For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein
are defined as follows:
ABANDONMENT
The relinquishment of property, or a cessation of the use
of property, by the owner or lessee for a period of 12 or more consecutive
months.
ABUT
To physically touch or border upon; or to share a common
property line but not overlap. (See also "contiguous.")
ACCESS
A way or means of approach to provide vehicular or pedestrian
physical entrance to a property. (See also "driveway.")
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building detached from and subordinate to the principal
building on a lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to
those of the principal building. (See "accessory structure" and "accessory
use.")
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure detached from a principal building located on
the same lot and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
building or use. (See also "accessory building" and "accessory use.")
ACCESSORY USE
A use of land or of a building or structure or portion thereof
customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the
land, building or structure and located on the same lot as the principal
use. (See also "accessory building" and "accessory structure.")
ADDITION
An extension or increase in floor area or height to an existing
building or structure.
ADJOINING LOT OR LAND
A lot or parcel of land that shares all or part of a common
lot line with another lot or parcel of land.
ALLEY
A service roadway providing a secondary means of access to
abutting property and not intended for general circulation.
ALTERATIONS
Any change or rearrangement in the supporting members of
an existing building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders,
or interior partitions, as well as any change in doors, windows, means
of ingress or egress, or any enlargement to or diminution of a building
or structure, whether horizontally or vertically, or the moving of
a building or structure from one location to another. Normal repairs
and maintenance shall not be considered as alterations.
AMATEUR RADIO OR TV TOWER
A structure utilized by a single homeowner to send and/or
receive radio and/or television communications.
APARTMENT
An independent, self-contained dwelling unit with its own
sleeping, sanitary and cooking facilities in a building containing
two or more such dwelling units or more than one use.
APARTMENT HOUSE
A building containing three or more apartments or two apartments
in the same building with another principal use, including common
areas restricted to the use of residents such as laundry rooms, administrative
offices, computer rooms, common rooms, vending machines and health
clubs restricted to the use of residents.
APPLICANT
A person submitting an application for development. (See
also "developer.")
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
The application form and all accompanying documents and exhibits
required of an applicant by an approving agency for development review
purposes.
APPROVED PLAN
A plan that has been granted final approval by the appropriate
approving agency.
APPROVING AGENCY
The board or other legally designated individual or agency
that has been charged with the review and approval of plans and/or
applications.
ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATION
A fully dimensioned drawing of the front, rear or side of
a building showing features such as windows, doors and relationship
of grade to floor level.
AS-BUILT PLAN
A plan drawn by a professional engineer or registered architect
to scale showing the exact layout and dimensions of an existing completed
structure or building.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
Residences for the frail elderly that provide rooms, meals,
personal care and the supervision of self-administered medication
and may, in addition, provide recreational activities, financial services
and transportation for the residents.
ATTIC
That part of a building which is immediately below, and wholly
or partly within, the roof framing.
ATTIC STORY
An attic having, within its space, possible floor area with
headroom of five feet or greater over 60% or more of the story directly
beneath.
AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE
Any establishment or device whose purpose is the performance
of financial transactions to a customer without the aid of a teller.
AUTOMOBILE
A self-propelled, free-moving vehicle with four wheels, usually
used to transport not more than six passengers, and licensed by an
appropriate agency as a passenger vehicle.
AUTOMOBILE HAND WASH
An establishment wherein the washing of automobiles is performed
predominantly by hand, without the use of automated or mechanical
equipment.
AUTOMOBILE OR CAR WASH
An establishment wherein automated and/or mechanical equipment
is predominantly utilized for the washing of automobiles.
AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND SUPPLY STORE
A retail store whose business is the sale of automobile parts
and supplies only, and which does not include any repair, service
or installation, no matter how minor or infrequent.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP
An establishment engaged in furnishing automobile repair,
service or maintenance, but not including body work or painting.
AUTOMOBILE STORAGE YARD
An establishment whose principal use is the storage of automobiles.
Space utilized for the storage of automobiles shall not be considered
parking spaces within the meaning of this chapter.
AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY AND SERVICE STORE
A retail store whose primary business is the sale of automobile
parts and supplies, and which provides for the service or installation
of such parts on the premises as an accessory use.
AWNING or CANOPY
A roof-like cover made of canvas or similar material that
permanently projects from the wall of a building for the purpose of
shielding a doorway or window from the elements, not including a marquee.
In residential districts, awnings and canopies shall be deemed structural
projections.
BANK
A business establishment authorized to perform financial
transactions such as receiving and lending money, but not including
check cashing stores or pawnshops.
BANQUET OR CATERING FACILITY
An establishment which serves food and drink and provides
entertainment to paying customers and their invited guests on weddings,
bar mitzvahs, birthdays and other similar occasions.
BAR
An establishment used primarily for the serving of liquor
by the drink to the general public.
BASEMENT
A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its
clear height above the average level of the adjoining finished grade.
A basement shall be counted as a story if its ceiling is four or more
feet above the average finished grade at its perimeter.
BEDROOM
A private room intended or used for sleeping separate from
other rooms by a door or other physical barrier.
BERM
A mound of earth used to shield, screen and buffer undesirable
views.
BILLBOARD
A sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service
or entertainment conducted, offered or sold at a location other than
the premises on which the sign is located.
BLOCK
That property abutting on one side of a street and lying
between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets or nearest
intersecting or intercepting street or railroad right-of-way, park
boundary or waterway.
BOARDER
An individual other than a member of a family or household
occupying a dwelling unit or part thereof who is furnished sleeping
accommodations for a fee and may be furnished with meals and/or other
services as part of the consideration.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Prospect Park.
BOUNDARY
The border or outer physical limit of a lot or property.
