development.
LID minimizes the creation of stormwater runoff and pollution by minimizing
site disturbance and impervious cover and by promoting on-site infiltration
of precipitation and runoff.
Any security, other than cash, that may be accepted by the
municipality for the maintenance of any improvements required by this
chapter.
A document required for the maintenance of stormwater management
measures at all major development projects. A maintenance plan shall
contain a specific preventive maintenance tasks and schedules; cost
estimates, including estimated cost of sediment, debris, or trash
removal; and the name, address, and telephone number of the person
or persons responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance including
replacement.
Those streets that serve as major access between various
points within the community for a substantial proportion of the residents
thereof.
Any development that results in either the disturbance of
1/2 or more acres of land, an increase in impervious surface of 5,000
square feet, or an increase in the peak 100-year stormwater runoff
rate from the development site of more than 0.5 CFS.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for the development of the municipality or region adopted pursuant to Article V of this Chapter.
Compliance with the specific objective to the greatest extent
possible taking into account equitable considerations and competing
factors, including but not limited to, environmental benefits, pollutant
removal effectiveness, regulatory compliance, ability to implement
given site-specific environmental conditions, cost and technical or
engineering feasibility.
Those streets that provide local access within the municipality
for a limited proportion of the residents thereof.
Any development that results in an increase in impervious
surface of 400 or more square feet but does not meet the definition
of a major development.
A development of one or more lots, that: (a) proposes new
development within the scope of development specifically permitted
by ordinance as a minor site plan; (b) does not involve planned development,
any new street or extension of any off-tract improvement that is to
be prorated pursuant to Section 30 of the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A.
40:55D-42); and (c) contains the information reasonably required in
order to make an informed determination as to whether the requirements
established by this chapter for approval of a minor site plan have
been met.
A subdivision of land for the creation of not more than two
lots; provided that such subdivision does not involve a planned development,
or any new street, or the extension of any off-tract improvement the
cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to Section 30 of the Municipal
Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42).
Suitable compensation or offsetting actions when an applicant
for approval under this ordinance has demonstrated the inability or
impracticality of strict on-site compliance with the stormwater management
requirements set forth in this section or an approved regional stormwater
management plan and, on the basis of such demonstration, has received
a waiver from strict compliance from the Princeton Planning Board.
Freestanding buildings containing three, four, five or six
dwelling units, with each unit sharing with another unit or units
one or more vertical or horizontal common walls and with each unit
having a separate exterior entrance. If a multi-family structure also
meets the definition of a townhouse structure, it shall be considered
a townhouse structure.
The Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment or Princeton
Council, or any agency created by or responsible to the municipality,
when acting pursuant to this chapter.
The person appointed to such position by the Princeton Council
or such person's designee.
Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1975 as amended from
time to time.
Any person whether compensated or not, whether part-time
or full-time: (1) elected to any office of a municipal agency; (2)
serving on a municipal agency which has the authority to enact ordinances,
approve development applications or grant zoning variances; (3) who
is a member of an independent municipal, county or regional authority;
or (4) who is a managerial executive or confidential employee of a
municipal agency, as defined in Section 3 of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee
Relations Act," P.L.1941, c. (N.J.S.A. 34:13A-3), but shall not mean
any employee of a school district or member of a school board.
A municipal officer.
The municipality of Princeton.
An area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating
facilities and activities that are not organized in a compact form.
A lot the area, dimensions and location of which were lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance
but that fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A structure the size, dimensions and location of which were
lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but that fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A use or activity that was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but that fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
Utilizing strategies and measures that manage stormwater
runoff quantity and quality in the absence of structural stormwater
measures, such as minimizing site disturbance, preserving natural
vegetation and other important site features, reducing and disconnecting
impervious cover, minimizing proposed ground slopes, utilizing native
vegetation, minimizing turf grass lawns, increasing time of concentration,
and maintaining and enhancing natural drainage features and characteristics.
A chemical element or compound (such as nitrogen or phosphorus)
that is essential to and promotes the development of plants, algae,
and other vegetation and organisms.
The amount of a nutrient in a specified volume of water.
The total amount of a nutrient entering a surface or groundwater
resource during a given time period. Nutrients may enter the water
resource from runoff, recharge, point source discharges, or the atmosphere
in the form of wet and/or dry deposition.
Located neither on the property that is the subject of a
development application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or
right-of-way.
A lot within a special office-research subdivision used exclusively
for the purposes set forth for special office-research developments
under zoning regulations.
Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question, but
within the property (of which the lot is a part) that is the subject
of a development application or within a contiguous portion of a street
or right-of-way.
Methods or systems for extinguishing fires, including but
not limited to automatic sprinkler systems, static water sources on
site, such as ponds and pools and any other methods reasonably calculated
to achieve adequate fire protection.
Located on the property that is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
Located on the lot in question.
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private
use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants
of land adjoining or neighboring such open space; provided, that such
areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets
and off street parking and other improvements that are designed to
be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
Any use of common open space for park or open space purposes,
conservation of land or other natural resources or historic or scenic
purposes.
