For the purpose of this chapter, certain phrases
and words are herein described as follows: Words used in the present
tense include the future; words used in the singular number include
the plural number and vice versa; words used to include the male gender
include the female gender and vice versa; the word "used" shall also
include "arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented,
leased or intended to be used"; the word "lot" includes the word "plot"
and "premises"; the word "building" includes the word "structure,"
"dwelling" or "residence"; the word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary.
Any word or item not defined herein shall be used with a meaning of
standard usage. Moreover, whenever a term is used in this chapter
which is defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., such term is intended
to have the meaning as defined in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., unless
specified to the contrary in this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A sign or sign structure whose owner has failed to operate
or maintain said sign or sign structure for a period of six months
or longer. The following conditions shall be considered as the failure
to operate or maintain a sign or sign structure:
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A single pedestrian and/or vehicular entrance and/or exit
combination between a street and a lot.[1]
A building, structure or use which is customarily associated
with and is subordinate and incidental to the principal building,
structure or use and which is located on the same lot therewith, including,
but not limited to, garages, carports, barns, decks, kennels, sheds,
guest houses and all roofed structures. An ECHO housing unit is considered
to be an accessory building which is conditionally permitted. Any
accessory building attached to the principal building shall be considered
part of the principal building. A swimming pool, though not counted
as a structure in land coverage, is considered an accessory building
with respect to location on the lot.
An acre is 43,560 square feet.
The New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL), Chapter 291
of the Laws of 1975, as supplemented and amended from time to time.[2]
Any land disturbance, including any actions for which an
application for development is necessary.
[Added 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002]
Constructed in compliance with the technical design standards
of the Barrier Free Subcode, N.J.A.C. 5:23-7.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The entity designated by the Township to administer affordable
units in accordance with this chapter, N.J.A.C. 5:93, and UHAC (N.J.A.C.
5:80-26.1).
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The Secretary of the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment
of the Township of Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, unless
a different municipal official is designated by this chapter to administer
certain of the responsibilities and authorities specified for the
Administrative Officer in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Conditions or situations created by a proposed development
that impose, aggravate or lead to impractical, unsafe or unsatisfactory
conditions on properties such as, but not limited to, inadequate drainage
facilities, unsuitable street grades, street locations that fail to
compose a convenient system and failure to provide or make future
allowances for access to the interior portion of adjoining lots or
for other facilities required by this chapter.
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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The average percentage of median income at which new restricted
units in an affordable housing development are affordable to low-
and moderate-income households.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A sales price or rent level that is within the means of a
low- or moderate-income household as defined within N.J.A.C. 5:93-7.4,
and, 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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A development included in or approved pursuant to the Housing
Element and Fair Share Plan or otherwise intended to address the Township's
fair share obligation, and includes, but is not limited to, inclusionary
development, municipal construction projects or 100% affordable housing
developments, supportive and special needs projects, extensions of
controls, and market-to-affordable projects.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Any mechanism in a municipal Fair Share Plan prepared or
implemented to address a municipality’s fair share obligation.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A housing unit proposed or created pursuant to the Housing
Act and approved for crediting by the Court and/or funded through
an affordable housing trust fund.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A housing unit designed to meet the needs of, and exclusively
for, the residents of an age-restricted segment of the population
such that all the residents of the development wherein the unit is
situated are 62 years of age or older; or at least 80% of the units
are occupied by one person who is 55 years of age or older; or 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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Cluster of office and retail shops whose primary purpose
and/or goods and services relate to agriculture. Such a village is
intended to support the retention of agriculture as an economically
viable use within Readington Township and its environs.
Land uses normally associated with the production of food,
fiber, and livestock for sale. For purposes of this chapter, such
uses shall not include the development of land for the processing
or sale of food and the manufacture of agriculturally related products.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
An easement which provides for agricultural or farm purpose
to the exclusion of other uses.
Land used for farming, i.e., growing crops, raising or breeding
dairy, poultry or other livestock; truck gardening; wood lots, nursery,
greenhouse or other agricultural or horticultural purposes.
Practices either formally set forth in current published
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station recommendations or practices
which represent the best collective professional judgment and opinion
of the appropriate faculty of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment
Station and practices related to soil and water conservation and management
approved by the State Soil Conservation Committee.
The use of land for common farm-site activities, including
but not limited to: production, harvesting, storage, grading, packaging,
processing and the wholesale and retail marketing of crops, plants,
animals and other related commodities and the use and application
of techniques and methods of soil preparation and management, fertilization,
weed, disease and pest control, disposal of farm waste, irrigation,
drainage and water management, and grazing. Activities defined by
the New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee as constituting
agriculture, whether or not specifically identified in this chapter,
shall be considered "agriculture" within Readington Township.
[Amended 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012]
Any change in or addition to the supporting members of a
building, such as columns, foundations, walls, girders, beams or rafters.
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 boarding homes as regulated by the State of 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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
An organization issued a permit pursuant to the Jake Honig
Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act," P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.S.A.
