Where there was a definition in the MLUL, that definition was the first to be used, however, there
are many definitions that are not contained in the MLUL.
ABANDONMENT
The cessation of a use of property, land, and/or structure(s)
by the owner, with the intention of neither resuming the use nor transferring
rights to the property to another who will so use the property.
ACCESSORY BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR USE
A building, structure or use customarily incidental and subordinate
to the principal use of land or buildings, and located on the same
lot with such principal use or buildings. An accessory building attached
to the principal building shall comply in all respects with the requirements
applicable to the principal building.
ACTIVE MINE SITE
A mining operation where land is being disturbed in preparation
for and during the removal of a mineral material, not including casual
use as defined herein.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Secretary of the Planning Board in the case of matters involving the Planning Board; the Secretary of the Board of Adjustment in the case of matters involving the Board of Adjustment; the City Clerk in the case of matters involving the Board of Commissioners; the Zoning Officer in the case of matters involving the issuance of zoning permits and the enforcement of regulations; and the Tax Assessor in the case of providing required property owner lists pursuant to §
30-49.
ADULT DAY CARE
A facility that meets the standards of the New Jersey Department
of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, in the
standards for adult day programs.
ADVERSE EFFECT
Development designs, situations or existing features, natural
or man-made, on a developer's property, or nearby property, creating,
imposing, aggravating or leading to impractical, unsafe, unsatisfactory
or noncomplying conditions, such as layout inconsistent with the zoning
regulations; insufficient street width; unsuitable street grade; unsuitable
street location; inconvenient street system; inadequate utilities,
such as water drainage, shade trees, sewerage and other utilities
necessary for essential services to residents and occupants; unsuitable
size, shape and location for any area reserved for public use, or
land for open space in a planned development; infringement upon land
designated as subject to flooding; and the creation of conditions
leading to soil erosion from wind or water or from excavation or grading;
all as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-38 and measured against the design
and performance standards of this chapter.
AGE-RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT
A residential development, including accessory buildings
and permitted or necessary cultural, medical, recreational and social
facilities, limited to certain age groups conforming to 24 CFR Part
100, Subpart E, Housing for Older Persons, of the federal Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988, as it may be amended or superseded.
AGE-RESTRICTED HOUSING
A dwelling or housing unit deed restricted to require at
least one permanent resident 55 years of age or older in each such
dwelling or housing unit and prohibiting any resident from being less
than 19 years of age, as permitted by law, and conforming to 24 CFR
Part 100, Subpart E, Housing for Older Persons, implementing the federal
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, as it may be amended or superseded.
AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PURPOSE OR USE
Any production or plants or animals useful to man, including
but not limited to: forages or sod crops, dairy animals or dairy products;
poultry or poultry products; livestock, including beef, cattle, sheep,
horses, ponies, mules or goats, and including the breeding and grazing
of any or all of such animals as provided for in this chapter, bees
and apiary products; fruits of all kinds, including grapes, nuts,
and berries; vegetables, nursery, floral, ornamental and greenhouse
products.
AIR RIGHTS
The control over construction above the ground, right-of-way
building or other structure and watercourses.
AIRPORT
Any area of land or water, or both, designed and set aside
for the landing and taking off of fixed-wing aircraft, utilized or
to be utilized by the general public for such purposes, publicly or
privately owned, and licensed by the Commissioner as a public use
airport or landing strip, or a proposed facility for which an application
for a license has been submitted in complete form pursuant to N.J.A.C.
16:54 and which has been determined by the Commissioner as likely
to be so licensed within one year of the determination.
AIRPORT HAZARD
(1)
Any use of land or water, or both, which creates a dangerous
condition for persons or property in or about an airport or aircraft
during landing or taking off at an airport; or
(2)
Any structure or tree which obstructs the airspace required
for the flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport.
AIRPORT SAFETY ZONE
Any area of land or water, or both, upon which an airport
hazard might be created or established, if not prevented by N.J.A.C.
16:62.
AISLE
The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces.
ALLEY
A public or private street primarily designed to serve as
secondary vehicular service access to the side or rear of those properties
whose principal frontage is on some other street.
ALTERATION
Any change in, or addition to, the supporting or structural
members of a building or other structure such as the bearing walls,
partitions, columns, beams, or girders, or any change to adapt a structure
to a different use. A structural alteration shall also include the
removal of a building from one location to another.
ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL
Any change in the supporting members of a building such as
walls, posts, piers, columns, beams or girders.
AMBULANCE SERVICE
The provision of nonemergency medical care and transportation
by certified trained personnel in a vehicle which is designed and
equipped to provide medical care at the scene and while transporting
sick or injured persons to or from a medical care facility or provider.
AMENDED APPLICATION
An application for development that replaces another, which
has been deemed complete but not granted, denied, or withdrawn by
the applicant, and is for the same site or part thereof. An amended
application shall be processed and reviewed as a new application.
ANTENNA
Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on
a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiate
or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals,
radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunication
signals or other signals.
ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Any building or structure other than a tower which can be
used for location of telecommunication facilities.
ANTIQUE STORE
Premises used for the sale or trading of articles of which
80% or more are over 50 years old and have collectible value derived
because of age. Antique stores do not include secondhand or used pieces
of contemporary furniture.
APARTMENT
One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities
constituting an independent, self-contained dwelling unit in a building
containing two or more dwelling units.
APARTMENT, GARDEN
A multifamily dwelling structure(s), not more than two or three rooms in depth or 2 1/2 stories in height, designed as part of a residential project under single management, providing joint and common use of open areas by occupants, whether for recreation, parking or other purposes as permitted by §
30-194A.
APPLICANT
A developer submitting an application for development.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned
development, cluster development, conditional use, zoning variance
or direction of the issuance of a permit pursuant to the authority
of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
The application form and all accompanying documents required
by this chapter for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned
development, cluster development, conditional use, zoning variance
or direction of the issuance of a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34
or 40:55D-36.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The City of Millville Planning Board, unless a different
agency is designated by ordinance when acting pursuant to the authority
of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment of the municipality
unless a different agency is designated by ordinance when acting pursuant
to the authority of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
ART PERFORMANCE SPACE
Art performance space, including but not limited to theater,
poetry, dance performance or recitals for live music. All uses must
abide by noise regulations contained within the development regulations.
Mixed use of any of the above. Living space shall be restricted to
the upper levels of a building.
ARTERIAL STREETS
Streets and highways intended to handle large volumes of
regional and through traffic (principal arterials) or which are intended
to move traffic from municipality to municipality within a region
and to provide connections between principal arterials and lower orders
of streets (minor arterials).
ARTIST
A person or persons regularly engaged in the arts as a career
and not as a hobby. This does not mean that the creation of art generates
the person's primary source of income, but rather that the artist
has a body of work that demonstrates the development of the art and
intends to pursue that work for the foreseeable future. As used herein,
the arts shall include but not be limited to painting, sculpture,
pottery, beadmaking, glass blowing or other forms of glass art; music;
theater; choreography; textiles; and jewelry making.
ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE
A facility licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and congregate
dining and to assure that assisted living services are available when
needed for four or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor.
AUCTION, PERMANENT
The sale of goods or personal property on a continual basis
from the same location by the same individual, group, corporation,
business or organization on a daily, weekly, monthly or otherwise
regular basis, regardless of the ownership of the goods or personal
property sold.
AUCTION, TEMPORARY
The sale by auction of goods, property, real and personal,
and other items at a given location for no more than three consecutive
days or two, two-day weekends during a thirty-day period, regardless
of the ownership of the property or goods sold or the person or organization
doing the selling.
AUTO BODY SHOP
An establishment that repairs and repaints motor vehicles
after collision, fire damage, water damage, or other natural disaster
or for the purpose of restoration.
AUTOMOBILE SALES
The use of any building, land or other property for the display
and sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks and vans, trailers
or recreational vehicles and including vehicle preparation, repair
and auto body work as accessory uses.
AUTOMOBILE SALES LOT
An open area other than a street which is used for the display,
sale, or rental of new or used motor vehicles or trailers in operable
condition and where no repair work is done.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKING
An establishment that recycles parts and other materials
from motor vehicles or otherwise disposes of same.
BASE COURSE
A layer of material under the surface course built directly
on top of the subgrade unless there is a subbase course, in which
case, the base course is constructed directly above this layer.
BASEMENT
A space having one half or more of its floor-to-ceiling height
above the average level of the adjoining ground and with a floor-to-ceiling
height of not less than 6.5 feet.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST INNS
A facility providing overnight accommodations and a morning
meal in a dwelling unit to transients for compensation.
BELGIAN BLOCK
A type of paving stone used as curbing generally cut in a
truncated pyramidal shape, laid with the base of the pyramid down.
BERM
A mound of soil, either natural or constructed, used for
one or more of the following purposes: screen, buffer, separator,
landscape feature, noise attenuator, dam, or stormwater control or
erosion control.
BICYCLE LANE (BIKE LANE)
A portion of a roadway which has been designated by striping,
signing, and pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use
of bicyclists.
BIFURCATE
To present a development proposal to the Board of Jurisdiction
for review pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-76b via an initial separate
application for variance approval followed by a subsequent application
for subdivision, site plan, conditional use, or other approval. Each
application that is submitted as part of an applicant's bifurcated
development proposal presentation, the initial application and any
subsequent one, shall constitute and be reviewed by the Board as a
separate new application for development, with each application being
subject to the payment of all fees and escrows required for new applications,
and each application having a separate deeming of completeness.
BIKE PATH
A bikeway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic
by an open space or barrier, and either within the highway right-of-way
or within an independent right-of-way or easement.
BIKEWAY
Any road, path, or way which in some manner is specifically
designated as being open to bicycle travel, regardless of whether
such facilities are designated for the exclusive use of bicycles or
are to be shared with other transportation modes.
BILLBOARD
A commercial sign that directs attention to a business, commodity,
service, or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered at a location
other than the premises on which the sign is located. This definition
shall not include signs advertising roadside farm stands.
BLOCK
A unit of land bounded by streets or by a combination of
streets and public land, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, or any
other barrier to the continuity of development.
BLUFF
The top of a steep bank rising from the river's edge
on a lot or parcel.
BOARDINGHOUSE
Any building, together with any related structure, accessory
building, any land appurtenant thereto, and any part thereof, which
contains two or more units of dwelling space arranged or intended
for single room occupancy, exclusive of any such unit occupied by
an owner or operator, and wherein personal or financial services are
provided to the residents, including any residential hotel or congregate
living arrangement, but excluding any hotel, motel, or established
guest house wherein a minimum of 85% of the units of dwelling space
are offered for limited tenure only, any resource family home as defined
in Section 1 of P.L. 1962, c. 137 (N.J.S.A. 30:4C-26.1), any community
residence for the developmentally disabled and any community residence
for the mentally ill as defined in Section 2 of P.L. 1977, c. 448
(N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2), any adult family care home as defined in Section
3 of P.L. 2001, c. 304 (N.J.S.A. 26:2Y-3), any dormitory owned or
operated on behalf of any nonprofit institution of primary, secondary,
or higher education for the use of its students, any building arranged
for single room occupancy wherein the units of dwelling space are
occupied exclusively by students enrolled in a full-time course of
study at an institution of higher education approved by the New Jersey
Commission on Higher Education, any facility or living arrangement
operated by, or under contract with, any state department or agency,
upon the written authorization of the commissioner, and any owner-occupied,
one-family residential dwelling made available for occupancy by not
more than six guests, where the primary purpose of the occupancy is
to provide charitable assistance to the guests and where the owner
derives no income from the occupancy. A dwelling shall be deemed "owner-occupied"
within the meaning of this section if it is owned or operated by a
nonprofit religious or charitable association or corporation and is
used as the principal residence of a minister or employee of that
corporation or association. For any such dwelling, however, fire detectors
shall be required as determined by the Department of Community Affairs.
BOTTOM OF EXCAVATION
The generally flat area at the lowest level adjacent to the
face of the pit; also commonly known as "toe of slopes."
BUFFER
A strip of land containing natural or planted screening materials
and separating one kind of land use from another or separating components
of a development project.
BUILDABLE AREA
The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard and open
space requirements of this chapter have been met and excluding 100-year
floodplain, freshwater wetlands, and freshwater wetlands transition
buffers.
