A. 
Words and phrases shall be presumed to have their ordinary meaning unless specifically defined or interpreted differently within this article. Disputes concerning the definition or interpretation of a word shall be resolved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
B. 
For the purpose of this chapter, certain grammatical forms and words shall assume a different interpretation than is assumed in common usage as follows:
(1) 
The word "building" includes "structure" and any part thereof.
(2) 
The phrase "used for" includes "arranged for," "designed for," "intended for," "maintained for" or "occupied for."
(3) 
The word "includes," or "including," shall not limit the term to the specified example, but is intended to extend its meaning to all other instances of like kind and character.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given in this section, as follows:
ACCESSORY APARTMENT
A self-contained residential dwelling unit with a kitchen, sanitary facilities, sleeping quarters and a private entrance, which is created within an existing home, or through the conversion of an existing accessory structure on the same site, or by an addition to an existing home or accessory building, or by the construction of a new accessory structure on the same site.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the principal building and which is used for an accessory use and is located on the same lot. In a residential district, a detached accessory building shall be on the same lot as the main building, shall be not more than 20 feet in height and shall conform to the yard requirements of the applicable district. See §§ 285-25, 285-82, 285-188 and 285-247 for utility sheds and detached garages which are not covered by this definition.
ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL USE
A use customarily carried on within a dwelling by the inhabitants thereof, which use is incidental and subordinate to the residential use. Accessory residential uses shall not be interpreted to include the following: barber and beauty shops, retail sales of any nature, boutiques, ceramics or pottery shops, nursery schools and day-care centers, barber and beauty schools, tea rooms, convalescent homes, stables, kennels, repair of internal combustion engines or other similar uses.
ACCESSORY USE or ACCESSORY
A subordinate use conducted on the same lot as a principal use to which it is related and located either within the same structures or in an accessory structure or as an accessory use of land, except that off-street parking need not be located on the same lot. It is a use which is clearly incidental to and subordinate to and customarily found in connection with a principal use.
ACT
The Fair Housing Act of 1985, P.L. 1985, c. 222 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.), as has been subsequently amended.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
ADAPTABLE
Housing constructed in compliance with the technical design standards of the Barrier Free Subcode, N.J.A.C. 5:23-7.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Any business function in which there is not regular contact with the general public and no materials, products, goods or prepared foods are stored, except for office consumption.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
The entity responsible for the administration of affordable units in accordance with this article, N.J.A.C. 5:91, N.J.A.C. 5:93 and N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
The Township Clerk, unless a different Township official or officials are designated by ordinance or statute.
ADVERTISING SIGN
See "sign" and "billboard."
AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING
A regional marketing strategy designed to attract buyers and/or renters of affordable units pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.15.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AFFORDABILITY AVERAGE
The average percentage of regional median income by household size at which restricted units in an affordable housing development are affordable to low- and moderate-income households.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AFFORDABLE
A sales price or rent level that is within the means of a low- or moderate-income household as defined in N.J.A.C. 5:93-7.4; in the case of an ownership unit, that the sales price for the unit conforms to the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.6, as may be amended and supplemented, and, in the case of a rental unit, that the rent for the unit conforms to the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.12, as may be amended and supplemented.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT
A housing development all or a portion of which consists of restricted units.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
A development included in the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, and includes, but is not limited to, an inclusionary development, a municipal construction project or a 100% affordable development.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN
The document required to be submitted to and approved by the Planning Board on an application for inclusionary development. The plan should include, at a minimum, the number of low- and/or moderate-income units within the development, their location within the development and their phasing within the development.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM(S)
Any mechanism in the Township's Fair Share Plan prepared or implemented to address the Township's fair share obligation.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AFFORDABLE RENTAL CHARGES
A monthly rent, including utilities charged to an eligible very-low-, low- or moderate-income family which shall not exceed 30% of their monthly gross income as calculated by N.J.A C. 5:93-7.4(f).
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AFFORDABLE UNIT
A housing unit proposed or created to be affordable in accordance with the NJ Fair Housing Act, approved for crediting by the Court, and/or funded through an affordable housing trust fund.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AGENCY
The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established by P.L. 1983, c. 530 (N.J.S.A. 55:14K-1 et seq.).
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AGE-RESTRICTED UNIT
A housing unit designed to meet the needs of, and exclusively for, the residents of an age-restricted segment of the population such that: 1) all the residents of the development where the unit is situated are 62 years or older; or 2) at least 80% of the units are occupied by one person that is 55 years or older; or 3) the development has been designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as housing for older persons as defined in Section 807(b)(2) of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3607.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
ALLEY
A minor way which may or may not be legally dedicated and which is used primarily for vehicular service access to the rear or side of properties abutting on a street.
ALTERATIONS
Includes, but is not limited to, the following:
A. 
All incidental changes or replacement in the nonstructural parts of a building or other structure.
B. 
Minor changes or replacement in the structural parts of a building or other structure, limited to the following examples and others of similar character or extent:
(1) 
Alteration of interior partitions to improve livability in nonconforming residential buildings, provided that no additional dwelling units are created thereby.
(2) 
Alteration of interior partitions in all other types of buildings or other structures.
(3) 
Making windows or doors in exterior walls.
(4) 
Strengthening the load bearing capacity of the floor area to permit the accommodation of a specialized unit of machinery or equipment.
ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENT
A building in which households live in distinct bedrooms, yet share kitchen and plumbing facilities, central heat and common areas. Alternative living arrangements include, but are not limited to, transitional facilities for the homeless; Class A, B, C, D, and E boardinghomes as regulated by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; residential health-care facilities as regulated by the New Jersey Department of Health; group homes for the developmentally disabled and mentally ill as licensed and/or regulated by the New Jersey Department of Human Services; and congregate living arrangements.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY
A facility, regulated by the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services, in which preventive, diagnostic and treatment services are provided to persons who come to the facility to receive services and depart from the facility on the same day. In addition to preventative, diagnostic and treatment services, an ambulatory care facility may include a same-day surgical facility in which same-day surgical cases (as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:43A-1.3) are performed and which is licensed separately as an ambulatory surgery facility (the ambulatory surgery facility may be physically connected to another licensed facility, but it is corporately and administratively distinct).