BUFFER or BUFFER AREA
An open space or landscaped area consisting of trees, shrubs,
berms, walls, solid fencing or a combination of all, so installed
as to provide both a visual and an acoustical barrier between one
use or property and another use or property. Within the Q-MR-1 and
Q-MR-2 Districts, the buffer area shall remain undisturbed except
where allowed by ordinance.
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls
and intended for the shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual,
animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials of any kind. Structures
divided by unpierced masonry division walls extending from the ground
to the roof shall be deemed to be separate buildings.
BUILDING AREA
The total of areas, taken on a horizontal plane at the main
grade level, of the principal building and all accessory buildings,
exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The total of areas, taken on a horizontal plane at the main
grade level, of the principal building and all accessory buildings,
exclusive of uncovered porches, terraces and steps.
BUILDING LINE
A line parallel to the front line and removed from it by
the depth of the required front yard.
BUILDING PERMIT
Written permission or authorization issued by the Zoning
Officer for the construction, repair, alteration or addition to a
structure or building, or the alteration of a lot or land.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
A line parallel to the street line or lot line touching that
part of the building closest to that street line or lot line.
CABARET or NIGHTCLUB
Any room, place, space or premises operated as a commercial
establishment in which eating and/or drinking may take place and in
which there is also provided entertainment. Such entertainment may
include music by a live musician or musicians, or any mechanical,
electronic or other means, such as records, laser discs, audio or
videotapes or other audio or audiovisual means; this does include
the operation of a motion-picture theater. Also included as entertainment
are any act, play, burlesque show, revue, pantomime, scene, dance
act or song-and-dance act participated in by one or more employees,
guests, customers or any other person or persons. For the purpose
of this definition, background piped-in music shall not be deemed
as a form of entertainment.
CALIPER
The diameter of a tree trunk as measured from six inches
above ground level for trees up to four inches in diameter, and 12
inches above ground level for trunks of trees with diameters in excess
of four inches.
CANOPY
See "awning or canopy."
CARNIVAL
A temporary enterprise offering amusements, entertainment,
exhibitions, foods, contests and livestock exhibits, with or without
the payment of a fee, admission or subscription. A carnival may also
include a fair, rodeo, tent park, amusement trailer center or other
similar appellations.
CARPORT
A roofed structure providing space for the parking of motor
vehicles and enclosed on two sides or less.
CELLAR
A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its
clear height below the average level of the adjoining finished grade
or having less than four feet of clear height above the average level
of the adjoining finished grade.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
A document certifying that premises are in compliance with Borough ordinances entitled "Housing Standards," Chapter
221, and "Zoning," Chapter
235.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A document certifying that premises are in conformance with Borough ordinances entitled "Zoning," Chapter
235, and "Construction Codes, Uniform," Chapter
146.
CHANGE OF USE
Any use which is different in use classification, as provided for in Part
6, Zoning, of this chapter, from the previous use.
CHECK CASHING STORE
An establishment primarily engaged in the business of cashing
of checks for individuals and not offering the full range of financial
services normally associated with a bank.
CHILD-CARE CENTER
A facility licensed or authorized and regulated by the State
of New Jersey where care is provided for three or more persons, whether
children or adults, away from their own homes for less than 24 hours
per day in a facility which is operated for such purposes, for more
than five hours per week. The term "day-care center" shall include,
without limitation, qualifying facilities that provide adult day health
care or child day care.
CHURCH
See "place of worship."
CIVIC USE
A nongovernmental use whose affairs relate to the Borough
or its citizens, but not including government or municipal uses as
defined herein.
CLUB
A group of people organized for a common purpose to pursue
common goals, interests, or activities and usually characterized by
certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular
meetings, and a constitution and bylaws.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
A form of development that allows the permitted maximum number
of dwelling units or gross floor area to be provided on a portion
of a lot or property by reducing the applicable dimensional requirements,
with the remaining portion of the lot or property devoted solely to
open space, active recreation or preservation of environmentally sensitive
or constrained areas.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street that collects traffic from local streets and connects
minor and major arterials. (See also "local street" and "minor arterial
street.")
COMMERCIAL KENNEL
A commercial establishment in which dogs or domesticated
animals are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold, all for
a fee or compensation.
COMMERCIAL SCHOOL
An educational or training establishment operated for a business,
including the instruction of language, dance, fine or applied arts,
martial arts, business, computers, trades, vocations, or the like.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
An open space 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.
COMMUNITY CENTER
A building used for neighborhood meetings and recreational
activities, whether or not on the basis of fees or charges, and exclusive
of a building accessory to a church or religious organization.
CONCEPT PLAN
A plan or sketch for development provided for the purposes
of informal review which carries no legal obligations or vested rights
on the applicant, the approving agency or any other party.
CONDOMINIUM
A building or group of buildings in which dwelling units,
offices, or floor area are owned individually and the structure, common
areas and facilities are owned by the owners on a proportional, undivided
basis.
CONFORMING APPLICATION OR PLAN
An application or plan which meets all of the requirements
of this chapter and other applicable requirements of the Code of the
Borough of Prospect Park.
CONGREGATE CARE FACILITY
A facility for ambulatory elderly residents consisting of
apartment units with communal dining facilities and services such
as housekeeping, organized social and recreational activities, transportation
services and other support services appropriate for the residents.
CONTIGUOUS
Next to, abutting or touching and having a boundary or portion
thereof that is coterminous. (See also "abut.")
CONVENIENCE STORE
A retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food
products, household items, newspapers and magazines, and sandwiches
and other freshly prepared foods for off-site consumption.
CORNER LOT
A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or
more intersecting streets, which meet or intersect so as to form an
interior angle of 135°. (See also "interior lot" and "lot, through.")
COUNTY
The County of Passaic of the State of New Jersey.
