A.
For the purpose of this chapter,
certain phrases and words are described as follows:
(1)
Words used in the present
tense include the future;
(2)
Words used in the singular
number include the plural number and vice versa;
(3)
Words used to include the
male gender include the female gender and vice versa;
(4)
The word "used" shall also
include arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented,
leased or intended to be used;
(5)
The word "lot" includes
the word "plot" and "premises";
(6)
The word "building" includes
the word "structure," "dwelling," or "residence";
(7)
The word "shall" is mandatory
and not discretionary;
(8)
The word "may" is discretionary
and not mandatory.
B.
Any word or item not defined
herein shall be used with a meaning as defined in Webster's Third
New International Dictionary of the English Language, unabridged (or
latest edition). Whenever a term is used in this chapter which is
defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., that term is intended to have
the same meaning as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., unless specified
to the contrary in this chapter.
[Ord. No. 1992-4, § 2, 4-28-1992; Ord. No. 1992-29, § 1, 12-22-1992; Ord. No. 1997-05, § II, 9-9-1997; Ord. No. 1998-08, § 2, 5-19-1998; Ord. No. 1998-09, § 2, 6-9-1998; Ord.
No. 1999-13, § II, 8-10-1999; Ord. No. 2002-11, 7-8-2002; Ord. No. 2002-12, 7-8-2002; Ord. No. 2002-14, 7-8-2002; Ord.
No. 2002-15, 6-24-2002]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any man-made swimming pool, which contains water at a depth
of more than 24 inches at its deepest point, is used for the purpose
of recreational bathing, and which meets all of the following conditions:
[Ord. No. 2017-18, 9-25-2017]
It is constructed on top of existing ground, with no part below
existing grades except for the purpose of leveling the bottom by no
more than 24 inches of cut or fill; and
It does not involve regrading or redistribution of soil in connection with its erection or construction, with the exception of minor leveling indicated in Subsection A above; and
Access to the pool water surface is elevated around the entire
perimeter and the pool requires entry to be gained by ascent of a
ladder or similar means.
A single vehicular entrance and/or exit combination between
a street and a lot or between two lots.
A building, structure or use which is customarily associated
with and is subordinate and incidental to the principal building,
structure or use and which is located on the same lot as the principal
building, structure or use, including, but not limited to, garages,
carports, barns, decks, kennels, sheds, non-portable swimming pools
and all roofed structures. Any accessory building attached to the
principal building shall be considered part of the principal building.
The Director of Community Development and Zoning Officer
of the Township of Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, unless
a different official is designated by this chapter to administer certain
of the responsibilities and authorities specified for the administrative
officer in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
The average number of cars per day that pass over a given
point.
An establishment from which minors are excluded, having a
substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade, books, magazines,
other periodicals, films, or other viewing material which are distinguished
or characterized by their emphasis on matters depicting, describing,
or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical
areas," as defined herein, or an establishment in which a segment
or section of the premises is devoted to the sale, rental, display
or viewing of that material.
An enclosed building with a capacity of less than 50 persons,
from which minors are excluded, used for presenting material, films,
movies, video or live shows distinguished or characterized by an emphasis
on matter depicting, describing or relating to "specific sexual activities"
or "specified anatomical areas," as defined herein, for observation
by patrons. This definition also applies to an enclosed building which
contains any number of individual viewing booths not in excess of
the maximum permitted by this chapter in which a person may privately
or individually view material, films, movies, videos or live shows
distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting,
describing or relating to "specified sexual activities" or "specified
anatomical areas."
Adult bookstores or adult mini motion picture/live entertainment
theatre, as defined herein.
Conditions or situations created by a proposed development
that impose, aggravate or lead to impractical, unsafe or unsatisfactory
conditions on properties, such as, but not limited to, inadequate
drainage, unsuitable street grades, street locations that fail to
compose a convenient traffic system, and failure to provide or make
future allowances for access to the interior portion of adjoining
lots or for other facilities required by this chapter.
With respect to living accommodations, a dwelling unit for
which a household pays, with regard to a unit for sale, not more than
28% of its gross income for mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance
and homeowners' association fees, if any; with regard to a rental
unit, not more than 30% of gross income for all shelter costs including
utilities.
Soils which may be corrosive to cast iron and ductile iron
pipe. These soils represent approximately 5% of the soils found within
the United States and include dump areas, swamps, marshes, alkaline
soils, cinder beds, polluted river bottoms, etc., which are considered
to be potentially corrosive.
An easement provided for agricultural or farm purposes.
The use of land for common farm site activities, including,
but not limited to: production; harvesting; storage; grading; packaging;
processing; use of techniques and methods of soil preparation and
management; fertilization; weed, disease and pest control; disposal
of farm waste; irrigation, drainage, water management; and grazing.
The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.
A public or private street primarily designed to serve as
secondary access to the side or rear of properties whose principal
frontage is on some other street.
Any change in, or additions to, the supporting members of
a building, such as columns, walls, girders, beams or rafters, including
an enlargement whether by extension of a side or by increasing in
height.
Any building, structure or premises in which one or more
animals kept, boarded, bred or trained for commercial gain.
A place where one or more animals or pets are given medical
or surgical treatment. Use as a kennel shall be limited to short-term
boarding and shall be incidental to the medical or surgical use.
See "dwelling unit."
A request for the review of the administrative officer's
interpretation of any provision of this chapter or a request for a
variance from the Planning Board.
The landowner or the agent, optionee, contract purchaser
or other person authorized in writing to act for and acting for the
landowner submitting an application under this chapter.
The application or appeal forms, together with the required
fees and all accompanying documents required by this chapter for approval
of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned development, conditional
use, zoning variance or direction for issuance of a permit pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36.
The Planning Board.
An underground bed or stratum of earth, rock or other similar
natural material that contains water valuable either for maintaining
the natural flow of streams, ponds, wetlands, and other bodies of
surface water, or for human use.
An area important to the replenishment of an aquifer.
See "streets."
American Society of Civil Engineers.
American Society for Testing Materials.
Any sign erected, constructed or maintained on a building
with the principal support of the sign being the building, including
specifically the painting of signs or displays on the exterior surface
of a building. Attached signs shall be not more than 12 inches off
the building to which they are attached.
American Water Works Association.
A steep-faced curb intended to prevent encroachments.
That portion of a building partly below and partly above
grade, where the ceiling averages four feet, or more than four feet,
above the finished grade where the grade meets the outside walls of
the building. See also "cellar."
A room planned or used primarily for sleeping.
A type of paving stone, generally of granite, with vertical
faces, used for curbing.
A mound of soil, either natural or man-made used as a view
obstruction.
A lane at the edge of a roadway reserved and marked for the
exclusive use of bicycles.
A pathway usually separated from the roadway, designed specifically
to satisfy the physical requirements of bicycling.
A road designed to accommodate the shared use of the roadway
by bicycles and motor vehicles.
A pathway designed to be used by bikers.
Any structure or portion thereof on which lettered or pictorial
matter is displayed for advertising purposes other than on a building
or the grounds to which the advertising applies.
The area bordered by one or more streets or a municipal boundary
of sufficient size to accommodate a lot or lots of the minimum size
required herein.
An outlet in a pipe through which water or sediment can be
discharged from a lower sewer.
The Planning Board of the Township of Bordentown.[1]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A residential building offering at least three but not more
than six rooms for rent with meals, and in which no transients are
accommodated.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
An area within a property or site, generally adjacent to
and parallel with the property line, either consisting of natural
existing vegetation or created by the use of trees, shrubs, fences,
and/or berms, designed to continuously limit view of and/or sound
from the site to adjacent sites or properties.
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
The square footage or other area measurement by which all
buildings occupy a lot as measured on a horizontal plane around the
periphery of the facades and including the area under the roof of
any structure supported by columns, but not having walls, as measured
around the outside of the outer most extremities of the roof above
the columns.
The vertical distance measured to the highest point from
the mean elevation of the finished grade at the foundation along the
side(s) of the building facing a street. In all cases where this chapter
provides for height limitations by reference to a specified height
and a specified number of stories, the intent is to limit height to
the specified maximum footage and the specified number of stories
within that footage.