[Added 3-8-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
ANIMAL KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling animals, or breeding animals for sale, is carried on, except a pet shop.
ANIMAL POUND
An establishment for the confinement of animals seized under the provisions of Township regulations, or otherwise.
ANIMAL SHELTER
Any establishment where animals are received, housed and distributed.
APARTMENT
See "dwelling, multiple."
APARTMENT HOUSE
A detached building containing three or more separate attached dwelling units with common or separate entranceways, yard areas and common facilities where one or more units are physically on top of other units or adjoined side by side. Each apartment house, or group of apartment houses, shall be erected and maintained in single and separate ownership or by a condominium, as provided for from time to time by state law.
APARTMENTS, MID-RISE
A group of multifamily dwellings, architecturally designed with some of the units placed on top of other units, for sale or rental of the individual units in an elevator apartment structure of no less than four stories and no more than six stories in height.
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, conditional use, zoning variance or direction for the issuance of a permit pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
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APPROVAL, PRELIMINARY
The conferral of certain rights as specified in the Municipal Land Use Law prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the Planning Board and the applicant.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
The Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, unless a different agency is designated by this chapter.
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ASSISTED-LIVING RESIDENCE or ASSISTED-LIVING FACILITY
An establishment licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining for four or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor, and a coordinated array of supportive personal and health services, available 24 hours per day, to residents who have been assessed to need help with the activities of daily life, including residents who require formal long-term care. Such facilities will offer units containing, at a minimum, one unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette and a lockable door on the unit entrance.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
AUTOMOBILE SALES BUILDING
A building used for the sale of, hire of or remuneration from automotive and other vehicles and equipment. This shall be interpreted to include auto accessory sales rooms but not the sale of junked vehicles and equipment.
AUTOMOTIVE AND/OR TRAILER SALES AREA
An open area, other than a public or private street or way, used for the display or sale of new and used vehicles, trailers, trucks or farm equipment and where no repair work is done except that which is minor and incidental to the sale.
AUTOMOTIVE GARAGE
Any premises used for the repair or servicing of vehicles, but not including automotive salvage.
AVERAGE GROSS RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
The number of dwelling units per acre, computed by dividing the number of dwelling units which the applicant is permitted to construct by the number of acres in the development, excluding acreage devoted to commercial use.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building which is partly below and partly above grade and having at least 1/2 its height above grade.
BILLBOARD
A sign, other than one indicating a business conducted on the premises, and a sign upon which advertising matter of any character is printed, posted or lettered by any means and is designed for such purposes. A billboard may be either freestanding or attached to a surface of a building or other structure.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
See "Zoning Board of Adjustment."
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
BUILDING AREA
The area of a horizontal section of a building at the foundation extremities.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation of the proposed finished grades at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs, to the deck line of mansard roofs and to the main height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs, provided that chimneys, spires, towers, mechanical penthouses, tanks and similar projections of the building not intended for human occupancy shall not be included in calculating the height. If there are two or more separate roofs on a single building, the height of such building shall be calculated from the highest roof.
BUILDING LENGTH
The horizontal measurement of any continuous building wall.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
An established line within a property defining the minimum required distance between the face of any structure to be erected and the specified right-of-way. This face, as measured to the major portion of the structure, includes sun parlors, foyers, bay windows, porches, projecting eaves, dormers, gutters, steps and any other solid projections and solid entrances.
BULK
The size of buildings or other structures and their relationship to each other, to open areas, such as yards, and to lot lines and includes the size, height and floor area of buildings or other structures and all open areas and yard space relating to buildings and other structures.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
A governmental acquisition of real property or a major construction project.
CARPORT
A protective roof structure without sides for automobiles.
CAR WASHING FACILITY
A structure used for the purpose of cleaning the exterior and interior surfaces of automotive vehicles, but not including an incidental one-bay washing facility in a gasoline service station where washing facilities are purely incidental to the operation of such service station. A self-operated vehicular car wash facility not requiring attendants or employees, regardless of capacity, is also considered to be a car washing facility.
CELLAR
See "basement."
CEMETERY
Land used, or intended to be used, for the burial of the deceased, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with the cemetery and within the boundaries.
CENTER LINE OF STREET
See "street, center line of."
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A statement signed by the construction official setting forth either that a building, structure or swimming pool complies with this chapter or that a building, structure or parcel of land may lawfully be used for specified uses, or both.
CERTIFIED HOUSEHOLD
A household that has been certified by an administrative agent as a very-low-income, low-income household or moderate-income household.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
CHANNEL
The bed and banks of streams and waterways in the Township which convey the normal flow of the stream that occurs most of the time.
CHURCH
A building used for public worship by a congregation, excluding buildings used exclusively for residential, educational, burial, recreational or other uses not normally associated with worship.
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.
CLINIC, MEDICAL
A building constructed as a professional building for the offices of three or more medical practitioners.
CLUB
An organization operated for social or fraternal purposes.
COAH
The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing established under the Act which has primary jurisdiction for the administration of housing obligations in accordance with sound regional planning consideration in the state. Pursuant to the opinion and order of the New Jersey Supreme Court dated March 10, 2015, in the matter of "In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 and 5:97 by N.J. Council on Affordable Housing (M-392-14) 067126," any reference to COAH or the Council shall be understood to refer to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Gloucester County.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
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 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.
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 this chapter and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Planning Board.
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER
A mobile unit used at construction sites for office and storage purposes.
CONVENTIONAL
Development other than planned development.
COOPERATIVE SOBER LIVING RESIDENCE
A recovery home that has been issued a Class "F" License by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:27-1.1 et seq.
[Added 10-11-2023 by Ord. No. 20-2023]]
CORNER LOT
See "lot, corner."
COUNTRY CLUB
A club operated for profit, which may include recreational facilities and/or a golf course containing not less than 60 acres for each nine holes of golf.
