As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAY
The lands required 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 therein to safeguard the public against flood damage, in accordance with Chapter
1 of Title 58 of the Revised Statutes, N.J.S.A. 58:1-2 et seq.
FINAL PLAT
The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which
is presented to the Planning Board for final approval and which shall
be filed with the proper county recording officer.
LOT
A parcel or portion of land separated from other parcels
or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record-of-survey
map, or by metes and bounds, for purpose of sale, lease or separate
use.
MASTER PLAN
A composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending
the physical development of the municipality which shall have been
duly adopted by the Planning Board.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
Any subdivision containing not more than three lots fronting
on an existing street, not involving any new street or road or the
extension of municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the
development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and
not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan,
Official Map, Township of Saddle Brook Zoning Ordinance or this chapter.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted in accordance with the Official Map and Building
Permit Act, Chapter 434 of the Laws of 1953, N.J.S.A. 40:55-1.30 et
seq., or any prior act authorizing such adoption. Such a map shall
be deemed to be conclusive with respect to the location and width
of the streets, public parks and playgrounds and drainage rights-of-way
shown thereon.
OWNER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide
the same under this chapter.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement
that certain improvements be made before the Planning Board or other
approving body approves a plat, including performance bonds, escrow
agreements and other similar collateral or surety agreements.
PLAT
The map of a subdivision.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision which is submitted to the Municipal Clerk for Planning Board consideration and tentative approval and meeting the requirements of Article
IV of this chapter.
RESERVE STRIP
A privately owned strip of land of less width than the lot
depth permitted by the applicable zoning regulation and bounded on
one side by a proposed street and on the other by the boundary of
a subdivision.
SKETCH PLAT
The sketch map of a subdivision of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification and meeting the requirements of Article
IV of this chapter.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct,
alley or other way which is an existing state, county or municipal
roadway, or a street or way shown upon a plat heretofore approved
pursuant to law or approved by official action, or a street or way
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, sidewalks, parking areas and
other areas within the street lines. For the purpose of this chapter,
"streets" shall be classified as follows:
B.
COLLECTOR STREETSThose which 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.
C.
MINOR STREETSThose which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties.
D.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETSStreets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial streets and highways and which provide access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
E.
ALLEYSMinor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
SUBDIVIDER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership,
corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings
under this chapter to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself
or for another.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or
more lots, sites or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale or building development, except that
the following divisions shall not be considered "subdivisions," provided
that no new streets or roads are involved: divisions of land for agricultural
purposes where the resulting parcels are three acres or larger in
size, divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions,
or divisions of property upon court order. "Subdivision" also includes
resubdivision and, where appropriate to the context, relates to the
process of subdividing or to the lands or territory divided.