COURT or COURTYARD
An open, unoccupied space bounded on at least two opposing
sides by a building wall, but not a front, side or rear yard. An outer
court is a court which has one side facing a street, a front yard
or a rear yard and which is surrounded on all other sides by building
walls and/or side lot lines. Any other court is an inner court. An
offset to a court shall be deemed a separate inner court for the purpose
of determining its least dimension, its area and the least dimension
and area of the court to which it is contiguous. The width of a court
is the dimension parallel to the open side in the case of an outer
court and is the least dimension in the case of an inner court. For
a court which opens upon a side yard, the measurement at right angles
to the side lot line may be measured from the building wall to such
side lot line across the side yard. The horizontal depth of a court
is the dimension at right angles to its width. For a court which opens
upon a rear yard or upon a front yard or street, the horizontal depth
may be measured from the building wall of the court to the rear line
or front line of the building, and such horizontal depth will not
be construed to include the depth of the rear yard or front yard.
CURB
A stone, concrete or other improved boundary marking the
edge of a roadway or paved area.
CURB CUT
The opening along the curbline or edge of pavement at which
point vehicles may enter or leave the roadway.
DEAD END or DEAD-END STREET
A street with a single common ingress or egress with no turnaround
at the end. (See also "cul-de-sac street.")
DECK
An uncovered structure, usually constructed of wood or concrete,
extending from the exterior wall of a residential dwelling, no more
than three feet above the finished ground elevation of the wall from
which it extends. Any such structure which is more than three feet
above the finished elevation shall be considered part of the principal
structure for purposes of setback. (See also "patio" and "porch.")
DENSITY RATIO, GROSS
A measure of the permitted dwelling units per gross acre
of land to be developed expressed in dwelling units per acre. For
example, the maximum number of dwelling units permitted on a specific
parcel shall be calculated by multiplying the gross density ratio
by the base site area.
DEVELOPER
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 other person having
an enforceable proprietary interest in such land. (See also "applicant.")
DEVELOPMENT
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 other structure, or of
any mining excavation or landfill, and 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.
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
An establishment engaged in the receipt, storage and distribution
of goods, products, cargo and materials, including transshipment by
boat, rail, air or motor vehicle.
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land or
stormwater from roofs or paved areas by drains, grading, or other
means which include runoff controls to minimize erosion and sedimentation
during and after construction or development.
DRIVE-IN ESTABLISHMENT
Premises constructed for the sale of any goods or services
by means of curb, window-counter, or self-service, whether to the
motoring public.
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
An establishment where food or drink is served to a customer
in an automobile outside the confines of a building for consumption
on the premises. (See also "drive-through or drive-thru restaurant.")
DRIVE-THROUGH OR DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT
An establishment where food is served for immediate consumption
outside the confines of a building and where all or part of that consumption
occurs outside the confines of the building, off the premises.
DRIVEWAY
A vehicular way on private property which provides access
to a street or highway. (See also "access.")
DRY-CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
A retail establishment used primarily for the purposes of
picking up or dropping off clothing by customers for dry-cleaning
purposes, and in which only those clothes dropped of by the customers
at such an establishment and no other are dry cleaned within the premises.
(See also "dry-cleaning plant.")
DRY-CLEANING PLANT
An establishment in which clothing dropped off by customers
at the establishment, and from other establishments, is dry cleaned
within the premises. (See also "dry-cleaning establishment.")
DWELLING
A building containing dwelling units. The terms "dwelling,"
"one-family dwelling," "two-family dwelling" or "multifamily dwelling"
shall not be deemed to include hotel, motel, rooming house or other
accommodations used for more or less transient occupancy.
DWELLING UNIT
A building or portion thereof used for living purposes by
one family and having cooking and sanitary facilities for its exclusive
use.
EASEMENT
A permanent right in an individual, the public or other entity
to use the land of another for a specific purpose not inconsistent
with the general ownership of the property. (See also "right-of-way.")
EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT
A retail establishment serving prepared food or drink within
an enclosed building for immediate consumption within the building
or off the premises, including restaurants, lunch counters, ice cream
and pizza parlors, and luncheonettes, which have a customer service
area limited to eight seats or space for no more than eight customers
to eat within the establishment, but excluding all drive-in or drive-through
restaurants, and bars or taverns. (See also "food and beverage store.")
ELEVATION
A vertical distance above or below a fixed reference.
ENLARGEMENT
An increase in the size of an existing structure, building
or use, including the physical size of a property, structure, building,
parking or other improvements.
EVERGREEN
A plant with foliage that remains green year-round.
FACADE
The exterior walls of a building exposed to public view or
that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
FAMILY
One or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption
and foster children placed with such persons by the Division of Youth
and Family Services in the Department of Institutions and Agencies
or a duly incorporated child-care agency and children placed pursuant
to law in a group home recognized as such by the Department of Institutions
and Agencies in accordance with its rules and regulations; provided,
however, that no group home shall contain more than 12 children.
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT
An establishment in which food is preprepared and sold over
a counter in disposable containers or wrappers selected from a limited
menu for consumption on or off the premises.
FENCE
An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination
of materials erected to enclose or screen areas of land.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA
That portion of the floodplain as designated by the Federal
Insurance Administration or the Federal Emergency Management Agency
as constituting particular hazards or risks applicable to the community
by reason of flooding.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE STORE
An establishment selling food and beverages to the public,
including but not limited to meat, poultry, fish, specialty foods,
beverages, candy, nuts, dairy products, health food, liquor and wine,
and including convenience stores, delicatessens and bakeries (for
sale of goods on premises only), but not including eating and drinking
establishments or restaurants.
FRONT LOT LINE
The lot line separating the front of a lot from a street
right-of-way. (See also "street line or right-of-way.")
FRONT OF A STRUCTURE
When erected on a plot abutting on two or more streets, the
front of a structure is that abutting side which is so designated
on the plot plan by the owner.