COUNTY MASTER PLAN
A composite of the Master Plan for the physical development of the county in which the Township is located, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory matter adopted by the Gloucester County Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-2 and 40:27-4.
COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
The Gloucester County Planning Board.
COVERAGE
See "lot coverage."
CPI
The consumer price index for all consumers as established for the region, as defined in these definitions.
CUL-DE-SAC
A street with access closed at one end and with a vehicular turnaround at the closed end.
CURB LEVEL
The elevation of the top of the curb or the curb grade approved by the Township Engineer. Where the building does not adjoin the street, the average elevation of the proposed grade line of the ground immediately adjacent to the buildings as shown on the building plans shall be considered as the curb level.
CURBLINE
The line of the curb as presently existing or as may hereafter be established by the Township Council.
DCA
The State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
DEFICIENT HOUSING UNIT
A housing unit with health and safety code violations that require the repair or replacement of a major system. A major system includes weatherization, roofing, plumbing (including wells), heating, electricity, sanitary plumbing (including septic systems), lead paint abatement and/or load bearing structural systems.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
DENSITY
The number of dwelling units permitted in a development, expressed as units per acre.
DESIGN FLOOD, FLOODWAY OR FLOOD HAZARD AREA
The relative size or magnitude of a flood, expressed as a design discharge in cubic feet per second, which is developed from hydrologic criteria, represents a major flood of reasonable expectancy, reflects both flood experience and flood potential and is the basis of the delineation of the floodway and flood hazard area and the water surface elevations thereof in the floodplain reports.
DESIGN FLOOD PROFILE, FLOODWAY OR FLOOD HAZARD AREA
The elevations of the water surface of the floodway design flood and the flood hazard area design flood as shown on the flood map included in the floodplain report.
DETACHED HOUSE
One which has yard areas on all sides.
DEVELOPER
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land. As referred to low- and moderate-income developments, the person who has received Planning Board approval on an application for development which is subject to the provisions of Articles XXXVII and XXXVIII of this chapter to construct low- and moderate-income housing within the Township. Developer includes the successors in interest of any person who receives such Planning Board approval on an application for development.
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; and 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 this chapter.
DEVELOPMENT FEE
Money paid by a developer for the improvement of property as permitted in N.J.A.C. 5:93-8.8, as it may be amended or superseded, and utilized to provide affordable housing.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
This chapter; Chapter 220, Subdivision of Land; Chapter 199, Site Plan Review; or any other land development chapter of this Code, the Official Map Ordinance or other Township regulation of the use and development of land or amendment thereto, adopted and filed pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
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DIVISION
The Division of State and Regional Planning in the Department of Community Affairs.
DOG KENNEL
See "animal kennel."
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 the means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
DRIVEWAY
The vehicular entrance and exit for a land use.
DWELLING
A building consisting of one or more bedrooms for living purposes, together with cooking and sanitary facilities, and accessible from the outdoors, either directly or through an entrance hall shared with other dwelling units, and is used or intended to be used by one or more persons living together and maintaining a common household.
A. 
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGA building designed for and occupied exclusively as residence for only one family and having no party wall in common with an adjacent building.
B. 
MULTIPLE DWELLINGA building designed for three or more dwelling units.
C. 
TOWNHOUSEA building that has not less than two nor more than eight one-family dwelling units erected in a row as a single building on adjoining lots, each being separate from the adjoining unit or units by an approved masonry, party or partition wall or walls, thus creating distinct and noncommunicating dwelling units, such units intended for separate ownership or rental. This definition shall also include, but not be limited to, such terms as rowhouse, patio house, court dwelling and maisonette.
D. 
TWO-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING, DUPLEX OR TWINA building designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for two families.
EASEMENT
A right-of-way granted, but not dedicated, for limited use of private land for a public or quasi-public purpose and within which the owner of the property shall not erect any permanent structures.
ELIGIBLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
A modification, alteration or addition made to a unit which renders the unit suitable for a larger household, and/or increases the energy efficiency or livability of the unit and/or is needed for the health and safety of the occupants and is approved by the Township Housing Officer.
EMPLOYEES or NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
The greatest number of persons to be employed in the building in question during any season of the year and any time of the day or night.
ENLARGEMENT
An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an increase in size of another structure or an increase in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
A Township advisory body created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq.
EQUALIZED ASSESSED VALUE
The assessed value of a property divided by the current average ratio of assessed to true value for the municipality in which the property is situated, as determined in accordance with Sections 1, 5, and 6 of P.L. 1973, c. 123 (N.J.S.A. 54:1-35a through 54:1-35c).
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity.
FAMILY
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit, who are living together as a bona fide, stable and committed living unit, being a traditional family unit or the functional equivalent thereof, exhibiting the generic character of a traditional family.
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FAMILY INCOME, GROSS AGGREGATE
The total annual income from all sources of all members of the household.
FARM
A plot or parcel of land having an area of not less than 5 1/2 acres, used for agricultural purposes.
FARM BUILDING
Any building needed for storing agricultural equipment or farm produce, housing livestock or poultry or processing farm products. The term "farm building" shall not include a dwelling.
FINAL APPROVAL
The official action of the Planning Board taken on a preliminary approved major subdivision or site plan after all conditions, engineering plans and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled and the required improvements have been installed or guaranties properly posted for their completion, or approval conditioned upon the posting of such guaranties.
FIRE STATION
A building used primarily for the housing of fire-fighting equipment and related space.
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, that are inundated by the flood hazard area design flood and that are delineated in the floodplain reports as a flood hazard area. See also "design flood, floodway or flood hazard area."
FLOOD MAPS
The map identified in § 285-150 and all subsequent maps and reports that may be prepared from time to time, which maps are an integral part of this chapter. In the absence of any other flood maps, the delineation of floodplains, as described in § 285-150, shall be conclusive.
FLOODPLAIN
The relatively flat area adjoining the channel which has been or may be hereafter covered by floodwater of the stream, based on the one-hundred-year 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 for the passage of flood flows without aggravating flood conditions upstream and downstream, that are necessary to preserve the natural regimen of the stream for the reasonable passage of the floodway design flood and that are delineated on the flood map. See also "design flood, floodway or flood hazard area."
