The definitions below are the same as or based on the corresponding
definitions in the Stormwater Management Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2.
CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT
A redevelopment that involves multiple adjacent contiguous
lots under common ownership of multiple structures structures on the
same lot which already contains development or in which the applicant
proposes to phase redevelopment over a period of time.
COMMUNITY BASIN
An infiltration system, sand filter designed to infiltrate,
standard constructed wetland, or wet pond, established in accordance
with N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.2(c)14, that is designed and constructed in accordance
with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, or
an alternate design, approved in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g),
for an infiltration system, sand filter designed to infiltrate, standard
constructed wetland, or wet pond and that complies with the requirements
of this chapter.
CONTRIBUTORY DRAINAGE AREA
The area from which stormwater runoff drains to a stormwater
management measure, not including the area of the stormwater management
measure itself.
CORE
A pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and civic uses serving
the surrounding municipality, generally including housing and access
to public transportation.
CORE FOREST
The area from which stormwater runoff drains to a stormwater
management measure, not including the area of the stormwater management
measure itself.
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COUNTY REVIEW AGENCY
An agency designated by the Board of County Commissioners
to review municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinance(s).
The county review agency may either be:
(1)
A county planning agency; or
(2)
A county water resource association created under N.J.S.A. 58:16A-55.5,
if the ordinance or resolution delegates authority to approve, conditionally
approve, or disapprove municipal stormwater management plans and implementing
ordinances.
DEPARTMENT
The Department of Environmental Protection.
DESIGN ENGINEER
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New
Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily
be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development
of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
DESIGNATED CENTER
A state development and redevelopment plan center as designated
by the State Planning Commission such as urban, regional, town, village,
or hamlet.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels,
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlarge-enlargement of any building or structure, 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 is required under the Municipal Land Use Law,
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
In the case of development of agricultural land, development
means: any activity that requires a state permit, any activity reviewed
by the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural
Development Committee (SADC), and municipal review of any activity
not exempted by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
DISTURBANCE
The placement or reconstruction of impervious surface or
motor vehicle surface, or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock
or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation. Milling and repaving
is not considered disturbance for the purposes of this definition.
DRAINAGE AREA
A geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or
dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to
a particular point along a receiving water body.
EMPOWERMENT NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhoods designated by the Urban Coordinating Council
"in consultation and conjunction with" the New Jersey Redevelopment
Authority pursuant to N.J.S.A 55:19-69.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSTRAINED AREA
The following areas where the physical alteration of the
land is in some way restricted, either through regulation, easement,
deed restriction or ownership such as wetlands, floodplains, threatened
and endangered species sites or designated habitats, and parks and
preserves. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified
using the Department's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's
Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREA
An area or feature which is of significant environmental
value, including but not limited to stream corridors, natural heritage
priority sites, habitats of endangered or threatened species, large
areas of contiguous open space or upland forest, steep slopes, and
well head protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered
or threatened species are identified using the Department's landscape
project as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species
Program.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice, or gravity.
FOREST
A wooded area having an ecosystem typically consisting of
a thick growth of trees and plants that has occurred through natural
succession or reforestation, that exhibits or normally exhibits a
contiguous tree canopy of greater than either 200 feet in width in
any direction or one acre in area. The term "forest" shall include,
but not be limited to, "core forest" as defined above.
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
A stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close
to its source by:
(1)
Treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil;
(2)
Treating stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation
or soil; or
(3)
Storing stormwater runoff for reuse.
HUC 14 or HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE 14
An area within which water drains to a particular receiving
surface water body, also known as a subwatershed, which is identified
by a fourteen-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated
within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been covered with a layer of material
so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
INFILTRATION
The process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
LEAD PLANNING AGENCY
One or more public entities having stormwater management
planning authority designated by the regional stormwater management
planning committee pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:8-3.2, that serves as the
primary representative of the committee.
LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
Utilizing strategies and measures that manage stormwater
runoff quantity and quality to supplement or replace structural stormwater
measures. Examples include minimize site disturbance, preserve natural
vegetation and drainage features such as forests, especially core
forests and clusters of trees in their natural state, reduce and disconnect
impervious cover, reduce ground slopes, utilize native vegetation,
reduce and/or minimize turf grass, revegetate areas and maintain and
enhance water absorption and filtration.
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
(1)
An individual "development," as well as multiple developments
that individually or collectively result in:
(a)
The disturbance of one or more acres of land since February
2, 2004;
(b)
The creation of 1/4 acre or more of "regulated impervious surface"
since February 2, 2004;
(c)
The creation of 1/4 acre or more of "regulated motor vehicle
surface" since March 2, 2021; or
(d)
A combination of Subsection
(1)(b) and
(c) above that totals an area of 1/4 acre or more. The same surface shall not be counted twice when determining if the combination area equals one-quarter acre or more.
(2)
Major development includes all developments that are part of a common plan of development or sale (for example, phased residential development) that collectively or individually meet any one or more of Subsection
(1)(a),
(b),
(c) or
(d), above. Projects undertaken by any government agency that otherwise meet the definition of "major development" but which do not require approval under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., are also considered "major development."
MINOR DEVELOPMENT
Any development that results in an aggregate increase in
impervious surface of 400 square feet or more but does not meet the
definition of "major development." Minor development may include public
projects as authorized by the governing body of the Borough of Madison.