24:6I-1 et al) to operate as a medical cannabis cultivator, a medical
cannabis manufacturer, a medical cannabis dispensary or clinical registrant,
as well as any alternative treatment center deemed pursuant to section
7 of that act (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-7) to concurrently hold a medical cannabis
cultivator permit, a medical cannabis manufacturer permit and a medical
cannabis dispensary permit.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
A use conducted by a veterinary doctor(s), including allied
staff, where animals or pets are given medical or surgical care or
treatment. Boarding and grooming services that are incidental to the
primary veterinary use are permitted as part of this use. All components
of this use shall be conducted indoors except for walking of pets.
[Amended 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
Any structure, premises or part thereof where the business
of boarding, selling or breeding of small animals exclusive of livestock
is carried on.
A sign which includes action, motion, or color changes, or
the optical illusion of action, motion, or color changes, including
signs set in motion by movement of the atmosphere, or made up of a
series of sections that turn.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A system of electrical conductors that transmit or receive
radio frequency signals for wireless communications.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
A structure other than a telecommunications tower which is
attached to a building or other structure and on which one or more
antennas are located.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
See "dwelling unit."
The landowner or the agent, optionee, contract purchaser
or other person authorized in writing to act for the landowner submitting
an application under this chapter.
[Amended 3-17-2014 by Ord. No. 03-2014]
The application or appeal forms, together with the required
fees and all accompanying documents required by this chapter for approval
of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned development, conditional
use, zoning variance or direction for issuance of a permit pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36. For the purposes of this
chapter, "accompanying documents required for approval" means those
documents, including all details and information for a particular
application type, which are set forth in the development checklists
contained within this chapter,[3] excluding any documents, details or information that is
waived for submission by the approving authority. These checklists
are:
Minor Subdivision Plats And Minor Site Plans.
Preliminary Major Subdivision Plats and Preliminary Major Site
Plans.
Final and Amended Major Subdivision Plats and Final and Amended
Major Site Plans.
Variance or Conditional Use Applications Related to Single-Family
Homes.
Variance or Conditional Use Applications That Are Not Related
to Single-Family Homes.
If an environmental impact statement (EIS) is required by this
chapter, then the documents, details and information contained in
the EIS checklist shall also constitute documents required for approval:
Checklist for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
A submission for predevelopment review or conceptual plan review
shall not constitute an application for development, regardless of
the extent of documentation submitted.
For the purposes of determining the date which an application
for development has been submitted, the date of application shall
be the date upon which the last document required for approval is
submitted to the approving authority.
The Planning Board or the Board of Adjustment of the Township
of Readington as the case may be.
[Amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No. 31-2000]
The total area of a sign, including all borders and trim
but not structural elements.
A use for which original works of art or limited editions
of original art are bought, sold, loaned, appraised, or exhibited
to the general public.
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
Studios and instructional facilities, such as dance studios,
music studios, yoga studios, culinary studios, fitness classes, martial
arts studios, or similar establishments, in which a specific subject
is taught, as distinguished from a public or private general educational
school. This category does not include facilities in which industrial
training is provided, such as welding or automotive repair, involving
the use of tools and materials appropriate to an industrial use area.
This differs from a facility that houses exercise equipment for the
purposes of physical exercise in a noninstructional class setting.
(For that, see "health club" definition.)
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
The workshop of an artist, sculptor, photographer, or craftsperson
specializing in woodcraft, papercraft, luthier, pottery and glass
craft, jewelry, basket weaving, book binding, doll making, enameling,
floral design, cutlery, leatherwork, metalwork, model making or toy
making. Any vehicles incidental to the business shall be limited to
one in number. Retail operations for sale of merchandise manufactured
on premises shall be permitted.
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
An establishment or business which provides the service of
applying paint or other substances, whether transparent or nontransparent,
to or on the human body when such body is fully or partially nude.
A use or structure which is a permanent facility, building,
structure, or installation which attracts, or may attract, for purposes
of assemblage, persons, including, but not limited to, nonprofit or
for profit: churches, synagogues or other houses of worship, theatres,
lodges, fraternal organizations, civic organizations, and clubs.
[Added 7-6-2009 by Ord. No. 19-2009]
A facility which is licensed by the New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and
congregate dining and to assure that assisted-living services are
available when needed, for four or more adult persons unrelated to
the proprietor. In the context of this definition, "apartment" shall
mean a dwelling unit offering, at a minimum, one unfurnished room,
a private bathroom, a kitchenette and a lockable door on the unit
entrance.
[Added 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 38-2000]
A room or space immediately below the roof of a building.
[Added 10-5-2020 by Ord. No. 26-2020]
A place where wares are sold publicly by personal and variable
competitive bidding as distinguished from sale at a fixed price or
by single submission of sealed bids.
Any place outside a building where one or more automobiles
are offered for sale or displayed. Used car lots are permitted only
as accessory to new car dealerships operated on the same lot.
See "canopy sign."
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
See "snipe sign."
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The inclined sides of a stream channel.
[Added 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002]
Any sign or string of one or more signs, usually made of
fabric or other lightweight material, which is used to attract attention,
whether or not imprinted with words or characters, including but not
limited to balloons and pennants. Flags shall not be considered banners.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The portion of stream flow that is not due to storm runoff,
and is supported by groundwater seepage into a channel.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
That portion of a building partly below and partly above
grade, where the ceiling is four feet or greater above the finished
grade at any point where such grade meets the outside walls of the
building.