FRONT YARD
See "yard, front."
FRONT YARD LINE
See "lot line, front."
GARAGE
Any structure having sides and a roof and in at least one of the sides of which is an aperture or opening through which a vehicle may enter and leave and that may be closed by means of a door or doors, overhead or otherwise, and being intended for the storing or sheltering of vehicles.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A garage in which no business, service or industry is carried on and which is designed to contain not more than four motor vehicles, and which shall not house trucks of the 6,000 pound weight class.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any garage not included within the definition of a "private garage."
GARDEN APARTMENTS
A group of multifamily dwellings, architecturally designed with some of the units placed on top of other units, two stories in height, designed for rental or sale of the individual units, having common open spaces and designed in accordance with the social requirements for such dwellings, as set forth in this chapter.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
An area of land, together with any structure thereon, used for the retail sale of motor fuel and lubricants and incidental services, such as lubrication and hand washing of motor vehicles, or the sale, installation or minor repair of tires, batteries or other automobile accessories.
GOLF COURSE
An open space and its necessary buildings used for the playing of golf, not including a driving range, miniature course or eating facilities in a separate building operated for additional profit.
GOODS
A finished product.
GRADE LEVEL
The mean elevation of the finished grade where such grade abuts a building.
GREEN BUILDING STRATEGIES
Those strategies that minimize the impact of development on the environment and enhance the health, safety and well-being of residents by producing durable, low-maintenance, resource-efficient housing while making optimum use of existing infrastructure and community services.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
HALF STORY
See "story, half."
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
See "building height."
HEIGHT OF SIGN
See "sign height."
HIGHWAY ACCESS POINTS
The distance between any vehicular entrance or exit to a street and the next adjoining vehicular entrance or exit on the same street.
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 this act.
HOSPITAL
A public institution providing public health services primarily for inpatient medical or surgical care of the sick or injured and including related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities and staff offices which are an integral part of the facility.
HOSPITAL, VETERINARY
A structure designed for or converted for the care and treatment of sick or wounded small domestic animals.
HOUSE TRAILER
See "mobile home" and "trailer."
HOUSING COST, TOTAL MONTHLY
The total of the following monthly payments associated with the cost of housing mortgage payments:
A. 
Principal.
B. 
Interest.
C. 
Private mortgage insurance.
D. 
Applicable assessments by a homeowners' association.
E. 
Real estate taxes.
F. 
Fire, theft and liability insurance.
HOUSING OFFICE
The Affordable Housing Office established by the Township Council.
HOUSING OFFICER
The person within the Housing Office responsible for the administration of Article XXXVIII of this chapter, subject to the supervision of the Township Council.
HOUSING PLAN ELEMENT
The portion of the Township's Master Plan, required by the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL), N.J.S.A. 40:55-28b(3) and other legislation.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
IMPROVED OPEN SPACE
That portion of a lot, excluding areas set aside or used for buildings, parking, loading and streets, to be devoted to recreational uses and/or play areas with appropriate recreational equipment, park furniture and landscape plantings.
IMPROVEMENTS
Any type of structure, excavation or paved section, excluding driveway or curb.
INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT
A development containing both affordable units and market rate units. This term includes, but is not necessarily limited to, new construction, the conversion of a nonresidential structure to residential and the creation of new affordable units through the reconstruction of a vacant residential structure.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
INCOME
Includes revenue and receipts, actual or fairly imputed, from all sources, including, but not limited to, wages, interest, dividends, social security, pensions, government benefits, alimony, child support and rents from income property.
INCOME CEILING
Eighty percent of the median income for the region for a moderate-income household; 50% of the median income for the region for a low-income household; 30% of the median income for the region for a very-low-income household.
[Amended 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
INITIAL RENTAL
The first transfer of occupancy of a qualified low- or moderate-income unit from a developer to a qualified renter.
INITIAL SALE
The first transfer of title of a qualified low- or moderate-income unit from a developer to a qualified buyer.
INSTITUTION
A building and land use partially for the human habitation of more than two unrelated persons who occupy the facility for a common purpose, other than housekeeping.
INSTRUCTIONAL BUSINESS OR TRADE SCHOOL
A duly organized school giving instruction in business or vocational trade subjects.
INTERESTED PARTY
In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, any citizen of the State of New Jersey; in the case of a civil proceeding in any court or in any administration proceeding before a Township agency, any person, whether residing within or without the Township, whose right to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected by an 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 this chapter.
JUNKYARD
An area of land, with or without buildings, used for the storage of used and discarded materials, including, but not limited to, wastepaper, rags, metal, building materials, house furnishings, machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, with or without the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or disposition of the same. The deposit or storage on a lot of two or more unlicensed, wrecked or disabled vehicles or the major part thereof shall be deemed to be a junkyard.
LAND
Includes improvements and fixtures on, above or below the surface.
LANDOWNERS
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition, a lessee if he/she is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the landowner, or other persons having a proprietary interest in land.
LANDSCAPE SCREEN
A completely planted visual barrier that complies with all of the standards and requirements set forth in the Township's Landscape Ordinance. See Chapter 254, Trees.
LOADING SPACE
Paved accommodation off the street for the loading of trucks, in the form of one or more truck berths located either within a building or on the same lot.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit. Wetlands, floodplains floodways and flood hazard areas shall not be used in the calculation of minimum lot size. Wetland buffers may not be part of minimum yard areas, but may be part of minimum lot size. All lots must have a minimum fifty-foot-wide area abutting and contiguous to the right-of-way of a public street, except for lots on a cul-de-sac street that are pie shaped, in which case the abutting area may be reduced to 30 feet in width.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the property lines of a lot, not including any portion of a street right-of-way.