FRONT YARD
A space extending the full width of the lot between any building
and the front lot line.
FRONTAGE
That side of a lot abutting a street.
FUNERAL PARLOR or MORTUARY
A building used for the preparation of deceased human beings
for burial or interment and for the display of the deceased and ceremonies
connected therewith before burial or cremation.
GARDEN CENTER
A retail establishment providing plants, trees, flowers and
other landscaping and gardening materials primarily to the public,
including plant nurseries.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
An establishment primarily used for the retail dispensing
of vehicular fuel and oil to automobiles and the incidental servicing
thereof, but not including bodywork or painting.
GOVERNMENT USE
The use of land, buildings or structures by any department,
commission, independent agency or instrumentality of the United States,
of a state, county, authority, district or other governmental unit
other than the Borough of Prospect Park.
GRADE ELEVATION
The average ground elevation of the land around the exterior
walls of a building or structure.
GRADE or GRADIENT
The percent of rise or descent of a sloping surface, or,
where measuring the height of a building, grade is defined as the
average ground elevation of the land around the exterior walls of
a building or structure. (See also "grade elevation.")
GREENHOUSE
A structure utilized for seed germination and plant propagation
through the maintenance of a controlled climate necessary to sustain
plant growth otherwise not possible in natural or out-of-door surroundings.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
and mezzanine floors of a building and its accessory buildings on
the same lot, excluding basement or cellar areas devoted to parking
and mechanical equipment space. All dimensions shall be measured between
exterior faces of walls.
HALF STORY
That portion of a building situated above a full story and
having at least two opposite exterior walls meeting a sloping roof
at a level not higher above the floor than a distance equal to 1/2
the floor-to-ceiling height of the story below.
[Amended 12-20-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]
HEALTH CLUB or GYMNASIUM
An establishment that provides facilities for physical exercise
such as aerobics, running, jogging, weight lifting, game courts, swimming
facilities, and accessory saunas, showers, massage rooms and lockers,
within an enclosed building or buildings.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL
An establishment which involves basic processing and manufacturing
of materials or products predominantly from extracted or raw materials.
(See also "light industrial" and "medium industrial.")
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
The vertical distance, in the case of flat roofs, to the
level of the highest point of the roof (deckline) and, in the case
of pitched roofs, to the mean level between the eaves and the highest
point of the roof, measured from the average finished grade level
at the perimeter of the building. In measuring the height by the number
of stories, a basement or cellar shall count as a story if it has
at least four feet of clear height above the average level of the
adjoining finished grade.
HOME OCCUPATION
An activity carried out for gain by a resident, conducted entirely within a dwelling unit, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the lot for residential purposes. The term shall not include businesses or occupations such as the operation of a beauty parlor, barbershop, automobile repair servicing or body shop, convalescent or nursing home, insurance or real estate agency, boardinghouse, kennel or stable, massage parlor, dancing instructions, band instrument instructions in group, day-care centers or nurseries, drug counseling centers, antique shops, restaurants, tea rooms, tourist homes, real estate offices, insurance offices, mortuary establishments, stores, trades or similar establishments offering services to the general public and veterinary hospitals. (See §§
235-406D and
235-2402.)
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
An association of homeowners organized to own, maintain,
operate and share the cost of maintaining common facilities and to
enhance and protect their common interests.
HOSPITAL
An institution which maintains and operates organized facilities
and services for the diagnosis, treatment or care of persons suffering
from illness, injury or deformity and/or obstetrics, and in which
all diagnosis, treatment and care are administered by or performed
under the direction of persons licensed to practice medicine in the
State of New Jersey.
HOTEL
A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the
general public wherein all rooms are connected to interior hallways,
and thereby to interior elevators, lobbies or stairways, through which
access to the exterior is gained. Hotels may include but not be limited
to related services such as restaurants, meeting rooms or recreation
facilities.
HOUSE
See "dwelling unit."
HOUSEHOLD
A family living together in a single dwelling unit, with
common access thereto and common use of all living and eating areas
and all areas and facilities for the preparation and serving of food
within the dwelling unit.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
IMPROVEMENT
Any permanent structure that becomes part of, placed upon,
or is affixed to real estate.
INDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL USE
A building or group of buildings used for recreational purposes
and operated as a business and open to the public for a fee, including
bowling alleys, skating and roller rinks, pool and billiard halls,
indoor rifle and pistol ranges, indoor batting cages, recreation centers,
and indoor swimming pools or tennis courts. (See also "recreation
use or facility.")
INDOOR MARKET
A single indoor retail establishment which is designed, arranged
or intended to be used on a permanent basis by multiple vendors.
INDUSTRIAL PARK
A tract of land that is planned, developed and operated as
an integral facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with
consideration to transportation facilities, circulation, parking,
utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.
INFORMAL REVIEW or CONCEPT REVIEW
A review process undertaken by the Planning Board at the
option of the applicant as provided for in this chapter, for the purposes
of assisting an applicant to prepare an application for formal submission
and to provide direction and feedback on such application, at which
no decisions, resolutions or formal actions are taken, and wherein
all comments or communications carry no legal obligation or vested
rights, nor are binding on any party.
INTERIOR LOT
A lot other than a corner lot. (See also "corner lot" and
"lot, through.")
JUNKYARD or SALVAGE YARD
A lot, land or structure, or part thereof, used primarily
for the collecting, storage and sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metal
or other scrap or discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling,
storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles not in running condition
and for the sale of parts thereof.
LABORATORIES
An establishment or part thereof equipped and used for experimental
study, testing or analysis in a field of science.
LAND USE BOARD
The Land Use Board of the Borough of Prospect Park, New Jersey.
LANDSCAPED AREA
Areas containing trees, shrubs and ground covers, pedestrian
and recreation areas, ponds, streams or any other areas or features
which can be reasonably included, but shall not include areas occupied
by buildings or structures, paving for parking, loading or access
thereto, required buffers or areas utilized for outside storage.