[Amended 10-5-2020 by Ord. No. 26-2020]
A stationary or revolving light which flashes or projects
illumination, single color or multicolored, in any manner which has
the effect of attracting or diverting attention, except, however,
this term does not include any kind of lighting device which is required
or necessary under the safety regulations of the Federal Aviation
Administration or other similar agency. This definition does apply
to any similar type of lighting device contained entirely within a
structure and which does not project light to the exterior of the
structure.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A room planned or used primarily for sleeping.
The floor of a stream channel.
[Added 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002]
A sign structure and/or sign utilized for advertising an
establishment, an activity, a product, service or entertainment which
is sold, produced, manufactured, available or furnished at a place
other than on the property on which said sign structure and/or sign
is located.
[Amended 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Best management practice.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
The Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the
Township of Readington, as the case may be.
A person lodged, fed or sheltered for compensation.
A yard area within a property or site, generally adjacent
to and parallel with the property line, either consisting of natural
existing vegetation or created by the use of trees, shrubs, fences
and/or berms, designed to continuously limit view of and/or sound
from the site to adjacent sites or properties; also termed a "buffer
yard." Unless otherwise specified, the buffer area may occur within
the area required for yard setbacks.
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
See definition for "coverage, building."
See "coverage, building."
The vertical distance from the average finished ground level
adjoining the building at all exterior walls to the average height
of the highest roof surface. When the finished ground level slopes
away from the exterior walls, the building height shall be measured
from the lowest points within the area between the building and the
lot line, or when the lot line is more than six feet from the building,
it shall be measured at a point six feet from the building.
An establishment or use which features topless dancers, go-go
dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators or
similar entertainers exhibiting specified sexual activities.
The diameter of a tree trunk measured in inches at a point
six inches above natural grade for trees with trunks 4 inches or less
in diameter, and at a point 12 inches above natural grade for trees
with trunks greater than four inches in diameter. This measurement
is used to determine the tree size for planting.
[Amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., including indica
and any and all hybrids, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof,
and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation
of the plant or its seeds, except those containing resin extracted
from the plant, which are cultivated and when applicable, manufactured
in accordance with CREAMMA for use in cannabis products as set forth
in that Act, but shall not include the weight of any other ingredient
combined with cannabis to prepare topical or oral administrations,
food, drink or other product. "Cannabis" does not include: medical
cannabis dispensed to registered qualifying patients pursuant to the
Honig Act and N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22, et al; marijuana as defined in
N.J.S.A. 2C:35-2 and applied to any offense set forth in chapters
35, 35A and 36 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, N.J.S.A. 2C:35B-1
et seq., or marijuana as defined in N.J.S.A. 24:21-2 and applied to
any offense set forth in the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances
Act" N.J.S.A. 24:2-1, et al; or hemp or a hemp product cultivated,
handled, processed, transported or sold pursuant to the "New Jersey
Hemp Farming Act" N.J.S.A. 4:28-6, et al.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Any person or entity holding a Class 1 cannabis cultivator
license issued by the State of New Jersey that grows, cultivates,
or produces cannabis in the State of New Jersey, and sells, and may
transport, this cannabis to other cannabis cultivators, or usable
cannabis to cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis
retailers, but not to consumers.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
The transportation of cannabis items and related supplies
to a consumer. “Cannabis delivery” also includes the use
by a licensed cannabis retailer of any third-party technology platform
to receive, process, and fulfill orders by consumers, which third
party shall not be required to be a licensed cannabis establishment,
distributor, or delivery service, provided that any physical acts
in connection with fulfilling the order and delivery shall be accomplished
by a certified cannabis handler performing work for or on behalf of
the licensed cannabis retailer, which includes a certified cannabis
handler employed or otherwise working on behalf of a cannabis delivery
service making off-premises deliveries of consumer purchases fulfilled
by that cannabis retailer.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Any person or entity holding a Class 6 cannabis delivery
license issued by the State of New Jersey that provides courier services
for consumer purchases of cannabis items and related supplies fulfilled
by a cannabis retailer in order to make deliveries of the cannabis
items and related supplies to that consumer, and which services include
the ability of a consumer to purchase the cannabis items directly
through the cannabis delivery service, which after presenting the
purchase order to the cannabis retailer for fulfillment, is delivered
to that consumer.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Any person or entity holding a Class 4 cannabis distributor
license issued by the State of New Jersey that transports cannabis
in bulk intrastate from one licensed cannabis cultivator to another
licensed cannabis cultivator, or transports 40 cannabis items in bulk
intrastate from any one class of licensed cannabis establishment to
another class of licensed cannabis establishment, and may engage in
the temporary storage of cannabis or cannabis items as necessary to
carry out transportation activities.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
For the purposes of this ordinance,[4] a cannabis cultivator, a cannabis manufacturer or a cannabis
wholesaler, as well as an expanded ATC, but not a cannabis retailer,
dispensary, clinical registrant or delivery service.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
A substance obtained by separating resins from cannabis by
a chemical extraction process using a hydrocarbon-based solvent, such
as butane, hexane, or propane; a chemical extraction process using
the hydrocarbon-based solvent carbon dioxide, if the process uses
high heat or pressure or any other process identified by the Cannabis
Regulatory Commission by rule or regulation.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
The flower of the plant Cannabis sativa L. within the plant
family Cannabaceae.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
Any usable cannabis, cannabis product, cannabis extract,
and any other cannabis resin. "Cannabis item" does not include: any
form of medical cannabis dispensed to registered qualifying patients
pursuant to the Honig Act and N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12-22, et al., or hemp
or a hemp product cultivated, handled, processed, transported or sold
pursuant to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act" N.J.S.A. 4:28-6, et
al.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
The leaf of the plant Cannabis sativa L. within the plant
family Cannabaceae.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
Any person or entity holding a Class 2 cannabis manufacturer
license issued by the State of New Jersey, that processes cannabis
items in this state by purchasing or otherwise obtaining usable cannabis,
manufacturing, preparing, and packaging cannabis items, and selling,
and optionally transporting, these items to other cannabis manufacturers,
cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not to consumers.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Any equipment, products, or materials of any kind which are
used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating,
cultivating, growing, harvesting, composting, manufacturing, compounding,
converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing,
packaging, repackaging, storing, vaporizing, or containing cannabis,
or for ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing a cannabis item
into the human body. "Cannabis paraphernalia" does not include drug
paraphernalia as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:36-1 and which is used or
intended for use to commit a violation of chapter 352 or 362 of Title
2C of the New Jersey Statutes.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
A product containing usable cannabis, cannabis extract, or
any other cannabis resin and other ingredients intended for human
consumption or use, including a product intended to be applied to
the skin or hair, edible cannabis products, ointments, and tinctures.