[Added 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT, CORNER
A lot fronting on two streets at their intersection. Each corner lot shall have two front yards, one side yard and one rear yard. The rear yard shall be the yard area behind the structure, using the street address to define the front of the structure. The remaining yard shall be the side yard.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT COVERAGE
That portion of the lot that is covered by buildings and structures, including but not limited to sun parlors, foyers, porches, breezeways, projecting eaves, gutters, awnings, steps, patios and the like.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT DEPTH
The distance measured from the front lot line to the rear lot line. The minimum lot depth shall apply over no less than 80% of the required lot width.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT FRONTAGE
The length of the front lot line measured at the street right-of-way line. In the case of a corner lot, either street frontage which meets the minimum required frontage for that zone may be considered the lot frontage.
[Added 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003; amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
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LOT, INTERIOR
A lot, the side lines of which do not abut a street.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT LINE, FRONT
The lot line separating a lot from a street right-of-way.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT LINE, REAR
The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line; or, in the case of triangular or otherwise irregularly shaped lots, a line 10 feet in length entirely within the lot, parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT LINE, SIDE
Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT, MINIMUM AREA OF
The smallest lot area established by the Zoning Ordinance on which a use or structure may be located in a particular district.
[Added 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT, NONCONFORMING
A lot the area, 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.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT, THROUGH
An interior lot having frontage on two streets or one street and an alley.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOT WIDTH
The horizontal distance between the side lines of a lot measured at right angles to its depth along a straight line parallel to the front lot line at the minimum required building setback line.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
LOW-INCOME BUYER, QUALIFIED
A person:
A. 
Who submits an application for certification as a qualified buyer to the Township's Housing Officer.
B. 
Whose gross aggregate family income at the time of the proposed purchase of a low-income unit is within low-income levels.
C. 
Who obtains certification as a qualified buyer of a low-income unit from the Housing Officer.
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD or LOW-INCOME FAMILY
A household with a total gross annual household income equal to 50% or less of the regional median household income by household size.
[Amended 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
LOW-INCOME RENTER, QUALIFIED
A. 
A person:
(1) 
Who submits an application for certification as a qualified renter to the Township's Housing Officer.
(2) 
Whose gross aggregate family income at the time of the proposed occupancy of a low-income unit is within low-income levels.
(3) 
Who obtains certification as a qualified renter of a low-income unit from the Housing Officer.
B. 
Renters must be recertified annually or upon lease renewal, whichever occurs first, in order to continue to be a qualified low-income renter.
LOW-INCOME UNIT
A restricted unit that is affordable to a low-income household.
[Amended 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
MAINTENANCE GUARANTY
Any security, other than cash, which may be accepted by the Township for the maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
See "subdivision, major."
MAJOR SYSTEM (REHABILITATION)
The primary structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, or occupant service components of a building, which include, but are not limited to, weatherization, roofing, plumbing including wells), heating, electricity, sanitary plumbing (including septic systems), lead paint abatement or load-bearing structural systems.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
MANUFACTURE
A function involving either the processing or production of materials, goods or products.
MARKET UNIT
Any unit which is not required to be sold or rented as a low- or moderate-income unit.
MARQUEE
A combination signboard and protective covering from the elements supported solely by the building to which it is attached.
MASTER PLAN
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for the development of the Township, as set forth in and adopted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
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MAYOR
The chief executive of the Township.
MEDIAN INCOME
The median income by household size for the applicable county, as adopted annually by the Department.
[Amended 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
MEDICAL CLINIC
See "clinic, medical."
MID-RISE APARTMENTS
See "apartments, mid-rise."
MINOR SUBDIVISION
See "subdivision, minor."
MIXED OCCUPANCY
Occupancy of a building or land for more than one use.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one unit or in two units designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of again being separated for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
MODERATE-INCOME BUYER, QUALIFIED
A person:
A. 
Who submits an application for certification as a qualified buyer to the Township's Housing Officer.
B. 
Whose gross aggregate family income at the time of the proposed purchase of a moderate-income unit is within moderate-income levels.
C. 
Who obtains certification as a qualified buyer of a moderate-income unit from the Housing Officer.
MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLD or MODERATE-INCOME FAMILY
A household with a total gross annual household income in excess of 50% but less than 80% of the regional median household income by household size.
[Amended 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
MODERATE-INCOME RENTER, QUALIFIED
A. 
A person:
(1) 
Who submits an application for certification as a qualified renter to the Township's Housing Officer.
(2) 
Whose gross aggregate family income at the time of the proposed occupancy of a moderate-income unit is within moderate-income levels.
(3) 
Who obtains a certification as a qualified renter of a moderate-income unit from the Housing Officer.
B. 
Renters must be recertified annually or upon lease renewal, whichever comes first, in order to continue to be a qualified moderate-income renter.
MODERATE-INCOME UNIT
A restricted unit that is affordable to a moderate-income household.
[Amended 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
MOTEL/HOTEL
A building having six or more rental units, or a group of buildings having units containing sleeping accommodations which are available for a temporary rental occupancy by transients and providing sufficient off-street parking facilities adjacent or convenient thereto. A tourist home containing provisions or facilities for accommodation of more than two transient occupants not normally quartered on the premises shall be considered as a motel/hotel facility under the provisions of this chapter.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS
See "dwelling, multiple."
MUNICIPAL HOUSING LIAISON
A municipal employee annually appointed by resolution of the governing body, responsible for the tracking and reporting of affordable housing units to the appropriate authorities and parties in addition to other affordable housing duties that may be assigned by the Township Manager.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
NONCONFORMING LOT
See "lot, nonconforming."
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE
See "structure, nonconforming."
NONCONFORMING USE
See "use, nonconforming."
NONEXEMPT SALE
Any sale or transfer of ownership other than the transfer of ownership between husband and wife; the transfer of ownership between former spouses ordered as a result of a judicial decree of divorce or judicial separation, but not including sales to third parties; the transfer of ownership between family members as a result of inheritance; the transfer of ownership through an executor's deed to a Class A beneficiary and the transfer of ownership by court order.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
NURSING OR CONVALESCENT HOME; SANITORIUM
Facility providing nursing services on a continuing basis and which admits the majority of the occupants upon the advice of physicians as ill or infirm persons requiring nursing services and provides for physician's services or supervision and maintains medical records, including also provisions for other similar medical or nursing services. Care for the acutely ill or surgical or obstetrical services shall not be considered similar services under this definition, nor shall hospitals be construed to be included in this definition.