BUILDING
A structure having a roof supported by columns, posts, or
walls and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosing of persons,
animals or property.
BUILDING HEIGHT
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 specific 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 said footage.
BUILDING LINE
The line parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom
equal to the depth of the required front yard in the district under
consideration. In the case of a lot abutting two streets, required
front yard setbacks from both streets shall be observed.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
The line parallel to the property line at a distance equal
to the depth of the required yard in the zone district under consideration.
In the case of a lot abutting two streets, required front yard setbacks
from both streets shall be observed.
BUILDING, COMMUNITY
A building for civic, social, educational, cultural and recreational
activities of a neighborhood or community not operated primarily for
monetary gain.
BUILDING, COVERAGE
The square footage or other area measurement by which a building
or structure occupies the land as measured at the grade line around
the foundation.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the
lot on which the structure is situated.
BULK REGULATIONS
Standards and controls that establish the maximum size of
building and structures on a lot and the buildable area within which
the building may be located, including area, coverage, setback, height,
floor area ratio, and yard or other requirements affecting the physical
placement of buildings and structures on a lot.
BUSINESS OFFICES AND CENTERS
A group of buildings planned, constructed, and managed as
a total entity containing a range of business products or services
of a predominantly administrative or clerical nature, including accessory
or supporting services and parking. A business office or center can
contain one building or separate buildings managed in an integrated
and coordinated basis.
CABANA
An accessory building used in conjunction with a private
residential swimming pool for use as a changing room and pool equipment
storage and which may contain showering facilities.
CAFRA
The Coastal Area Facility Review Act.
CALIPER
For measurement of nursery stock, the diameter of a tree
trunk measured in inches at a point 12 inches above natural grade.
CAMP
A group of tents, huts, recreational vehicles or other shelters,
usually located near a lake or in a wooded area, forming a temporary
residence, especially in summer.
CAMPER
Any of the following:
(1)
A self-propelled, vehicular structure built as one unit on a
chassis and designed for temporary living for travel, recreation,
vacation or other short-term uses which may contain cooking, sleeping,
and sanitary facilities.
(2)
An immobile structure containing cooking and sleeping facilities
for travel, recreation, vacation or other short-term uses and designed
to be attached to the body of another vehicle for transporting from
one location to another.
(3)
A portable, vehicular structure built on a chassis, designed
for camping, the body of which is basically rectangular with a flat
top not more than four feet above the surface of the ground. The camper
is designed to have a temporary tent erected above the four-foot level
for camping activities.
(4)
A portable structure built on a chassis designed for towing
and as temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation and other
short-term uses and having an outside body width not exceeding eight
feet and a length not exceeding 30 feet, and which may contain cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities.
CAMPGROUND
A parcel of land upon which two or more campsites are located,
established, or maintained for temporary living quarters for children
and/or adults for recreation, education, or vacation purposes, campsites
shall include land designated to accommodate any tent or camper. Temporary
shall be defined as April 1 to November 1 for this purpose.
CAMPSITE
A place used or suitable for camping.
CANNABIS
All parts of the plant cannabis sativa L., whether growing
or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds, except
those containing resin extracted from the plant, which are cultivated
and, when applicable, manufactured for use in cannabis products, but
shall not include the weight of any other ingredient combined with
cannabis to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink,
or other product. "Cannabis" does not include: medical cannabis dispensed
to registered qualifying patients pursuant to N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et
seq. and N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22 et seq.; "marijuana" as defined by
N.J.S.A. 2C:35-2; or hemp or a hemp product cultivated, handled, processed,
transported, or sold pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:28-6 et seq.
CANNABIS CULTIVATOR
Any licensed person or entity that grows, cultivates, or
produces cannabis in this state, and sells, and may transport, this
cannabis to other cannabis cultivators, or usable cannabis to cannabis
manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not
to consumers. This person or entity shall hold a Class 1 Cannabis
Cultivator license.
CANNABIS DELIVERY SERVICE
Any licensed person or entity that provides courier services
for consumers' purchases of cannabis items and related supplies fulfilled
by a cannabis retailer in order to make deliveries of the cannabis
items and related supplies to that consumer, and which services include
the ability of a consumer to purchase the cannabis items directly
through the cannabis delivery service, which after presenting the
purchase order to the cannabis retailer for fulfillment, is delivered
to that consumer. This person or entity shall hold a Class 6 Cannabis
Delivery License.
CANNABIS DISTRIBUTOR
Any licensed person or entity that transports cannabis in
bulk intrastate from one licensed cannabis cultivator to another licensed
cultivator, or transports cannabis items in bulk intrastate from any
one class of licensed cannabis establishment to another class of licensed
cannabis establishment and may engage in the temporary storage of
cannabis or cannabis items as necessary to carry out transportation
activities. This person or entity shall hold a Class 4 Cannabis Distributor
license.
CANNABIS MANUFACTURER
Any licensed person or entity that processes cannabis items
in this state by purchasing or otherwise obtaining usable cannabis,
manufacturing, preparing, and packaging cannabis items to other cannabis
manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not
to consumers. This person or entity shall hold a Class 2 Manufacturer
license.
CANNABIS PARAPHERNALIA
Any equipment, products, or materials of any kind that are
used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating,
cultivating, growing, harvesting, composting, manufacturing, compounding,
converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing,
packaging, repackaging, storing, vaporizing, or containing cannabis
or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing a cannabis item
into the human body.
CANNABIS PRODUCT
A product containing usable cannabis, cannabis extract, or
any other cannabis resin and other ingredients intended for human
consumption or use, including a product intended to be applied to
the skin or hair, edible cannabis products, ointments, and tinctures.
Cannabis product does not include: 1) usable cannabis by itself; or
2) cannabis extract by itself; or 3) any cannabis resin by itself.
CANNABIS RETAILER
Any licensed person or entity that purchases or otherwise
obtains usable cannabis from cannabis cultivators and cannabis items
from cannabis manufacturers or cannabis wholesalers, and sells these
to consumers from a retail store, and may use a cannabis delivery
service or a certified cannabis handler for the off-premises delivery
of cannabis items and related supplies to consumers. A cannabis retailer
shall also accept consumer purchases to be fulfilled from its retail
store that are presented by a cannabis delivery service that will
be delivered by the cannabis delivery service to that consumer. This
person or entity shall hold a Class 5 Cannabis Retailer license.
CANNABIS WHOLESALER
Any licensed person or entity that purchases or otherwise
obtains, stores, sells or otherwise transfers, and may transport,
cannabis items for the purpose of resale or other transfer to either
another cannabis wholesaler or to a cannabis retailer, but not to
consumers. This person or entity shall hold a Class 3 Cannabis Wholesaler
license.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
A governmental acquisition of real property or a major construction
project.
CAPPED SYSTEM
A completed water supply and/or sewerage system put in place
for future use (contingent upon expansion), rather than to meet immediate
development needs.
CAR WASH
Any building or premises or potions thereof used for washing
automobiles, light trucks and vans for compensation.
CARPORT
An attached or detached accessory building designed for the
storage of motor vehicles and constructed primarily as an open building
with only a roof and the necessary supporting columns and of an area
between the columns not to exceed 300 square feet.
CARTWAY
The actual road surface area from curbline to curbline which
may include travel lanes, parking lanes, and deceleration and acceleration
lanes. Where there are no curbs, the cartway is that portion between
the edges of the paved, or hard surface, width.
CASUAL USE
The temporary use of lands for geological investigations
(test drilling, sampling, etc.) which do not involve either any significant
surface disturbance or site preparation.
CELLAR
A story having more than 25% of its clear height below the
average finished grade.
CEMETERY
A use of land for a burial place or graveyard, including
a mausoleum or columbarium.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A document which shall be deemed to authorize, and be required for each occupancy and use of a building or land to which it applies, and shall continue in effect only so long as such building and the use thereof and the use of such land is in full conformity with the requirements of this Chapter
30 and the Uniform Construction Code. A certificate of occupancy shall only be issued upon completion or alteration or prior to any changes in occupancy of a building or land only after it is determined by the appropriate issuing officer that said construction or change is in full compliance with this Chapter
30 and the Uniform Construction Code. Maintenance of a valid certificate of occupancy shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
CHANNEL
Any natural or man-made waterway or course through which
to convey the constant or intermittent flow of water.
CHANNELIZATION
The straightening and deepening of channels, and/or the surfacing
thereof, to permit water to move more rapidly or to redirect the flow
of surface water.
CHARGING LEVEL
The amount of voltage provided to charge an electric vehicle
varies depending on the type of EVSE as follows:
(1)
Level 1 operates on a fifteen-to-twenty-amp breaker on a 120-volt
AC circuit.
(2)
Level 2 operates on a forty-to-one-hundred-amp breaker on a
208- or 240-volt AC circuit.
(3)
Direct-current fast charger (DCFC) operates on a sixty-amp-or-higher
breaker on a 480-volt-or-higher three-phase circuit with special grounding
equipment. DCFC stations can also be referred to as rapid charging
stations that are typically characterized by industrial grade electrical
outlets that allow for faster recharging of electric vehicles.
CHILD-CARE CENTER
Child-care centers provide care for six or more children
below 13 years of age who attend less than 24 hours per day. Child-care-centers
shall be licensed and comply with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 10:122-1
et seq.
CIRCULATION
The system, structures and physical improvements for the
movement of people, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means
as streets, highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes
and conduits, and for the handling of people and goods by such means
as terminals, stations, warehouses and other storage buildings or
transshipment points.
CITY
The City of Millville including its Planning and Zoning Board.
CLEARING
Any intentional or negligent act to cut, damage, or remove
all or a substantial part of a tree or other vegetation that will
cause the tree or other vegetation to decay or die.
CLINIC
A place where patients are studied or treated on an outpatient
basis by physicians specializing in various ailments and practicing
as a group and where no overnight accommodations are provided.
CLUB
Any organization catering exclusively to members and their
guests, or any organization for religious, vocational, civic, recreational
or athletic purposes which is not conducted for financial gain.
CLUB, SOCIAL OR FRATERNAL
A private organization for social purposes in which the principal
use is in enclosed buildings and limited outdoor sports are involved.
COLLECTOR STREET, MAJOR
This street type, as its name suggests, collects and distributes
traffic between lower-order residential streets and the higher-order
streets in the FHWA's system.
COLLECTOR STREET, MINOR
Streets that provide frontage for access to lots and carry
traffic to and from adjoining residential access streets. Minor collectors
connect to either (residential) major collectors or arterials.
COLLECTOR STREETS
Streets which will carry traffic from minor streets to the
major system of arterial streets, including the principal entrance
streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within
such a development.
COLLECTOR SURFACE
Any part of a solar collector that absorbs solar energy for
use in the collector's energy transformation process. Collector
surface does not include frames, support and mounting hardware.
COMMERCIAL POULTRY FARM
A farm or industrial use designed and intended primarily
for breeding, raising and processing of poultry or fowl for commercial
sale and where the number of birds exceed 50 birds per use at any
one time.
COMMERCIAL RECREATION FACILITIES
An area of a commercial development plan designated and equipped
for the conduct of leisure time activities or a recreation facility
operated as a business and open to the public for a fee.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Vehicles used in the conduct of business, retail, service
or industrial purposes.
COMMISSION
As related to cannabis, is the Cannabis Regulatory Commission
established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 24:6I-24(31).
COMMON OPEN SPACE
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/or lot or dwelling owners of the development. Common
open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements
as are necessary and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents
and owners of the development.
COMMON PROPERTY
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 and enjoyment shared by the residents
and owners of the development. Common property may contain such complementary
structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the
benefit of the residents and owners of the development.
COMMUNITY RESIDENCES
A single-family dwelling unit used for various purposes and
subject to various licenses and requirements in P.L. 1978, c. 159
(N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.1 et seq.)
COMPLETE APPLICATION
An application for development complete for purposes of commencing the applicable time period for action by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, when so certified by the Board or its authorized designee as indicated in Article
VI of this chapter.
CONDITIONAL USE
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use
as contained in the Zoning Ordinance, and upon the issuance of an
authorization therefor by the Planning Board.
CONDOMINIUM
A multiunit property, or a method of ownership of such a
property, in which a tenant holds full title to a single residential
or commercial unit and joint ownership in the common grounds and/or
supporting facilities of the property. The term may also refer to
the unit held in single ownership.