Cannabis product does not include usable cannabis by itself, or cannabis
extract by itself; or any other cannabis resin by itself.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
The resin extracted from any part of the plant Cannabis sativa
1., including cannabis extract and resin extracted using non-chemical
processes, processed and used in accordance with P.L. 2021, c. 16
(N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et al.). Cannabis resin does not include: any form
of medical cannabis dispensed to registered qualifying patients pursuant
to the "Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act," P.L. 2009,
c. 307 (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et al.) and P.L. 2015, c. 158 (N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22
et al.); hashish as defined in N.J.S.2C:35-2 and applied to any offense
set forth in chapters 35, 35A, and 36 of Title 2C of the New Jersey
Statutes, or P.L. 2001, c. 114 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35B-1 et seq.), or as
defined in section 2 of P.L. 1970, c. 226 (N.J.S.A. 24:21-2) and applied
to any offense of the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances
Act," P.L. 1970, c. 226 (N.J.S.A. 24:21-1 et al.); or hemp or a hemp
product cultivated, handled, processed, transported, or sold pursuant
to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act," P.L. 2019, c. 238 (N.J.S.A.
4:28-6 et al.).
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
Any person or entity holding a Class 5 cannabis license issued
by the State of New Jersey that purchases or otherwise obtains usable
cannabis from cannabis cultivators and cannabis items from cannabis
manufacturers or cannabis wholesalers, and sells these to consumers
from a retail store, and may use a cannabis delivery service or a
certified cannabis handler for the off-premises delivery of cannabis
items and related supplies to consumers. A cannabis retailer shall
also accept consumer purchases to be fulfilled from its retail store
that are presented by a cannabis delivery service which will be delivered
by the cannabis delivery service to that consumer.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
An independent, third-party entity meeting accreditation
requirements established by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission that
is licensed to analyze and certify cannabis items and medical cannabis
for compliance with applicable health, safety, and potency standards.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Any person or entity holding a Class 3 cannabis wholesaler
license issued by the State of New Jersey that purchases or otherwise
obtains, stores, sells or otherwise transfers, and may transport,
cannabis items for the purpose of resale or other transfer to either
another cannabis wholesaler or to a cannabis retailer, but not to
consumers.
[Added 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 20-2021; amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Any sign that is a part of or attached to an awning or canopy,
i.e., a fabric, plastic or structural protective cover constructed
over a door, entrance, window or outdoor service area that is constructed
as an integral part of a building.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The hard or paved surface portion of a street customarily
used for vehicles in the regular course of travel. Where there are
curbs, the cartway is that portion between the curbs. Where there
are no curbs, the cartway is that portion of the paved or graded width.
That portion of a building partly below and partly above
grade, where the ceiling is less than four feet above the finished
grade at all points where such grade meets the outside walls of the
building.
[Amended 10-5-2020 by Ord. No. 26-2020]
A person certified by International Society of Arboriculture,
ISA, which is a professional organization supporting the professional
practice of arboriculture.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A household that has been certified by an Administrative
Agent as a very-low-, low-income household or moderate-income household.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Child-care centers licensed by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to P.L. 1988, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.).
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.
A private organization principally for the enjoyment of quiet
sports in open space, such as golf, tennis, swimming, riding, hiking
and fishing. Accessory facilities may be included if clearly subordinate
to the open air use such as covered tennis courts fewer in number
than open courts, year-round pools, locker and incidental eating and
social facilities.
A private organization for social purposes in which the principal
use is in enclosed buildings and no outdoor sports are involved.
The New Jersey Council of Affordable Housing, as established
by the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301, et seq.)
which has primary jurisdiction for the administration of housing obligations
in accordance with sound regional planning consideration in the state.
