As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated. The definitions contained in Article
III of Chapter
94 and in §
198-4 of Chapter
198 shall also apply.
[Amended 9-10-1980 by Ord. No. 27-1980; 12-23-1980 by Ord. No. 47-1980; 8-12-1981 by Ord. No. 18-1981; 12-8-1982 by Ord. No. 71-1982; 3-13-1985 by Ord. No. 11-1985; 5-8-1985 by Ord. No. 23-1985; 3-13-1991 by Ord. No. 10-1991; 2-24-1993 by Ord. No. 9-1993; 7-14-1993 by Ord. No. 30-1993]
ACCESSORY USE OR BUILDING
A subordinate use or building, the purpose of which is incidental
to that of the main use or building and which is located on the same
lot.
ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE FACILITY
An establishment which is licensed by the New Jersey Department
of Health pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq. to provide preventative,
diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services under medical
supervision to meet the needs of functionally impaired adult patients
exclusively on an outpatient basis.
[Added 11-29-2017 by Ord.
No. 35-2017]
AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
A retail sales establishment primarily intended to sell agricultural
products produced in the Pinelands. An "agricultural commercial establishment"
may be seasonal or year-round and may or may not be associated directly
with a farm; however, it does not include supermarkets, convenience
stores, restaurants and other establishments which coincidentally
sell agricultural products, nor does it include agricultural production
facilities such as a farm itself, nor facilities which are solely
processing facilities.
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEE HOUSING
Residential dwellings, for the seasonal use of employees
of an agricultural or horticultural use, which, because of their character
or location, are not to be used for permanent housekeeping units and
which are otherwise accessory to a principal use of the lot for agriculture.
ALTERATIONS
As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement
in the structural parts or in the existing facilities or an enlargement,
whether by extension of a side or by increasing in height or by moving
from one location or position to another.
ARCADE
Any building or place which makes available four or more
coin-operated or token-operated machines which are for the purpose
of skill and amusement.
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
A facility licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:36-1 et seq. which is designed
and operated to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining
while assuring that a coordinated array of supportive personal and
health services are available, as needed, to four or more adult persons
unrelated to the proprietor. Each unit in an assisted living facility
shall offer, at a minimum, one unfurnished room, a private bathroom,
a kitchenette and a lockable door on the unit entrance. Assisted living
facilities shall include assisted living residences and assisted living
programs as defined at N.J.A.C. 8:36-1.3.
[Added 11-13-2002 by Ord. No. 69-2002]
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND SERVICE USE
Any building, land area or portion thereof used for the servicing
and repair of vehicles which shall include auto body, engine, brake
and transmission repairs, and including as an accessory use the sale
and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries and similar vehicle
accessories. No fuel sales or dispensing is permitted.
[Added 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 8-2012]
AUTO SERVICE STATIONS
Any building, land area or portion thereof used for the retail
dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels, servicing and repair or vehicles
which shall include auto body, engine, brake and transmission repairs,
and including as an accessory use the sale and installation of lubricants,
tires, batteries and similar vehicle accessories.
[Added 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 8-2012]
BUFFER AREA
An area in which no building, parking area, driveway (except
to provide access to property), street, sign (except traffic directional
signs) or storage of materials shall be permitted.
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof supported by columns, piers or
walls, including tents, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp
cars or other structures on wheels or having other supports and any
unroofed platform, terrace or porch having a vertical face higher
than three feet above the level of the ground from which the height
of the building is measured.
BUILDING AREA
The total of areas of outside dimensions on a horizontal
plane at ground level of the principal building and all accessory
buildings, exclusive of unroofed porches, terraces or steps having
a vertical face less than three feet above the level of the ground
from which the height of the building is measured.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The proportion of the lot area, expressed as a percent, that
is covered by the maximum horizontal cross-section of a building or
buildings.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance from grade to the top of the highest
roof beams of a flat roof or the mean level of the highest gable or
slope of a hip roof. A property located in any FEMA-designated flood
zone (according to current FEMA Advisory Flood Elevation Maps) will
have its height measured from the base flood elevation plus one foot
(freeboard) for its respective zone.