CONFERENCE CENTER
A facility used for conferences, meetings, and seminars with
accommodations for food preparation and eating, recreation, entertainment,
meeting rooms, and resources.
CONGREGATE CARE APARTMENT
A rental apartment with communal dining facilities and services
such as housekeeping, organized recreational and social activities,
transportation services and other similar support services for residents.
Fees for such services may be charged on a bundled monthly basis or
may be arranged on a fee-for-service basis.
CONGREGATE CARE HOUSING
A form of age-restricted housing that combines private living
quarters with centralized dining services, shared living spaces, and
access to social and recreational activities and that may include
transportation services, personal care services, rehabilitative services,
religious programs, and other support services.
CONSUMPTION AREA (as related to cannabis)
A designated location operated by a licensed cannabis retailer
or permit holder for dispensing medical cannabis, for which both a
state and local endorsement has been obtained, that is either: 1)
an indoor, structurally enclosed area of the cannabis retailer or
permit holder that is separate from the area in which retail sales
of cannabis items or the dispensing of medical cannabis occurs; or
2) an exterior structure on the same premises as the cannabis retailer
or permit holder, either separated from or connected to the cannabis
retailer or permit holder, at which cannabis items or medical cannabis
either obtained from the retailer or permit holder, or brought by
a person to the consumption area, may be consumed.
CONTIGUOUS CLUSTER
A contiguous area to be developed as a single entity according
to a plan containing a section or sections to be developed for residential
purposes, nonresidential purposes, or a combination thereof, at a
greater concentration of density or intensity of land use than authorized
within the section or sections under conventional development, in
exchange for the permanent preservation of another section or other
sections of the area as common or public open space, or for historic
or agricultural purposes, or a combination thereof.
CONTIGUOUS LANDS
Land which is connected or adjacent to other land so as to
permit the land to be used as a functional unit, provided that separation
by lot lines, streams, roads, rights-of-way, and easements shall not
affect the contiguity of the land.
CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
An age-restricted development that provides a continuum of
accommodations and care from independent living to long-term bed care,
and which enters into contracts to provide lifelong care in exchange
for the payment of monthly fees, plus an entrance fee, in excess of
one year of monthly fees conforming to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-330 et seq.,
as it may be amended or superseded.
CONVALESCENT HOME
An institution where the ill or injured may receive extended
care in between post hospital care and complete cure and where medical,
nursing, food and lodging services may be provided including examination
and treatment facilities including x-ray equipment.
CONVENIENCE GOODS STORE
A retail store of less than 4,000 square feet in size, intended
for neighborhood/local shopping in which the primary business is the
sale of packaged goods and/or groceries and a wide variety of sundries,
including but not limited to food, beverages, cigarettes, candy, confectionery
items, film and film processing, small appliances, clothing, toys,
nonprescription medicines, cards, pain relievers and pharmacy items
purchased with or without prescriptions, health, hygiene and medical
aides and supplies, refrigerated items, cosmetics, paper products,
seasonal decorations and similar items.
CONVERSION
The remodeling or alteration of a structure to accommodate
the provision of more dwelling units than were originally intended.
Conversions include the alteration of a nonresidential structure into
a dwelling unit for at least one family and the modification of a
single-family structure more dwelling units per §§ 30-205B(2)
and 30-205A(3).
COUNTRY CLUB
Land area and buildings containing golf courses, recreational
facilities, a clubhouse, and customary accessory uses, open only to
members and their guests and operating as a nonprofit entity.
COUNTY MASTER PLAN
A composite of the Master Plans for the physical development
of Cumberland County, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and
descriptive and explanatory matter, adopted by the County Planning
Board.
COVERAGE
That percentage of the plat or lot area covered by all structures,
paving and nonporous materials other than retaining walls, shrubbery
and fences. Any area of a lot covered with porous material will not
be included in the calculation of lot coverage.
CRAFT BEVERAGE PRODUCTION/TASTING ESTABLISHMENT
A facility, licensed by the State of New Jersey, in which
beer, wine, cider, mead, distilled spirits, or other similar beverages
are brewed, fermented, or distilled in quantities not to exceed 15,000
barrels of beer, or 36,000 gallons of distilled spirits, wine, cider,
or mead annually and that have as an accessory use or are accessory
to a public tasting room. Establishments exceeding the above production
quantities or establishments which solely manufacture product without
a tasting room shall be deemed a manufacturing, production and processing
establishment and meet industrial use standards.
CRITICAL AREAS
Water bodies (including streams, ponds and lakes), 100-year
floodplains, freshwater wetlands, aquifer recharge areas, habitats
of threatened or endangered species, high water table within one foot
of the surface and slopes in excess of 25%; areas with sediment-producing,
highly erodible or severely eroded soils.
CUL-DE-SAC
A street with a single means of ingress and egress and having
a turnaround, the design of which may vary.
CURB
A stone, concrete, or other improved boundary marking the
edge of the roadway or paved area.
DATE OF SUBMISSION
The date of submission of an application for development
shall be the date that the Planning Office receives:
(1)
Complete and signed and dated City of Millville Land Development
application form;
(2)
Required fee and initial escrow payment:
(3)
Completed Submission Checklist with the signature of the person
who completed it and every page initialed;
(4)
A written statement of the rationale for each waiver requested.
dBA
The expression of the relative loudness of sounds in air
as perceived by the human ear and weighted to reduce decibel values
of sound at low frequencies.
DEDICATION
An appropriation of land to some public use made by the owner
and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public.
DEMOLITION
The partial or total razing or destruction of any building
or of any improvement to land.
DENSITY
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of
land to be developed.
DENSITY, GROSS
The total number of dwelling units per gross acre within
any existing or proposed development that includes streets and open
space portions of a development. To calculate gross density, the total
area of the tract is divided by the total number of dwelling units
and the result is expressed in units per acre.
DENSITY, NET
The total number of dwelling units per gross acre within
any existing or proposed development that excludes streets and open
space portions of a development. In the case of a mixed use development,
the land devoted to nonresidential uses also is excluded.
DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL
The total number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area including streets, easements and open space portions of
a development. This also is known as "gross residential density."
DESIGN ENGINEER
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed to perform
engineering services that may include, but not necessarily be limited
to, development of project requirements, creation and development
of project design, and preparation of drawings and specifications.
DESIGNATED USE AREA
Areas shown on planned development wherein particular types
of dwelling units or commercial, institutional or common open space
uses may be situated and which are employed for the purpose of calculating
the maximum net density limitation and area requirements applicable
to the use. Such areas may, but need not be, coextensive with any
existing or proposed record lot lines.
DETENTION BASIN
A man-made or natural water collector facility designed to
collect surface and subsurface water in order to impede its flow and
to release same gradually at a rate not greater than that prior to
the development of the property, into natural or man-made outlets.
DEVELOPABLE AREA
The portion of the tract or parcel upon which development
may occur and from which lot size and open space can be calculated
after subtracting any state-claimed tidal land.
DEVELOPER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any
land proposed to be included in the proposed development, including
the holder of an option or contract purchase, or other person having
an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels,
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure, or of
any mining, excavation or landfill, any use or change in the use of
any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of land,
for which permission may be required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN, GENERAL
A comprehensive plan for the development of a planned development,
as provided in the Municipal Land Use Law.
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance,
official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and
development of land, or amendment thereto, adopted and filed pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
DEVELOPMENT, PLANNED UNIT
An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of 10
acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan,
containing one or more residential clusters or planned unit residential
developments and one or more public, quasi-public, commercial, or
industrial areas in such ranges of ratios of nonresidential uses to
residential uses as shall be specified in the Zoning Ordinance.
DEVELOPMENT, PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL
An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of five
acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan,
containing one or more residential clusters, which may include appropriate
commercial or public or quasi-public uses, all primarily for the benefit
of the residential development.
DISTRICT, ZONING
A portion of the territory of the City of Millville within
which certain regulations and requirements or various combinations
thereof apply pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
DISTURBED LAND
Land on which clearing has occurred, excavation has occurred
or upon which overburden has been deposited, or both.
DIVIDED STREET
A street having an island or other barrier separating opposing
moving lanes.
DIVISION
The Division of State and Regional Planning in the New Jersey
Department of Community Affairs.
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading, or other means and includes control of runoff during
and after construction or development to minimize erosion and sedimentation,
to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen
nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for
their biological function as well as for drainage, and the means necessary
for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Natural and man-made components that contain, convey, absorb,
store, treat, or dispose of surface water runoff or groundwater.
DRIPLINE
A vertical line extending from the outermost edge of the
tree canopy or shrub branch to the ground.
DRIVEWAY
A defined paved or unpaved surface providing vehicular access
to a street. A driveway is not a road, street, boulevard, highway,
or parkway.
DRY PIT
An excavation in which the bottom conduits or rights-of-way
are owned or controlled by third parties.
DWELLING, DETACHED
A building physically detached from other buildings or portions
of buildings which is occupied or intended to be occupied for residential
purposes by one housekeeping unit and which has its own cooking, sleeping,
sanitary, and general living facilities.
DWELLING, DUPLEX/TWO-FAMILY DETACHED
A building containing two dwelling units, one living above
the other, having a common partition between them and having no party
wall in common with an adjoining building, and intended for residential
occupancy by two families each living independently of each other
and each with its own separate sleeping, cooking and sanitary facilities.
DWELLING/DWELLING UNIT
A room or series of connected rooms containing living, cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities for one housekeeping unit. The dwelling
unit shall be self-contained and shall not require the use of outside
stairs, common hallways, passing through another dwelling unit, or
other indirect route(s) to get to any portion of the dwelling unit
nor shall there be shared facilities with another dwelling unit. Attic
and/or basement shall not be considered as part of a dwelling unit
or units. The minimum permitted area of a dwelling unit is 900 square
feet.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
A building containing three or more dwelling units and occupied
or designed for occupancy by three or more families living independently
of each other with their own cooking, sanitary and sleeping facilities.
DWELLING, SEMIDETACHED/HALF-DOUBLE
A two-family dwelling with one dwelling unit attached and
located beside the other and separated therefrom by a party or common
wall, whether or not that wall is a fire wall.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
A building containing one dwelling unit only and occupied
or intended to be occupied exclusively for residential purposes by
one family or one housekeeping unit. A single-family dwelling unit
shall contain a minimum of 1,000 square feet.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE
One single-family, multistory dwelling unit in a line of
three or more connected dwellings units, with two vertical party walls
shared with adjacent dwelling units, or one party wall if at the end
of a group of dwelling units, provided with on-site vehicular access
and parking or designed as part of a residential cluster with shared
access and parking. Each townhouse shall have a front and rear entrance
on the ground floor.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building containing two dwelling units only and intended
for residential occupancy by two families each living independently
of each other and each with its own separate.
EARTH EXTRACTION
The removal of sand, topsoil, gravel, fill dirt or mineral
or clay products for sale or use at another site but not including
agricultural operations or the process of grading a lot preparatory
to the construction of a structure for which application for building
permit has been made.
EASEMENT
A right to use the land of another for a specific purpose.
EDGE DEFINITION
As it pertains to streets, a way of identifying the traveled
way from the non-traveled way, such as by the use of railings, bollards,
wheel slops, or edge plantings.
EFFICIENCY UNIT
A dwelling unit in an apartment house consisting of one room
with additional bath and cooking facilities separated from such room
by a permanent wall and folding or sliding doors respectively.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation
on public and private highways, roads, and streets; and operates either
partially or exclusively using an electric motor powered by an externally
charged on-board battery.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY/SERVICE EQUIPMENT (EVSE)
The equipment, including the cables, cords, conductors, connections,
couplers, enclosures, attachment plugs, power outlets, power electronics,
transformer, switchgear, switches and controls, network interfaces,
and point-of-sale equipment and associated apparatus designed and
used for the purpose of transferring energy from the electric supply
system to a plug-in electric vehicle; EVSE may deliver either alternating
current or, consistent with fast-charging equipment standards, direct-current
electricity. EVSE is synonymous with electric vehicle charging station.
ENGINEER
Any engineer licensed to practice within the State of New
Jersey.