[Added 5-17-1993; amended 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Use of a common PWTF or a common site by two or more wireless
license holders or by one wireless license holder for more than one
type of communications technology and/or placement of a PWTF on a
structure owned or operated by a utility or other public entity.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
Any sign wording, logo or other representation or image that
directly or indirectly names, advertises or calls attention to a product,
service, sale or sales event or other commercial activity.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission established
pursuant to CREAMMA.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination
of land and water, together with the improvements thereon and designed
and intended for the ownership, use or enjoyment of the residents
and owners of the development and/or the residents of the Township
and county. Common property may contain such complementary structures
and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit
of the residents and owners of the development.
Any community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L.
1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.), providing food, shelter
and personal guidance, under such supervision as required, to not
more than 15 developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons who
require assistance, temporarily or permanently, in order to live in
the community and shall include, but not be limited to, group homes,
halfway houses, intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment
living arrangements and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered
a health care facility within the meaning of the Health Care Facilities
Planning Act (P.L. 1971, c. 136; N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq.). In the
case of such community residence housing mentally ill persons, such
residence shall have been approved for a purchase of service contract
or an affiliation agreement pursuant to such procedure as shall be
established by regulation of the Division of Mental Health and Hospitals
of the Department of Human Services. "Developmentally disabled person"
means a person who is developmentally disabled as defined in Section
2 of P.L. 1977, c. 448 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-2) and "mentally ill person"
means a person who is afflicted with a mental illness as defined in
N.J.S.A. 30:4-23,[5] but shall not include a person who has been committed
after having been found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason
of insanity or having been found unfit to be tried on a criminal charge,
or as otherwise defined at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2.
[Amended 4-5-2004 by Ord. No. 13-2004]
A community residential facility licensed pursuant to P.L.
1979, c. 337 (N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq.), providing food, shelter
and personal guidance, under such supervision as required, to not
more than 15 persons with head injuries who require assistance, temporarily
or permanently, in order to live in the community, and shall include
but not be limited to: group homes, halfway houses, supervised apartment
living arrangements, and hostels. Such a residence shall not be considered
a health care facility within the meaning of the “Health Care
Facilities Planning Act,” P.L. 1971, c. 136 (N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1
et al.), or as otherwise defined at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2.
[Added 4-5-2004 by Ord. No. 13-2004]
Any community residential facility operated as a hospice
program, providing food, shelter, personal guidance, and health care
services, under such supervision as required, to not more than 15
terminally ill persons, or as otherwise defined at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2.
[Added 4-5-2004 by Ord. No. 13-2004]
Any shelter approved for a purchase of service contract and
certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by regulation
of the Department of Human Services pursuant to P.L. 1979, c. 337
(N.J.S.A. 30:40-1-14), providing food, shelter, medical care, legal
assistance, personal guidance and other services to not more than
15 persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including any
children of such victims, who temporarily require shelter and assistance
in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare, or as
otherwise defined at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2.
[Amended 4-5-2004 by Ord. No. 13-2004]
The increase in soil bulk density caused by subjecting soil
to greater-than-normal loading. Compaction may decrease soil infiltration
and permeability rates.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
An application for development shall be complete for purposes of commencing the applicable time period for action by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may be, when so certified by the Board or its authorized designee as indicated in Article X of this chapter. In the event the application is not certified to be complete within 45 days of the date of its submission, the application shall be deemed complete upon the expiration of the forty-five-day period for purposes of commencing the applicable time period for action by the Board unless the application lacks information indicated on a checklist adopted by ordinance and provided to the applicant; and the Board or its authorized designee has notified the applicant, in writing, of the deficiencies in the application within 45 days of submission of the application. The applicant may request that one or more of the submission requirements be waived, in which event the Board or its designee shall grant or deny the request within 45 days. Nothing herein shall be construed as diminishing the applicant's obligation to prove in the application process that he is entitled to approval of the application. The Board may subsequently require correction of any information found to be in error and submission of additional information not specified in this chapter or any revisions in the accompanying documents as are reasonably necessary to make an informed decision as to whether the requirements necessary for approval of the application for development have been met. The application shall not be deemed incomplete for lack of any such additional information or any revisions in the accompanying documents so required by the Board.
A facility where the majority of space is occupied by computers
and related equipment and/or where electronic data is stored and may
be processed, analyzed, sorted and converted by employees or customers
either on site or remotely.
[Added 9-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 07-2015]
A general plan, sufficiently detailed for discussion purposes.
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
showing to the satisfaction of the Planning Board that such use in
a specified location will comply with the conditions and standards
for the location or operation of such use as specified in this chapter.
As defined within the State Condominium Act,[6] real estate, portions of which are designed for separate
ownership and the remainder of which is designated for common ownership
solely by owners of those portions. Real estate is not a condominium
unless the included interests in the common elements are vested in
the unit owners.
A facility used for service organizations, business and professional
conferences and seminars and the training of personnel engaged in
business, educational, scientific, or research endeavors, but not
to include business or trade schools.
[Added 9-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 07-2015]
A building or group of buildings containing sleeping rooms,
eating and cooking facilities, meeting rooms, fitness facility/health
center and customary and usual accessory uses. The fitness facility/health
center shall consist of a pool, exercise room and lockers and shall
be restricted to conference inn guests and available to the general
public on a membership basis only.