LANDSCAPING
Lawns, trees, plants and other natural materials such as
rock and wood chips, and decorative features, including sculpture,
patterned walks, fountains and pools.
LAUNDROMAT
A business premises equipped with individual clothes-washing
machines for the use of retail customers, exclusive of laundry facilities
provided as an accessory use in an apartment house or hotel.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
An establishment engaged in light nonnuisance fabrication
or the assembly, packaging, storage and distribution of products from
finished products or parts. (See also "heavy industrial" and "medium
industrial.")
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Any form of entertainment which is performed in person before
an attending audience.
LIVE/WORK BUILDING
A building wherein 50% or more of the units or gross floor
area is comprised of live/work units. (See also "live/work unit.")
LIVE/WORK UNIT
An apartment designed to provide space in which to conduct
a business or trade, including offices, studios, crafts workshop area
or laboratory space. (See also "live/work building.")
LOADING SPACE OR BERTH
An off-street space or berth used for the loading or unloading
of cargo, products or materials from vehicles.
LOCAL STREET
A street designed to provide vehicular access to abutting
property and to discourage through-traffic. (See also "collector street.")
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 upon as a unit.
LOT AREA
An area of land which is determined by the limits of the
lot lines bounding the area expressed in terms of square feet. Any
portion of a lot included in a public or private street right-of-way
shall not be included in calculating lot area.
LOT DEPTH
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines. Where the front property line is an arc of a circle or irregular
in shape, the depth shall be the average distance between the front
and rear lines.
LOT LINE
The boundary line of a parcel of land as shown on a certified
filed map, Tax Map or as defined by a field map. A lot line shall
not be considered unless legally subdivided or apportioned.
LOT LINE, FRONT
The street line of a lot. On a corner lot, the front line
shall be the shorter street line. On a corner lot with equal street
lines, or having more than the required lot depth on two or more streets
or on a through lot, the owner may elect which street line shall be
considered the front lot line.
LOT LINE, REAR
The lot line which is more distant from and most nearly parallel
to the front lot line.
LOT WIDTH
The distance between side lot lines measured along the front
lot line, or in the case where side lines are parallel and not perpendicular
to the front line or where side lines are parallel and the front line
is irregular or the arc of a circle, the width shall be the perpendicular
distance between the side lines measured at the minimum required front
yard setback. In the case where side lines converge toward or away
from the front line, the width shall be measured along a line parallel
to the front lot line drawn at a distance equal to the required minimum
setback. The minimum required width of a lot at the front lot line
shall in no case be less than 50% of the required lot width, but no
less than 25 feet in any case.
LOT, CORNER
A lot at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersecting
streets when the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°.
LOT, FLAG or FLAGPOLE LOT
A lot which does not meet the minimum lot width requirements
and where access from the lot to the public road is by means of a
narrow private right-of-way or driveway.
LOT, THROUGH
An interior lot which fronts upon two parallel streets, or
which fronts upon two streets which do not intersect at the boundaries
of the lot.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE
A security acceptable to the Borough of Prospect Park to
assure that necessary improvements installed or completed by a developer
will function as required for a specific period of time.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment having a fixed place of business where
massages are administered for pay, including but not limited to massage
parlors, sauna baths and steam baths. This definition shall not be
construed to include a hospital, nursing home or medical clinic or
the office of a physician, surgeon, chiropractor, osteopath or duly
licensed massage therapist, physical therapist or health professional
or barbershops or beauty salons in which massages are administered
only to scalp, face, neck or shoulders. This definition also shall
exclude health clubs which have facilities for physical exercise,
such as tennis courts, racquetball courts or exercise rooms, and which
do not receive their primary source of revenue through the administration
of massages.
MAUSOLEUM
A building for interring the human dead aboveground.
MEDICAL OFFICE
The office of recognized medical practitioners, including
but not limited to doctors, dentists, dental surgeons, veterinarians,
chiropractors, podiatrists, psychologists, and licensed therapists.
MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC
An establishment where patients are admitted for examination
and treatment on an outpatient basis by one or more physicians, dentists,
other medical personnel, psychologists, or social workers and where
patients are not lodged overnight, and are provided treatment not
commonly performed in medical or dental offices.
MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL
An establishment engaged in the processing, fabrication,
treatment, packaging, storage and distribution of predominantly previously
prepared materials, or finished products or parts, but excluding basic
processing or manufacturing from predominantly new or extracted materials.
(See also "heavy industrial" and "light industrial.")
MEZZANINE
An intermediate floor between the floor and ceiling of any
story and covering less than 1/3 of the floor area immediately below.
A mezzanine shall not be counted as a story, but its floor area shall
be included in the computation of gross floor area.
MINI WAREHOUSE or SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY
A facility consisting of a building or group of buildings
in a controlled-access compound that contains varying sizes of individual
compartmentalized and controlled access stalls or lockers for the
dead storage of customers' goods and wares.
MOTOR VEHICLE USES
Any one of the following as defined herein: automobile body
repair shops, automobile rental or short-term leasing establishments,
automobile repair shops, automobile sales or long-term leasing establishments,
gasoline service stations, automobile storage yards, automobile supply
and service stores, automobile washes, convenience stores in conjunction
with gasoline service stations, transport service businesses, truck
and bus depots, rental, storage, leasing and sales establishments,
truck and bus service stations, and repair shops.
MULTIFAMILY OR MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building containing three or more dwelling units, occupied
or intended to be occupied by three or more families, each living
independently of each other and with their own sleeping, sanitary
and cooking facilities. A building containing three or more such families
where separation of the units is provided by means of a wall, floor,
door or other type of screen or partition, or with a separate outside
entrance, or basement access, shall be considered a multiple-family
dwelling.