The repair of any deterioration, wear or damage to a structure,
or any part thereof, in order to return the same as nearly as practicable
to its condition prior to the occurrence of such deterioration, wear,
or damage. Ordinary maintenance shall further include replacement
of exterior elements or accessory hardware, including signs, using
the same materials and having the same appearance and painting which
is not an alteration.
A device intended to protect the opening in the top of an
outlet structure in a stormwater management measure.
A zoning district made up of underlying zone districts or
parts of zone districts as shown on the Zoning Map. An overlay zone
district controls certain standards and procedures for covered areas
not inconsistent with the bulk and use requirements of the underlying
zone districts.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any
land proposed to be subdivided or included in a proposed development,
including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other
person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
An area of land formally described and recorded with block
and lot numbers, by metes and bounds, by ownership, or in such a manner
as to specifically identify the dimensions and/or boundaries.
Any security that may be accepted by the municipality, including
cash, provided that the municipality shall not require more than 10%
of the total performance guarantee in cash.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, 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.
A surface that is capable of transmitting or infiltrating
a significant amount of precipitation into underlying material.
Planned unit development, planned unit residential development,
residential cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial
development.
An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of five
acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan
containing one or more residential clusters, which may include appropriate
commercial or public or quasi-public uses, all primarily for the benefit
of the residential development.
The Planning Board established by Article II of this chapter.
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions,
chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive
substance (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.)), thermal waste, wrecked
or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal,
agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged
directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters or surface waters
of the state, or to a domestic treatment works. "Pollutant" includes
both hazardous and non-hazardous pollutants.
The conferral of certain rights as to site plans and major
subdivisions pursuant to this chapter prior to final approval and
after specific elements of a development plan have been approved by
the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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.
The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision that is submitted for preliminary approval pursuant to Article IX of this Chapter.
The portion of a property in an historic preservation district
premapped by ordinance or, if not pre-mapped, established during preservation
plan review and designed to preserve the historic features of the
property in their historic setting.
The application and accompanying documents required by Article XIII of this chapter and by the rules of the Historic Preservation Commission for any action for which preservation plan approval is required.
Those that do or are expected to handle substantial volumes
of through traffic.
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational
areas and public open spaces; scenic and historic sites; and sites
for schools and other public buildings and structures.
The land reserved or dedicated for the installation of storm
water 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 induce
water recharge into the ground where practical and to lessen nonpoint
pollution.
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the
municipality, a municipal agency, the regional board of education,
a state or county agency, or any other public body for recreational
or conservational uses.
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
The amount of precipitation that infiltrates into the ground
and migrates to a depth below the root zone depth of any vegetation
on that ground.
The area of potential fire hazard or impact including and
surrounding a development or proposed development, as well as all
structures or buildings located therein, and taking into account,
as appropriate, the types and pools and any other methods reasonably
calculated to achieve adequate fire protection.
An area to be developed as a single entity according to a
plan containing residential housing units that have a common or public
open space area as an appurtenance.
Any development pursuant to the provision of Article IX, Division 9 of this Chapter.
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area including proposed streets, easements and open space portions
of a development.
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. Not included are conveyances merely
combining existing lots by deed or other instrument.
The steps taken to improve the fire protection of existing
structures or areas, including but not limited to the installation
of on-site fire suppression systems.
The municipal entity or official that is responsible for
the review of a major development project for compliance with the
requirements of this Chapter's stormwater management regulations.
The deposit 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.
A freestanding structure containing only one dwelling unit.
The lot or lots upon which development is to occur or has
occurred.
Any proposal or undertaking for which site plan approval
is required pursuant to Section 10B-205 or Section 10B-238 and that
is not exempt pursuant to Section 10B-206.
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
(i) the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including but
not necessarily limited to topography, vegetation, drainage, flood
plains, marshes, and waterways; (ii) the location of all existing
and proposed buildings, drives, parking spaces, walkways, means of
ingress or egress, drainage facilities, utility services, landscaping,
structures and signs, lighting, and screening devices; and (iii) any
other information that may be reasonably required in order to make
an informed determination as to approval of the plan by the Planning
Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment pursuant to this chapter.
The sketch map of a subdivision of sufficient accuracy to
be used for the purpose of discussion and classification and meeting
the requirements of Section 10B-157.
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
Sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or
settleable solids.
Any material or machinery located at an industrial facility
that is directly or indirectly related to process, manufacturing,
or other industrial activities, that could be a source of pollutants
in any industrial stormwater discharge to surface or groundwater.
Source materials include, but are not limited to raw materials, intermediate
products, final products, waste materials, by-products, industrial
machinery and fuels, and lubricants, solvents, and detergents that
are related to process, manufacturing, or other industrial activities
that are exposed to stormwater.
Any major subdivision involving a planned commercial development
in the O-R zoning district and employing the reduction in lot area
provisions set forth for special office-research developments under
Princeton's zoning regulations.
A permit directed to be issued pursuant to Section 10B-115
for a building or structure in the bed of a mapped street, drainage
way, flood control basin or public area or pursuant to Section 10B-116
for the erection of a building or structure on a lot that does not
abut a street.