[Amended 4-10-2013 by Ord. No. 16-2013]
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
A line within any lot measured from the front, side or rear
lot lines equal to the required front, side or rear yards depths between
which no building or portion thereof may be erected, except as provided
for elsewhere herein.
CAR WASH
Any building, land area or portion thereof used for the washing
of automobiles.
[Added 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 8-2012]
CELLAR and BASEMENT
A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its
cubic volume below the average level of the adjoining ground.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
This document shall be entitled "certificate of noncompliance"
when the proposed development is not consistent with the requirements
of the CMP (see N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.11 through 4.27).
CERTIFICATE OF FILING
A certificate issued by the Pinelands Commission pursuant
to N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.34 that a complete application for development
has been filed.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
A certificate issued by the Construction Official upon completion
of the construction of a new building or upon a change in the occupancy
of a building, which certifies that all requirements of this chapter
or such adjustments thereof which have been granted by the Board of
Adjustment and all other applicable requirements have been complied
with.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
A development technique based on the gross density of the
tract, which allows the lot sizes for dwellings to be reduced so that
individual areas of the tract have higher densities, provided that
other portions of the tract are dedicated for public and/or private
open spaces so that the maximum number of conforming lots permitted
for the entire tract prior to clustering is not exceeded.
COMMERCIAL RECREATION
Facilities and improvements operated for a profit, including
but not limited to swimming pools, water slides and theme parks, miniature
golf, golf driving ranges, golf courses, batting cages, bowling alleys,
indoor theaters and amphitheaters, roller-skating and ice skating.
[Amended 6-25-1997 by Ord. No. 22-1997]
COMMERCIAL USE
A use involving the sales of goods or services carried out
for profit.
[Added 12-21-2011 by Ord. No. 39-2011]
COMMISSION
The Pinelands Commission created pursuant to Section 5 of
the Pinelands Protection Act.
DEVELOPABLE LAND
Privately held lands having a depth of seasonal high-water
table of greater than five feet, as measured from the existing ground
surface. When a public sanitary sewer is available, soils having a
depth of seasonal high-water table exceeding 1 1/2 feet are "developable
lands."
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY/APARTMENT
A suite of rooms designed for or occupied by one family or
household and situated in a building containing three or more such
suites of rooms. Such units may share some facilities, utilities or
services such as entrance halls, electric or water connections, basement
areas, heating plan or refuse disposal facilities.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
A single-family dwelling unit which is one of a group of
three or more attached dwelling units separated by vertical party
walls, each having separate front and rear or front and side entrances
from the outside, and a full compliment of utilities and facilities
for use as a dwelling unit.
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
A building on a lot designed and occupied exclusively as
a residence for one family or household, which has yard or open areas
on all sides, having no common walls with any other building.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
A building on a lot designed and occupied exclusively as
a residence for two families or households, which has a common wall
separating two units, each of which has a full compliment of utilities
and facilities for use as a dwelling and separate means of ingress
and egress.
(1)
DUPLEXA two-family-dwelling-unit building where the family dwelling units are separated by a horizontal floor unpierced except for access to the outside or to a common basement or cellar.
(2)
SEMIDETACHED (TWIN)A two-family dwelling unit building where the family dwelling units are separated by a vertical party wall unpierced except for access to the outside or to a common basement or cellar.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms located within a structure forming
a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended
to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitation by
one family. Dwelling unit shall include each separate apartment or
unit where one or more individuals reside within an assisted living
facility.
[Amended 11-13-2002 by Ord. No. 69-2002]
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES
Electric lines which are part of an electric company's transmission
and subtransmission system, which provide a direct connection between
a generating station or substation of the utility company and another
substation of the utility company; a substation of or interconnection
point with another interconnecting utility company; or a substation
of a high-load customer of the utility.
FAMILY
One or more persons living together and occupying a dwelling
unit.