ENLARGEMENT
An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an
increase in the size of any other existing structure or an increase
in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
ESSENTIAL SERVICE
Structure and physical improvements, whether publicly or
privately owned, necessary to permit the orderly development of an
area, including such facilities as streets; water, sewerage facilities;
gas, telephone or electric lines; supporting structures such as manholes
and catch basins; pumping stations; solid waste collection stations;
transformer and/or "step-up" stations; and utility poles or towers,
but not including generating or storage plants, processing plants
or stations, maintenance yards, administrative headquarters facilities
or housing or quarters for installation, repair or trouble crews;
or the storage of equipment relevant thereto.
EXAMINATION ROOM
Any room wherein special equipment may be installed for use
in the examination or treatment of a patient as distinguished from
a waiting room, counseling room or offices of such practitioner.
EXCAVATIONS or WORKINGS
Shafts, tunnels, entries, winzes, slopes, open cut and any
working places and parts of a mine, either aboveground or underground,
excavated or being excavated, whether abandoned or in use.
FACE or BANK
The sides from the bottom or floor of a pit or quarry to
the surface surrounding the pit. Where one or more benches or levels
are used in a pit, each bench or level has a separate face.
FAMILY DAY CARE HOME
The private residence of a family day care provider which
is registered as a family day care home pursuant to the "Family Day
Care Provider Registration Act," P.L. 1987, c. 27 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-16
et seq.).
FARM
(1)
PRINCIPAL USESA lot at least five acres used for the growing and harvesting of crops and the raising and breeding of certain animals, including truck farms, fruit farms, nurseries and greenhouses, dairies and livestock produce.
(2)
ACCESSORY USESBuildings incidental to farms such as: tenant houses and greenhouses; buildings for housing seasonal workers for the farm's own use; barns, packing, grading and storage buildings; buildings for keeping of poultry permitted livestock; and garages for the keeping of equipment and trucks used in farm operations.
FARM BUILDING
Any structure (barns, sheds, silos, cribs, greenhouses, etc.)
located on a farm and used for housing of agricultural equipment,
produce, livestock or poultry or for incidental or customary processing
of farm products, provided that such building is used in conjunction
with active farm operations. The term "farm building" shall not include
dwelling.
FARM STAND
A structure for the display and sale of farm products primarily
grown on the property upon which the stand is located.
FARMSTEAD
An ancillary use to an agricultural use consisting at a minimum
of a single-family detached dwelling occupied by at least one person
employed in the operation of the agricultural use on the premises.
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS
Public eating places where prepared food and beverages are
available for on- and off-premises consumption upon a short waiting
period, and orders are placed by the customer at the counter and primarily
served in or on disposable wrappers, containers or plates, and where
waiter service is not available.
FENCE or WALL
An artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone,
wire, metal, or any other manufactured material or combination of
materials.
FINAL APPROVAL
The official action of the Planning Board taken on preliminary
approved major subdivisions 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 such guarantees.
FIRE LANES
Any right-of-way on private property to permit access by
emergency vehicles. Fire lanes shall be kept open and clear of all
vehicles or other objects.
FIRST AID, RESCUE AND AMBULANCE SQUAD
Any first aid, emergency and rescue, or ambulance squad association
incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation and which has been certified
by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Government as
a tax exempt organization pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code and which provides public first aid, emergency and rescue
services, ambulance services, mobility assistance vehicle service,
and other nonemergency ambulance and medical transport services for
bed-confined or wheelchair-bound patients and possessing the necessary
licenses and certifications to engage in such services.
FIRST AID, RESCUE AND AMBULANCE SQUAD FACILITIES
Facilities designed to house a first aid, rescue and ambulance
squad, including but not limited to business offices, communication
and dispatch services, training facilities, facilities for the storage
and maintenance of equipment, including ambulances, medical transport
vehicles and other vehicles used in the operation of the first aid,
rescue and ambulance squad, recreation areas, food preparation areas,
laundry facilities, dining area and other similar facilities for use
by employees awaiting emergency calls to service.
FLAG LOT
A large lot not meeting minimum frontage requirements along
a public roadway, where access to the public roadway is limited to
a narrow strip of land containing a private right-of-way or driveway.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA
The floodway and additional portions of the floodplain that
are subject to flood flow at lesser depths and lower velocities than
the floodway and that are inundated by the (flood hazard) area design
flood.
FLOODWAY
The channel and portions of the adjacent floodplain that
carry the greater part of flood flow at greater depths and velocities
than do the other parts of the floodplain; that constitute the minimum
area required or the passage of flood flows without aggravating flood
conditions upstream and downstream; and that are necessary to preserve
the natural regimen of the stream for the reasonable passage of the
(floodway) design flood.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of the principal commercial structure in a lot, excluding basement
space unless designed for customary visits by the commercial clientele,
but including the areas of permanent roofed porches or terraces. All
dimensions shall be measured between exterior wall faces.
FLOOR AREA, HABITABLE
An area fully enclosed by the inside surfaces of walls, windows,
doors, partitions and having a headroom of at least six feet six inches,
including living, eating, cooking, sleeping, storage, circulation,
service, utility and other related household spaces, but excluding
garages, carports, porches, unheated sheds and basement. Attics or
portions thereof may be considered habitable floor area, provided
that they are fully finished and meet proper height requirements.
FORESTRY
The growing and harvesting of trees for commercial purposes,
except the removal of trees located on a parcel of land one acre or
less in size on which a dwelling has been constructed; directly associated
with the use of the property for a nursery, garden center, Christmas
tree plantation, or orchard; directly associated with the use of the
property for a landfill authorized pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter; necessary for the maintenance of a public right-of-way; for
the personal use by the property owner; or necessary to ensure public
safety shall not be considered forestry.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A building or portion thereof used as an accessory to a main
building on a lot designed or used primarily to provide for the storage
of not more than three motor vehicles and in which no occupation,
business or service for profit is undertaken.
GARAGE, REPAIR
A building used for the off-street storage of motor vehicles,
the provision of incidental gasoline or fuel service, the sale of
accessories and the repair of motor vehicles, excluding body work.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
An area of land, including any structures thereon, used primarily
for the retail sale and direct delivery of motor vehicles or motor
fuels and lubricants, as well as such incidental services as the lubrication
and hand washing of motor vehicles and the sale, installation and
minor repair of automobile accessories such as tires and batteries.
GLARE
Illumination from a source of light producing a reading of
50 or more on a standard Weston photographic light meter, or its equivalent,
at a distance of three feet, visible from the public right-of-way,
or a reading of 0.8 or more is found when such a meter or its equivalent
is held anywhere on a residential property line.
GOLF COURSE
A tract of land laid out for at least nine holes for playing
the game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards.
It also may include a clubhouse.
GOVERNING BODY
The City Commission of the City of Millville, in the County
of Cumberland, State of New Jersey.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND OFFICES
A building or group of buildings utilized for conducting
the affairs of local, state, or federal divisions of government or
like activity, and may include ancillary services for office workers
such as restaurants, newsstands, or child-care facilities.
GRADE
The inclination of a sloping surface, usually expressed in
percentage terms.
GRADED AREA
As it pertains to streets, land adjacent and parallel to
the cartway within the right-of-way, which must be flattened or leveled
to the same width and cross-slope as a sidewalk, if a sidewalk had
been required at that location.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
Gross floor area shall be measured by using the outside dimensions
of the building, excluding the area of an attached garage, open porch
or patio and further excluding the area used as a basement. Only those
floor areas which have a ceiling height of seven feet or more shall
be eligible for inclusion in the gross floor area. The gross floor
area of an apartment dwelling unit shall be measured from the center
of interior walls and the outside of exterior walls and shall include
closets, bathrooms and hallways within the dwelling unit in addition
to the area of all other rooms within the dwelling unit.
GROUNDWATER REMEDIAL ACTION
The removal or abatement of pollutants in groundwater, including
dewatering activities performed in connection with the removal or
replacement of underground storage tanks as defined in Section 2 of
P.L. 1986, c. 102 (N.J.S.A. 58:10A-22), except that underground storage
tanks subject to groundwater remedial action shall include:
(1)
Farm underground storage tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity
used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes;
(2)
Underground storage tanks used to store heating oil for on-site
consumption in a nonresidential building with a capacity of 2,000
gallons or less; and
(3)
Underground storage tanks used to store heating oil for on-site
consumption in a residential building.
GROUP HOME
A dwelling shared by four or more handicapped persons including
resident, staff, who live together as a single housekeeping unit and
in a long-term, family-like environment in which staff persons provide
care, education, and community activities for the residents with the
goal of enabling the resident to live as independently as possible.
GUTTER
A shallow channel, usually set along a curb or the pavement
edge of a road, for purposes of catching and carrying off runoff water.
HABITABLE ROOM AREA
The floor area within a residential structure to be used
for habitation excluding cellars, attics, utility (heating and cooling)
rooms and garages and open porches and, in apartment houses, excluding
common hallways.
HEDGE
A clustering or configuration of plant material, which permanently
or temporarily prohibits or inhibits unrestricted travel between properties
or between the street or public right-of-way and the property.
HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured to the highest point of a
structure or building from the average elevation of the finished grade
five feet from the foundation.
HISTORIC SITE
Any real property, man-made structure, natural object or
configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing of historical,
archaeological, cultural, scenic or architectural significance.
HOME ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
The activity of producing, principally for home use or consumption,
plants, animals or their products by man, including in a primary service
the growing, harvesting, storage, preparation for use and where any
sales are incidental, when conducted and performed within the recommendations
of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station or equivalent research
institution.
HOME OCCUPATION
An occupation for gain or support conducted only by members
of a family owning and residing in a one-family dwelling unit plus
not more than one person not a resident of the dwelling unit provided
that the resident-owner of the dwelling unit is an on-site operator
of the occupation; that the residential character of the building
is not changed; that the occupation is conducted entirely within the
dwelling in either the first floor or the basement, but not both;
that not more than the equivalent of 50% of the first floor area of
the dwelling unit is used for the occupational or related use; that
no sounds are audible outside the building; that no display is visible
from outside the building; that no article is sold or offered for
sale on the premises; that adequate off-street parking is provided
and provided further that no machinery or equipment is used, which
will cause electrical or other interference with radio and television
reception in neighboring residences.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating in a cluster
or planned development under recorded land agreements through which:
a) each lot owner is automatically a member; b) each occupied 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 association by
the City; and c) each owner and tenant has the right to use the common
property.
HOTEL
A building which: a) contains guest rooms, each having its
only access from a central interior corridor which are designed or
intended to be used, let, or hired out for compensation; b) contains
a public lobby serving the guest rooms; c) may contain one or more
dining rooms; and d) has full-time on-site management.
HOUSE, ROOMING OR GUEST
A single-family dwelling wherein furnished rooms without
cooking facilities are rented for valuable consideration to one or
more individuals unrelated by blood or marriage to the owner or operator
of the house.
HOUSING, SHORT-TERM RENTAL
The rental of single-family or individual multifamily dwellings
or rooms therein for overnight or vacation or lodging. Short-term
rentals are not permitted in any zoning district in the City of Millville.
Hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts and existing boarding and rooming
houses are excluded.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer
of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
IMPOUNDMENT
A body of water, such as a pond, confined by a dam, dike,
floodgate, or other barrier.
IMPROVED PUBLIC STREET
For subdivision purposes or site plan, any street which complies
in width and construction with municipal standards.
IMPROVEMENT
Any constructed element which becomes part of, is placed
upon, or is affixed to real estate.
INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY
A residential development including accessory buildings and
required or permitted social, cultural, medical and recreational facilities
limited to certain age groups conforming to 24 CFR Part 100, Subpart
E, Housing for Older Persons, of the federal Fair Housing Amendments
Act of 1988, as it may be amended or superseded.
INDUSTRIAL PARK
A tract identified as and comprehensively planned for industrial
uses whether or not the buildings are erected in one development stage
or over a period of time.
INHERENTLY BENEFICIAL USE
A use which is universally considered of value to the community
because it fundamentally serves the public good and promotes the general
welfare. Such a use includes, but is not limited to, a hospital, school,
child-care center, group home, or wind, solar or photovoltaic energy
facility or structure.