An area delineated on the State Plan Policy Map and adopted
by the State Planning Commission that is intended to be the focus
for much of the state's future redevelopment and revitalization efforts.
The geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment
Plan's goals and statewide policies and the official map of these
goals and policies.
A qualified engineer appointed or engaged by the Governing
Body on a case-by-case basis or otherwise, after consultation with
the municipal engineer, for the purpose of reviewing and reporting
upon the engineering aspects of surface water drainage facilities
involved in a site development pursuant to Section 10B-227. The municipal
engineer may be designated as storm drainage engineer.
An excavation or embankment and related areas designed to
receive, retain, and discharge stormwater runoff. A stormwater management
basin may either be normally dry or retain water in a permanent pool.
A stormwater management basin may be located on or below the ground
surface.
Any structural or nonstructural strategy, practice, technology,
process, program, or other method, including green infrastructure,
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.
The portion of precipitation that is not intercepted by vegetation
or infiltrates into the ground but instead ponds or flows across the
surface of the ground or structures. Stormwater runoff may be collected
in swales, gutters, storm sewers, channels, and other drainage facilities
and transported to waterways, waterbodies, or stormwater management
measures.
A strip of land located adjacent to a stream channel consisting
of natural, undisturbed vegetative cover that serves as a protective
area between uplands and riparian lands.
See definition of "Waterway Corridor" in Section 10B-203.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way: (i) that is an existing state, county or municipal roadway;
(ii) shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law; (iii)
approved by official action as provided by this chapter; or (iv) 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; including the land between
the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and whether or not
comprising pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas.
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. The word structure for purposes of this chapter
shall not apply to service utilities entirely below the ground, nor
shall it apply to tents used in connection with reunions of alumni
of educational institutions or tents or fences used for private social
affairs such as weddings and parties and in place for two weeks or
less.
Any person commencing proceedings under Article IX of this Chapter to effect a subdivision of land for himself or for another.
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 chapter, if no new streets are created: (a) divisions
of land found by the Planning Board or subdivision committee thereof
appointed by the Chair to be for agricultural purposes where all resulting
parcels are five acres or larger in size; (b) divisions of property
by testamentary or intestate provisions; (c) divisions of property
upon court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure;
(d) consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument;
and (e) 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
of the municipality. The term "subdivision" shall also include the
term "resubdivision".
A committee of at least three Planning Board members appointed by the chair of the Planning Board for the purpose of classifying subdivisions in accordance with the provisions of Article IX of this Chapter, and having such other duties relating to subdivisions as may be conferred on it by the Planning Board or by law.
Those species whose prospects for survival in New Jersey
are in immediate danger because of a loss or change in habitat, overexploitation,
predation, competition, disease, disturbance or contamination. Assistance
is needed to prevent future extinction in New Jersey. Threatened species
are those who may become endangered if conditions surrounding them
begin to or continue to deteriorate. Habitats of endangered or threatened
species are those identified by the Department's Landscape Project
as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
The time it takes for stormwater runoff to travel from the
hydraulically most distant point of a watershed or drainage area to
the point of interest within that watershed or drainage area.
Freestanding buildings containing two, three, four, five
or six townhouse units.
A section of a townhouse structure containing only one dwelling
unit which has free-standing walls on two sides (or, if at the end
of the townhouse structure, three sides) and shares party walls with
units on both sides (or, if it is at the end of a townhouse structure,
shares a party wall on one side), with the unit having a separate
exterior entrance.
An area of land that is the subject of a development application.
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or
reproduction thereof.
An area of protected upland adjacent to a freshwater wetland
that minimizes adverse impacts on the wetland or serves as an integral
component of the wetlands ecosystem.
A device intended to intercept runoff-borne trash and debris
that might otherwise block the hydraulic openings in an outlet structure
in a stormwater management measure.
A zoning district that forms a constituent part of an overlay
zone district. Underlying zone districts control bulk and use requirements.
Previously developed portions of areas delineated on the
State Plan Policy Map as the Metropolitan Planning Area (PA1); designated
centers, cores or nodes.
A variance from zoning regulations granted pursuant to Section
10B-13(c) or 10B-13(d).
The regular source of water to fire hydrants, such as a public
utility or any public water system.
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands,
and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial,
within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its
jurisdiction.
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or
groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly
known as hydrophytic vegetation.
The Board established by Article III of this chapter.
The person appointed by the Princeton Council to exercise
the functions set for such position in this chapter.
A document signed by the Zoning Officer that: (i) is required
by zoning regulations as a condition precedent to the commencement
of a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
conversion or installation of a structure, including signage, fences,
and walks, or building; (ii) acknowledges that such use, structure
or building complies with the zoning regulations or duly authorized
variance therefrom; and (iii) does not involve approval of a development
application by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment.
[Ord. No. 2015-20 § 10B-3]
Uses operated by the municipality and by its agencies and boards
shall be exempt from the provisions of the municipality's land use
regulations.