A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the
site on which it is situated.
A structure located at a bus stop designed to provide persons
waiting for the arrival or departure of a bus or omnibus with temporary
protection from weather conditions.
An officially designated location, with or without a shelter
(bus shelter), where passengers may be picked up or discharged along
a bus or omnibus route, usually as part of a regularly scheduled service.
An on-premises sign which directs attention to a business,
commodity, service, industry, or other activity which is sold, offered,
or conducted on the premises on which the sign is located or to which
it is affixed.
The diameter of a tree trunk measured in inches, six inches
above ground level for trees up to four inches in diameter and measured
12 inches above ground level for trees over four inches in diameter.
A folding or collapsible recreational unit without its own
motor power, designed as a temporary living quarters for travel, camping
and vacation use.
A proposed schedule of all future projects listed in order
of construction priority together with cost estimates and the anticipated
means of financing each project.
A completed water supply and/or sewerage system requiring
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection approval put in
place for future use (contingent upon expansion), rather than to meet
immediate development needs.
A structure with a roof for storing automobiles, enclosed
by not more than three sides.
The hard or paved surface portion of a street customarily
used for vehicles in the regular course of travel. Where there are
curbs, the cartway is that portion between the curbs. Where there
are no curbs, the cartway is that portion of the paved or graded width.
That portion of a building partly below and partly above
grade, where the ceiling averages less than four feet above the finished
grade where that grade meets the outside walls of the building. See
also "basement."
A use of land for the burial of the dead.
The gap between the centerline of roads adjoining a common
road from opposite or same sides.
The Chairperson of the Planning Board.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The bed and banks of the watercourses located within the
boundaries of the Township of Bordentown which convey the normal flow
of the watercourses most of the time.
The straightening and deepening of channels and/or the surfacing
thereof to permit water to move rapidly and/or directly.
Systems, structures, and physical improvements for the movement
of people, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means as streets,
highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes and conduits.
A building owned, operated or utilized for municipal purposes.
The Township Clerk of the Township of Bordentown in the County
of Burlington and State of New Jersey.
A private organization principally for the enjoyment of outdoor
recreation such as golf, tennis, swimming, riding, hiking and fishing.
Accessory facilities may be included if clearly subordinate to the
outdoor use such as covered tennis courts fewer in number than open
courts, year-round pools, lockers and incidental eating and social
functions.
A private organization for social purposes in which the principal
use is in enclosed buildings and no outdoor sports are involved.
See "residential cluster."
The Council on Affordable Housing established pursuant to
the Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-302 et seq.
Operating under the direction of the Construction Official,
the Code Enforcement Officer performs various types of field and office
work involved in ensuring that residents, business places, and citizens
comply with various municipal ordinances other than the State Sanitary
Code, State Uniform Construction Code, or any of its subcodes or the
State Uniform Fire Code, and does other duties as required.
A structure located in a cemetery which as vaults lined with
recesses for cinerary urns.
Vehicles with more than four wheels used for business, retail,
service or industrial purposes.
A lateral serving more than one unit.
An open space area within or related to a site designated
as a development, and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment
of residents and owners of the development. Common open space may
contain those complementary structures and improvements as are necessary
and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of
the development.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination
of land and water, together with the improvements thereon and designed
and intended for the ownership, use or enjoyment of the residents
and owners of the development. Common property may contain complementary
structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the
benefit of the residents and owners of the development.
A written and, if appropriate, graphic analysis projecting
the impact of the proposed development on existing municipal facilities
and services, and projecting future requirements for those facilities
and services, together with their estimated cost (required for all
applications for preliminary major subdivision approval where more
than 10 lots are proposed, and for all applications for preliminary
major site plan approval).
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L.
1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.) providing food, shelter and
personal guidance, under such supervision as required, to not more
than 15 developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons, who require
assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in the community,
and shall include, but not be limited to: group homes, half-way houses,
intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment living arrangements,
and hostels. The a residence shall not be considered a health care
facility, within the meaning of the "Health Care Facilities Planning
Act," P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.). In the case of
a community residence housing mentally ill persons, the residence
shall have been approved for a purchase of service contract or an
affiliate agreement pursuant to procedures established by regulation
of the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals of the Department of
Human Services.
Any shelter approved for a purchase of a service contract
and certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by
regulation of the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1979,
c. 337 (N.J.S.A. 30:14-1 et seq.) providing food, shelter, medical
care, legal assistance, personal guidance, and other services to not
more than 15 persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including
any children of the victims, who temporarily require shelter and assistance
in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare.
An application for development shall be complete for purposes of commencing the applicable time period for action by the Planning Board, when so certified by the Board or its authorized designee or upon being deemed complete as provided in Article VIII of this chapter.
A preliminary presentation and attendant documentation of
a proposed subdivision or site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used
for the purpose of discussion and classification.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
showing that the use in a specified location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of that use
as specified in this chapter.
An easement generally prohibiting the construction of buildings
and intended for protection of environmentally sensitive areas, including
mature tree stands, floodplains, important views and critical areas
as defined by this chapter.
Operating under direction of the Township Administrator,
the position of Construction Official has chief responsibility for
administering and enforcing the provisions of the New Jersey Uniform
Construction Code and various municipal ordinances, and he does other
related duties as required. Included in this position is the supervision
of all subcode officials to ensure proper and accurate fees, applications,
inspections, and issuance of construction permits.
Any retail establishment offering for sale any prepackaged
food products, household items, newspapers and magazines, and sandwiches
and other freshly prepared food meant for consumption off site. A
convenience store is meant to include an establishment which also
offers for sale fuel for automobiles and light passenger trucks but
not commercial trucks. Such establishments are not permitted to engage
in engine and/or mechanical repairs, vehicular painting, or body work.
No junked or unregistered motor vehicles are permitted to be kept
or stored on the premises.
[Ord. No. 2014-19, 6-23-2014]
Development other than planned development.
A valve which is placed in a building's water or gas service
pipe near its junction with the public water or gas main. Also known
as a "corporation cock."
The square footage or other area measurement by which all
buildings occupy a lot as measured in a horizontal plane around the
periphery of the foundation and including the area under any roof
extending more than two feet beyond the foundation.
The square footage or other area measurement by which all
buildings and impervious surfaces cover a lot as measured in a horizontal
plane to the limits of the impervious area(s). All surfaced parking
areas and all required parking areas which are permitted to remain
unsurfaced shall be included in the computation of lot coverage.
Water bodies (including streams, ponds and lakes), one-hundred-year
floodplains, wetlands and slopes over 25%.
A local street with only one outlet and having the other
end for the reversal of traffic movement.
A structure designed to convey a watercourse not incorporated
in a closed drainage system under a road or pedestrian walk.
A vertical or sloping edge of a roadway. See also "belgian
block curb," "barrier curb," "mountable curb."
Supportive or protective bedding materials placed under piping.
Calendar days.
A strip or parcel of land dedicated or required to be dedicated
for use for street purposes and intended to accommodate street improvements.
Those improvements required by this chapter and by action
of the Planning Board approving an application for development that
are dedicated or required to be dedicated as part of a street right-of-way
or are located within street right-of-way lines.
An offering for public use by an owner of an interest in
property, with or without improvements, which is accepted by the appropriate
public body.
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of
land to be developed.
The relative size or magnitude of a major flood which reflects
both flood experience and flood potential and is the basis of the
delineation of the floodway, the flood hazard area, and the water
surface elevations.
The elevations of the water surface of the floodway design
flood and the flood hazard area design flood.
Guidelines providing a general framework for sound planning.
Standards that set forth specific improvement requirements.
A man-made or natural water collector facility designed to
collect surface and subsurface water in order to impede its flow and
to release the same gradually at a rate not greater than that prior
to the development of the property, into natural or man-made outlets.
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 any option or contract to purchase, or any other person
having an enforceable proprietary interest in that land.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels;
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including,
but not limited to, the construction, reconstruction, conversion,
structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any buildings
or other structures;
Any mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or
drilling operations located within or without the flood hazard area,;
Any use or change in use of any building or other structure
or land or extension of use of land, for which permission may be required.
