All development of land and buildings in the
Borough of Rockaway shall conform to the design and performance standards
established herein unless otherwise specifically excluded from compliance
with this chapter. The standards contained herein shall be considered
minimum requirements.
All development in the Borough shall conform
to the Borough's Official Map and Master Plan, or any elements of
the Master Plan adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
All work shall be done in conformance with the
current construction standards of the Borough or, in lieu thereof,
the current edition of the New Jersey State Highway Department Standard
Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 1961, with amendments
and revisions thereto, and with the New Jersey Department of Transportation
standard construction details.
A critical or steep slope is a slope with a
grade of 15% or greater.
A. Whenever development is proposed for areas containing
critical slopes (defined as a grade of 15% or greater) the following
standards shall apply:
(1) Fifteen percent to 19.9%: not more than 33 1/3%
of such areas shall be developed and/or regraded or stripped of vegetation.
(2) Twenty percent to 29.9%: not more than 25% of such
areas shall be developed and/or regraded or stripped of vegetation.
(3) Thirty percent and higher: not more than 15% of such
areas shall be developed and/or regraded or stripped of vegetation.
B. Individual lot grading and soil erosion and sediment
control plans shall be submitted to the Land Use Board for all development
applications proposing to clear, grade or develop property containing
critical slope areas; such plans for the development of an individual
single- or two-family lot shall be submitted to the Borough Engineer.
All submissions made under this subsection shall be in a form acceptable
to the Borough Engineer.
[Amended 7-11-2002 by Ord. No. 10-02; 12-13-2012 by Ord. No. 26-12]
C. Information required.
(1) For all applications for development containing land
with critical slopes the following mapped information and data shall
be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or land surveyor and
submitted to the Land Use Board for review:
[Amended 12-13-2012 by Ord. No. 26-12]
(a)
Topographic maps.
[1]
A topographic map, at a minimum scale of one
inch equals 50 feet, showing two-foot contours which shall contain
topography showing the following ranges of slope:
[b]
Fifteen percent to 19.9%.
[d]
Thirty percent and higher.
[2]
Said topography information shall be based on
actual field surveys or other equally reliable sources.
(b)
All flood hazard areas, lakes, ponds, marshes,
bogs, swamps, brooks and perennial and intermittent streams, whether
natural or man-made.
(c)
A wetland delineation line prepared by a qualified
expert and verified in a letter of interpretation by the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (NJDEPE).
(d)
Soil data from the soil survey of Morris County
showing each soil type and soil symbol.
(2) The above mappings shall include each proposed lot and lot area meeting the minimum lot size requirement of Chapter
172, Zoning.
D. Where the minimum required setbacks and/or actual
front yard setbacks contain critical slope areas, driveways shall
be permitted to be constructed and cross the minimum required and/or
actual setbacks which contain said areas.
E. No application for development on a property containing
critical slopes shall be deemed complete by the administrative officer
until such required information is submitted for review by the Land
Use Board.
[Amended 12-13-2012 by Ord. No. 26-12]
F. No construction permit shall be issued by the Construction
Official of the Borough of Rockaway until compliance with the above
chapter requirements has been demonstrated.