FARM
A parcel of land, five acres or larger in size, used primarily
for the raising of agricultural products, livestock, poultry or dairy
products.
FARM BUILDING
Any building used for the housing of agricultural equipment,
produce, livestock or poultry or for the incidental or customary processing
of farm products, provided that such building is located on, operated
in conjunction with and necessary to the operation of a farm as defined
by this chapter.
FENCE
Any wood, masonry, metal or aluminum structure(s) or any
wall or living hedge along the front, side or rear property line designed
to shield, screen or protect a lot(s) or a portion of a lot.
[Added 10-11-2006 by Ord. No. 51-2006]
FORESTRY
The planting, cultivating, and harvesting of trees for the
production of wood products, including firewood or the forest health.
It includes such practices as reforestation, site preparation and
other silvicultural practices, including but not limited to artificial
regeneration, bedding, broadcast scarification, clear-cutting, coppicing,
disking, drum chopping, group selection, individual selection, natural
regeneration, root raking, seed tree cut, shelterwood cut and thinning.
For purposes of this chapter, the following activities shall not be
defined as forestry:
[Added 6-20-2012 by Ord. No. 27-2012]
(1)
Removal of trees located on a parcel of land one acre or less
on which a dwelling has been constructed;
(2)
Horticultural activities involving the planting, cultivating
or harvesting of nursery stock or Christmas trees;
(3)
Removal of trees necessitated by the development of the parcel
as otherwise authorized by this chapter;
(4)
Removal of trees necessary for the maintenance of utility or
public rights-of-way;
(5)
Removal or planting of trees for the personal use of the parcel
owner; and
(6)
Removal of trees for public safety.
FOREST STAND
A uniform group of trees of similar species, size and age.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
A nonprofit society or voluntary association organized and
carried on for the mutual aid and benefit of its members and to promote
a common cause.
FUNERAL HOME
A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial
and the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected therewith
before burial or cremation.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
A building or portion thereof used for the storage of motor
vehicles and in which no occupation, business or service for profit
is carried on.
GARAGE, PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL
A building or part thereof used for the storage, care or
repair of motor vehicles or where such vehicles are kept for hire.
The storage of more than three inoperable or totally wrecked vehicles
on a lot by definition of this chapter shall constitute a junkyard.
GASOLINE FILLING STATIONS
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used
for the sale of gasoline or other vehicle fuel, oil or lubricating
substance, and which may include the sale of motor vehicle accessories
and facilities for polishing, greasing, washing, spraying, dry cleaning
or otherwise cleaning or servicing such motor vehicles.
GOLF COURSE
An area of 50 or more contiguous acres containing a full-size
professional golf course, at least nine holes in length, together
with the necessary and usual accessory uses and structures, such as
but not limited to clubhouse facilities; dining and refreshment facilities;
swimming pools; tennis courts and the like, provided that the operation
of such facilities is incidental and subordinated to the operation
of the golf course.
GRADE, FINISHED
The completed surfaces of lawns, walks and roads brought
to grade as shown on official plans or designs relating thereto.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The total enclosed floor area of a structure used for residential
purposes or for business or industrial activities, which include customer
facilities, showcase facilities and storage and sales facilities.
For residential uses, porches and all floor areas with headroom of
less than seven feet three inches shall be excluded.
HOME OCCUPATIONS
An activity of economic gain, carried out in a resident's
dwelling or accessory structure thereto, in which an occupant of the
residence and no more than two other individuals are employed and
which is clearly secondary to the use of the dwelling as a residence.
IMMEDIATE FAMILY
Those persons related by blood or legal relationship in the
following manner: spouses, domestic partners, great-grandparents,
grandparents, great-grandchildren, grandchildren, parents, sons, daughters,
brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, nephews, nieces and first
cousins.
[Amended 6-25-1997 by Ord. No. 25-1997; 3-6-2019 by Ord. No.
4-2019]
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been covered with a layer of material
so that is highly resistant to infiltration of water.