Money paid by an individual, person, partnership, association,
company or corporation for the improvement of property as permitted
in COAH's rules.
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance,
official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and
development of land, adopted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law,
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
A sign designating the name of a subdivision of residential
homes, whether single-family or multifamily, attached or detached
or an apartment complex.
A person who is developmentally disabled as defined in N.J.S.A.
30:11B-2.
A sign which is structurally unsound, contains faulty wiring
or loose fastenings, or is otherwise detrimental to the public health,
safety or welfare.
Any sign which is designed and erected solely for the purpose
of traffic or pedestrian direction which is placed on the property
to which or on which the public is directed.
The zone districts per this chapter.
A street with an island or other barrier separating moving
lanes.
See "animal kennel."
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means. This includes control of runoff during
and after construction or development to minimize erosion and sedimentation
to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen
nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for
their biological functions as well as for drainage, and the means
necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation
of flooding.
The lands required for the installation and maintenance of
stormwater and sanitary sewers, water pipes or drainage ditches and
other utilities, or lands required along a natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein
to safeguard the public against flood damage.
The system through which water flows from the land, including
all watercourses, water bodies and wetlands.
A paved or unpaved area used for ingress or egress of vehicles,
and allowing access from a street to a building or other structure
or facility.
A manhole provided for inspection and maintenance of sewers
where an incoming sewer is considerably higher than the outgoing.
A vertical pipe used to convey sewage from a higher to a
lower elevation.
See "capped system."
A room or series of connected rooms designed for permanent
residency containing living, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities
for one housekeeping unit. The dwelling shall be self contained and
shall not require the use of outside stairs, passing through another
dwelling unit or indirect route(s) to get to any portion of the dwelling
unit, nor shall there be shared facilities with another housekeeping
unit.
APARTMENTA building containing a minimum of three
dwelling units and not exceeding three stories and 35 feet in height.
DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILYA building physically detached
from other buildings or portions of buildings which is occupied or
intended to be occupied for residence purposes by one housekeeping
unit which has its own sleeping, sanitary and general living facilities.
DUPLEXA building on one lot containing two dwelling
units with a closed partition between the units, with two independent
means of ingress and egress for each unit and with separate utility
unit. Includes the term "two family."
TOWNHOUSEOne building containing at least three,
but no more than eight, connected dwelling units, where each dwelling
unit is compatibly designed in relation to all other units, but is
distinct by design features such as width, setback, roof design, color,
exterior materials, and other features, singularly or in combination.
Each dwelling unit may be a maximum of three stories and 35 feet in
height, but nothing in the definition shall be constructed to allow
one dwelling unit over another.
A right to use the real property of another created by deed
or other legal means, for the benefit of private persons or the public,
for one or more specific purposes such as access, drainage, or provision
of utility services.
Features, natural resources, or land characteristics that
are sensitive to improvements and may require conservation measures
or the application of creative development techniques to prevent degradation
of the environment, or may require limited development, or in certain
instances may preclude development.
A written and graphic statement describing, analyzing and assessing the anticipated effects of a proposal development on environmental constraints and critical lands pursuant to this chapter. (See Article VIII.)
The value of a property determined by the Municipal Tax Assessor
through a process designed to ensure that all property in the municipality
is assessed at the same assessment ratio or ratios required by law.
Estimates at the time of issuance of a building permit may be obtained
by the Tax Assessor utilizing estimates for construction cost. Final
equalized assessed value will be determined at project completion
by the Municipal Tax Assessor.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice, and gravity.
A deed, bond, money, or a piece of property delivered to
a third person to be delivered by that person to the grantee only
upon fulfillment of a condition.
Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is
outside the display portion of the sign.
See "floor area ratio."
See "attached sign."
The provisions of N.J.S.A. 52:27D-302 et seq.
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single
nonprofit housekeeping unit, who are living together as a stable and
permanent living unit, being a traditional family unit or the functional
equivalent thereof.
PRINCIPAL USESA lot with at least five contiguous
acres devoted to the growing and harvesting of crops and/or the raising
and/or breeding of animals, including truck farms, fruit farms, nurseries
and greenhouses, silviculture or horticulture operations, dairies
and livestock produce, except that commercial piggeries are excluded.
ACCESSORY USESStructures incidental to farms such
as barns and packing, grading and storage buildings for produce raised
on the premises; fences; buildings for keeping of poultry and livestock;
and garages for the keeping of trucks and other equipment used in
farm operations.
An artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone,
wire, metal or any other manufactured material or combination of materials.
The official action of the Planning Board taken on a preliminarily
approved major subdivision or site plan, after all conditions, engineering
plans and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled and
the required improvements have been installed or guarantees properly
posted for their completion, or approval conditioned upon the posting
of those guarantees.
The final map of all or a portion of a subdivision which
is presented for final approval.
A suite or series of rooms signed for as a dwelling unit
for a single household on one floor contained in a building of three
or more similar units.
A determination of the water surface elevations of the design
flood, i.e., the flood level that has a 1% or greater chance of occurrence
in any given year, i.e., a one-hundred-year storm.
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry areas from:
The portion of the flood hazard area not designated as the
floodway.
The floodway and the flood fringe area of a delineated stream.
The one-hundred-year storm in nondelineated areas and the
one-hundred-year storm plus 25% in delineated areas.
The relatively flat area adjoining the channel of a natural
stream which has been or may be hereafter covered by floodwater. (See
Floodplain Diagram.)
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Floodplain Diagram
Distances A-B and C-D are the Flood Fringe Zones
Distance H-K is the one-hundred-year Floodplain & Flood
Hazard Area
Distance A-D is the Floodway Line
Distance I-J is the Stream Channel
Line E is the Flood Elevation when confined within the Floodway
Line F is the Flood Elevation after encroachment
Line G is the Flood Elevation before encroachment
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Federal, state or local regulations, in any combination thereof,
which provide standards for the purpose of flood drainage prevention
and reduction.
The channel of a natural stream and portions of the flood
hazard area adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to
carry and discharge the design floodwater or flood flow of any natural
stream.
Area of all floors of buildings or structures.
The ratio of the gross floor area to the area of the lot
or tract.
The plan projection of all roofed areas on a lot multiplied
by the number of full stories under each roof section, provided that
the area under any roof overhang of three feet or less shall not be
included in the GFA calculation. Basements which satisfy applicable
construction code definitions of habitable space are included in the
GFA for residential uses. All measurements shall be from outside wall
to outside wall.
The finished and heated area fully enclosed by the inside
surfaces of walls, windows, doors and partitions and having a headroom
of at least 6.5 feet, including working, living, eating, cooking,
sleeping, stair, hall, service and storage areas, but excluding garages,
carports, parking spaces, cellars, half-stories and unfinished attics
and basements.
The cleaning out of debris and sediment from pipes by force
of moving liquid, usually water.
See "lot frontage."
A raised concrete island in a service station which contains
one or more fueling positions to service one or more vehicles.
A location for dispensing of motor fuel, whether gasoline
or diesel. Each fueling position can only dispense fuel to one vehicle
at a time, however, there may be more than one fueling position operated
from one fueling island.
Directional, informational or public service signs, such
as signs advertising locations of rest rooms, telephones or similar
facilities of public convenience, including entry and exit signs from
parking areas. Functional signs shall not include any name or business
or message other than the directional or informational material as
above.
Gross floor area. See "floor area, gross."
Gross land area. See "land area, gross."
Any building, premises and land in which, or upon which,
a business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing,
repair or painting of vehicles is conducted or rendered.
Any building in which a maximum of five vehicles are stored
as an accessory use. No commercial maintenance, servicing, repair
or painting of vehicles shall be conducted or rendered in a storage
garage. The storage garage shall meet all bulk requirements of the
applicable zoning district.
A building, premises, and land in which, or upon which, automobile
and truck fuels are dispensed, stored and sold.
A plan outlining general, rather than detailed, development
intentions. It describes the basic parameters of a major development
proposal, rather than giving full engineering details and allows general
intentions to be discussed without the extensive costs involved in
submitting a detailed proposal.