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MOTOR VEHICLE
Land vehicles propelled other than by muscular power, such
as automobiles, motorcycles, autocycles, and low speed vehicles. For
the purposes of this definition, motor vehicle does not include farm
equipment, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, motorized wheelchairs,
go-carts, gas buggies, golf carts, ski-slope grooming machines, or
vehicles that run only on rails or tracks.
MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any pervious or impervious surface that is intended to be
used by "motor vehicles" and/or aircraft, and is directly exposed
to precipitation including, but not limited to, driveways, parking
areas, parking garages, roads, racetracks, and runways.
NEW JERSEY STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) MANUAL
or BMP MANUAL
The manual maintained by the Department, providing, in part,
design specifications, removal rates, calculation methods, and soil
testing procedures approved by the Department as being capable of
contributing to the achievement of the stormwater management standards
specified in this chapter. The BMP Manual is periodically amended
by the Department as necessary to provide design specifications on
additional best management practices and new information on already
included practices reflecting the best available current information
regarding the particular practice and the Department's determination
as to the ability of that best management practice to contribute to
compliance with the standards contained in this chapter. Alternative
stormwater management measures, removal rates, or calculation methods
may be utilized, subject to any limitations specified in this chapter,
provided the design engineer demonstrates to the municipality, in
accordance with this article and N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g), that the proposed
measure and its design will contribute to achievement of the design
and performance standards established by this chapter.
NODE
An area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating
facilities and activities which are not organized in a compact form.
NUTRIENT
A chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus,
which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, political subdivision of this state and any state, interstate
or federal agency.
PERVIOUS PAVING SYSTEMS
Engineered paving systems, including porous concrete, porous
asphalt and engineered porous paving systems, that permit the flow
of water through their surface. Such systems shall comply in general
with the requirements of Section 9.6 of the NJDEP Stormwater Best
Management Practices Manual.
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POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions,
chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive
substance [except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.)], thermal waste,
wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial,
municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other
residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters
or surface waters of the state, or to a domestic treatment works.
"Pollutant" includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
PUBLIC ROADWAY OR RAILROAD
A pathway for use by motor vehicles or trains that is intended
for public use and is constructed by, or on behalf of, a public transportation
entity. A public roadway or railroad does not include a roadway or
railroad constructed as part of a private development, regardless
of whether the roadway or railroad is ultimately to be dedicated to
and/or maintained by a governmental entity.
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ENTITY
A federal, state, county, or municipal government, an independent
state authority, or a statutorily authorized public-private partnership
program pursuant to P.L. 2018, c. 90 (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-52 et seq.),
that performs a public roadway or railroad project that includes new
construction, expansion, reconstruction, or improvement of a public
roadway or railroad.
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RECHARGE
The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into
the ground and is not evapotranspired.
REDEVELOPMENT
Development activity that results in creation, addition or
replacement of impervious surface area on an already improved lot
such as expansion of building footprint, addition to building, and
replacement of impervious surface area that is not part of routine
maintenance activity.
REGULATED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Any of the following, alone or in combination:
(1)
A net increase of impervious surface;
(2)
The total area of impervious surface collected by a new stormwater
conveyance system (for the purpose of this definition, a "new stormwater
conveyance system" is a stormwater conveyance system that is constructed
where one did not exist immediately prior to its construction or an
existing system for which a new discharge location is created);
(3)
The total area of impervious surface proposed to be newly collected
by an existing stormwater conveyance system; and/or
(4)
The total area of impervious surface collected by an existing
stormwater conveyance system where the capacity of that conveyance
system is increased.
REGULATED MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any of the following, alone or in combination:
(1)
The total area of motor vehicle surface that is currently receiving
water;
(2)
A net increase in motor vehicle surface; and/or
(3)
Quality treatment either by vegetation or soil, by an existing
stormwater management measure, or by treatment at a wastewater treatment
plant, where the water quality treatment will be modified or removed.
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
Periodic programmatic preservation activity such as driveway
or parking lot sealing, milling and repaving work, roof, deck or patio
repairs, but does not include replacement of roof framing of existing
structures or complete reconstruction of impervious surfaces.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by
air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
SITE
The lot or lots upon which a major development is to occur
or has occurred.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
STATE PLAN POLICY MAP
The geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment
Plan's goals and statewide policies, and the official map of these
goals and policies.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage
facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BMP
An excavation or embankment and related areas designed to
retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management BMP may either be
normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration system),
retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted
mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands).
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE
Any practice, technology, process, program, or other method
intended to control or reduce stormwater runoff and associated pollutants,
or to induce or control the infiltration or groundwater recharge of
stormwater or to eliminate illicit or illegal nonstormwater discharges
into stormwater conveyances.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING AREA
The geographic area for which a stormwater management planning
agency is authorized to prepare stormwater management plans, or a
specific portion of that area identified in a stormwater management
plan prepared by that agency.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers,
resulting from precipitation.
URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONES
A zone designated by the New Jersey Enterprise Zone Authority
pursuant to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27H-60
et. seq.
WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE
A structure within, or adjacent to, a water, which intentionally
or coincidentally alters the hydraulic capacity, the flood elevation
resulting from the two-, ten-, or 100-year storm, flood hazard area
limit, and/or floodway limit of the water. Examples of a water control
structure may include a bridge, culvert, dam, embankment, ford (if
above grade), retaining wall, and weir.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands,
and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial,
within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its
jurisdiction.
WETLANDS or WETLAND
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or
ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly
known as hydrophytic vegetation.