Township of Howell, NJ Title; Purpose; Definitions

PUBLIC GARAGE- A building or part of a building or premises which is operated for commercial purposes and used for the storage, care or repair of motor vehicles, but a public garage shall not be used for the storage of dismantled or wrecked motor vehicles or parts thereof.

GASOLINE STATION AND CONVENIENCE CENTER

PRIVATE GARAGE- Buildings used for housing or storing of operating self-propelled motor vehicles.

A gasoline station and convenience store located on the same lot and planned and operated and maintained as an integrated operation. Typically a retail store designed to and stocked to sell primarily food, beverages and other household supplies to the public in addition to the retail sale of gasoline products, but where no automotive repair is undertaken. The term may include accessory on-premises consumption of food and beverages sold on site.

[Added 12-13-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-47; amended 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

GROSS ACRES

The total area included within the lot lines, as defined under "lot area."

HEALTH CARE FACILITIES/MEDICAL CENTERS

A facility or institution, whether public or private, principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance and the treatment of mental or physical conditions. Specifically excluded are any type of methadone clinics or similar rehabilitation treatment centers for dependency-related issues that may or may not administer medications or other forms of therapy.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

HEALTH CLUB FACILITIES/FITNESS CENTERS

Establishments that house exercise equipment and space for the purposes of physical exercise.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

HORTICULTURAL USE

Land which is devoted to the production of fruits of all kinds, including grapes, nuts and berries; vegetables; nursery, floral, ornamental and greenhouse products; or when devoted to and meeting the requirements and qualifications for payments or other compensation pursuant to a soil conservation program under an agreement with an agency of the federal government.

HOUSE OF WORSHIP

See "church, synagogues and other places of worship."

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24; amended 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-21]

IMPROVED PUBLIC ROAD

Any street which has been dedicated and accepted prior to the adoption of this chapter, or which complies in width and construction with the standards set forth in the land subdivision regulations of Articles XIII and XIV of this chapter, and any amendments thereto, and has been accepted by the Township of Howell.

INCINERATION

A controlled process of consuming sludge, solid waste or waste by fire so as to burn to ashes.

INDOOR RECREATION

A commercial recreational land use conducted entirely within a building. These facilities may or may not include seating for spectators, and providing accommodations for a variety of individualized, organized or franchised sports.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

INTERESTED PARTY:

In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, any citizen of the State of New Jersey.

MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY ACCOMMODATIONS

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 chapter, or whose rights to use, acquire, or enjoy property under this chapter, or under any law of the State of New Jersey or of the United States have been denied, violated or infringed by inaction or a failure to act under this chapter.

INTERIOR DRIVEWAYS

A section of pavement, not a thoroughfare, lying entirely upon private property, over which no right-of-way for public travel exists.

INTERSECTION

The location where two or more roadways cross at grade without a bridge; a place of joining or crossing of streets or railroads.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

JUNKYARD

The use of any lot for the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap, used for secondhand material, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of structures, automobiles or other vehicles, equipment and machinery or parts thereof; provided, however, that this definition shall not be deemed to include any of the foregoing uses which are accessory and incidental to any agricultural or industrial use permitted in any zone. The term "junkyard" as herein defined includes automobile wrecking yards.

LAND

Includes improvements and fixtures on, above or below the surface.

LANDFILL

A disposal site in which refuse and earth or other suitable cover material are deposited and compacted in alternate layers of specified depth in accordance with an approved plan.

LANDSCAPE BUSINESS

A business whose primary activity involves the construction, installation, or maintenance of yards, trees, lawns, shrubs, gardens, or other related outdoor grounds. This use does not include dedicated tree removal companies.

[Added 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-21]

LOT

A designated parcel, tract, or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built open as a unit.

LOT AREA

The total horizontal area included within lot lines. Where the front lot line is the center line of a street or lies in part or in whole in the street area, the lot area shall not include that part of the lot in use or to be used as the street.

LOT, CORNER

A lot or parcel of land abutting on two or more streets at their intersection or on two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135°.

[Amended 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

LOT DEPTH

The shortest horizontal distance between the front line and a line drawn parallel to the front lot line through the midpoint of the rear lot line providing that in triangle lots having no rear lot line the distance shall be measured to the mid-point of a line parallel to the front lot line which parallel line shall not be less than 20 feet in length measured between its intersections with the side lot lines.