A tract of 75 or more acres containing a full-size, professional
golf course of at least 18 holes, together with appropriate accessory
uses and structures such as club houses, dining and refreshment facilities,
driving ranges and miniature golf courses, providing the operation
of them are incidental and subordinate to the operation of the golf
course.
The slope of a road, path, driveway, swale or other surface
or the average finished ground elevation adjoining a building at project
completion.
The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of
the ground where the sign support meets the ground.
An enclosed structure of glass or plastic as an accessory
use.
See "density."
The total of all leasable square footage including closets,
mechanical rooms and hallways.
Low-growing plants or sod that in time form a dense mat covering
the area in which they are planted preventing soil from being blown
or washed away and the growth of unwanted plants.
A profit or nonprofit boardinghome for the sheltered care
of four or more adult persons providing personal care or service in
addition to food and shelter.
A shallow channel usually set along a curb or the pavement
edge of a road for purposes of catching and carrying off runoff water.
For floodplain management purposes, any floor, including
the basement, usable for living purposes, which includes working,
sleeping, eating, cooking or recreation, or a combination thereof.
A floor used only for storage is not a "habitable floor."
Method of controlled trial and error by which water distribution
system can be analyzed, first introduced in 1936 by Hardy Cross, Professor
of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois.
One or more historic sites and intervening or surrounding
property significantly affecting or affected by the quality and character
of the historic site or sites.
Any real property, man-made structure, natural object or
configuration of any portion or group of the foregoing which has been
formally designated in the master plan as being of historical, archaeological,
cultural, scenic or architectural significance.
[Ord. No. 2003-32, 12-30-2003]
An occupation, including, but not limited to, any licensed profession
conducted in a dwelling unit, subordinate to its residential use,
provided that:
The occupation may be pursued in the principal dwelling unit
structure or in a secondary building which is accessory to the principal
building or structure.
The use of the property for the home occupation shall be clearly
incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by
its occupants, and not more than 25% of the net habitable floor area
of all structures shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
No other person other than members of the household residing
on the premises, plus one secretary or other assistant, shall be engaged
in the occupation.
The residential character of the lot and building shall not
be changed, no occupational sounds shall be audible outside the building,
and no equipment shall be used which will cause interference with
radio or television reception in neighboring residences.
There shall be no exterior evidence of the home occupation other
than one unlighted nameplate identifying the home occupation, not
exceeding four square feet in area, either attached or freestanding
and set back at least 15 feet from all street rights-of-way and property
lines.
The home occupation shall not generate vehicular traffic in
excess of two passenger automobiles, which must be parked off street.
If the applicant satisfies, by completion of a home occupation checklist that shall be included in the Bordentown Township business license application, the conditions set forth in Subsection A(1) through (6) above, then there shall be no need for the applicant to obtain a minor site plan approval for his home occupation.
The growing or raising of nursery plants for sale for landscape
purposes.
A building or group of buildings with individual sleeping
units designed for transient occupants and not for permanent residency.
"A transient occupant" is a person physically occupying a hotel, inn,
extended-stay unit and having a principal residence elsewhere. Hotels,
inns, extended stays shall not be used for occupancy on any permanent
basis, and no such occupant shall be deemed a permanent resident.
[Ord. No. 2005-15, 9-29-2005]
A building used for religious purposes.
One or more persons living together in one dwelling on a
nonseasonal basis and sharing living, sleeping, cooking and sanitary
facilities on a nonprofit basis.[2]
The properties, distribution and circulation of water.
Illuminating Engineering Society.
A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
The ratio of the area of the impervious surface to the area
of the lot or tract.
A body of water, such as a pond, confined by a dam, dike,
floodgate or other barrier.
For subdivision purposes or site plan, any street which complies
in width and construction with municipal standards.
Any man-made, immovable item which becomes part of, placed
upon, or is affixed to real estate.
A septic tank, seepage tile sewage disposal system, or any
other approved sewage treatment device servicing a single unit.
At the request of the developer, the Planning Board shall
grant an informal review of a concept plan for a development for which
the developer intends to prepare and submit an application for development.
The amount of any fees for an informal review shall be a credit toward
fees for review of the application for development. Neither the developer
nor the Board shall be bound by any concept plan presented or for
any comments or recommendations made during an informal review.
Any man-made swimming pool which contains water at a depth
of more than 24 inches at its deepest point, is used for the purpose
of recreational bathing, and does not meet the definition of an aboveground
swimming pool.
[Ord. No. 2017-18, 9-25-2017]
Any vehicle, including, but not limited to, automobiles,
motorcycles, motor-drawn vehicles, omnibuses, semitrailers, trailers,
trucks, truck tractors, and other motor vehicles all as defined in
Title 39 of the New Jersey Statutes, which is not operable or which
is not capable of being safely and legally operated on public roads,
streets or highways. Any vehicle which is unregistered or without
current license tags or plates shall be considered an inoperable vehicle.
A vehicle located at a facility for not more than seven days while
awaiting repairs shall not be considered to be an inoperable vehicle.
Any person, whether residing within or without the Township,
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 the United States have been denied, violated or infringed
by an action or failure to act under the provisions of this chapter.
Any sign erected, constructed or maintained inside of a building
and visible from outside the building, whether illuminated or nonilluminated.
Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is
contained within the display portion of the sign.
In street design, a raised area usually curbed, placed to
guide traffic, separate lanes, or used for landscaping, signing or
lighting.
Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Syllables, logos or other single images or messages contained
on signs.
A judgment issued by the Superior Court approving a municipality's
plan to satisfy its fair share obligation.
Any space, whether inside or outside a building, used for
the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including scrap metals
or other scrap materials, or for the dismantling, demolition, salvage,
resale or abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery
or parts thereof.
See "animal kennel."
Natural or artificial bodies of water which retain water
year round.
Real property, including improvements and fixtures on, above,
or below the surface.
The entire area of a lot or lots included in a single proposed
development or site plan, before any deductions are made for wetlands,
conservation areas, steep slopes or for any other required purpose.
The remaining developable area of a lot or lots included
in a single proposed development or site plan, after deductions are
made for wetlands, conservation areas, steep slopes or for any other
required purpose.
Chapter 500 of the Code of the Township of Bordentown, including those provisions commonly referred to as the "Zoning Ordinance" or as the "Subdivision and Site Plan Ordinance."
Property which has no ownership adjacent to a public street
right-of-way and is surrounded by lands belonging to others.
Pipes connecting sewage from individual buildings to larger
pipes called trunk or interceptor sewers that usually are located
in street rights-of-way.
Manufacturing or assembly of semifinished products, not including
chemical or physical change of raw materials into products.
Any performance, musical act (including karaoke), theatrical
act (including standup comedy), play, revue, dance act, song and dance
act, disc jockey, or any combination of these, or similar activity
performed live by one or more persons, whether or not done for compensation,
and whether or not admission is charged. Live entertainment does not
include adult entertainment.
[Ord. No. 2009-26, 11-23-2009]
Animals grown, raised or bred for sale, for human consumption
or pleasure. If used in a singular sense in the context in which found,
it refers to a single animal of whatever type; if used in a plural
sense in the context in which found it refers to the total number
of animals. The term shall not be interpreted in any manner which
would convert a singular use of the term into a plural.
An off-street parking space or berth on the same lot with
a building or group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial
vehicle while loading or unloading.
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, provided that no portion of an existing public
right-of-way shall be included in calculating a lot boundary or lot
area. The word "lot" includes the words "plot" and "premises."
The area contained within the lot lines of a lot not including
any portion of a street right-of-way.
A lot abutting the intersection of two or more streets, where
the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°. Each
corner lot shall have two front yards, one side yard and one rear
yard, the side and rear yard to be designated at the time of application
for a construction permit.
The perpendicular distance between the right-of-way line
or front lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto through the midpoint
of the rear lot line. Measured along a line perpendicular to the right-of-way
and from a line parallel to the right-of-way at the midpoint of the
rear lot line.