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
A restraining order issued by a court of equity, forbidding
a person to do a particular act.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
Any land used for the following public or private purposes:
educational facilities, including universities, colleges, elementary,
secondary, and vocational schools, kindergartens and nurseries or
day-care centers; cultural facilities such as libraries, galleries,
museums, concert halls, theaters (for live productions), and the like;
hospitals, including such educational, clinical, research and convalescent
facilities as are integral to the operation of the hospital; medical
and health services facilities, including nursing homes, supervised
residential institutions, rehabilitation therapy centers and public
health facilities; law enforcement facilities; military facilities;
churches; cemeteries; and other similar facilities.
INSTITUTIONAL USE
Public and public/private use of a nonprofit nature typically
engaged in public service. Examples of institutional uses include
a religious building, library, public or private school, hospital,
cultural center, charitable organization, or government-owned or operated
building, structure, or land used for public purpose.
INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT
The classification of development based on the number of
dwelling units per gross acre of land served by a particular street,
excluding the acreage of dedicated common open space or other areas
restricted from future development.
INTERESTED PARTY
In the case of a civil proceeding in any court or in an administrative
proceeding before a municipal agency, any person, whether residing
within or without the municipality, whose right to use, acquire, or
enjoy property is or may be affected by any action taken under this
chapter, or whose rights to use, acquire, or enjoy property under
this chapter, or under any other law of this state or of the United
States have been denied, violated or infringed by an action or a failure
to act under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
ISLAND
In street design, a raised area, usually curbed, placed to
guide traffic and separate lanes, or used for landscaping, signing,
or lighting.
JUNKYARD
Any area of land with or without buildings, regardless of
size, devoted to the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk or debris,
including by way of illustration but not of limitation: abandoned
automobile tires, automobile parts, paper, rags, metal, glass, or
plastic containers, old household appliances, wood, lumber, brush
and any stumps or other debris of any material whatsoever.
KENNEL
Any premises on which more than four dogs over the age of
six months are kept whether or not engaged in commercial activity.
LAND
Real property including improvements and fixtures on, above,
or below the surface.
LANDFILL
Sites, including open dumps, where solid wastes, liquid and
dry sewage sludge, and liquid and dry chemical waste are disposed
of by land application or soil covering. For the purposes of this
chapter, solid waste transfer stations shall not be considered landfills.
LANDOWNER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity having legal title to
the land. The holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other
person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land, may
file an application as the landowner for the purposes of this chapter.
LANDSCAPING
The installation of plant material or seed as part of development.
LICENSE
As related to cannabis, a license issued under N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1
et seq., including a license that is designated as either a Class
1 Cannabis Cultivator license, a Class 2 Cannabis Manufacturer license,
a Class 3 Cannabis Wholesaler license, a Class 4 Cannabis Distributor
license, a Class 5 Retailer license, or a Class 6 Cannabis Delivery
license.
LIMITS OF CLEARING
The boundaries of that area of land to be cleared of trees
and other vegetation in conjunction with a proposed development or
land use.
LOADING SPACE
An off-street 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 merchandise or materials.
LOCAL UTILITY
Any sewerage authority created pursuant to the Sewerage Authorities
Law (N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.); any utilities authority created pursuant
to the Municipal And County Utilities Authorities Law (N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1
et seq.); or any utility, authority, commission, special district
or other corporate entity not regulated by the Board of Regulatory
Commissioners under Title 48 of the Revised Statutes that provides
gas, electricity, heat, power, water or sewer service to a municipality
or the residents thereof.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by
a plat or otherwise, as permitted by law, to be used, developed or
built upon as a unit.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the lot lines of a lot but shall
not include any portion of a street.
LOT DEPTH
The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines,
measured from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of
the rear lot line.
LOT FRONTAGE
The distance between the side lot lines measured along the
street line. In the case of a street of undefined width, said distance
shall be determined by measuring along a line located 25 feet from
the center line of the street. On lots having a curved frontage, the
minimum distance between side lot lines measured at the street line
shall not be less than 75% of the required minimum lot frontage as
set forth in the Schedule of District Regulations for the zoning district in which the lot is located. In
the case of corner lots, the smaller of the two lot lines coexistent
with the street lines shall be considered as the frontage.
LOT LINE
Any line forming a portion of the exterior boundary of a
lot.
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured
along the front setback line.
LOT, CORNER
A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or
more intersecting streets.
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD
A household earning between 0% and 50% of the median income
established and adjusted annually for the geographic area in which
the City is located by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
LOW-INCOME HOUSING
Housing which, with appropriate purchase or rental subsidy,
is constructed and kept available for families or individuals including
senior citizens where incomes do not exceed low income levels as defined
and adjusted for household size from time to time, for the geographic
area in which the City is located, by the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE
Any security which may be accepted by a municipality for
the maintenance of any improvements required by the Municipal Land
Use Law, including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit
under the circumstances specified in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5, and cash.
MAJOR COLLECTOR
The highest order of residential street (see "street hierarchy").
Conducts and distributes traffic between lower-order residential streets
and higher-order streets (arterials and expressways).
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Any development that provides for ultimately disturbing one
or more acres of land. Disturbance for the purpose of this chapter
is the placement of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement
of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.
MAKE-READY SPACE
The prewiring of electrical infrastructure at a parking space,
or set of parking spaces, to facilitate easy and cost-efficient future
installation of electric vehicle supply equipment or electric vehicle
service equipment, including, but not limited to, Level 2 EVSE and
direct-current fast chargers. "Make ready" includes expenses related
to service panels, junction boxes, conduit, wiring, and other components
necessary to make a particular location able to accommodate electric
vehicle supply equipment or electric vehicle service equipment on
a "plug and play" basis. "Make-ready" is synonymous with the term
"charger ready" as used in P.L. 2019, c. 362 (N.J.S.A. 48:25-1 et
seq.).
MANUFACTURED HOME
A unit of housing which: 1) consists of one or more transportable
sections which are substantially constructed off site and, if more
than one section, are joined together on site; 2) is built on a permanent
chassis; 3) is designed to be used, when connected to utilities, as
a dwelling on a permanent or nonpermanent foundation; and 4) is manufactured
in accordance with the standards promulgated for a manufactured home
by the secretary pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383 (42 U.S.C. § 5401
et seq.), and the standards promulgated for a manufactured or mobile
home by the commissioner pursuant to the State Uniform Construction
Code Act, P.L. 1975 c. 217 (N.J.S.A. 52-27D-119 et seq.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
A service street that runs parallel to a higher-order street
which provides access to abutting properties and separation from through
traffic. It may be designed as a residential access street or minor
collector as anticipated daily traffic dictates.
MASTER PLAN
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of the municipality as set forth and adopted pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
MAY
Indicates a permissive action.
MAYOR
The Mayor or the City of Millville.
MEDIAN
That portion of a divided highway separating the traveled
ways of traffic proceeding in opposite directions.
MEDICAL CANNABIS
Cannabis dispensed to registered qualifying patients pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22 et seq. Medical
cannabis does not include any adult use cannabis or cannabis item
that is cultivated, produced, processed, and consumed.
MEDICAL CANNABIS CLINICAL REGISTRANT
An entity that has a written contractual relationship with
an academic medical center in the region in which it has its principal
place of business, which includes provisions whereby the parties will
engage in clinical research related to the use of medical cannabis
and the academic medical center or its affiliate will provide advice
to the entity regarding patient health and safety, medical applications,
and dispensing and managing controlled dangerous substances, among
other areas.
MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATOR
An organization holding a permit issued by the Cannabis Regulatory
Commission that authorizes the organization to: possess and cultivate
cannabis and deliver, transfer, transport, distribute, supply, and
sell medical cannabis and related supplies to other medical cannabis
cultivators and to medical cannabis manufacturers, clinical registrants,
and medical cannabis dispensaries, as well as to plant, cultivate,
grow, and harvest medical cannabis for research purposes. A medical
cannabis cultivator permit shall not authorize the permit holder to
manufacture, produce, or otherwise create medical cannabis products,
or to deliver, transfer, transport, distribute, supply, sell or dispense
medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, paraphernalia, or related
supplies to qualifying patients, designated caregivers, or institutional
caregivers.
MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY
An organization issued a permit by the commission that authorizes
the organization to: purchase or obtain medical cannabis and related
supplies from medical cannabis cultivators; purchase or obtain medical
cannabis products and purchase or obtain medical cannabis related
supplies from medical cannabis manufacturers; purchase or obtain medical
cannabis, medical cannabis products, and related supplies and paraphernalia
from other medical cannabis dispensaries and from clinical registrants;
deliver, transfer, transport, distribute, supply, and sell medical
cannabis and medical cannabis products to other medical cannabis dispensaries;
furnish medical cannabis, including medical cannabis products, to
a medical cannabis handler for delivery to a registered qualifying
patient, designated caregiver, or institutional caregiver consistent
with N.J.S.A. 24:6I-20(27)(i); and possess, display, deliver, transfer,
transport, distribute, supply, sell, and dispense medical cannabis,
medical cannabis products, paraphernalia, and related supplies to
qualifying patients, designated caregivers, and institutional caregivers;
a medical cannabis dispensary permit shall not authorize the permit
holder to cultivate medical cannabis, to produce, manufacture, or
otherwise create medical cannabis products.
MEDICAL CANNABIS MANUFACTURER
An organization issued a permit by the Cannabis Regulatory
Commission that authorizes the organization to: purchase or obtain
medical cannabis and related supplies from a medical cannabis cultivator
or a clinical registrant; purchase or obtain medical cannabis products
from another medical cannabis manufacturer or a clinical registrant;
produce, manufacture, or otherwise create medical cannabis products;
and possess, deliver, transfer, transport, distribute, supply, and
sell medical cannabis products and related supplies to other medical
cannabis manufacturers and to medical cannabis dispensaries and clinical
registrants. A medical cannabis manufacturer permit shall not authorize
the permit holder to cultivate medical cannabis or to deliver, transfer,
transport, distribute, supply, sell, or dispense medical cannabis,
medical cannabis products, paraphernalia, or related supplies to registered
qualifying patients, designated caregivers, or institutional caregivers.
METEOROLOGICAL TOWER or MET TOWER
A structure designed to support the gathering of wind energy
resource data, and includes the tower, base plate, anchors, guy cables
and hardware, anemometers (wind speed indicators), wind direction
vanes, booms to hold equipment anemometers and vanes, data logger,
instrument wiring, and any telemetry devices that are used to monitor
or transmit wind speed and wind flow characteristics over a period
of time for either instantaneous wind information or to characterize
the wind resource at a given location.
MINE
Any mines within the City, whether on the surface or underground
and any mining plant, material equipment or explosives on the surface
or underground which may contribute to the mining or handling of ore
or other metalliferous or nonmetalliferous products. The term "mine"
shall also include quarry, sand pit, gravel pit, clay pit and shale
pit.
MINING OPERATIONS
Earth extraction, excavations, workings, production, processing,
stockpiling, loading and all other functions and accessory uses necessary
and related to the proper operation of a mine.
MINOR COLLECTOR
Middle order of residential street (see "street hierarchy").
Provides frontage for access to lots, and carries traffic to and from
adjoining residential access streets.
MINOR SITE PLAN
A development plan of one or more lots which:
(1)
Proposes new development within the scope of development specifically permitted by §
30-45 of this chapter as a minor site plan;
(2)
Does not involve planned development, any new street or extension
of any off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-42; and
(3)
Contains the information reasonably required in order to make
an informed determination as to whether the requirements established
by ordinance for approval of a minor site plan have been met.
MINOR STREET
Rights-of-way which are used primarily for access to abutting
properties "Minor streets" include marginal access streets and cul-de-sac.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
A subdivision of land that does not involve:
(1)
The creation of more than five lots, sites or other divisions
of land including a single reserved parcel, for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale or building development;
(4)
The extension of any off-tract improvement, the cost of which
is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.
MIXED USE
Two or more different uses, one of which is residential.
MLUL
The Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
MOBILE HOME PARK
(1)
A parcel of land, or two or more parcels of land, containing
no fewer than 10 sites equipped for the installation of manufactured
homes, where these sites are under common ownership and control for
the purpose of leasing each site to the owner of a manufactured home
for the installation thereof, and where the owner or owners provide
services, which are provided by the municipality in which the park
is located for property owners outside the park, which services may
include but shall not be limited to: 1) the construction and maintenance
of streets; 2) lighting of streets and other common areas; 3) garbage
removal; 4) snow removal; and 5) provisions for the drainage of surface
water from home sites and common areas.