MUNICIPAL USE
Any use of land, building or structure by the Borough of
Prospect Park or an agency thereof.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot, the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, 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.
(See also "nonconforming structure" and "nonconforming use.")
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A structure, the size, dimension or location of which was
lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment of this chapter,
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.
(See also "nonconforming lot" and "nonconforming use.")
NONCONFORMING USE
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of this chapter, 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. (See also "nonconforming
structure" and "nonconforming use.")
NURSING HOME
An institution licensed and approved to provide health care
under medical supervision for 24 or more consecutive hours to two
or more patients who are not related to the governing authority or
its members by marriage, blood or adoption.
OFF-SITE OR OFF-TRACT IMPROVEMENT
Improvements to be made off site as a result of an application
for development and including, but not limited to, road widening and
upgrading, stormwater facilities, and traffic improvements.
OFF-SITE PARKING
Parking provided for a specific use but located on a site
other than the one on which the specific use is located.
OFF-STREET LOADING
Designated areas located adjacent to buildings where trucks
may load and unload cargo. (See also "loading space or berth.")
OFF-STREET PARKING
Parking for a motor vehicle not located within a street right-of-way.
(See also "on-street parking.")
OFFICE
A room or group of rooms used for conducting the offices
of a business, profession, service, industry or government, and generally
furnished with desks, tables, files, and communication equipment,
including offices of general, business, executive, legal, accounting,
architect, planning, engineer, real estate, contractor and employment
agencies.
OFFICES OF PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS
A building or group of buildings containing offices for use
by civic, charitable, philanthropic, fraternal, trade union or veterans
organizations, but excluding residential facilities and social welfare
facilities such as soup kitchens, emergency or overnight shelters,
or the dispensing of medical care or other forms of personal aid.
ON-STREET PARKING
Parking for motor vehicles located within a street right-of-way.
(See also "off-street parking.")
OPEN SPACE
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, occupants
and their guests, of land adjoining or adjacent to such open space.
OUTDOOR STORAGE
The keeping of any goods, junk, material, merchandise or
vehicles outdoors in the same place overnight or continually for a
period of more than 12 hours.
OWNER
Owner of real property.
PARCEL
A contiguous lot or tract of land owned and recorded as the
property of the same persons or controlled by a single entity, including
members of an immediate family. (See also "lot" and "tract.")
PARISH HOUSE
The residence of the clergy associated with a place of worship.
PARK or PLAYGROUND
A tract of land designated and used by the public for active
and passive recreation.
PARKING GARAGE
See "private garage," "semipublic parking structure," and
"public garage."
PARKING SPACE
A space conforming to applicable standards of this chapter
for the parking of a motor vehicle within a private, semipublic or
public parking area.
PATIO
A level, landscaped or surfaced area directly adjacent to
a principal building at grade and not covered by a permanent roof.
(See also "deck" and "porch.")
PAWN SHOP or PAWNBROKER'S SHOP
An establishment in which the proprietor lends money on the
security of personal property pledged in his or her keeping.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
A security that is acceptable to the Borough of Prospect
Park to assure that improvements that are required as part of an approved
development will be satisfactorily installed or completed.
PERMITTED USE
A use of a building or land that conforms with the provisions
of this chapter.
PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
An establishment engaged primarily in providing services
involving the care of a person or his or her personal goods or apparel,
including but not limited to linen supply, diaper service, beauty
shops and barbershops, dressmaker, milliner, tailor shops, watch repair,
clothing and shoe repair, laundromats, dropoff laundry and dry cleaners
(not including dry-cleaning establishments or plants), nail salons
and tanning salons.
PLACE OF WORSHIP
A church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or other building or
group of buildings which by design and construction are intended for
the conducting of organized religious services and accessory uses
associated therewith.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous size and meeting other specific
requirements as specified in this chapter, to be planned, developed,
operated and maintained according to a plan as a single entity and
containing one or more structures or buildings with appurtenant common
areas, such as planned apartment complexes, planned cluster developments
and planned townhouse complexes.
PORCH
A roofed open area which may be screened but not enclosed
by glazing, usually attached to or part of and with direct access
to and from a building. Porches are part of a principal structure
for purposes of setback. (See also "deck" and "patio.")
PREEXISTING USE
The lawful use of a lot, parcel, structure or building existing
prior to the time of the enactment of this chapter.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
A building in which is conducted the principal use of the
lot on which it is located.
PRINCIPAL USE
The primary or predominant use of any lot, parcel, structure
or building.
PRIVATE GARAGE
A structure that is accessory to a residential use which
is used for the parking of vehicles, and which is not used by the
general public.
PRIVATE STREET
A street that has not been accepted by the Borough of Prospect
Park or other governmental entity, but which is shown on the Official
Map of the Borough of Prospect Park.
PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL
A swimming pool located as an accessory use on the same lot
as the principal use it serves, is utilized only by the owner or tenants
or his or their nonpaying guests.
PROFILE or CROSS SECTION
A drawing or side or sectional elevation showing the vertical
elements of a structure from below ground through the top of the structure.
PROJECTION
An extension of a building which protrudes or juts out from
the vertical plane of the building.
PROPERTY
A lot, parcel or tract of land together with the building
and structures located thereon. (See also "lot," "parcel" and "tract.")
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE UTILITY
Any agency that, under public franchise or ownership, or
under certificate of convenience and necessity, or by grant of authority
by a governmental agency, provides the public with electricity, gas,
heat, steam, communication, transportation, water, sewage collection
or other similar services.
QUARRY
An open excavation used for obtaining slate, limestone or
other stone building material.
RADIO TOWER, AMATEUR
See "amateur radio or TV tower." (See also "wireless telecommunications
tower.")