LOT FRONTAGE

That portion of a lot extending along a street line. In existing odd-shaped or triangle-shaped lots or proposed lots extending along a curved street line, the length of the frontage may be considered to be the same as the lot width except that such length of frontage shall not be less than 1/2 of the minimum frontage required and in no case less than 50 feet in length as measured along the street line, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

LOT WIDTH

The mean horizontal width measured at right angles to a lot depth.

LOW INCOME

Fifty percent or less of the median gross household income for households of the same size within the housing region in which the household is located, based upon the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Section 8 income limits (uncapped) averaged across counties for COAH's housing region.

[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. O-04-63]

MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE

Any security other than cash which may be accepted by a municipality for the maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter.

MAJOR SUBDIVISION

All subdivisions not classified as minor subdivisions.

MASTER PLAN

A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for the development of the Township of Howell as set forth and adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28 of the Municipal Land Use Law.

MICROBREWERY

A brewery holding a limited brewery license issued by the State of New Jersey as defined by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10(b) that prepares handcrafted natural beer in accordance with N.J.S.A. 33:1-10(b), Limited brewery license. The sale of any product not created on site is prohibited.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

MINOR SITE PLAN

A development plan of a lot on which is shown existing and proposed conditions and other information and data as specified in § 188-111.

[Added 8-20-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-15]

MINOR SUBDIVISION

Any subdivision containing not more than three lots, not involving any new street or road or the extension of off-tract improvements, and not involving property which was formerly part of a tract, for which subdivision approval has been previously granted dividing the original tract into three or more lots.

MODERATE INCOME

More than 50% but less than 80% of the median gross household income for households of the same size within the housing region in which the household is located, based upon the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Section 8 income limits (uncapped) averaged across counties for COAH's housing region.

[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. O-04-63]

A dwelling area similar to those sometimes called a "mother-daughter apartment," serving as secondary living space for a relative or relatives. The multigenerational family accommodation shall be connected with a door to the remainder of the residence and may have separate kitchen appliances installed pursuant to codes. The multigenerational family accommodation must have access to the main entrance of the house, but is also permitted to have an entrance/exit to the side or rear of the structure. Two front doors are strictly prohibited. The multigenerational family accommodation shall be considered as an accessory apartment. The property owner must enter into an agreement with the Township of Howell to be recorded with the office of the Monmouth County Clerk, specifying the persons permitted to occupy the accessory apartment and agreeing to remove all kitchen appliances when the named parties no longer reside there.

[Added 6-12-2018 by Ord. No. O-18-8; amended 4-2-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-19]

MUNICIPAL AGENCY

The Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or governing body when acting pursuant to this chapter.

NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY

A report dated February 1976 prepared by Tectonic for the Howell Township Environmental Commission.

NONCONFORMING LOT

A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, but fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.

NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE

A structure the size, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision, or amendment.

NONCONFORMING USE

A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.

OFFICIAL MAP

A map adopted in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq. Such map shall be deemed to be conclusive with respect to the location and width of the streets, public areas, flood control basins, and public drainageways shown thereon.

OFF SITE

Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the subject of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.

OFF TRACT

Not located on the property which is the subject of a development application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.

ON SITE

Located on the lot in question.

ON TRACT

Located on the property which is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.

OPEN SPACES

Any parcel of land 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 area may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets and off-street parking and other improvements that are designated to be incidental to the natural openness of the land. Open space may include farm land set aside in perpetuity intended for the preservation of the farming use.

[Amended 3-4-2002 by Ord. No. O-02-6]

OUTDOOR STORAGE

The keeping, other than in a building, of any goods, storage containers, junk, material, merchandise, or vehicles on the same site for more than 24 hours.

[Added 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-21]

PARKING SPACE

An area either within a structure or in the open for the parking of motor vehicles. The area of a parking space is intended to be of sufficient area to accommodate the exterior extremities of the vehicles, whether in addition thereto wheel blocks are installed within this area to prevent the bumper from overhanging one end of the parking space. The width and length of each space shall be measured perpendicular to each other and shall be as required by the provisions of this chapter, regardless of the angle of the parking space to the access aisle or driveway.

PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE

Any security, which may be accepted by the Township of Howell, including cash.

PLANNED RECREATIONAL - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY

An area within a specified zone to be developed with combined recreational and residential uses which shall provide for one or more residential clusters of single-family detached dwelling units and developed in conjunction with certain specified recreational entities including, but not limited to, golf courses, and which shall provide for dedicated recreational areas and dedicated open space and which shall be designed to maximize the preservation of recreational area, open space and the environment.

PLANNING BOARD

The Planning Board of the Township of Howell.

PLAT

A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.

POOL CABANA

An accessory structure permitted to a lawfully existing and approved swimming pool on a residential property to be used for recreational or storage purposes associated with the residential use of the property. The cabana must be seasonal (closed for at least 90 days) and is not permitted to have heating equipment, bedroom/overnight accommodations, an indoor shower or any kind of indoor cooking amenities.

[Added 4-2-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-19]

PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINER

A self-storage container that is delivered to and retrieved from a home or business for long-term off-site or on-site storage. Portable Storage On Demand or "PODS" is a familiar trade name for such containers. These containers are not on a chassis and do not have axles or wheels.

[Added 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-32]

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

The conferral of certain rights pursuant to this chapter for subdivision or site plan approval and prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the Planning Board and the applicant.

PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS

Architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory stages of the design of a project illustrating, in a schematic form, its scope, scale and relationship of its site and immediate environs.

PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN

The preliminary map indicating the tentative layout of the proposed development including required engineering documents submitted to the Planning Board for its consideration and preliminary approval and meeting the requirements of Article XII of this chapter.

PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAT

The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision which is submitted to the Planning Board for its consideration and preliminary approval and meeting the requirements of Article XIII of this chapter.

PROPERTY USE PERMIT

A document signed by the land use official of the Township which is required by this chapter as a condition precedent to the commencement of any use or the erection, construction, alteration, conversion or installation of a structure or building; and which acknowledges that an application has complied with all administrative requirements as to said use, structure or building and that such use, structure or building as constructed, installed or constituted actually conforms to the requirements of this chapter or any variance therefrom duly authorized by a municipal agency under the provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law. If the use is not permitted in the zone or if there exists any violation of the bulk requirements, then the land use official shall require the applicant to acquire a variance through the Board of Adjustment.

PUBLIC AREAS

Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas;

Other open public spaces;

Scenic and historic sites;

RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, ONE-STORY

Sites for schools and other public buildings and structures.

PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality, municipal agency, board of education, state or county agency, or other public body for recreational or conservational uses.

QUORUM

A majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal agency.

REAR YARD

The area extending across the full width of a lot along a perpendicular line between the rear lot or street line of and the rear of the building on such lot. The rear of the building shall be determined by the designation as such in an architectural rendering of such building. If no such rendering is available, such determination shall be established based on custom and usage.

RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER

An area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing units which have a common or open public space as an appurtenance.

RESIDENTIAL DENSITY

The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential land area including streets, easements and open space portion of the development.

A residential structure having all its living area on a single level or on multiple levels which have not more than a one foot three inch separation between floor levels, with not less than seven foot ceilings.

RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, ONE-AND-ONE-HALF-STORY

A residential structure having one living level meeting the definition of a "one story", and a second living level of which any two exterior sides meet a sloping roof not more than two feet above the floor of such story, with a separation of at least seven feet between the two levels.

RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, TWO-STORY

A residential structure having two separate living levels, each meeting the definition of a "one story" having a separation of at least seven feet between the two levels.

RESUBDIVISION

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

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

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.

RETAIL SALES

Establishments engaged in the buying and reselling or rental of goods or merchandise (usually to the general public for personal use or household consumption, although they may also serve business and institutional clients) and in rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

RETAIL SERVICES

Establishments providing services, as opposed to products, to the general public for personal or household use, including finance, real estate, and insurance offices, personal services, health, educational, and social services, museums and galleries.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

RIGHT-OF-WAY (ROW)

A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription, or condemnation and intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission lines, oil or gas pipeline, waterline, sanitary storm sewer, or other similar uses;

SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS

Generally, the right of one to pass over the property of another.