(2)
A parcel, or any contiguous parcels, of land which contain,
on the effective date of this act (Municipal Land Use Law), no fewer than three sites equipped for the installation
of manufactured homes, and which otherwise conform to the provisions
MLUL 40:55D-100 to 40:55D-106, shall qualify as a mobile home park
for the purposes of the MLUL.
MOBILITY ASSISTANCE VEHICLE SERVICE
The provision of nonemergency health care transportation
by certified trained personnel for the sick, infirm or otherwise disabled
persons who are under the care and supervision of a physician and
whose medical condition is not of sufficient gravity to require transportation
by ambulance, but does require transportation from place to place
for medical care, and whose use of an alternate form of transportation
such as an automobile, bus or taxicab might create a serious risk
to health or life.
MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLD
A household earning between 50% and 80% of the median income
established and adjusted annually for the geographic area in which
the City is located by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING
Housing which, with appropriate purchase or rental subsidy,
is constructed and kept available for families or individuals including
senior citizens where incomes do not exceed moderate income levels
as defined and adjusted from time to time, for the geographic area
in which the City is located by the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
MONOPOLE
A type of freestanding tower with a single shaft of wood,
steel, concrete or other substance and a platform or racks for antennas
arrayed on top or attached thereto.
MOTEL
A building or group of buildings which: a) provides for transient
guest rooms with outside entrances; b) has a public lobby; and c)
may contain one or more dining rooms.
MOTEL UNIT
A combination sleeping room and private, enclosed full sanitary
and bathing facilities which is rented to transients as temporary
sleeping accommodations.
MOTORSPORTS ACADEMY
A preparatory boarding school designed to provide specialized
instruction in motorsports activities, such as automobile design,
manufacturing, and engineering, with a full curriculum that will lead
to a high school diploma consistent with the graduation requirements
of the New Jersey Department of Education.
MOVING LANE
Any traffic lane where traffic movement is the primary, if
not sole, function.
MULCH
A layer or 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.
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT
A development other than one- or two-family detached dwellings
where the dwellings are arranged so that there are more than two units
attached, regardless of the presence of lot lines.
MUNICIPAL AGENCY
The Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, or City Commission
of the City of Millville when acting pursuant to this chapter.
NATURAL STREAM
Any naturally eroded channel with visible evidence of banks
and bed, as distinguished from a swale which shows no evidence of
natural erosion except occasional gulleying, and from a ditch, which
is an artificially excavated channel.
NONCONFORMING LOT
A lot, the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in
which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
A structure the size, dimension or location of which was
lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter,
but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING USE
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONPERMANENT FOUNDATION
Any foundation consisting of nonmortared blocks, wheels,
concrete slab, runners, or any combination thereof, or any other system
approved by the commissioner for the installation and anchorage of
a manufactured home on other than a permanent foundation.
NONSTRUCTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Those controls of stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution
that are not structural in nature, such as landscaping techniques,
source controls, zoning, setbacks, buffers, or clustering.
NUISANCE
Any practice which annoys, disturbs or interferes with one
in the possession and enjoyment of his property, rendering its reasonable
use or occupation physically uncomfortable, e.g., excessive noise,
noxious odors, electronic radiations, vibrations, smoke discharge,
glare, improper drainage, etc.
NURSING HOME
A structure designed and used for the housing and care of
persons afflicted by illness or infirmity, before or following hospitalization,
especially the care of elderly, infirm or handicapped persons in which
surgical facilities are not provided, but where examination and treatment
rooms including x-ray facilities may be provided.
OFF-SITE
An area located outside the lot lines of the lot in question
but within the property, of which the lot is a part, which is the
subject of a development application or the closest half of the street
or right-of-way abutting the property of which the lot is a part.
OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE
A storage area for a motor vehicle that is directly accessible
to an access aisle and that is not located within a dedicated street
right-of-way.
OFF-TRACT
An area not located on the property which is the subject
of a development application, nor on the closest half of the abutting
street or right-of-way.
OFF-TRACT IMPROVEMENT
Improvements made outside the original tract to accommodate
conditions generated inside the original tract that are transferred
off site as a result of the proposed development.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to Article 5, N.J.S.A.
40:55D-32 through 40:55D-36.
ON-SITE
Any area located on the lot in question and excluding any
abutting street right-of-way.
ON-TRACT
An area located on the property which is the subject of a
development application or on the closest half of an abutting street
or right-of-way.
ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT
A dwelling unit in an apartment containing not more than
one room designed, intended and devoted to sleeping purposes.
OPEN SPACE
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designed or reserved for public or private
use or enjoyment, or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants
of land adjoining or neighboring such open space; provided that such
areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets
and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to
be incidental to the natural openness of the land or support its use
for recreation and conservation purposes.
OPERATOR
Individual, partnership, firm, association, trust or corporation
responsible for the general operation, management and condition of
the facility located at the mining site in question, for which a permit
is applied for or granted for any activity covered by this chapter.
ORDINARY HIGH-WATER MARK
The line between upland and bottomland, which persists through
successive changes in water level below which the presence and action
of the water is so common or recurrent that the character of the land
is marked distinctly from the upland and is apparent in the soil itself,
the configuration of the surface of the soil and the vegetation. Within
areas of tidal influence, the ordinary high-water mark may be interpreted
as being the mean high-water line as designated by the NJDEP.
OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA
The keeping of business property or any materials ancillary
to an approved use for a period of greater than 24 hours, including
items for sale, lease, processing and repair, in an open area adjacent
to the principal use. Outdoor storage does not include tractor trailers,
sheds or any other type of enclosure that must be approved during
site plan review.
OVAL TRACK
A paved track approximately 3/4 mile in length, utilized
for racing, testing motor vehicle design and components, educational
and training activities and public racing events.
OVERBURDEN
Soil material of any nature (including topsoil), consolidated
or unconsolidated that over lies a mineral deposit of useful materials
or ores that are to be mined.
OWNER
The person, corporation or other entity with fee title or
long-term (exceeding 10 years) leasehold to any parcel of land within
the City who desires to develop, or construct, build, modify or erect
a tower upon such parcel of land.
PARCEL
Any quantity of land capable of being described with such
definity that its location and boundaries may be established and which
is designed by its owner as land to be used as a unit.
PARK
An open space, available for recreation, its landscape consisting
of paved paths and trails, some open lawn, trees, plantings, site
furnishings, open shelters, or active recreational facilities.
PARKING LANE
A lane usually set on the sides of streets, designed to provide
on-street parking.
PARKING LOT
A ground-level, generally open area that provides storage
for motor vehicles that may provide access to dwelling units and which
has aisles that carry traffic with destination or origin in the lot
itself.
PARKING SPACE
An area, the width and length meeting requirements of this
chapter, depending on access aisle widths, either within a structure
or in the open, exclusive of driveways or access drives, for the parking
of a motor vehicle except that nothing shall prohibit private driveways
for one- and two-family dwellings from being considered off-street
parking areas provided that no portion of such driveway within the
right-of-way line of the street intersected by such driveway shall
be considered off-street parking space. A parking space is intended
to be of sufficient area to accommodate the exterior extremities of
the vehicle, whether in addition thereto wheel blocks are installed
within this area to prevent the bumper from overhanging one end of
the parking space. A parking space shall be a minimum of 10 feet wide
and 20 feet in depth, measured perpendicular to each other regardless
of the angle of the parking space to the access aisle or driveway.
PARTY IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED
For purposes of notice, any applicant for development, the
owners of the subject property and all owners of property and governmental
agencies entitled to notice under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12.
PEDESTRIAN GENERATOR
A development which will realize high facility usage by persons
arriving on foot.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
Any security, which may be accepted by the City of Millville,
including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit under
the circumstances of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5, and cash.
PERMANENT FOUNDATION
A system of support installed either partially or entirely
below grade, which is: 1) capable of transferring all design loads
imposed by or upon the structure into soil or bedrock without failure;
2) placed at an adequate depth below grade to prevent frost damage;
and 3) constructed of material approved by the commissioner.
PERMIT
As related to cannabis, a permit issued under N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1
et seq. that is designated as either a medical cannabis alternative
treatment center permit, a medical cannabis cultivator permit, a medical
cannabis manufacturer permit, a medical cannabis dispensary permit,
or a medical cannabis clinical registrant permit.
PERMIT AREA
The specific land proposed to be used for mining operations,
including required buffers, reclamation areas and related plant facilities.
PERMITTED USE
Any use of the land or building as permitted by this chapter.
PERSON
Includes a natural person, association, company, corporation,
firm, LLC, organization, partnership, trust or trust or other legal
entity, private or public, whether for profit or not for profit.
PERVIOUS SURFACE
Any surface that permits a significant portion of surface
water to be absorbed.
PIT or QUARRY
Includes any excavation, pit, bank or open cut working for
the extraction of stone, rock, gravel, sand or any other mineral and
shall embrace any and all parts of the property of such quarry or
open pit mine that contribute directly or indirectly to the extraction
of such mineral.
PLACES OF WORSHIP
A church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or other facility that
is used for prayer by persons of similar beliefs; a special-purpose
building that is architecturally designed and particularly adapted
for the primary use of conducting formal religious services on a regular
basis.
PLANNED ADULT COMMUNITY
An area of land comprising a minimum of 150 acres located
within a zoning district as authorized by this chapter to be planned,
developed and maintained as a single entity containing age-restricted
homes serving the needs for independent living, congregate care or
assisted living residences with common open space, recreational and
service amenities as an appurtenance.
PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous or noncontiguous size, as
specified in this chapter, to be developed according to a plan as
a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant
common areas to accommodate commercial or office uses or both and
any residential and other uses incidental to the predominant use that
may be permitted by this chapter.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT or RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
An area or a minimum contiguous acreage as specified in this
chapter, to be developed according to a plan as a single entity, containing
one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate
residential, commercial or both uses and any other uses incidental
to the predominant residential use as may be permitted by this chapter.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
An area with a specified minimum contiguous or noncontiguous
acreage of 10 acres or more to be developed as a single entity according
to a plan, containing one or more contiguous clusters or noncontiguous
clusters or planned unit residential developments and one or more
public, quasi-public, commercial or industrial areas in such ranges
and ratios of nonresidential uses to residential uses as specified
in this chapter.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the City of Millville, a Board established
pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
PLAT
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
The conferral of certain rights pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46,
40:55D-48 and 40:55D-49, prior to final approval after specific elements
of a development plan have been agreed upon by the Planning Board
and the applicant.
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
Architectural drawings prepared during the 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.
PREMISES or LICENSED PREMISES
As related to cannabis, the following areas of a location
licensed under N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq.: all public and private enclosed
areas at the location that are used in the business operated at the
location, including offices, kitchens, restrooms, and storerooms;
all area outside the building that the Cannabis Regulatory Commission
has specifically licensed for the production, manufacturing, wholesaling,
distribution, retail sale, or delivery of cannabis items; and, for
a location that the commission has specifically licensed for the production
of cannabis outside a building, the entire lot or parcel that the
licensee owns, leases, or has a right to occupy.
PRESERVED OPEN SPACE AND PRESERVED FARMLAND
Land on which a development easement was conveyed to, or
retained by, the State Agricultural Development Committee, a board,
or a qualifying tax-exempt, nonprofit organization pursuant to the
provisions of Section 24 of N.J.S.A. 4:1C-31, Section 5 of N.J.S.A.
4:1C-31.1, Section 1 of N.J.S.A. 4:1C-38, Section 1 of N.J.S.A. 4:1C-43.1,
Sections 37 through 40 of N.J.S.A. 13:8C-37 through 13:8C-40, or any
other state law enacted for farmland preservation purposes.
PRINCIPAL BASIN
A detention or retention basin whose function is controlling
or managing the runoff from a particular area or property that is
to be developed.
PRINCIPAL USE
The main purpose for which any lot and/or building is used.
PRIVATE EVSE
EVSE that has restricted access to specific users (e.g.,
single- and two-family homes, executive parking fleet parking with
no access to the general public).