A rental apartment often developed as part of a continuing-care
retirement community with communal dining facilities and services,
such as housekeeping, organized social and recreational activities,
transportation services and other similar support services for residents.
[Added 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 38-2000]
A portion of land dedicated for designated conservation purposes
and designated as such on any recorded deed, plot plan and/or as otherwise
identified and delineated in any site plan.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A temporary, on-premises sign identifying the ongoing construction
activity during the time that a building permit is active and prior
to completion of the work for which the permit was issued, containing
sign copy that is limited to the ongoing construction activity and
identifying the contractor and/or any subcontractor engaged to perform
construction activity on the site.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A person 21 years of age or older who purchases, directly
or through a cannabis delivery service, acquires, owns, holds, or
uses cannabis items for personal use by a person 21 years of age or
older, but not for resale to others.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
The act of ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing
cannabis items into the human body.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
An age-restricted development that provides a continuum of
accommodations and care from independent living to long-term bed care
and which enters into contracts to provide lifelong care in exchange
for the payment of monthly fees plus an entrance fee in excess of
one year of monthly fees conforming to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-330 et seq.
[Amended 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 38-2000]
The linguistic or graphic content of a sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The square footage area measurement of the extent to which
all buildings occupy a lot as measured in a horizontal plane around
the periphery of the foundation and including the area under any roof
extending more than three feet beyond the foundation.
The square footage or other area measurement of the extent
to which all buildings and impervious surfaces cover a lot as measured
in a horizontal plane to the limits of impervious area(s) expressed
as percentage of the net lot area of the site. All surfaced parking
and driveway areas and all required parking and driveway areas which
are permitted to remain unsurfaced shall be included in the computation
of impervious coverage.
[Amended 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 31-2006]
The conversion of a persistent upland or shallow water area
into a wetland through some activity of man.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
Any area which is environmentally sensitive or which, if
disturbed, would adversely affect the environment. Stream corridors,
flood hazard areas, wetlands and steep slope area with slopes greater
than 15% are critical areas for which regulations for development
are specified in this chapter.
The upper mass or head of a tree created by its branches
and leaves.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A local street with only one outlet and having the other
end designed for the reversal of traffic movement.
Calendar days.
The diameter of the main stem of a tree or the combined diameters
of a multi-stemmed tree measured 4.5 feet above the surface of the
ground, on the uphill side on slopes. The top diameter of a stump
less than 4.5 feet tall shall be considered the “DBH”
of an illegally destroyed tree for the purpose of calculating recompense.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
The State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
In order to be classified as a "deer fence," a fence shall
exhibit all of the following characteristics:
[Added 4-21-2014 by Ord. No. 09-2014]
A housing unit with health and safety code violations that
requires 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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The number of dwelling units per gross area of land to be
developed, also known as "gross density."
Any intentional or negligent act causing irreparable damage
to or killing a tree, including but not limited to cutting the main
stem of the tree; girdling the main stem of the tree; damage inflicted
to the root system by machinery, storage of materials, excavation,
soil compaction or change of natural grade above or below the root
system or around the trunk; damage inflicted on the tree permitting
fungus, pests or other infestation; excessive pruning not in conformance
with current American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards,
leading to a failure to thrive; flush cutting of branches; “lionstailing”
(excessive branch removal in the interior of the crown); paving over
the root system with any impervious materials within such proximity
as to be fatally harmful to the tree; application of any substance
toxic to the tree or causing the tree to be exposed to any such substance;
incursion into a designated root and soil protection area; and various
tree climbing practices such as the use of climbing spurs or gaffs
on trees not subject to removal that exposes the cambium of a tree
to insects or decay organisms.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
An impoundment area made by construction and embankment,
or excavation of a pit, or both, for the purpose of temporarily storing
stormwater.
[Amended 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
A detention basin or alternative structure designed to temporarily
detain stormwater runoff.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
Any person, partnership, association, company or corporation
that is the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or any land
included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option
to contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary
interest in such land.
[Amended 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
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 any
mining, excavation or landfill and any use or change in 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.
Money paid by a developer for the improvement of property
as permitted in N.J.A.C. 5:93-8.8.
[Added 5-17-1993; amended 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance,
official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and
development of land, adopted pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
A noncommercial on-site sign providing direction or information
to pedestrian or vehicular traffic that is related or reasonably necessary
to the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on the premises,
and not displaying a commercial message (e.g., "entrance," "exit,"
"caution," "no parking," "one way only," "no trespassing," and the
like).
[Amended 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any activity, including the clearing, excavating, storing,
grading, filling or transportation of soil, or any other activity
that causes soil to be exposed to the danger of erosion.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
A single sign with copy on both sides of the sign and mounted
as a single structure.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means, and includes control of runoff during
and after construction or development to minimize erosion and sedimentation,
to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges,
to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen
nonpoint source pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels
for their biological functions as well as for drainage and the means
necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation
of flooding.
The lands required for the installation and maintenance of
stormwater and sanitary sewers, water pipes or drainage ditches and
other utilities or lands required along a natural stream or watercourse
for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein
to safeguard the public against flood damage.
A geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or
dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving water body or
to a particular point along a receiving water body.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
The system through which water flows from the land, including
all watercourses, water bodies and wetlands.