SCHOOL

See § 188-93 for definition and requirements.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL

An establishment which, for a fee or other valuable consideration, offers courses such as, but not limited to, martial arts, music, art, business subjects, and computer technology to more than one pupil at a time. Specifically excluded from this definition are public, private and parochial schools.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

SEDIMENTATION

The deposition of soil that has been transported from its site or origin by water, ice, wind, gravity, or natural means as a product of erosion.

SELF-STORAGE FACILITY

A building or group of buildings designed and used only for renting or leasing individual and private storage spaces of varying sizes to store their personal property. Oversized vehicle, recreational vehicle and boat parking is permitted in a screened rear or side yard. Storage trailers, tractor trailers and commercial vehicle parking is prohibited.

[Added 3-21-2023 by Ord. No. 23-7]

SEWAGE PUMPING STATION

Wastewater pumping facilities that convey wastewater from a lower elevation or remote location to a gravity collection/interceptor sanitary sewer main system, and that serves more than two buildings or structures, or conveys 8,000 gallons per day or more of wastewater flow, and which requires a treatment works approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The wastewater pumping facilities would normally consist of a wet well or receiving chamber, two pumps or ejector compressors, an alarm and telemetry system, a power supply including provision for a secondary power source (i.e., generator), valves, and appurtenances, and be located within a fence-enclosed site. The wastewater pumping facilities may be located totally below grade or partially above grade, with or without auxiliary structures and site amenities.

SEX SHOP

An establishment offering goods for sale or rent in any two of the following categories: (a) adult media (b) lingerie (c) sexually oriented toys or novelties.

[Added 5-15-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-19]

An inclusive term used to describe collectively: adult cabaret, adult media store, adult motion-picture theatre, video arcade and/or sex shop.

[Added 5-15-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-19]

SEXUALLY ORIENTED TOYS OR NOVELTIES

Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia either designed as representations of human genital organs or female breasts, or designed or marketed primarily for use to stimulate human genital organs.

[Added 5-15-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-19]

SHOPPING CENTER

A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity, with customer and employee parking provided on site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access, aesthetic considerations and protection from the elements, and landscaping and signage in accordance with an approved plan.

[Added 6-24-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-11; amended 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

Superregional center includes retail, office, and service uses, occupies more than 100 acres, has four or more anchor stores, and contains more than 1,000,000 square feet of gross leasable space.

Regional shopping center contains a wide range of retail and service establishments, occupies 50 to 100 acres of land, has at least one or more anchor stores, and contains more than 400,000 square feet of gross leasable space. It draws its clientele from as much as a forty-five-minute drive away.

Community shopping center features a discount store or supermarket, contains approximately 150,000 square feet of gross leasable area, and has a site area of 10 to 25 acres. Its clientele draw is approximately a ten-minute drive from the center.

Neighborhood shopping center generally offers goods necessary to meet daily needs, occupies up to 10 acres, has up to 100,000 square feet of gross leasable area, and draws its clientele from a five-minute driving radius from the center.

SIDE YARD

The area extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying along a perpendicular line between the side lot line and a side of the building closest to such side lot line. The side of the building shall be determined by the designation as such in an architectural rendering of such building. If no such rendering is available, such determination shall be established based on custom and usage.

SITE PLAN

A development plan on one or more lots on which is shown:

The existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including, but not necessarily limited to, topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains, marshes and waterways;

The location of all existing and proposed buildings, drives, parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage facilities, utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting, screening devices; and

SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION FACILITY

Any other information that is required pursuant to this chapter.

SLUDGE

Solids removed from sewage during wastewater treatment and generally disposed of by incineration, dumping or burial.

A system of fuel cells, solar or photovoltaic panels and equipment or energy generation facility or area of land principally used to convert solar energy to electricity.

[Added 5-24-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-13]

SOLID WASTE

Unwanted or discarded material, including waste materials with insufficient liquid to be free flowing.

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

Standards adopted by ordinance regulating noise levels, glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and inflammable matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening of unsightly objects or conditions and such other similar matters as may be reasonably required by the Township of Howell; or

STANDBY GENERATOR SYSTEMS

Standards required by applicable federal or state laws or municipal ordinances.