[Added 10-11-2006 by Ord. No. 51-2006]
INTERIM RULES AND REGULATIONS
The regulations adopted by the Pinelands Commission pursuant
to the Pinelands Protection Act to govern the review of applications
from the adoption of the regulations until the Comprehensive Management
Plan took effect on January 14, 1981. These regulations were formerly
codified as N.J.A.C. 7:1G-1 et seq.
JUNK OR SALVAGE YARD
Any area and/or structure used or intended to be used for
the conducting and operating of the business of selling, buying, storing
or trading in used or discarded metal, glass, paper, cordage or any
used or disabled fixtures, vehicles or equipment of any kind. The
storage or other use of not more than three disabled vehicles in conjunction
with a public or commercial garage shall not be considered a "junkyard."
LICENSED CANNABIS BUSINESS
A license, as defined in Chapter
87, that is issued in accordance with the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (P.L. 2021, c. 16) ("the Act"). The term includes a conditional or microbusiness license for a designated class, except when the context of the provisions of relevant state law otherwise intend to only apply for a license and not a conditional license. As used herein and Chapter
87, this shall include a "medical cannabis alternative treatment center" or "alternative treatment center" for an organization issued a permit, in accordance with the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq.), including a conditional permit, by the commission to operate as a medical cannabis cultivator, medical cannabis manufacturer, medical cannabis dispensary, or clinical registrant. This term shall include the organization's officers, directors, board members, and employees.
[Added 7-21-2021 by Ord. No. 31-2021; amended 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. 14-2022]
LIMITED MANUFACTURING
The fabrication, assembly or processing of goods or materials
or the storage of bulk goods and materials where such activities or
materials create limited hazard from fire or explosion or produce
limited toxic or corrosive fumes, gas, smoke, odors, obnoxious dust
or vapor, offensive noise or vibration, glare, flashes or objectionable
effluent.
LOT
A designated parcel, tract or area of land, established by
a plat or otherwise permitted by law, to be used, developed or built
upon as a unit.
LOT AREA
An area of land which is determined by the limits of the
lot lines bounding that area and is expressed in terms of square feet.
Any portion of a lot shown by duly recorded deed in a street right-of-way
shall not be included in calculating lot area.
LOT, CORNER
A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or
more intersecting streets.
LOT COVERAGE
The area of the lot covered by buildings, structures and
all other impervious surfaces.
[Amended 8-22-2012 by Ord. No. 38-2012]
LOT, DEPTH OF
The mean distance between the front lot line and a line drawn
at right angles to the rear lot line.
LOT FRONTAGE
A lot line or portion thereof which is coexistent with the
street right-of-way. In the case of a street of undefined width, said
lot line shall be assumed to parallel the center line of the street
at a distance 25 feet therefrom. In the case of corner lots, the smaller
of the two lot lines coexistent with street lines shall be considered
as the "frontage." In the case of lots extending from one street to
another, both streets shall be classified as "lot frontage."
LOT WIDTH
The distance between the side lot lines of said lot, measured
at and along a line parallel to the front lot line, which is drawn
at a distance therefrom, a distance equal to the required depth of
the front yard.
MARINA
A waterfront facility wherein the docking, mooring, repair,
servicing and storage of boats is offered for rent. A "marina" shall
be deemed to include automobile parking facilities, sanitary facilities,
marine supply shop, marine motor fuel sales, boat sales, repairs and
maintenance and service, but specifically excluding facilities for
more than two permanent dwellings, whether on land or water. Such
facility shall not include docking or mooring of boats designed and/or
used as a permanent residential dwelling (see "dwelling" herein and
definition of Uniform Construction Code), whether occupied year round
or seasonal, except that the foregoing shall not prevent owners and
guests from occupying boats on a twenty-four-hour period. A waterfront
facility ("marina") may also include accessory uses such as a restaurant,
not including fast-food or drive-in restaurants, no more than two
permanent residential dwellings for facility owner, manager and security
personnel, inclusive of industrialized dwellings, whether supported
on land or water.