A line on the ground delineated on the surface and subsurface
by the outer limits of the branches of a tree and measured plumb from
the branches to the ground. When the outer limits of the branches
are indistinct or otherwise unclear, the drip line shall be presumed
to be located 1 1/2 feet from the center of the trunk of a tree for
each inch of the trunk DBH. In the case of trees with multiple trunks,
the dripline of each trunk shall be measured separately.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A paved or unpaved area used for ingress and egress of vehicles
and allowing access from a street to a building or other structure
or facility.
A below-grade stormwater retention structure that is open
at the base, allowing water to percolate to the underlying soils.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
A lot or part thereof used for disposal, abandonment, dumping,
burial, burning or any other means of garbage offal, sewage, trash,
refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof or standardized
products.
A room or series of connected rooms designed for permanent
residency containing living, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities
for one housekeeping unit. The dwelling shall be self-contained and
shall not require the use of outside stairs, passing through another
dwelling unit or indirect route(s) to get to any portion of the dwelling
unit, nor shall there be shared facilities with another housekeeping
unit.
DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY A building physically detached from other buildings or portions of buildings which is occupied or intended to be occupied for residence purposes by one housekeeping unit which has its own sleeping, sanitary and general living facilities.
SEMIDETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY Two buildings, one on each of two adjacent lots joined by a single party wall and each containing one dwelling unit with its own sleeping, cooking and sanitary facilities which is occupied or intended to be occupied for residence purposes by one housekeeping unit.
TWO-FAMILYA building on one lot containing two dwelling units, only each having entrances on the first floor, intended for the residential occupancy by two housekeeping units, each living independently of each other with its own sleeping, cooking and sanitary facilities. The dwelling units shall be entirely separated from one another by vertical walls or horizontal floors, unpierced except for access to the outside or to a common basement.
APARTMENT A building containing a minimum of three dwelling units in which two or more units share a common hall or passageway to the outside.
TOWNHOUSEOne building containing at least three, but no more than eight, connected dwelling units, where each dwelling unit is compatibly designed in relation to all other units, but is distinct by such design features as width, setback, roof design, color, exterior materials and other features, singularly or in combination. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to allow one dwelling unit over another.
DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND QUADPLEX Two, three and four dwelling units with common interior walls and separate ground floor access for each unit.
A right to use the real property of another created by deed
or other legal means, for the benefit of private persons or the public,
for one or more specific purposes such as access, drainage, conservation,
agriculture or provision of utility services.
The lowest horizontal line of a sloping roof.
An Elder Cottage Housing Opportunity ("ECHO") unit is a small
second house, accessory to a primary residential dwelling, temporary
in nature and containing a bathroom, kitchen, living and sleeping
facilities. It is restricted in size to accommodate one or two persons
who are relatives of the owner/occupant of the primary dwelling on
the lot. The occupants of the ECHO housing unit shall be either senior
citizens (60 years of age or older) or disabled persons. The ECHO
unit is a premanufactured structure which is only permitted on a lot
so long as the senior citizen or disabled occupants continue to reside
thereon.
A temporary sign erected or displayed for the purpose of
expressing support for or opposition to a candidate or stating a position
regarding an issue upon which the voters of the Township shall vote.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A written and graphic statement describing, analyzing and
assessing the anticipated effects of a proposed development on environmental
constraints and critical lands pursuant to this chapter.
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 Aections 1,
5, and 6 of P.L.1973, c.123 (N.J.S.A. 54:1-35a through N.J.S.A. 54:1-35c).
[Added 5-17-1993; amended 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
To construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach,
create, paint, draw or in any other way bring into being or establish;
but it does not include any of the foregoing activities when performed
as incident to the change of advertising message or customary maintenance
or repair of a sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice and gravity.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance, by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies, of underground
or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission, including
towers, poles, wires, mains, drains, sewers, pipes conduits, cables,
fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, hydrants and
other similar equipment and accessories in connection therewith reasonably
necessary for the furnishing of adequate service by such public utilities
or municipal or other governmental agencies or for the public health
or safety or general welfare. Telephone dial equipment centers, power
substations, sewage treatment plants, dumps and sanitary landfills
are excluded.
The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior
to cutting or filling.
A permitted alternative treatment center pursuant to P.L.
2019, c. 153 and N.J.A.C. 8:64 that is authorized to operate a cannabis
business or businesses pursuant to CREAMMA and the regulations found
at N.J.A.C. 17-30 et seq, in addition to its ATC operations.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
A facility that is required to register with the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the Toxic Catastrophe
Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 13:IK-19 et seq., or regulations adopted
thereto, as that act or those regulations may be amended or supplemented.
[Added 8-2-2021 by Ord.
No. 23-2021]
Flexible material comprised of natural or artificial fibers
that are woven, felted or knitted.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The side of a building that faces a public or private street.
[Amended 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any sign erected, constructed or maintained on a building
with the principal support of said sign being the building.
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single
nonprofit housekeeping unit, who are living together as a stable and
permanent living unit, being a traditional family unit or the functional
equivalent thereof.