Right of Way
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The distance between the side lot lines measured along the
right-of-way line. The minimum lot frontage shall be the same as the
minimum lot width, except that where the lot frontage is a curve with
an outside radius of less than 500 feet, the minimum frontage shall
not be less than 75% of the minimum lot width. In the case of a corner
lot, either right-of-way line may be considered the lot frontage,
provided that it equals or exceeds the minimum frontage requirements
for the land in question. (See diagram below.)
A lot other than a corner lot.
The straight line horizontal distance between side lot lines
at setback points on each side lot line measured from the right-of-way
line at the minimum required building setback line. When the side
lot lines are not parallel, the minimum lot width at the setback line
shall not be less than 75% of the minimum lot frontage for the zoning
district in which the lot is located. (See diagram below.)
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A low-income or a moderate-income household.
A low-income unit or moderate-income unit.
A household earning between 0% and 50% of the median income
established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
for the geographic area in which Bordentown Township is located, as
adjusted by that Department for household size.
A dwelling unit affordable to a low-income household.
In any system of continuous piping, the principal artery
of the system to which branches may be connected.
The actions or functions necessary to keep improvements or
property in repair or serviceability so that they are fit, safe and
usable for the purpose intended. Maintenance shall include, but is
not limited to, timely control and removal of snow and ice during
adverse weather conditions.
Any security that may be accepted by a municipality for the
maintenance of any required improvements.
See "site plan, major."
See "subdivision, major."
An inspection chamber whose dimensions allow easy entry and
exit and working room for a person inside.
A method for calculating the hydraulic capacity of a conduit
to convey water.
A service street that runs parallel to a higher-order street
which, for purposes of safety, provides access to abutting properties
and separation from through traffic. It may be designed as a residential
access street or subcollector as anticipated daily traffic dictates.
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of the municipality as set forth and adopted by the
Planning Board, pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.
A structure, located in a cemetery, which has vaults for
the storage of caskets.
That portion of a divided highway separating the traveled
ways of traffic proceeding in opposite directions.
A parent, grandparent, child or sibling, or the spouse, or
sibling of a parent, grandparent, or child or sibling.
A person who is afflicted with a mental illness as defined
in N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.2, but shall not include a person who has been
committed after having been found guilty of a criminal offense by
reason of insanity or having been found unfit to be tried on a criminal
charge.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A facility providing individual rental units for the temporary
storage of furniture, household goods, office equipment, files and
similar items and including not more than one residential unit for
a resident manager and family.
See "site plan, minor."
See "subdivision, minor."
Municipal Land Use Law.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, office, or place of assembly which is contained in one
unit, or in units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable
of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site
complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking
and assembly operations, and which is constructed so that it may be
used with or without permanent foundation. For the purposes of this
chapter, travel trailers and campers are not considered as mobile
homes.
A parcel of land in a mobile home park which is improved
with the necessary utility connections and other appurtenances necessary
for the erection thereon of a single mobile home and which is leased
by the park owner to the occupants of the mobile home erected on the
lot.
A sign which is not permanently attached to a building or
not placed in the ground in a fashion as to be permanent in a manner
conforming to the Uniform Construction Code or which is located or
attached to a trailer, on wheels, or similar attachment so that the
sign may be moved from place to place, either within the lot or to
another location.
A household earning between 50% and 80% of the median income
established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
for the geographic area in which Bordentown Township is located, as
adjusted by that Department for household size, or any comparable
standard adopted by a court of competent jurisdiction for this purpose.
A dwelling unit affordable to a moderate-income household.
Any detached sign on the same lot or parcel as the use it
advertises that has its bottom portion attached to a proportionate
base or plinth, integrated ground planter box, or structural frame.
[Ord. No. 2005-15, 9-29-2005]
A building or group of buildings with individual sleeping
units designed for transient occupants and not for permanent residency.
A "transient occupant" is a person physically occupying a motel unit
and having a principal residence elsewhere. Motels shall not be used
for occupancy on any permanent basis, and no such occupant shall be
deemed a permanent resident.
[Ord. No. 2005-15, 9-29-2005]
A recreational unit built on or part of a self-propelled
chassis, primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for
travel, camping and vacation use.
A low curb with a flat slope designed to be crossed easily
without discomfort.
Any traffic lane where traffic movement is the primary if
not the sole function. (Compare with "parking lane.")
The decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court in the case
of South Burlington County NAACP vs. Mt. Laurel Township, 67 N.J.
151 (1975).
The decision of the New Jersey Supreme Court in the case
of South Burlington County NAACP vs. Mt. Laurel Township, 92 N.J.
158 (1983).
The low- and moderate-income housing obligations imposed
generally on municipalities and specifically on the Township of Bordentown
pursuant to "Mt. Laurel I," "Mt. Laurel II," and the "Fair Housing
Act."
A layer of wood chips, dry leaves, straw, hay, plastic, or
other materials placed on the surface of the soil around plants to
retain moisture, prevent weeds from growing, hold the soil in place,
and aid plant growth.
A single sign relating to a use or facility, such as a shopping
center, industrial park or office complex, where there is more than
one occupancy and/or tenancy of uses, where the multiple occupancy
and tenancy use a common parking facility and/or common private drive
or roadway and where the names and professions or business names of
the various tenants and/or occupants are displayed.
The Planning Board or Township Committee, or any other agency
created or responsible to one or more municipalities, when acting
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Net habitable floor area. See "floor area, net habitable."
Net land area. See "land area, net."
Structures for which the start of construction commenced
on or after the effective date of this chapter.
Any self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage
unit or other dispenser installed, used, or maintained for the display
and sale of newspapers or other periodicals.
A building or 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 reason of that adoption,
revision or amendment.
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 district in which it is
located because of the adoption, revision or amendment.
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 that adoption, revision or amendment.
A school designed to provide daytime care or instruction
for two or more children from two to six years of age, inclusive,
and operated on a regular basis and licensed by the State of New Jersey.
A building providing shelter and/or supplemental health care
for the elderly or infirm and meeting the standards of the New Jersey
State Department of Human Services to operate as a "nursing home."
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A map adopted in accordance with the Official Map and Building
Permit Act, N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.30 et seq., only to the extent that it
is consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq., and
to the extent that it has not been supplanted by an official map adopted
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq. A map so adopted shall be deemed
conclusive with respect to the location and width of streets, drainage
rights-of-way, and flood control basins.
Located outside the lot lines of the property in question
but within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the
subject of a development application, or on a contiguous portion of
a street right-of-way or drainage or utility easement.
A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle that is directly
accessible to an access aisle, and that is not located on a dedicated
street right-of-way.
A loading area for a truck or delivery van that is directly
accessible to an access aisle, and that is not located on a dedicated
street right-of-way.
Not located on the subject property of a development application
or on a contiguous portion of a street right-of-way or drainage or
utility easement.
Located on the lot in question.
A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle which is located
on a dedicated street right-of-way.
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street right-of-way or
drainage or utility easement.
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private
use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants
of land adjoining or neighboring the open space; provided that the
areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets,
and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to
be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating in a planned
development under a recorded land agreement, providing that:
Each owner is automatically a member;
Each occupied dwelling unit is automatically subject to a charge
for a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization's activities
and maintenance, including any maintenance costs levied against the
organization by the Township; and
Each owner and tenant has the right to use the common property.
The amount of unimproved land that is landscaped or left
in a natural state after development expressed as a ratio of the total
site area.
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership,
or corporation having sufficient propriety interest in the land.
A lane usually set on the sides of streets, designed to provide
on-street parking for vehicular traffic.
A private street with perpendicular parking.
An area not less than nine feet wide by 18 feet in length,
either within a structure or in the open, for the parking of motor
vehicles, exclusive of driveways, access drives, fire lanes and public
rights-of-way, except that nothing shall prohibit private driveways
for dwelling units, from being considered off-street parking areas,
provided that no portion of any public driveway within the right-of-way
line of the street intersected by that driveway shall be considered
as off-street parking space.
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For purposes of notice, means any applicant for development,
the owners of the subject property and all owners of property and
government agencies entitled to notice under the provisions of the
Municipal Land Use Law.
See "cartway."
A test designed to determine the ability of ground to absorb
water, and used in determining the suitability of a soil for drainage
or for the use of a septic system.