MIGRANT LABOR HOUSING
One or more buildings used as living quarters by seasonal
or temporary farm workers in connection with any work or place where
work is being performed, whether or not rent is paid in connection
with the use or occupancy of such premises.
MIXED-USE RETAIL SALES AND GASOLINE FILLING STATIONS
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used
both for the sale of gasoline or other vehicle fuel, oil or lubricating
substance, and retail sales of convenience goods. Convenience goods
include food and drink products, household items, newspapers and magazines,
and prepared foods such as soups, sandwiches and salads for off-site
consumption.
[Added 4-11-2012 by Ord. No. 8-2012]
MOTEL
A use which shall contain at least 100 sleeping rooms, each
having its own bathroom. Such use may also contain meeting rooms,
office and temporary office space, restaurants and retail-commercial
space.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING, LOT OR USE
A building, lot or use or any combination thereof which does
not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the zone in which
it is located.
PARK AND/OR RECREATIONAL FACILITY
Any lands, used for either public outdoor recreation or conservation
area, such as a park, playground, sports field, theme parks or a similar
use which has a reasonable likelihood of exposing children to cannabis-related
activities but shall not include golf courses.
[Added 3-2-2022 by Ord.
No. 7-2022; amended 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. 14-2022]
PARKING SPACE
An off-street space available for the parking of a motor
vehicle, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto
and giving access thereto.
PINELANDS AREA
That area designated as such by Section 10(a) of the Pinelands
Protection Act (N.J.S.A. 13:18A-1 to 13:18A-29).
PINELANDS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD
The agency responsible from February 8, 1979, until June
28, 1979, for the review of and action on applications for development
in the Pinelands Area which required approvals of other state agencies,
except where the Pinelands Commission acted on applications during
that time period.
PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
An area a minimum of five contiguous acres 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.
POWER GENERATING FACILITY
A public facility at which are located prime movers, electric
generators, electric substations and auxiliary equipment for producing
electric energy. Standby emergency generators, located on the property
for which the standby emergency generator will provide power, utilized
for the production of power in cases where the main power source has
been temporarily terminated through no act of the property owner,
will not be considered power generating facilities.
[Added 6-8-2005 by Ord. No. 25-2005]
PROFESSIONAL HOME OFFICE
The office or studio of a resident physician, dentist, lawyer,
architect, accountant, engineer, land surveyor or appraiser who is
a member of the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers and
any person engaged in a professional service licensed by the State
of New Jersey.
RESTAURANT
An establishment that provides food and beverages to persons
seated within the building served by waiters or waitresses. This includes
cafes and tearooms.
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD
An establishment that offers quick food service, accomplished
through a limited menu, providing over-the-counter and/or drive-through
service.
RETAIL SALES
Transactions including appliances; auctioning; baked goods,
provided that all goods baked on the premises are sold on the premises;
clothing and accessories; dry goods; electric and electronic goods;
flowers, provided that no products are grown on-site; furniture and
carpeting; gifts and groceries and meat products, provided that no
slaughtering of animals takes place on the premises; hardware; newspapers
and periodicals; packaged liquor; pharmaceutical and associated products;
sporting goods; stationery and similar retail activities; but specifically
excluding the sale of new or used vehicles, sale of goods by auction
and motor fuel.
RETAIL SERVICES
Activities including, but not limited to, barbering and cosmetology;
dry cleaning, electric and electronic and appliance repair; laundry,
including self-service machines and collection, but not to include
bulk processing; photography; shoe repair; tailoring, but not to include
the wholesale manufacturing of clothing; upholstery; veterinarian
clinics and similar retail services; but specifically excluding garages,
auto body and welding uses, vehicle repair and auction houses.
SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL
Any school which offers courses for adults in specific nonacademic
subjects, such as but not limited to office machine operating and
other trades, dancing, singing, driver training and similar cultural
or artistic endeavors.
SCHOOL or SCHOOL FACILITY
Any school property used for public or private school purposes,
which is owned by or leased to any elementary, secondary or high school
which has a reasonable likelihood of exposing children to cannabis-related
activities, but does not include a public or private nursery or day-care
center.