OFFICIAL COUNTY MAP
The map, with changes and additions thereto, adopted and established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Gloucester County, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-5.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
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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-STREET PARKING FACILITY
A parking area, as hereinafter defined, for the parking of passenger vehicles of the occupants, employees, visitors and patrons of specified types of buildings.
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.
OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the Township, a Township agency, board of education, state or county agency or other public body for recreational or conservational uses.
OWNER
The person(s) who has title to a unit pursuant to Articles XXXVII and XXXVIII of this chapter.
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PARKING AREA
An open, off-street land area, including parking spaces and access and egress drives or aisles, used or required by this chapter for the parking of automobiles or other vehicles exclusively and in which no gasoline or automobile accessories are sold and no other business is conducted.
PARKING SPACE
Accommodation for the parking of a motor vehicle on a lot provided for restricted use in connection with a particular business or private enterprise, or as an adjunct to a housing development or private residence, whether operated for gain or not, whether cooperatively established and operated or not. Such parking spaces may consist of parking lots, private garages or other structures and accessories; they may be surface facilities or facilities above or under the ground. The net area of such parking berth, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, shall be not less than 200 square feet, measuring 10 feet by 20 feet, and must be an approved surface.
PAVED AREA
A portion of land paved with a weatherproof surface for parking space, driveways or streets. In the computation of such, that area covered by buildings shall be excluded.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Any security which may be accepted by the Township, including cash, provided that the Township shall not require more than 10% of the total performance guaranty in cash.
PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous size, as specified by ordinance, 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 as may be permitted by ordinance.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Planned unit development, planned unit residential development, residential cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial development.
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area of a minimum contiguous site, as specified by ordinance, to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
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 is specified in this chapter.
PLANNED UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
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.
PLANNING BOARD
The Washington Township Planning Board, established pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
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PLAT
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
PLAYGROUND
An active recreation area that provides recreation opportunities for children, especially those between the ages of six and 14, with a section set aside for exclusive use by preschoolers, as well as limited facilities for the recreation of young people and adults. The average size of a playground shall be three to five acres.
PORCH
A roofed, open structure projecting from the front, side or rear wall of a building and having no enclosed features of glass, wood or other material more than 30 inches above the floor thereof, except the necessary columns to support the roof.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
See "approval, preliminary."
PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
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.
PREMISES
Any lot, area or tract of land, whether used in connection with a building or not.
PRESCHOOL, NURSERY OR DAY-CARE CENTER
A school which provides daytime care and instruction for two or more children from two to six years of age, inclusive, and operates on a regular or seasonal basis.
PROPERTY
A lot or plot with or without buildings or other improvements located thereon.
PUBLIC AREAS
A. 
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas.
B. 
Other public open spaces.
C. 
Scenic and historic sites.
D. 
Sites for schools and other public buildings and structures.
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 channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
See "open space, public."
QUALIFIED LOW-INCOME BUYER
See "low-income buyer, qualified."
QUALIFIED LOW-INCOME RENTER
See "low-income renter, qualified."
QUALIFIED MODERATE-INCOME BUYER
See "moderate-income buyer, qualified."
QUALIFIED MODERATE-INCOME RENTER
See "moderate-income renter, qualified."
QUORUM
The majority of the full authorized membership of a Township agency.
RANDOM SELECTION PROCESS
A process by which currently income-eligible households are selected for placement in affordable housing units such that no preference is given to one applicant over another except for purposes of matching household income and size with an appropriately priced and sized affordable unit e.g., by lottery).
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
REAR YARD
See "yard, rear."
REAR YARD LINE
See "lot line, rear."
RECREATIONAL AREA
A private or public space, including essential buildings and structures, used for play and recreational space for individuals.
RECREATION AREA, ACTIVE
Land that is buildable ground suitable for the placement of recreational facilities without the necessity of excessive fill or grading.
RECREATION AREA, PASSIVE
Land that is not buildable that serves the purpose of the preservation of natural resources and ecologically sensitive areas.
REFERRAL LIST, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
A register of eligible very-low-, low- and moderate-income households for which suitable units are not yet available.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
REGION
For purposes of defining median income under Article XXXVIII, "region" is defined as the counties of Mercer, Burlington, Camden and Gloucester.
REGIONAL ASSET LIMIT
The maximum housing value in each housing region affordable to a four-person household with an income at 80% of the regional median as defined by duly adopted regional income limits published annually by COAH or a successor entity.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
REHABILITATION
The repair, renovation, alteration or reconstruction of any building or structure, pursuant to the Rehabilitation Subcode, N.J.A.C. 5:23-6.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
RENTAL
A procedure by which services and/or real or personal property are temporarily transferred to another person for a specific time period in exchange for something of value.
RENTER
A person, other than an owner, who has the right to possession of a unit by virtue of a lease, whether written or oral, and who, in fact, occupies the unit.
RENT, RESTRICTED UNIT
The gross monthly cost of a rental unit to the tenant, including the rent paid to the landlord, as well as an allowance for tenant-paid utilities computed in accordance with allowances published by DCA for its Section 8 program. In assisted-living residences, rent does not include charges for food and services.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
RE-RENTAL
Transfer of occupancy after the initial rental has terminated.
RESALE
Transfer of title after the initial sale.
RESALE PRICE
The affordable sales price, as defined above.
RESCUE SQUAD and/or AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
A service provided to the general public in emergency and nonemergency situations for the preservation of life and property.
RESIDENT
A person who resides in the Township of Washington, County of Gloucester, or the parent(s) or children of such person.
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.
RESTAURANT
An establishment in which food and drink may be procured, provided that such food or drink is to be consumed while seated at a table, counter or a booth within a building on the premises, except that a take-out window may be permitted as an ancillary service to the overall operation.