Any internal combustion driven engine system permanently installed in its entirety, including connections to the premises' wiring system. The standby system shall be used to supply alternate power during the interruption of the normal utility electrical supply. The system is not intended to be used as a primary source of power or used when power is disconnected by the utility for lack of payment of bill.

[Added 11-1-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-38]

STORY

That portion of a building comprised between a floor and the floor next above it. A "half story" is between a floor and the roof with a height of not less than 7 1/2 feet of clear space above at least 1/3 of the floor area.

STREET

Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, land, parkway, viaduct, alley or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway, or a street or way shown upon a plat heretofore 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 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. For the purpose of this chapter, streets shall be classified as follows:

Arterial streets are those which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic.

Collector streets are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.

Minor streets are those which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.

STRIP COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Marginal access streets are streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

(5)

Alleys are minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

Commercial or retail uses, usually one story high and one story deep, that fronts on a major street.

[Added 7-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-17-24]

STRUCTURE

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. A wood deck may be freestanding or attached to a building, consisting of footings, frame, decking, railings and stairs. A freestanding deck may be multilevel but shall not exceed four feet in height. An attached deck may be multilevel but shall not exceed two stories in height. At no time shall a deck be enclosed so as to form a habitable room or space.

STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders or in the utility system or mechanical equipment of a structure which materially alters its usability, capacity or function.

SUBDIVISION

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 except that the following divisions shall not be considered subdivisions; provided, however, that no new streets or roads are involved: divisions of land found by the Planning Board to be for agricultural purposes where the resulting parcels are five acres or larger in size; or divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions, or divisions of property upon court order. Subdivision also includes "resubdivision."

TEMPORARY STORAGE STRUCTURE

A portable storage container or unit that does not have a permanent foundation or footing and which includes portable storage containers, construction trailers, and bulk solid waste containers. Such structures shall not be considered a building or accessory structure.

[Added 11-12-2014 by Ord. No. O-14-32]

TOWNHOUSE

One dwelling unit in a line of three or more attached dwelling units, with each dwelling unit from ground to roof, and having individual outside access.

TRADE CONTRACTOR BUSINESS

A facility primarily used for the storage of materials, equipment, and vehicles associated with the business of a trade contractor, such as a plumber, electrician, carpenter, mason, or other similar building- and construction-related contractors, craftsmen, or tradesmen. Such facility may include accessory office space.

[Added 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-21]

TRAILER, AUTOMOBILE TRAILER, or TRAILER COACH

Any vehicle or structure designed and constructed in such a manner as will permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets or highways and shall include self-propelled and non-self-propelled vehicles so designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to by any means in such a manner as will permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons, and having no foundation other than wheels, jack or skirtings when located in a duly licensed trailer coach park.

TRAILER PARK

Any site, lot, field, or tract of land upon which one or more occupied trailers are harbored either free of charge or for revenue purposes and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicles or enclosures used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of such trailer coach park.

TRANSFER STATION

An intermediate destination for solid waste.

VARIANCE

Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this chapter pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60 (Subsections 57C and 57D) under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70 of the Municipal Land Use Law.

VIDEO ARCADE BOOTH or VIDEO VIEWING BOOTH

Any booth, cubicle, stall, or compartment that is designed, constructed, or used to hold or seat patrons and is used for presenting motion pictures or viewing publications by any photographic, electronic, magnetic, digital, or other means or media (including, but not limited to, film, video or magnetic tape, laser disc, CD-ROM, DVD, books, magazines, or periodicals) for observation by patrons therein.

[Added 5-15-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-19]

WAREHOUSING

Those facilities involved in short- to long-term storage of bulk materials and products. Items are brought in and distributed in bulk with little to no material repackaging, repurposing or breakup. Warehousing shall not include fulfillment warehouse/center(s).

[Added 3-15-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-6]

WASTE

Bulky waste items: the large size of which precludes or complicates the handling by normal collection processing or disposal method.

Construction demolition waste: building materials and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition operations.

Hazardous waste: waste that requires special handling to avoid illness or injury to persons or damage to property.