Any security, in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter, which may be accepted subject to review and approval by the
Township Attorney in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements
be completed prior to final approval of a development application,
including cash, performance bonds, letters of credit, escrow agreements
and other similar collateral or surety agreements.
Any use of land or buildings permitted by this chapter.
Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving
the care of a person or his or her personal goods or apparel. Personal
services include the following types of uses: laundry, including cleaning
and pressing services where the cleaning process is conducted at a
separate location; beauty shops; barbershops; nail salons; shoe repair;
funeral homes; weight loss centers; health cubs; health spas; and
clothing rental.
[Ord. No. 2009-30, 11-23-2009]
PLANNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTAn area with a specified
minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage to be developed as a single
entity according to a plan containing various specified nonresidential
uses, open space, and development credits for residential uses to
be transferred to a designated receiving district as delineated in
this chapter.
PLANNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIALAs above,
but with residential uses as delineated in this chapter.
PLANNED COMMUNITY or PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTAn
area with a specified minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage
to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing
one or more residential clusters and one or more public or quasi-public
and commercial areas in ranges of ratios of nonresidential uses to
residential uses as specified in this chapter.
PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAn area with a specified
minimum contiguous or noncontiguous acreage to be developed as a single
entity on each according to a plan, containing one or more residential
clusters.
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTERAn area to be developed at a
single entity according to a plan containing residential housing units
which have a common or public open space area as an appurtenance.
The Planning Board established pursuant to the Municipal
Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
Water suitable for drinking or cooking purposes.
An initial meeting between developers and municipal representatives
which affords developers the opportunity to present their proposals
informally.
The conferral of certain rights prior to final approval,
but after specific elements of a development plan have been approved
by the Planning Board.
Architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory
stages of the design of a project illustrating in a schematic form
its scope, scale, and relationship to its site and immediate environs.
A map indicating the proposed layout of a development and
related information that is submitted for preliminary approval.
A building, structure or use which is the main or primary
building, structure or use on the lot.
A sign, other than a wall sign, which is attached to and
projects more than 12 inches from a wall of a building.
The portion of the total capital improvement costs for off-tract
water, sewer, drainage and street improvements that are reasonably
attributable to new development pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-43 (also
entitled "pro rata share").
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.
The use of land or buildings by the governing body of the
Township or any officially created authority or agency thereof.
A water supply system which offers service to the public
and is authorized by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
A majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
Any reference to RSIS in any of these ordinances means the
State of New Jersey's Residential Site Improvement Standards.
A method of runoff calculation.
A sign of an owner of real property or of a licensed real
estate broker designating a property "for sale" or "for lease."
A vehicle, as that term is defined by N.J.S.A. 39:1-1, or
component that goes with a vehicle, which meets all of the dimension
and weight limitations set forth in Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title
39, New Jersey Revised Statutes, meets all of the requirements for
licensure, registration and use upon the highways of this state, meets
all of the requirements for insurability for highway use, and which
is used or intended for use for recreational purposes. The term "recreational
unit" shall include, but not be limited to, the terms "recreational
vessel trailer," "camper trailer," "travel trailer," "motor home,"
"truck camper" and "utility trailer," but shall not include the term
"recreational vessel."
A watercraft, other than a seaplane, not longer than 35 feet,
impelled by wind, oars, paddles or mechanical devices, that meets
all of the requirements for licensure, registration and use upon the
waterway of this state, meets all of the requirements for insurability
for water use, and which is designed and/or used for recreational
or vacation purposes.
A recreational unit without its own motor power, designed
to transport a recreational vessel.
The lowest order of residential street (see "street hierarchy").
Provides frontage for access to private lots, and carries traffic
having destination or origin on the street itself. Designed to carry
traffic at slowest speed. Traffic volume should not exceed 250 ADT
at any point of traffic concentration. The maximum number of housing
units should front on this class of street.
An area to be developed as a single entity according to a
plan containing residential housing units which have a common or public
open space area as an appurtenance.
The highest order of residential streets (see "street hierarchy").
Conducts and distributes traffic between lower-order residential streets
and higher-order streets (arterials and expressways). Since its function
is to promote free traffic flow, access to homes and parking should
be prohibited. Collectors should be designed to prevent use as shortcuts
by non-neighborhood traffic. Total traffic volume should not exceed
3,000 ADT.
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area, including streets, easements, and open space portions of
a development.
A one-story, detached accessory structure large enough for
the storage of automobiles or similar vehicles, which complies with
all of the following conditions:
[Ord. No. 2017-18, 9-25-2017]
The structure shall not be used for any sort of habitable space.
Building height does not exceed 18 feet, and may not be two
stories.
The size shall not exceed 8% of the lot area or 1,000 square
feet, whichever is less.
Must have access to the street via a driveway.
Must have at least one garage door of a size large enough to
accommodate an automobile.
Shall be for use only by the property owner or tenant in the
residence.
The structure shall be of light-frame construction or masonry,
and enclosed to the weather on all sides.
A one-story, detached accessory structure used as a toolshed
or storage shed, playhouse, and similar uses, and complies with all
of the following conditions:
[Ord. No. 2017-18, 9-25-2017]
The structure shall not be used for any sort of habitable space.
Building height does not exceed 14 feet, and may not be two
stories.
The structure shall be light-frame construction, with vertical
and horizontal structural elements that are typically formed by a
system of wood or light-gauge steel framing members, enclosed to the
weather.
It shall not exceed 200 square feet in area.
It cannot house an automobile or similar vehicle.
Middle order of residential streets (see "street hierarchy").
Provides frontage for access to lots and carries traffic to and from
adjoining residential access streets. Traffic should have origin or
destination in the immediate neighborhood. Traffic volume should not
exceed 500 ADT at any point of traffic concentration.
Any establishment, however designated, at which food is sold
primarily for consumption on the premises and within a building. However,
a snack bar or refreshment stand at a public or community swimming
pool, playground, playfield or park, operated solely by the agency
or group operating the recreational facility and for the convenience
of patrons of the facility, shall not be deemed a restaurant.
Any restaurant, refreshment stand, snack bar, dairy, bar,
hamburger stand or hot dog stand where food is served primarily for
consumption at counters, stools or bars outside the building or primarily
for consumption in automobiles parked on the premises whether brought
to the automobiles by the customer or by employees of the restaurant,
regardless of whether or not additional seats or other accommodations
are provided for customers inside the building. All drive-in restaurants
and refreshment stands are specifically prohibited in all districts.
A public eating facility where patrons purchase food while
within the physical premises of the restaurant, which is obtained
by self-service or from an employee of the establishment over a counter,
for consumption either within the establishment or away from the premises.
Cafeterias constitute "fast-food restaurants" under this chapter.
A public eating facility where patrons are first seated at
tables, booths or counters, after which food ordered by them is served
to the patrons by waiters or waitresses at the tables, booths or counters.
The term "restaurant" does not include drive-in restaurants or fast-food
restaurants as otherwise defined in this chapter.
The further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot
or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded
according to law, or, the alteration of streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but not including conveyances so as
to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
The sale of goods to ultimate consumers for personal or household
consumption and not bulk sale of goods to customers engaged in the
business of reselling goods.
[Ord. No. 2004-1, 2-9-2004]
A structure erected between lands of different elevation
to protect structures and/or to prevent the washing down or erosion
of earth from the upper slope level.
A pond, pool or basin used for the permanent storage of water
runoff.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, gas
pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees, or
for another special use.
An animal belonging to the order Rodentia, consisting of
the gnawing or nibbling mammals, including, but not limited to, mice,
rats, squirrels, and beavers.
Any apparatus or structure constructed or installed out of
doors with the purpose of receiving television, radio or similar waves,
but distinguished from conventional radio or television antennae.
Structure or planting consisting of fencing, berms, evergreen
trees or shrubs providing a continuous view obstruction within a site
or property.
Soil Conservation Service.
The Secretary of the Planning Board.
The deposit of soil that has been transported from its site
of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity, or other natural means as
a product of erosion.
A facility providing individual rental units for the temporary
storage of furniture, household goods, office equipment, files and
similar items and including not more than one residential unit for
a resident manager and family.