RESTRICTED UNIT
A dwelling unit, whether a rental unit or ownership unit, that is subject to the affordability controls of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1, as may be amended and supplemented, but does not include a market-rate unit financed under UHORP or MONI.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
RETAIL SALES
Any sales of goods and services to the general public as distinguished from wholesale sales.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, forced dedication, proscription or condemnation and intended to be occupied or occupied by a road, sidewalk, railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, waterline, sanitary storm sewer and other similar uses.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
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SCHOOL, PRIVATE
A duly organized school, other than a public school, giving regular instruction in subjects ordinarily taught in the public schools and not under the jurisdiction of the school district.
SECTION
A geographical area or tract which is part of a proposed development which will be developed according to a timetable for development over a period of years included by the applicant in the development plan.
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.
SETBACK
See "building setback line."
SIDE YARD
See "yard, side."
SIDE YARD LINE
See "lot line, side."
SIGN
A structure, building wall or any writing, letter work or numeral, pictorial or graphic presentation, illustration or decoration, emblem, device, symbol or trademark, flag, banner or pennant or any other structure, device, figure or similar character which is:
A. 
Used for visual communication to announce, direct attention to, identify, advertise or otherwise make anything known.
B. 
Visible from the public right-of-way or from adjoining property.
SIGN, BUILDING-MOUNTED
Any sign attached to and deriving its major support from a building, and including, but not limited to, the following: arcade signs, awning signs, canopy signs, cornice signs, marquee signs, parapet signs, plaque signs, projecting signs, wall signs, window signs and signs painted on the surfaces of walls.
SIGN, CHANGEABLE COPY
A permanent sign specifically designed so that the letters and graphic material may be changed an unlimited number of times by the easy removal and replacement of all the letters and graphic material. Such signs shall be permanently affixed to the ground or to a structure, and shall not be portable.
SIGN, ENTERPRISE OR BUSINESS
A sign which indicates the name of an individual enterprise or business or any of its affiliates, and which may or may not indicate the products, services or entertainment offered by that business.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
Any sign supported by structural members or by braces in the ground and not attached to a building, including, but not limited to, the following: bulletin board signs, outdoor advertising signs, pole or pylon signs or ground signs.
SIGN HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from ground level to the highest point on the sign and its supporting structure.
SIGN, IDENTIFICATION
A sign that gives the name or the name and address of a building, business, development or establishment. Such a sign may be wholly or partly devoted to a readily recognized symbol or trademark.
SIGN, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
Any sign on which is portrayed information which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment not related to uses existing or permitted on the lot upon which the sign is located. This definition includes billboards.
SIGN, PAVEMENT
Any sign painted or affixed to the pavement surface.
SIGN, PORTABLE
Any sign not affixed to the ground nor to a building, including any sign attached to or displayed on a vehicle that is used solely for the purpose of advertising a business establishment, product, service or entertainment, when that vehicle is so parked as to attract the attention of the motoring or pedestrian traffic.
SIGN, REAL ESTATE
Any sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises on which the sign is displayed.
SIGN, SHOPPING CENTER
A freestanding sign which identifies only the name of the shopping center and does not identify the individual enterprises or their products, services or amusements.
SIGN, TEMPORARY
A sign which advertises or presents information to the public of a location, event or occurrence which will take place at a certain time or date or within a certain period.
SIGN, WINDOW
Any sign painted or attached to the glass area of a window or placed behind the glass of a window so that it can be read from out of doors.
SITE PLAN
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown the following:
A. 
The existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including, but not necessarily limited to, topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains, marshes and waterways.
B. 
The location of all existing and proposed buildings, drives, parking spaces, walkways, means of ingress and egress, drainage facilities, utility services, landscaping, structures and signs, lighting and screening devices.
C. 
Any other information that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to the ordinance requiring review and approval of site plans by the Planning Board.[9]
SPECIAL EXEMPTION QUALIFIED BUYER
A buyer who exceeds the income ceiling, but who is qualified by the Housing Officer to purchase a unit pursuant to the "Inability to Sell or Rent" provisions and requirements of Article XXXVIII.
SPECIAL EXEMPTION QUALIFIED BUYER, STATEMENT OF EXEMPTION
A document issued by the Housing Office allowing a special exemption qualified buyer to purchase a unit pursuant to the "Inability to Sell or Rent" provisions and requirements of Article XXXVIII.
STAGE
A section or sections which an applicant proposes to commence development at the same time, as part of a timetable for development of a project over a period of years.
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE
Standards adopted by ordinance regulating noise levels, glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and inflammable matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening of unsightly objects or conditions and such other similar matters as may be reasonably required by the Township or standards required by applicable federal or state laws or Township ordinances.
STATEMENT OF EXEMPTION
See "special exemption qualified buyer, statement of exemption."
STORY
That portion of a building included between the upper surface of a floor and the upper surface of the floor or roof next above.
STORY, HALF
A story under a gabled, hipped or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet nor less than one foot above the finished floor of such story.
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.
STREET, CENTER LINE OF
A line which is usually at an equal distance from both street lines or right-of-way lines.
STREET LINES/RIGHT-OF-WAY
The lines upon which the width of the abutting street is established; the property line and not the curbline.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or in the 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.
STRUCTURE, NONCONFORMING
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 reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
SUBDIVISION
A. 
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 Code if no new streets are created:
(1) 
Divisions of land found by the Planning Board, or subdivision committee thereof appointed by the Chairperson, 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.
(4) 
Conveyances so as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
B. 
The term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision."
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
A subdivision of land that does not involve any of the following:
A. 
The creation of more than the maximum number of lots specifically permitted by ordinance as a subdivision.
B. 
Planned development.
C. 
Any new street.
D. 
Extension of any off-tract improvement.
SURCHARGE
An additional authorized charge which is paid by a buyer to an owner, but which shall be excluded from the calculation of the resale price.
SWIMMING CLUB
A swimming club maintaining and operating a swimming pool and the apparatus and equipment pertaining to the swimming pool.
SWIMMING POOL
A. 