[Added 3-2-2022 by Ord.
No. 7-2022; amended 4-20-2022 by Ord. No. 14-2022]
SCHOOL, PRIVATE
Any school which offers a general academic course of instruction
as commonly accepted in approved elementary, secondary, preparatory
or college-level institutions. Nursery and preschool-age day schools
shall be included herein.
SCHOOL, PUBLIC
Any instructional institution owned or operated by a governmental
agency.
SHOPPING CENTER
A unified development of not less than five stores, commercial
uses, together with areas for internal circulation, parking and other
accessory uses, consisting of one or more lots under the same or separate
ownership.
[Amended 12-21-2011 by Ord. No. 39-2011]
SIGN
Any device, structure or object for visual communication
that is used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the
attention of others.
SIGN AREA
The area included within the frame or edge of the sign. Where
the sign has no frame or edge, the "area" shall be defined as the
enclosed straight-sided geometric shape which most closely outlines
said sign.
SITE PLAN
A plan for land development on which is shown existing and
proposed topography, location of all buildings, structures, roads,
rights-of-way, boundaries and all essential dimensions and bearings.
SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY
A solar energy system and all associated components, including,
but not limited to, panels, arrays, footings, supports, mounting and
stabilization devices, inverters, electrical distribution wires and
other on-site or off-site infrastructure necessary for the facility,
which converts solar energy into usable electrical energy, heats water
or produces hot air or other similar function.
[Added 3-6-2019 by Ord.
No. 4-2019]
SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION
A facility at which solid waste is transferred from collection
vehicles to haulage vehicles for transportation to a landfill.
STORY
The vertical distance from top to top of two successive tiers
of beams or finished floor surfaces; and for the topmost story, from
the top of the floor finish to the top of the ceiling joists or, when
there is not a ceiling, to the top of the roof rafters.
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 on a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or
which is approved by official action as provided by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq. 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 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 LINE
That line determining the limit of the highway rights of
the public, either existing or contemplated. Contemplated rights-of-way
shall conform to those indicated in any Official Map or Master Plan
of the State of New Jersey, Atlantic County or Egg Harbor Township.
In cases of undefined street widths or where existing public rights-of-way
are less than 50 feet, the "street line" shall be deemed to be parallel
to and 25 feet distant from the street center line as determined by
survey.
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.
SUPERMARKET
A retail establishment primarily selling food as well as
other convenience and household goods.
[Added 12-21-2011 by Ord. No. 39-2011]
TRAILER COACH
Any dwelling unit which is equipped with wheels or some device
used for the purpose of transporting such unit from place to place,
whether by its motive power or other means, or any unit used for temporary
living or sleeping purposes, temporarily located in the locality,
whether the same is on blocks, posts or any other type of foundation.
TRAILER COACH PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more trailer coaches
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located, regardless
of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
WETLANDS MANAGEMENT
The establishment of a characteristic wetland or the removal of exotic species or phragmites from a wetland in accordance with the standards of §
225-50.11E. For purposes of this definition, "exotic species" are those that are not indigenous to North America.
[Added 6-20-2012 by Ord. No. 27-2012]
YARD, FRONT
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the principal
building, extending the full width of the lot and situated between
the street line and the front line of the building projected to the
side lines of that lot. The front setback line shall be synonymous
with the rearmost limit of the required "front yard" area.
YARD, REAR
The open space between the rear property line and the rear
setback line and extending between side property lines.
YARD, SIDE
An open, unoccupied space between the side line of the lot
and the nearest side setback line and extending in width from the
front yard line to the rear yard line or, in the absence of either
of such yards, to the street or rear lot lines as the case may be.
The depth of a "side yard" shall be measured at right angles to the
side line of the lot.
ZONING PERMIT
A document signed by the Zoning Officer which is required
by ordinance as a condition precedent to the commencement of a use
or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion
or installation of a structure or building, and which acknowledges
that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions
of this chapter.