A person who has attained the age of 55 years, or the surviving
unmarried spouse of a deceased senior citizen.
An underground system with a septic tank used for the decomposition
of domestic wastes.
A water-tight receptacle to receive the discharge of sewage.
Lands and buildings providing for the sale of automotive
fuel, lubricants, or automotive accessories. Maintenance and minor
repairs for motor vehicles, primarily automobile, but not including
trucks or vehicles with more than four wheels, may be provided, but
no body repairs or painting shall be permitted. No storage of inoperable,
wrecked or unregistered vehicles for more than seven days shall be
permitted. Additionally, no car wash operation, car or truck rental,
parking for a fee or other activity not specifically a part of the
service station use shall be permitted. The term "service station"
shall not include either a truck stop, truck repair station or a truck
fuel station. The term "service station" shall include an automobile
filling station with a convenience store.
[Ord. No. 2017-2, 2-13-2017]
The distance between the street right-of-way line and the
front line of a building or any projection thereof, excluding uncovered
steps.
A line drawn parallel with a street line or lot line and
drawn through the point of a building nearest to the street line or
lot line. The term "required setback" means a line that is established
a minimum horizontal distance from the right-of-way line or lot line
and beyond which a building or part of a building is not permitted
to extend toward the street line or lot line.
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Any pipe conduit used to collect and carry away sewage or
stormwater runoff from the generating source to treatment plants or
receiving streams.
A tree in a public place, street, special easement, or right-of-way
adjoining a street.
A group of commercial establishments built on one tract that
is planned and developed as an operating unit: it provides on-site
parking in definite relationship to the type and total size of the
stores. The commercial establishments may be located in one or several
buildings, attached or separated.
The graded part of the right-of-way that lies between the
edge of the main pavement (main traveled way) and the curbline.
A paved path provided for pedestrian use and usually located
at the side of a road within the right-of-way.
A triangular area established in accordance with the requirements of this chapter in which no grading, planting or structure shall be erected or maintained more than 12 inches above the street centerline except for street signs, fire hydrants and light standards. See § 500-503 for standards.
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Any building or structure or portion thereof on which any
announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illumination, insignia
or other visual communication is used to advertise or promote the
interest of any person, products or service when the same is placed
in view of the general public.
The area of the sign, exclusive of the supporting structure,
which is used for calculating the square footage of the sign.
A sign not attached to a building or structure.
In the case of a freestanding sign, will be computed from
grade level to the greatest height at any one point in the sign. In
the case of an attached sign, no sign can be higher than the level
of a second floor window sill in a two-or-more-story building, nor
can it be higher than the lowest point of the roofline in a single-story
building, except where a roof sign is expressly permitted in certain
zones.
Any sign located off the site for which the sign is advertising.
The square foot area of a sign computed by multiplying its
greatest width by its greatest length, exclusive of supporting structures
and bracing devices, unless the supporting structures and bracing
devices are illuminated or are in the form of a symbol or contain
words or symbols, in which case the supporting structure shall also
be computed in determining sign size. Two-or-three-sided signs carrying
substantially the same message on each side shall be measured by using
the surface area of one side in the case of two-sided signs or two
sides in the case of three-sided signs. When there is a substantially
different message on each side of the sign, each side will be considered
a separate sign.
The growing, harvesting and care of forests for sale.
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
The existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including,
but not 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
Any other information reasonably required in order to make an
informed determination concerning the adequacy of the plan in accordance
with this chapter.
Any development plan not classified as a minor site plan.
(a) Any development plan which is limited to the proposed construction of any permitted accessory use(s) other than fences and signs, such as a home occupation or off-street parking area, as the accessory uses are specifically permitted in Article IV of this chapter; or (b) any development plan consisting of an expansion of, or addition to, an existing conforming structure and/or use not exempted from site plan review by § 500-802B(1) of this chapter and not accounting for more than 10% additional building coverage and not exceeding more than 500 square feet of enclosed and roofed area; or (c) any development plan not exempted from site plan review involving less than 5,000 square feet of disturbance of the land area, provided that a development plan under (a), (b), or (c) does not involve alterations to the site, a change of use (with or without alterations to the site), a planned development, the installation of any road improvements or the expansion of public facilities and does not adversely affect the development of an adjoining property or properties.
[Ord. No. 2003-15, 8-25-2003]
Rough layout of a proposed land development of sufficient
detail, clarity, and accuracy to be used for discussion prior to submission
of a preliminary plat.
A mixture of portland cement and locally available soil.
It serves as a soil stabilizer.
The area within which a building, built to the height limit
of the buildable area of its lot and built to the height limit allowed
in the zoning provisions of this chapter, would interfere with the
availability of direct sunlight to the boundary of the buildable area
of the lot for which solar access is being sought. The zones shall
be determined by means of calculations based on the latitude of the
proposed project, the direction and degree of slope on the south side
of each lot's buildable area, the altitude and azimuth of the sun's
location in the sky between the periods of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
on December 21 and based on the boundary of the buildable area using
maximum zoned heights.
A permit issued by the Zoning Officer to allow the installation
of ground-mounted satellite dish antennae in the side yard when evidence
is presented that satellite signals are not receivable from any location
in the rear yard.
Turf, or earth (soil), strengthened usually by the mixing
of cement or lime with the original material to achieve increased
strength, thereby reducing shrinkage and movement.
Standards:
Adopted by ordinance, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65, regulating
noise levels, glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic
radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and inflammable
matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening
of unsightly objects or conditions and other similar matters as may
be reasonably required by the Township; or
Required by applicable federal or state laws or municipal ordinances.
A provision for storage of stormwater runoff and the controlled
release of the runoff during and after a flood or storm.
A provision for storage of stormwater runoff.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the next floor above it or, if there
is no floor above it, then the surface between the floor and the ceiling
next above it. For the purpose of this chapter, the interior of the
roof shall not be considered a ceiling. Moreover, cellars and unfinished
basements shall not be considered stories when considering the height
of a building. Finally, a half-story is the area under a pitched roof
at the top of a building, the floor of which is at least four feet,
but not more than six feet, below the plate.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other right-of-way:
Which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway; or
Which is shown on a plat heretofore approved, pursuant to law;
or
Which is approved as provided by this chapter; or
Which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office
of the County Recording Officer prior to the appointment of a Planning
Board and the grant to that Board of the power to review plats; and
includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved,
and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas within the street line.
Man-made, aboveground items that are usually found in street
rights-of-way, including benches, kiosks, plants, canopies, shelters,
and phone booths.
The mechanical and utility systems within a street right-of-way,
such as hydrants, manhole covers, traffic lights and signs, utility
poles and lines, parking meters and the like.
The conceptual arrangement of streets based upon function.
A hierarchical approach to street design classifies streets whose
function is residential access. Systematizing street design into a
road hierarchy promotes safety, efficient land use and residential
quality.
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever
may result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the adopted Master
Plan or Official Map, forming the dividing line between the street
and a lot.
A street that has its only ingress and egress at two points
on the same subcollector or collector street.
A tree in a public place, street, special easement, or right-of-way
adjoining a street.
A combination of materials to form construction for occupancy,
use, or ornamentation, whether installed on, above, or below the surface
of a parcel of land.
For the purpose of this definition, a parcel of land includes
any body of water that may be located on the parcel. Examples of structures
include, but are not limited to, buildings, fences, standards, signs,
flagpoles, towers, tanks, swimming pools, tennis courts, land fills,
levees, bulkheads, dikes, jetties, embankments, causeways, culverts,
roads, railroads, bridges, and the facilities of any utility or governmental
agency, whether completed or under construction, alteration, or repair.
Trees and other vegetation shall not be considered to be structures.
A portion of a street for which an extension has been proposed
and approved. May be permitted when development is phased over a period
of time, but only if the street in its entirety has been approved
in the preliminary plan.
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more
lots, tracts, parcels, or other divisions of land for sale or development.