ARTIFICIALA pool composed entirely of artificial construction.
B. 
PARTLY ARTIFICIALA pool formed from a natural body of water which has either so limited a flow or such an inadequate natural circulation that the quality of water must be maintained by artificial means.
C. 
PRIVATEA swimming pool and the apparatus and equipment pertaining to the swimming pool, maintained by an individual for the sole use of his/her household and guests, without charge for admission and not for the purpose of profit or in connection with any business operated for profit and located on a lot as an accessory use to a residence. Unless otherwise qualified, the term "private swimming pool" shall be construed as including both artificial and partly artificial pools. A portable pool is included within the terms of this definition.
TESTING
A function involved in the examination of the qualities, performances or capabilities of a product, goods or material.
THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey, that was established under the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.).
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
TOTAL MONTHLY HOUSING COST
See "housing cost, total monthly."
TOT LOT
Small active recreation areas for children, preschool through grade three, in populated neighborhoods. The minimum size of a tot lot shall be 3,600 square feet.
TRAILER, TRAILER COACH and RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
Any unit which is or may be used for temporary living, sleeping or business purposes by one or more persons and that is equipped with wheels or similar devices used for the purpose of transporting such unit from place to place, whether it is self-propelled or otherwise. Whenever the word "trailer" is used herein it shall mean and include trailer coach, camp car and recreation vehicle; except, however, that a trailer used as a temporary office for administrative purposes in connection with the doing of construction work in the Township and which has no sanitary facilities attendant thereto is not within the meaning of this definition.
UHAC
The Uniform Housing Affordability Controls set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT
The premises used by a licensed mortician concerned with the arrangement for cremation or burial of the dead and the overseeing of burials.
UNIT
For the purposes of Article XXXVIII, a dwelling space for which a certificate of occupancy has been obtained and which is sold or leased to a qualified buyer/renter subject to that section.
USE
Any purpose for which a building or other structure or a tract of land may be designed, arranged, intended, maintained or occupied or any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on in a building or other structure on a tract of land.
USED CAR LOT
An area used for the storage and display of used automobiles advertised for sale, including motorcycles, trucks and any other motorized vehicle.
USE, NONCONFORMING
A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.
USE, PRINCIPAL
The main or primary purpose or purposes for which land, a structure, building and/or sign, or use therefor, is designed, arranged or intended or for which they may be occupied or maintained under the provisions of this chapter. All other structures, buildings, signs or uses on the same lot and incidental or supplementary thereto and permitted under the provisions of this chapter shall be considered accessory uses.
UTILITY SHED
A separate structure, not for living purposes, used for the storage of materials and equipment.
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this chapter, as specified in the Municipal Land Use Law.
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VERY-LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD or VERY-LOW-INCOME FAMILY
A household with a total gross annual household income equal to 30% or less of the median household income by household size.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
VERY-LOW-INCOME UNIT
A restricted unit that is affordable to a very-low-income household.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
WEATHERIZATION (REHABILITATION)
Building insulation (for attic, exterior walls and crawl space), siding to improve energy efficiency, replacement storm windows, replacement storm doors, replacement windows and replacement doors, sufficient to constitute a major system for rehabilitation of housing.
[Added 5-26-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021]
YARD
An open space that lies between the principal or accessory building or buildings and the nearest lot line. Such yard is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in this chapter.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
YARD, FRONT
An open space extending across the full width of the lot between any building and the street line and measured perpendicular to the street line. Such front yard shall be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in this chapter. In the case of a corner lot, each yard with frontage on a street shall be considered a front yard.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
YARD, REAR
A space extending the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line and measured perpendicular to the rear lot line. Such rear yard shall be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in this chapter. In the case of a corner lot, only one rear yard shall be provided, and the applicant may choose which yard is to be considered the rear yard.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
YARD, REAR, FOR IRREGULAR LOTS
Where the above definition for rear yard cannot be used because the lot is irregularly shaped, the following method shall apply: The required rear yard shall be measured by extending the line of the side exterior walls and/or offsets in exterior walls of the structure until such wall lines meet the minimum rear yard requirement. The area thus created shall be designated as the rear yard.
YARDS FOR CORNER LOTS
See "lot, corner."
YARD, SIDE
A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the principal building and the side lot line and measured perpendicular to the side lot line. Such side yard shall be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in this chapter. In the case of a corner lot, not more than one side yard shall be provided, and the applicant may choose which yard is to be considered the side yard.
[Amended 6-10-2009 by Ord. No. 16-2009]
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
The Board established pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
ZONING PERMIT
A document signed by the administrative officer, which document is required 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 which acknowledges that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions of this chapter, or variance therefrom, duly authorized by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[3]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[5]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[6]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[7]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[8]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[9]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 199, Site Plan Review.
[10]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
A. 
General rules. Measurements from rights-of-way or watercourses (e.g., wetland buffers, floodplains, etc.) shall be taken from the edge of the right-of-way rather than from the center.
[Amended 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003]
B. 
Specific area and bulk measurements. The following regulations shall prescribe the manner in which distances are measured:
(1) 
Land area. A two-dimensional computation using the linear measurement of the boundary lines of the lot.
(2) 
Building area. A two-dimensional computation using the linear measurements of the exterior surface boundary lines taken at the building's largest horizontal cross section.
(3) 
Building length. The measurement of the building extended in only one general direction.
(4) 
Distance between buildings. The measurement shall be at the narrowest point.
(5) 
Highway access points. The measurement shall be taken along the right-of-way line.
(6) 
Parking perimeter radius. The measurement shall extend from a public entranceway.
(7) 
Setback line. The measurement shall extend perpendicular to the right-of-way line.
(8) 
Lot width on radius. For all lots fronting on a street radius, the lot width will be measured at the setback line.
(9) 
Yard areas. Notwithstanding the regulation contained herein for yard areas, the Planning Board may require different yard areas so that a house conforms to other yard areas found in the neighborhood.
(10) 
Lot sizes. In all districts the minimum lot square footage shall be adhered to, and one side line and the frontage must conform to the minimum requirements.