RECREATION VEHICLE
A vehicular-type portable structure without permanent foundation
that can be towed, hauled or driven and designed primarily as a temporary
living accommodation for recreation, camping and travel use, including
but not limited to travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers
and self-propelled motor homes.
REQUIRED SETBACK LINE
That line that is the required minimum distance from any
lot line and that establishes the area in which a building must be
erected or placed.
REQUIRED YARD
The open space between the lot line and the required setback
line measured perpendicular to the lot line and within which no structure
shall be located except as provided in this chapter.
RESIDENCE
A home, abode or place where an individual or household is
actually living at a specific point in time.
RESIDENTIAL USE
Any use in which one or more dwelling units or residences
are present.
RESTAURANT
An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served
and consumed within an enclosed building, and wherein food is served
only to be consumed by customers seated at tables on the premises.
(See also "eating and drinking establishment," "drive-in restaurant"
and "drive-through restaurant.")
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment engaged in selling of goods and merchandise
to the general public for personal or household use, including automobile
parts and supplies (with no service), clothing and shoes, fabrics,
curtains, drapes, floor coverings, furniture, lamps, appliances, radios,
television sets, computers, electronics, upholstery, china and glassware,
luggage and leather goods, antiques, home wares, paint and wallpaper,
arts and crafts, candles, records, tapes, videos, musical instruments,
pets, books and stationery, flowers, tobacco, drugs, sporting goods,
jewelry, sewing machines, photography equipment, keys, cards, gifts,
and toys, and including TV, appliance, computer and electronics sales
and repair establishments, department stores, variety stores, hardware
stores (with products for sale predominantly to the public), interior
decorating stores, hobby shops and art galleries.
RETRACTABLE AWNING OR CANOPY
An awning or canopy that may be retracted by mechanical means
so as not to project beyond the front facade of a building.
RIDGELINE
The line along a mountainside or hillside, which when viewed
from any public traveled way or public areas or public open space
appears to be the highest elevation of the mountain chain or line
of hills and represents a line marking or following that ridge top
as it appears when viewed from any public traveled way, public area
or public open space.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
An easement for ingress and egress, sometimes together with
the right to maintain utilities within the easement area. (See also
"easement.")
SATELLITE ANTENNA
Any accessory structure capable of receiving and/or transmitting,
for the sole benefit of the principal use, radio or television signals
from a transmitter or transmitter relay located in planetary orbit
and including but not limited to satellite receivers, satellite dish
antennas, satellite disks, direct broadcast systems (DBSs), and television
reception only systems (TVROs).
SCHOOL
Any place of education or instruction, other than a commercial
school, college, university, theological seminary, convent, monastery,
day-care center, children's day camp and religious retreat as defined
in this chapter.
SCREENING
A method of visually shielding or obscuring one abutting
or nearby structure or use from another by fencing, walls, berms or
densely planted vegetation. (See also "buffer.")
SETBACK
The distance between a building and any lot line. When two
or more lots under one ownership are used for a single development,
the exterior lot lines so grouped shall be used in determining the
setback.
SHADE TREE
A tree with a minimum caliper of three inches, usually deciduous,
planted primarily for overhead canopy.
SHED
A small, fully enclosed structure for storage. (See also
"accessory structure.")
SIDE YARD
A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between
the principal building and the side lot line.
SIGN
Any outdoor illuminated or nonilluminated device, fixture, placard or structure that uses any color, form, graphic, illumination, symbol or writing to advertise, announce the purpose of or identify the purpose of a person or entity or to communicate information or concepts of any kind to the public, provided that signs described in Chapter
90 of the Borough Code shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
SIGN, BUILDING
Any sign attached to any part of a building, as contrasted
to a freestanding sign.
SIGN, BUSINESS OR NONRESIDENTIAL
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment conducted, sold or offered upon the premises,
provided that, at any location where a business sign is permitted,
there shall also be permitted a sign containing noncommercial images
or messages in lieu of any other images or messages, regardless of
whether such noncommercial images or messages relate to activity conducted
upon the premises.
SIGN, CANOPY
Any sign that is a part of or attached to an awning, canopy,
or other fabric, plastic, or structural protective cover over a door,
entrance, window, or outdoor service area.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
Any sign supported by a structure or supports that are placed
on or anchored in the ground and that are independent from any building
or other structure.
SIGN, INCIDENTAL
A sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary
to the use of the lot on which it is located, such as "no parking,"
"entrance," "loading only," "telephone," and other similar directives.
No sign with a commercial message legible from a position off the
lot on which the sign is located shall be considered incidental.
SIGN, RESIDENTIAL
Any sign located in a district zoned for residential uses
that contains no commercial message except advertising for goods or
services legally offered on the premises where the sign is located,
if offering such service at such location conforms with all requirements
of this chapter.
SIGN, ROOF
Any sign erected and constructed wholly on and over the roof
of a building, supported by the roof structure, and extending vertically
above the highest portion of the roof.
SIGN, TEMPORARY
Any sign that is used only temporarily and is not permanently
mounted.
SIGN, WALL
Any sign attached parallel to, but within six inches of,
a wall, painted on the wall surface of, or erected and confined within
the limits of an outside wall of any building or structure, which
is supported by such wall or building, and which displays only one
sign surface.
SITE AREA, BASE
The remainder of the gross site area after subtracting the
area all lands within conservation easements; freshwater wetlands
and wetlands transition areas as determined by NJDEP; steep slope
areas in excess of 15%; stream encroachment areas as determined by
NJDEP; flood hazard areas; and natural preexisting lakes, ponds, and
watercourses.
SITE PLAN
A rendering, drawing, or sketch prepared to specifications and containing necessary elements, as set forth in Part
4 of this chapter, which shows the arrangement, layout and design of the proposed use of a single parcel of land as shown on said plan.