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
The offices of a dentist, physician, attorney or clergyman. Where such offices are part of a structure where there is a residence or residences, the restrictions as defined under "home occupation" in §
30-4, Definitions, shall apply.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND CENTERS
A group of buildings planned, constructed, and managed as
a total entity containing a range of professional services and including
accessory or supporting services and parking. A professional office
or center can contain one building or separate buildings managed in
an integrated and coordinated basis.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, BUILDINGS AND COMPLEXES
The office and offices of a physician, surgeon, dentist,
psychologist, lawyer, engineer, architect, professional planner, licensed
land surveyor, accountant or other state or federally recognized professional,
or an office building or group of buildings housing such offices and
related, incidental commercial uses thereto, with appurtenant common
areas.
PROVIDER
A company, person or other entity which provides wireless
services via a local communications facility.
PUBLIC AREAS
The use of land by the City Commission, school board, or
some other officially created City agency or authority, and including:
(1)
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational
areas and facilities;
(3)
Scenic and historic sites; and
(4)
Sites for schools and other public buildings, structures and/or
uses.
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
A Master Plan, capital improvement program or other proposal
for land development adopted by the appropriate public body, or any
amendment thereto.
PUBLIC DRAINAGEWAY
The land reserved or dedicated for the installation of stormwater
sewers or drainage ditches or required along a natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the biological as well as drainage functions of the
channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public
against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion and to assure the
adequacy of existing and proposed sedimentation and erosion and to
assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, and to lessen
nonpoint pollution.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the
City, a City agency, the City Board of Education, State of New Jersey
or County of Cumberland or other public body for recreational and/or
conservation purposes.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Any public utility regulated by the Board of Regulatory Commissioners
and defined pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:2-13.
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE EVSE
EVSE that is publicly available (e.g., park and ride, public
parking lots and garages, on-street parking, shopping center parking,
nonreserved parking in multifamily parking lots, etc.).
QUASI-PUBLIC USE
A nonprofit use serving the public or a significant portion
thereof, not controlled directly by a government or government agency
and financed in whole or in part by either public funds or public
contributions. In addition, quasi-public facilities include those
operated by nonprofit institutions or organizations which are operated
by persons or groups of persons for public purposes but with only
limited public control or accessibility.
QUORUM
A majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
RACEPLEX
A series of light industrial buildings to be utilized for
office, storage, light manufacturing, or warehousing.
RACES OR MOTORSPORTS-RELATED EVENTS
An event which occurs over a period of four days or less
and which appears on the annual schedule of events submitted by the
developer/operator to the City Clerk.
RACETRACK
A measured course where motor vehicles are entered in competitions
of speed or endurance against one another or against time.
RECLAMATION
The restoration of an area of land (to include filling, grading,
topsoiling, revegetation, equipment removal, etc.) such that the land
is made useful for some future use.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
Boats, campers, vans, motor homes, travel trailers and ski
mobiles, but excluding mobile homes.
RECYCLING CENTER
A facility that is not a junkyard and in which recoverable
resources such as paper products, glass, metal cans and other products
are recycled, reprocessed, bundled, crushed, stored or otherwise treated,
essentially by hand, to return such products to a condition in which
they may again be used for production.
RECYCLING COLLECTION POINT
A collection point for temporary storage of recoverable resources
located either in a container or small structure. No processing of
such items is permitted at the collection point.
RECYCLING PLANT
A facility that is not a junkyard and in which recoverable
resources, such as paper products, glass, metal cans, and other products
are recycled, reprocessed, bundled, crushed, stored or otherwise treated
to return such products to a condition in which they may be used for
production.
REFORESTATION
The renewal of vegetative cover by seeding, planting or transplanting.
REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTERS
A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed,
and managed as a total entity, containing a wide range of retail and
service establishments, occupying at least 30 acres of land containing
at least one or more anchor stores and drawing clientele from as much
as an hour drive time. Customer and employee parking must be provided
on site with goods delivery separated from customer access.
RENEWABLE-ENERGY FACILITY
A facility that engages in the production of electric energy
from solar technologies, photovoltaic technologies, or other solar-based
technology.
RESIDENCE HOTEL/MOTEL or EXTENDED-STAY HOTEL
Any hotel facility which offers more than 5% of its rental
units for stays extending 30 consecutive days or more. A multi-dwelling
unit extended-stay lodging facility consisting of efficiency units
or suites with a complete kitchen suitable for long-term (30 days
or more) occupancy. Meeting rooms, clubhouses and recreational facilities
intended for the use of residents and their guests are permitted accessory
uses.
RESIDENTIAL ACCESS STREET
The lowest order, other than rural street type, 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.
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER
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.
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential
land area including streets, easements, and open space portions of
a development.
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD STREET
A type of residential access street conforming to traditional
subdivision street design, which provides access to building lots
fronting on a street and provides parking on both sides of street
(see "street hierarchy").
RESOURCE EXTRACTION
The dredging, digging, extraction, mining and quarrying of
sand, gravel or minerals for commercial purposes, not including, however,
the private and agricultural extraction and use of extracted material
by the landowner.
REST HOME
A structure within which elderly, infirm, or ill persons
may receive care in addition to meals and lodging for hire.
RESTAURANT
Any establishment, however designed, at which food is sold
for consumption on the premises. However, a snack bar or refreshment
stand at a public or community swimming pool, playground, playfield,
park or beach area operated solely by the agency or group operating
the recreational facilities and for the convenience of patrons of
the facility shall not be deemed to be a restaurant. Restaurant does
not include take-out or drive-in establishments which permit the consumption
of food within motor vehicles.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN OR DRIVE-THROUGH
A restaurant at which any food or refreshments are customarily
served to or consumed by any patrons seated in automobiles or otherwise
off the premises whether or not, in addition thereto, seats or other
accommodations are provided for patrons.
RESTRAINING ORDER
An order which may be issued upon the filing of an application
for an injunction, forbidding the defendant to do the threatened act
until a hearing on the application can be held.
RESUBDIVISION
The further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot
or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded
according to law; or the alteration of any streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but does not include conveyances so
as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
RETENTION BASIN
A stormwater management basin designed to retain some water
on a permanent basis.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
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 tree, or
for another special use.
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES
The boundary lines of land used or intended for use as streets
and from which required setbacks or front yard and lot depths shall
be measured. Where existing records are vague or show a lesser dimension,
they shall be considered to be not less than 50 feet apart, or 25
feet from the street center line.
RIVERFRONT SETBACK LINE
The minimum required distance for a principal structure to
be set back from the river's edge.
ROADSIDE STAND
Any accessory farm building or structure with requisite off-street
parking and loading space, designed for seasonal sale of principally
agricultural and/or horticultural products grown locally with at least
25% of its sales consisting of goods produced on the farm or tract
on which the said stand is located. The intermittent sale of home-grown
produce as an accessory use not involving a building or structure,
not occupying more than 300 square feet and not creating any undue
traffic hazards, shall not be deemed to constitute a roadside stand
and shall not be subject to regulation by this chapter.
ROOMING HOUSES
A boardinghouse wherein no personal or financial services
are provided to the residents.
ROTOR DIAMETER
The cross-sectional dimension of the circle swept by the
rotating blades of a wind-powered energy generator.
RUNNERS
A system of support consisting of poured concrete strips
running the length of the chassis of a manufactured home under the
lengthwise walls of that home.
RURAL
As it pertains to streets, when density is one dwelling unit
per acre or lower, a road primarily serving as access to abutting
building lots, which has no on-street parking, and lot-to-street access
is designed so vehicles do not back out of lots onto the street (see
"street hierarchy").
RURAL INFILL HOUSING
Single-family detached dwellings newly constructed on scattered,
individual sites, where there already exists a developed character
created by existing dwellings and where additional lands are not reasonably
available to create a parcel that meets farmland assessment criteria.
RURAL LANE
A street that serves dwellings on lots that are two acres
or greater, primarily serves as access to abutting building lots,
has no-street parking, and has lot-to-street access designed so that
vehicles do not back out of lots onto the street (see "street hierarchy").
RURAL STREET
A street that serves dwellings on lots that are one acre
or greater, primarily serves as access to abutting building lots,
has no on-street parking, and has lot-to-street access designed so
that vehicles do not back out of lots onto the street (see "street
hierarchy").
SEASONAL HIGH WATER TABLE
The level below the natural ground surface to which water
seasonally rises in the soil in most years.
SEASONAL RESORT COTTAGES
A building or buildings having one or more dwelling units,
whether provided with cooking facilities or not, which are used only
on a seasonal basis which covers the period from May 1 to September
30 of each year.
SEDIMENTATION
The deposition 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.
SEPTIC TANK
A watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of sanitary
sewage from a building sewer or part thereof, and is designed and
constructed so as to permit settling of settleable solids from the
liquid, partial digestion of the organic matter, and discharge of
the liquid portion into a disposal field or seepage pit.
SETBACK (as used in resource extractions)
The distance from the bottom of excavation in the case of
a dry pit and the normal seasonal high water line in the case of a
wet pit, to a referenced line (i.e., property line, zoning line, right-of-way
line) when measured at right angles to the referenced line.
SETBACK, FRONT
The distance required for the building line measured from
the right-of-way of the street on which the lot fronts to the front
line of a building or any projection thereof, excluding uncovered
steps.
SETBACK, REAR
The distance required for the building line measured perpendicular
from the rear property line and the closest point of the principal
building.
SETBACK, SIDE YARD
The distance required for the building line measured perpendicular
from the side property line and the closest point of the principal
building.
SETBACKS
The required minimum horizontal distance between the property
line and the nearest front, side, or rear line of the building including
terraces or any covered projection thereof, excluding steps.
SHALL
Indicates a mandatory requirements.
SHOULDER
The portion of the roadway contiguous with the traveled way
for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, and for
lateral support of base and surface courses.
SIDEWALK
An improved path for pedestrian use outside the cartway.
SIGHT TRIANGLE
A triangular-shaped portion of land established at street
intersections in which nothing is erected, placed, planted, or allowed
to grow in such a manner as to limit or obstruct the sight distance
of motorists entering or leaving the intersection.
SIGN
Any device designed to inform or attract the attention of
persons not on the premises on which the sign is located; provided,
however, that the following shall not be included in the application
of the sign regulations as contained in this chapter:
(1)
Signs not exceeding one square foot in area and bearing only
property numbers, post box numbers or names of occupants or date of
construction;
(2)
Flags and insignias of any governmental agency, except when
displayed in connection with commercial promotions;
(3)
Legal notices, informational or directional signs erected by
governmental bodies;
(4)
Integral, decorative or architectural features of buildings,
except letters, trademarks, moving parts or moving lights; and
(5)
Signs directing traffic and parking on private property, but
bearing no advertising matter.
SITE IMPROVEMENTS
Any construction work on, or improvement in connection with,
residential development limited to streets, roads, parking facilities,
sidewalks, drainage structures, and utilities.
SITE PLAN
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
(1)
The existing and proposed conditions of the lot including, but
not necessarily limited to, topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains,
marshes, and waterways;
(2)
The location of all existing and proposed buildings, drives,
parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage facilities,
utility services, landscaping, structures, signs, lighting, and screening
devices; and
(3)
Any other information that may be reasonably required in order
to make an informed determination pursuant to an ordinance requiring
review and approval of site plans by the Planning Board adopted pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-37 et seq.
SITE PLAN REVIEW
The examination of the specific development plans for a lot
including all pertinent data required in this chapter. Whenever the
term site plan approval is used in this chapter, it shall be understood
to mean a requirement that the site plan be reviewed and approved
by the Planning Board.
SITE PLAN, MINOR
A development plan of one or more lots which:
(1)
Proposes new development within the scope of development specifically
permitted by ordinance as a minor site plan;
(2)
Does not involve planned development, any new street, or extension
of any off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:55D-42; and
(3)
Contains the information reasonably required in order to make
an informed determination as to whether the requirements established
by ordinance for approval of a minor site plan have been met.
SMALL WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
A wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine,
a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, which has
a rated capacity consistent with applicable provisions of the State
Uniform Construction Code promulgated pursuant to the State Uniform
Construction Code Act, P.L. 1975, c. 217 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.),
and technical bulletins issued pursuant to Section 2 of P.L. 2009,
c. 244 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.13), and which will be used primarily for
on-site consumption.
