As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
CIRCULATION
Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement
of people, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means as streets,
highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes and conduits
and the handling of people and goods by such means as terminals, stations,
warehouses and other storage buildings or transshipment points.
COMMON OPEN SPACE
Any open space area within or related to a site designated
as a development and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment
of residents and owners of the development. Common open space may
contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary
and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of
the development.
DETENTION BASIN
A man-made or natural depression below ground level designed
to collect surface and subsurface water so that it might impede its
flow and to gradually release the same at a rate not greater than
that prior to the development of the property, into natural or man-made
outlets (i.e., the storm sewer system or stream).
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means and includes control of runoff to minimize
erosion and sedimentation during and after construction or development
and means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or
alleviation of flooding.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY
Land designated for use for the installation of stormwater
sewers or drainage ditches, or delineated along a natural stream or
watercourse for the purpose of preserving the channel and providing
for the flow of water therein, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 58:1-1
et seq.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
FINAL SUBDIVISION or SITE PLAN PLAT
A detailed and accurate map of a development that is submitted
for final approval and record in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
HISTORIC SITE
Any building, structure, area or property that is significant
in the history, architecture, archaeology or culture of this state,
its communities or the nation and has been so designated pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
IMPROVEMENTS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE
When all necessary public service facilities are in place
and approved by the department having jurisdiction. Improvements shall
include water, sanitary sewer or other systems as applicable, electric
and telephone service, stormwater drainage facilities, including site
grading; road improvements, including curbing, base course(s) and
other site improvements necessary to the health and safety of site
occupants or visitors to the site (customers, employees or others),
as the case may be; open space, including submission of deed of dedication
or establishment of owner association, as the case may be.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted for
the maintenance of any improvements as required by this chapter.
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 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 STRUCTURE
A structure, the size, dimension or location of which was
lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
OFF-SITE
Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but
within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the subject
of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or
right-of-way.
OFF-TRACT
Not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
ON-SITE
Located on the lot in question.
ON-TRACT
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OPEN SPACE
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private
use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners 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.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security, including cash, to ensure completion of improvements
required as part of a development application approval, provided that
the Township shall not require more than 10% of the total performance
guaranty in cash.
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS
Architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory
stages of the design of a project, illustrating in a schematic form
its scope, scale and relationship to its site and immediate environs.
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION or SITE PLAN
A reasonably accurate map, indicating the proposed layout
of a development and related information, that is submitted for preliminary
approval in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
PUBLIC AREAS
(1)
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and
other recreational areas.
(2)
Other public open spaces.
(3)
Scenic and historic sites.
(4)
Sites for schools and other public buildings
and structures.
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 channel and providing for the flow of water to
safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality,
municipal agency, board of education, state or county agency or other
public body for recreational or conservational uses.
RECHARGE BASIN
A detention basin designed not only to release water gradually
into a natural or man-made outlet but also to percolate into the ground
consistent with subsurface strata. Such basins are designed for sandy
or gravel soil with little evidence of fines (soil that passes through
a two-hundred-mesh sieve).
RETENTION BASIN
A man-made or natural body of water of a depth of not less
than four feet, designed to contain water at all times, the level
of which will be increased as a result of the flow into it of surface
and subsurface water, collected therein and released gradually into
natural or man-made outlets.
SEDIMENTATION
The deposition of soil that has been transported from its
site or origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means
as a product of erosion.
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 this chapter;
or which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office
of the county recording officer prior to the appointment of a Planning
Board and the grant to 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. The function of streets
shall be differentiated one from the other as follows:
(2)
COLLECTOR STREETA street that is used to carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets. Collector streets include, among others, the principal entrance streets of a residential, commercial or industrial development and streets for circulation within such development.
(3)
MINOR STREETA street that is used primarily for access to abutting land.
(4)
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA street that lies parallel and contiguous to an arterial street or highway to provide access to abutting land.
(5)
ACCESS LANEA dead-end private right-of-way not exceeding 250 feet in length measured from the side line of the right-of-way of the street from which it gives access to lots not to exceed two in number.
SURVEY
A map drawn and prepared in accord with N.J.S.A. 45:8-28(e).