SITE PLAN EXEMPT
A site plan approval shall not be required for single-family
and two-family houses. Building alterations which do not involve a
change in use, additional parking, or additional building area shall
be exempt. Changes in use which do not require additional parking
shall be exempt.
STORAGE FACILITY
An establishment engaged in the storage of goods, products
or materials primarily for business or industrial purposes.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it. A basement shall be counted as a story if its ceiling
is four or more feet above the average finished grade at its perimeter.
STREET-FACING SETBACK
The minimum distance from a public roadway or driveway from
which a building may be located. Within a fee simple subdivision,
this setback is typically referred to as the "front yard setback."
STREETSCAPE
A design term referring to all the elements that constitute
the physical makeup of a street and that, as a group, define its character,
including building frontage, street paving, street furniture, landscaping,
including trees and other plantings, awnings and marquees, signs and
lighting.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials to form a construction for use,
occupancy or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the
surface of land or water, which includes but is not limited to buildings,
stadiums, platforms, towers, sheds, trailers, storage bins, fences,
swimming pools and signs. (See also "building.")
STUDIO
The workshop of an artist, sculptor, photographer or craftsperson
or a place where radio, television or movies are produced. (See also
"live/work unit.")
TENNIS OR SPORTS COURT
A structure constructed on the ground consisting of a playing
area of whatever consistency used to engage in the game of tennis
or other sports. A backstop, consisting of netting, fencing or similar
material and designed to prevent the passage of tennis or other balls,
shall be considered to be part of the tennis or sports court.
THEATER or MOVIE THEATER
A building or part of a building devoted to showing motion
pictures or for dramatic, dance, musical or other live performances
to the public for a fee.
TOWNHOUSE or TOWNHOUSE DWELLING
A building containing three or more dwelling units wherein
each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit
is located over another unit, and each is separated from the other
by one or more common vertical walls. (See also "row house or attached
single-family dwelling.")
TRACT
An area, parcel, site, piece of land or property that is
the subject of a development application. (See also "lot" and "parcel.")
TRAILER
A structure which temporarily or permanently stands on wheels
and is capable of being towed or hauled by another vehicle and used
for temporary or long-term human occupation.
TREE, SPECIMEN OR SIGNIFICANT
Any tree that has a diameter of 20 or more inches or any
tree which is a particularly impressive or unusual example of a species
due to the size, shade, age or any other trait that epitomizes the
character of the species.
TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
A detached residential building containing two dwelling units
occupied or intended to be occupied by two families, each living independently
of each other and with their own sleeping, sanitary and cooking facilities.
USE
The specific purpose for which land, building or structure
is designed or arranged for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
USE, PROHIBITED
A use not permitted within a district. Those uses not permitted by Part
6 of this chapter are prohibited. The listing of certain uses as specifically prohibited reiterates the prohibition regarding those particular uses to avoid doubt or confusion.
USE VARIANCE
The authorization by the Zoning Board of Appeals function
of the Land Use Board for the use of land for a purpose which is otherwise
not allowed or is prohibited by the applicable zoning regulations.
VETERINARY OFFICE OR HOSPITAL
An office or hospital where animals are given medical care
and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental
to the principal use.
WALL
A structure of wood, stone or other materials or combination
thereof intended for defense, security, screening or enclosure or
for the retention of earth, stone, fill or other materials as in the
cases of retaining walls or bulkheads.
WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION
An establishment used primarily for the storage of goods,
products, cargo and materials and/or which receives, stores or distributes
such goods or materials by boat, rail, air or motor vehicle.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Any personal wireless services as defined in the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 which includes FCC-licensed commercial wireless telecommunications
services including cellular, personal communications services (PCS),
specialized mobile radio (SMR), enhanced specialized mobile radio
(ESMR), paging, and similar services that currently exist or that
may in the future be developed. It does not include any amateur radio
facility that is owned and operated by a federally licensed amateur
radio station operator or is used exclusively for receive-only antennas,
nor does it include noncellular telephone services.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA (WT ANTENNA)
Antenna of any type of design, which is or may be used for
the delivery of wireless telecommunications, except for those radio
antenna, dish antenna, or satellite receiving stations regulated pursuant
to Part 6.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (WT EQUIPMENT)
Any building, structure, or equipment, including without
limitation transmitters, power sources, or other equipment, except
antennas or towers, which are or may be used for the delivery of wireless
telecommunications.
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER (WT SERVICE PROVIDER)
Any person, business organization, or other entity of any
kind, whether public or private, which seeks to install, operate,
or maintain any combination of WT technology within the boundaries
of the Borough of Prospect Park, or which already operates or maintains
such WT technology as of the effective date of this chapter.
YARD
An open space of uniform width or depth which lies between
the principal building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line
and is occupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for
certain features specified in the Schedule of Space Regulations and, in rear yards only, accessory buildings.
YARD
An open space that lies between the principal building or
buildings and the nearest lot line. The minimum required yard as set
forth in this chapter is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground
upward except as may be specifically provided in this chapter.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the rear line of the lot and nearest point of the principal
building.
YARD, SIDE
A yard between the side line of the lot and the nearest point
of the principal building and extending from the front yard to the
rear yard or, in the absence of either or both such yards, to the
front and/or rear lot line, as the case may be. A corner side yard
is the yard extending to a corner side lot line and an interior side
yard is the yard extending to an interior side lot line.
ZONE or DISTRICT
A specifically delineated area as shown on the Official Zoning
Map of the Borough of Prospect Park within which regulations and requirements govern the use,
placement, spacing and size of land and buildings.
ZONING MAP
The map or maps which are part of this chapter as set forth in §
235-2202 of this chapter.
ZONING PERMIT
An approval issued by the Zoning Officer indicating that
the proposed construction work or property development conforms to
the requirements of this chapter and any resolutions of approval issued
by the Land Use Board.