SOIL EROSION
The gradual alteration of soil by crustal movement or by
processes of weathering, transportation, and sedimentation.
SOLAR COLLECTOR
A device, structure or part of a device or structure in which
a substantial purpose is used to transform solar energy into thermal,
mechanical, chemical or electrical energy.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
A solar energy system and all associated equipment, including,
but not limited to, panels, arrays, footings, supports, mounting and
stabilization devices, inverters, electrical distribution wires and
other on-site or off-site infrastructure necessary for the facility
which converts solar energy into a usable electrical energy, heats
water or produces hot air or other similar function through the use
of solar panels.
SOLAR PANELS
A structure containing one or more receptive cells or collector
devices, the purpose of which is to convert solar energy into usable
electrical energy by way of a solar energy system.
SPECIAL EVENT
A planned non-motorsport type of event with anticipated public
attendance of 10,000 people or more for which a special permit from
the Board of Commissioners is required.
SPECIMEN TREE OR STAND
Any tree or grouping of trees that has been determined to
be of a high value because of its age, size, species or other professional
criteria.
STABILIZATION
As it pertains to streets, the ability of a surface to resist
deformation from imposed loads. Stabilization can be accomplished
by adequate thicknesses of asphalt base and surface course, dense-graded
aggregates, cement-treated soil aggregates, or concrete or precast
masonry units set on a base course.
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE
Standards adopted by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65
regulating noise levels, glare, earthborn or sonic vibrations, heat,
electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive
and flammable matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge,
screening of unsightly objects and conditions and such other similar
matters as may be reasonably required by the municipality; or required
by applicable federal or state laws or other municipal ordinances.
STEALTH
Any tower or telecommunications facility which is designed
to enhance compatibility with adjacent land uses, including, but not
limited to, architecturally screened roof-mounted antennas, antennas
integrated into architectural elements, and towers designed to look
other than like a tower such as light poles, power poles and trees.
The term "stealth" does not necessarily exclude the use of uncamouflaged
lattice, guyed, or monopole tower designs.
STORMWATER DETENTION
A provision for temporary storage of stormwater runoff, and
the controlled release of such runoff during and after a flood or
storm.
STORY
That part of any building included between the level of one
finished floor and the level of the next higher finished floor, or
if there is no higher finished floor, then that part of the building
comprised between the level of the highest finished floor and the
highest point of the roof. The first story of any building shall be
where more than 75% of the story is above the finished grade along
the front of the building.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal roadway;
or which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law;
or which is approved by official action as provided by the MLUL, or which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in
the office of the County Clerk prior to the appointment of the Planning
Board and the grant to such 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, curbs, sidewalks, parking
areas and other areas within the street lines.
STREET HIERARCHY
The conceptual arrangement of streets based upon function.
A hierarchical approach to street design classifies streets according
to function, from high-traffic arterial roads to streets whose function
is residential access.
STREET LOOP
A street that has its only ingress and egress at two points
on the same street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change in either the supporting members of a building,
such as bearing walls, columns, beams and girders, or in the dimensions
or configurations of the roof or exterior walls.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy,
use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface
of a parcel of land.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale or
development. The following shall not be considered subdivisions within
the meaning of this chapter, if no new streets are created:
(1)
Divisions of land found by the Planning Board or a Subdivision
Committee thereof appointed by the Chairman to be for agricultural
purposes, where all resulting parcels are five acres or larger in
size;
(2)
Divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions;
(3)
Divisions of property upon court order including, but not limited
to, judgments of foreclosure;
(4)
Consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument;
and
(5)
The conveyance of one or more adjoining lots, tracts or parcels
of land, owned by the same person or persons and all of which are
found and certified by the administrative officer to conform to the
requirements of the municipal development regulations and are shown
and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the tax map
or atlas of the municipality.
(6)
The term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision."
SUBDIVISION APPLICATION
The application for approval of a subdivision pursuant to
the Municipal Land Use Law, P.L. 1975, c. 291 (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et
seq.), or an application for approval of a planned unit development
pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, P.L. 1975, c. 291 (N.J.S.A.
40:55D-1 et seq.).
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE
A committee of at least three Planning Board members appointed
by the Chairman of the Planning Board for the purpose of classifying
subdivisions in accordance with the provisions of development regulations
and having such other duties related to land subdivision as may be
conferred on this Committee by the Planning Board.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A subdivision of land for the creation of a number of lots
specifically permitted by ordinance as a minor subdivision, provided
that such subdivision does not involve a planned development, any
new street, or the extension of any off-tract improvement, the cost
of which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.
SUCH AS
Shall be considered as introducing a typical or illustrative
designation of items and shall not be interpreted as constituting
a complete list.
SUITES HOTEL
A hotel as herein defined with all of the following characteristics:
(1)
At least 75 separately rentable units with service facilities;
(2)
Each rentable unit shall contain a kitchen with a full-size
refrigerator, a range or range top with at least two burners, an oven
of any type, sink and space for meal preparation;
(3)
At least 75% of the rentable units shall be suites with a living
room and a separately enclosed bedroom; and
(4)
No units shall be rentable on less than a full twenty-four-hour
basis.
SWALE
A low lying or depressed land area commonly wet or moist,
which can function as an intermittent drainageway.
SWIMMING POOL, PRIVATE
A noncommercial privately owned pool constituting an accessory
use to a residential unit or units and located on the same lot therewith.
A wading pool with a depth of less than 18 inches or a portable swimming
device, located above ground level, with an area less than 125 square
feet and a water depth less than three feet, temporary in character
and constructed of material other than concrete and masonry, shall
not be deemed a "swimming pool."
SWIMMING POOL, PUBLIC
A public or privately owned pool open to the public on an
annual membership or a daily fee basis and having dressing rooms,
off-street parking and other appropriate accessories and facilities.
SYSTEM HEIGHT
The height above grade of the tower plus the wind generator.
TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES
Any cables, wires, lines, wave guides, antennas, and any
other equipment or facilities associated with the transmission or
reception of communications which a person seeks to locate or has
installed upon or near a tower or antenna support structure. However,
telecommunications facilities shall not include:
(1)
Any satellite earth station antenna two meters in diameter or
less which is located in an area zoned industrial or commercial.
(2)
Any satellite earth station antenna one meter or less in diameter
regardless of zoning category.
THEATERS and AUDITORIUMS
A building or part of a building devoted to showing motion
pictures or for dramatic, dance, musical, or other live performances.
TOTAL HEIGHT
In relation to a wind energy system, the vertical distance
from the ground to the tip of a wind generator blade when the tip
is at its highest point.
TOWER
A self-supporting lattice, guyed, or monopole structure constructed
from grade which supports a wind generator or telecommunications facilities.
The term "tower" shall not include amateur radio operators' equipment,
as licensed by the FCC.
TOWNHOUSE
One single-family unit in a line of three or more connected
dwellings whether or not each dwelling unit is separated by a fire
wall or whether it is a line of connected semidetached units. Each
single-family unit may have one or two stories, but nothing in this
definition shall be construed to allow one dwelling unit over the
other. Each townhouse shall have a front and rear entrance on the
ground floor.
TRACK-SIDE VILLAS
Time share, fee simple, cooperative, or a leased townhouse
facility located adjacent to the motorsports race area which can be
owned in any number of manners consistent with the tourism industry.
TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD
A compact and mixed-use neighborhood where residential, commercial
and civic buildings are located within close proximity to each other,
and housing is designed with architectural features that encourage
human interaction (e.g., porches, close to the street).
TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
A development strategy or concept that is comprised of three
or more significant revenue-producing uses (such as retail, entertainment,
office, residential, hotel and/or civic, cultural, recreation) or
may be exclusively residential. Uses must be well-planned and mutually
supporting with significant physical and functional integration of
project components to develop a sense of community and promote community
interaction. Traditional neighborhood development shall promote a
relatively close-knit and intensive use of land that maximizes space
in accordance with a coherent plan that clearly defines the types
and scale of uses, densities, amenities, and related elements. Plans
for traditional neighborhood development shall demonstrate architectural
expression and detail, and shall be pedestrian-oriented so as to mitigate
traffic and sprawl. Architectural styles shall promote compatible
design features to create a harmonious visual character to the neighborhood
that reflects vernacular styles and maintains a human scale.
TRAILER
A recreational vehicle, travel trailer, camper or other transportable,
temporary dwelling unit with or without its own motor power designed
and constructed for travel and recreational purposes to be installed
on a nonpermanent foundation if installation is required.
TRANSCRIPT
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or
reproduction thereof.
TRAVELED WAY
The portion of a cartway used for vehicular travel.
TREE COVER
The area directly beneath the crown and within the dripline
of the tree.
TRIP
A single or one-way vehicle movement to or from a property
or study area.
TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT
A dwelling unit in an apartment containing not more than
two rooms designed, intended and devoted to sleeping purposes.
USE
The specific purpose for which a parcel of land or a building
or a portion of either is used.
USED CAR LOT
Any place outdoors where two or more used motor vehicles
in operating condition are displayed or offered for sale.
USED or OCCUPIED
Includes the words intended, designed or arranged to be used
or occupied.
UTILITY-SCALE (PRINCIPAL USE) SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
One or more solar panels and all associated equipment involved
in the conversion of solar radiation to electrical energy which functions
as the only principal use on the land on which such system is situated.
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of a Zoning
Ordinance regulation pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-40b, 40:55D-70c,
and 40:55D-70d.
WATERCOURSE
Any land or structure either naturally formed or artificially
designed for the storage, passage, retention or flow of water, including
but not limited to lakes, ponds, streams, canals, ditches or swales.
WET PIT
An excavation in which the bottom is normally wet and the
bottom of which is at or below the normal seasonal high water table.
WETLANDS
Those lands which are inundated or saturated by water at
a magnitude, duration and frequency sufficient to support the growth
of hydrophytes. Wetlands include land with poorly drained or very
poorly drained soils as designated by the Natural Cooperative Soils
Survey of the Soil Conservation Service of the United States and as
defined in N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.3 to 7:50-6.5.
WHOLESALE BUSINESS FACILITIES
Establishments developed singly or as a group of buildings
primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers, to industrial,
commercial, institutional, or professional business users or to other
users.
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
A wind generator and all associated equipment, including
any base, blade, foundation, nacelle, rotor, tower, transformer, vane,
wire, inverter, batteries or other component necessary to fully utilize
the wind generator.
WIND GENERATOR
The equipment that converts energy from the wind into electricity.
The term includes the rotor, blades and associated mechanical and
electrical conversion components necessary to generate, store and/or
transfer energy.
WIND TURBINE
Equipment that converts energy from the wind into electricity.
This term includes the rotor, blades and associated mechanical and
electrical conversion components necessary to generate, store and/or
transfer energy.
WIND, SOLAR OR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY FACILITY OR STRUCTURE
A facility or structure for the purpose of supplying electrical
energy produced from wind, solar, or photovoltaic technologies, whether
such facility or structure is a principal use, a part of the principal
use, or an accessory use or structure.
WORK/LIVE ARTIST STUDIO
A single, enclosed private living and work space of not less
than 1,000 square feet where at least 50% of the total space is devoted
to work space for the creation, display and sale of art and the remaining
is used for living purposes. A minimum of 500 square feet of living
space on the upper levels of a building shall be required.
YARD
An open space on the same lot with the principal building,
unobstructed by building structures from the ground surface to sky,
except as otherwise provided by this chapter.
YARD, FRONT
An open space, extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the street line and the building setback line. (The
depth of the front yard shall be measured horizontally at right angles
from the street line, or radially on a curved street, to the building.)
YARD, REAR
An open space, extending the full width of the lot between
the main building and the rear lot line. (The depth of the required
rear yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest part of
the main building toward the nearest point of the rear line.
YARD, SIDE
An open space, extending from the front yard to the rear
yard between the main building and each side lot line. (The width
of the required side yard shall be measured from the nearest point
on the side lot line toward the nearest part of the main building.
ZONING PERMIT
A document signed by the administrative officer: 1) which
is required by ordinance as a condition precedent to the commencement
of a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
conversion or installation of a structure or building; and 2) which
acknowledges that such use, structure or building complies with the
provisions of the City Zoning Ordinance or a variance therefrom duly
authorized by a City agency pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-60 and 40:55D-70.