The following shall not be considered subdivisions within the meaning
of this chapter if no new streets are created:
Divisions of land found by the Planning Board to be for agricultural
purposes when all resulting parcels are five acres or more in size;
Divisions of property by testamentary or interstate provisions,
provided the division is in conformity with the applicable ordinance
requirements;
Divisions of property upon court order, including, but not limited
to, judgments of foreclosure;
Consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument;
and
The conveyance of one or more adjoining lots, tracts or parcels
of land, owned by the same person or persons and all of which are
found and certified by the administrative officer to conform to all
requirements of the this chapter and which are shown and designated
as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the tax map or atlas of the
Township.
The term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision."
A committee that may be appointed by the Chairperson of the
Planning Board for the purpose of reviewing, commenting upon and making
recommendations with respect to subdivision and site plan applications.
Only those committee members or alternates of the Board having jurisdiction
to act have the power to vote on the matter involving a minor site
plan or subdivision.
Any division of land not classified as a minor subdivision.
Any division of land containing an aggregate of not more
than two lots (one new lot and the remaining parcel), each fronting
on an existing street or streets; not involving any new street or
the installation of any street improvements or the extension of Township
facilities; not involving any streets requiring additional right-of-way
width as specified in the Master Plan or Official Map and/or the street
requirements of this chapter, unless the additional right-of-way width,
either along one or both sides of the street(s), as applicable, shall
be deeded to the Township or to the appropriate governmental authority
prior to classification as a minor subdivision; not adversely affecting
the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property;
not being a further division of an original tract of land for which
previous subdivision(s) have been approved by the Township within
one calendar year of the date of approval and where the combination
of the proposed and approved minor subdivision(s) constitute a major
subdivision, and not being deficient in those details and specifications
required of minor subdivisions as specified in this chapter. The original
tract of land shall be considered any tract in existence at the time
of the adoption of this Land Development Ordinance as shown on the
Township tax maps. Any readjustment of lot lines resulting in no new
lots shall be classified as a minor subdivision.
The natural ground lying beneath a road.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the
structure either:
Before the improvement or repair is started; or
If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before
the damage occurred. For the purpose of this definition, "substantial
improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any
wall, floor or other structural part of the floor commences, whether
or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.
The term does not, however, include either:
A determination by COAH approving a municipality's Housing
Element and Fair Share Plan in accordance with the provisions of the
Act and the rules and criteria adopted by COAH. A grant of substantive
certification shall be valid for a period of six years in accordance
with the terms and conditions contained therein.
Includes all pools associated with other than detached single-family
and two-family dwellings. Commercial swimming pools shall be further
classified into types in accordance with their particular use and
shall meet the appropriate design standards as set forth by the National
Swimming Pool Institute.
A swimming pool that is not permanently installed, does not
require water filtration, circulation and purification; does not exceed
24 inches in depth; does not exceed a water surface of 250 square
feet; and does not require braces or supports. Portable swimming pools
are not subject to this chapter.
A swimming pool, other than a portable swimming pool, located
on a lot principally used for a dwelling unit by one housekeeping
unit, and including all buildings, structures, and equipment appurtenant
thereto.
A trailer for construction purposes for the period of construction
beginning with the issuance of a construction permit and concluding
with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or one year, whichever
is less, provided the trailer(s) are on the site where construction
is taking place and are set back at least 15 feet from all street
and lot lines. No more than six shall be permitted.
A sign which is not permanently attached to a building structure
or permanently affixed to a freestanding structure and which may be
erected for a limited period of time in compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
The original upper layer of soil material to a depth of six
inches which is usually darker and richer than the subsoil.
Township of Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey.
An area of land composed of one or more lots adjacent to
one another, having sufficient dimensions and area to make one parcel
of land meeting the requirements of this chapter for the use(s) intended.
The original land area may be divided by one existing public street
and still be considered one tract provided that the street is not
an arterial road and that a linear distance equal to more than 75%
of the frontage of the side of the street having the larger street
frontage lies opposite an equivalent linear distance of street frontage
on the other side of the street.
A rigid recreational unit without its own motor power, designed
as a temporary living quarters for travel, camping and vacation use.
A single or one-way vehicle movement to or from a property
or study area. "Trips" are added together to calculate the total number
of vehicles expected to enter and leave a specific land use or site
over a designated period of time.
Includes a single unit truck as well as the individual units
referred to generally as the tractor, cab, trailer or trailers, all
of which, individually or in any combination shall be considered to
be a truck. This shall not include pick-up trucks, sport-utility vans
or other similar four-wheeled vehicles.
A portable component that goes with a vehicle, without its
own motor power, designed to be attached to and transported on a power
vehicle and to provide temporary living quarters for travel, camping
and vacation use.
Lands and buildings providing for the sale of fuel and add-on
lubricants primarily for the trucking industry. No maintenance and
repairs, painting, truck wash, truck rental, parking or the storage
vehicles or other activity not specifically a part of the truck fuel
station use shall be permitted. It shall not include a truck stop
or a truck repair station.
Lands and buildings used for the repair and towing of trucks.
Maintenance and mechanical repairs may be provided, but motor fuel
sales, body repairs and painting shall not be permitted. No truck
wash operation, truck rental, parking or other activity not specifically
a part of the truck repair station use shall be permitted. It shall
not include a truck fuel station or a truck stop. No storage of inoperable,
wrecked or unregistered vehicles shall be permitted for a period of
more than 30 days.
A use which consists of performing limited repairs and maintenance,
such as realignment, tire change, oil change, and retail sales but
no body or engine repair.
Lands and buildings providing for those services provided
by truck fuel stations and truck repair stations, excluding major
engine repairs, and including additional services primarily oriented
to the over-the-road truck driver, such as, but not limited to, restaurant
services, incidental sales and services, motel services, truck wash,
and offices and with parking for 10 or more trucks of a tractor-trailer
size.
Urban Land Institute.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
United States Corps of Engineers.
Any activity, occupation, business, or operation carried
on, or intended to be carried on, in a building or other structure
or on a tract of land.
Those services customarily rendered by public utilities,
municipalities, or municipal authorities, such as electricity, gas,
telephone, water and sewerage, including the appurtenances used in
connection with the supplying of the services.
A noncommercial unit, open or enclosed, without its own motor
power, designed and/or used for transporting goods and materials,
including vehicles.
Permission granted to an applicant for development to depart
from the literal requirements of the zoning provisions of this chapter.
For flood control purposes, a grant of relief by the Planning Board from the requirements of § 500-605 thereby permitting construction in a manner otherwise prohibited because the literal enforcement would result in unnecessary hardship.
A sign indicating no trespassing or no fishing and/or hunting
or for existing danger where a warning is legally required.
Areas known as marshes, swamps, or freshwater wetlands, that
are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency
and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances
does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life
in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as "hydrophytic vegetation."
The sale of goods primarily to customers engaged in the business
of reselling the goods.
[Ord. No. 2004-1, 2-9-2004]
Areas, groves, or stands of mature or largely mature trees
(i.e., greater than six inches caliper as measured at a point four
feet above grade) covering an area greater than 1/4 acre; or groves
of mature trees (greater than 12 inches caliper as measured at a point
four feet above grade) consisting of more than 10 trees.
A Y-branch or Y-fitting. In a plumbing system, a branch in
the shape of the letter Y.
A Y-fitting or connection. See "wye."
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the street line and the closest point of any building
on the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured horizontally
and at right angles to either a straight street line or the tangent
lines of curved street lines.
Every residential lot shall contain a minimum yard area for
each yard for use by the owners or occupants and exclusive of any
critical areas.
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the rear lot line and the closest point of the principal
building on the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured
horizontally and at right angles to either a straight rear lot line
or the tangent of curved rear lot lines.
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard
and lying between each side lot line and the closest point of the
principal building on the lot. The width of the required side yard
shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight
line or the tangent lines of curved lot lines.
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An individual responsible for interpretation of the Zoning
Ordinance provisions of the Township of Bordentown, which individual
shall be the Director of Community Development.
The Land Development Ordinance of the Township of Bordentown as constituting Chapter 500 of the Code of the Township of Bordentown.
A permit issued by the administrative officer for the purpose
of reviewing applications for construction in order to determine conformance
with the applicable land development regulations of this chapter.