The care of up to five children in a private residence for
a fee and is registered pursuant to the Family Day Care Provider Registration
Act, P.L. 1987, c. 27.[8]
Renewable energy facilities on permitted, commercial farms
which meet the applicable provisions in the New Jersey Farmland Assessment
Act (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1 et seq.), the New Jersey Right to Farm Act
(N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.) and the New Jersey State Agricultural Development
Committee's Agricultural Management Practice for the Construction,
Installation, Operation or Maintenance of Solar Energy Generation
Facilities, Structures and Equipment on Commercial Farms. Renewable
energy facilities on farms that are not classified as "commercial
farms" pursuant to the State of New Jersey are not included under
this definition. Such facilities located on commercial farms where
agriculture is not a permitted use shall be deemed an expansion of
a preexisting nonconforming use and shall require appropriate variance
relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d(2).
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012; amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018]
Direct primary access on to either Route 22 or 202 or to
Route 523 either directly or via collector road(s) within a nonresidential
zone, with adequate sight visibility for safe ingress and egress.
[Amended 5-16-1994]
An artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone,
wire, metal or any other manufactured material or combination of materials.
The official action of the Board taken on a preliminarily
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.
The final map of all or a portion of a subdivision which
is presented for final approval.
Any fabric or bunting containing distinct colors, patterns
or symbols, used as an ornamental flag or as a symbol of government,
a political subdivision, corporation or business or other entity.
(See also "ornamental flag.")
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A pole on which to raise a flag.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A sign which permits light to be turned on or off intermittently
more frequently than once per minute or any illuminated sign on which
such illumination is not kept stationary or constant in intensity
and color at all times when such sign is in use, including a LED (light-emitting
diode) or digital sign, and changes more frequently than once per
minute.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
That portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway.
The floodway and flood fringe areas as determined by the
Department of Environmental Protection under Section 3 of the Flood
Hazard Control Act (P.L. 1979, c. 359)[9]
[Amended 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
The line formed by following the outside boundaries of the
area inundated by a one-hundred-year flood.
[Added 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002]
The area inundated by NJDEP's regulatory flood including
the watercourse that creates it. NJDEP's regulatory flood means NJDEP's
adopted Flood Hazard Area Design Flood along streams for which NJDEP
has an adopted flood hazard area and floodway study, and the one-hundred-year
flood along nondelineated streams for which NJDEP has not delineated
a flood hazard area.
[Amended 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
The channel of a natural stream and portions of the flood
hazard areas adjoining the channel, which are reasonably required
to carry and discharge the floodwater or floodflow of any natural
stream. For this chapter, the term floodway refers to both the delineated
floodway along streams which have state-adopted flood hazard areas
and floodway studies, and the area between NJDEP-approved encroachment
lines located on both sides of nondelineated streams for which no
state-adopted flood hazard area and floodway study exists.
[Amended 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
The plan projection of all roofed areas on a lot multiplied
by the number of stories under each roof section, provided that the
area under any roof overhang of three feet or less shall not be included
in the G.F.A. calculation. Basements are included in the G.F.A, but
cellars are not. Attics do not count towards floor area if both of
the following conditions are met:
[Amended 10-5-2020 by Ord. No. 26-2020]
The sum of the area of all floors of buildings compared to
the net lot area of the site.
[Amended 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 31-2006]
A sign, not in excess of four square feet in size (area)
per side and whose top is not more than three feet off the ground,
communicating information or views on matters of public policy or
public concern or containing any other noncommercial message, that
is otherwise lawful.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A sign supported by structures or supports that are placed
on or anchored in the ground or at ground level and which are independent
of any building or other structure.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or
groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly
known as "hydrophytic vegetation;" provided, however, that in designating
a wetland, the delineator shall use the three parameter approach (that
is, hydrology, soils and vegetation) enumerated in the Federal Manual
for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands. Freshwater
wetlands has been defined here using the same definition as New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) utilizes in its Technical
Manual for Land Use Regulation Program (LURP).
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
The length of the property line of a parcel of land, which
runs parallel with and along a road right-of-way or street, exclusive
of alleyways.
[Amended 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A private garage with vehicular access doors facing a public
street.
[Added 3-21-2016 by Ord.
No. 03-2016]
A sign that functions to advertise the future or proposed
development of the premises upon which the sign is erected.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A building or lot or part thereof, devoted primarily to repair,
servicing or washing of motor vehicles, but excluding all body work.
Any on-site temporary sign pertaining to the sale of personal
property in, at or upon any residentially zoned property located in
the Township. Garage or yard sales shall include but not be limited
to all such sales, and shall include the advertising of the holding
of any such sale, or the offering to make any sale, whether made under
any name such as garage sale, lawn sale, yard sale, front yard sale,
backyard sale, home sale, attic sale, rummage sale, patio sale, flea
market sale, or any similar designation.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A closed building or portion thereof for the shelter of a
motor vehicle owned and used by the owner or tenant of the premises.
The slope of a road, path, driveway, swale or other surface
or the average finished ground elevation adjoining a building at project
completion.
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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A body of water below the surface of the land in a zone of
saturation where the spaces between the soil or geological materials
are fully saturated with water.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
A commercial use that houses exercise equipment and space
for the purposes of physical exercise that can be, but does not have
to be, in the form of instructional classes.
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
The production of goods, such as steel, in which large volumes
of raw materials are used to produce goods for a secondary industry.
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 14-2012]
A variety of the Cannabis sativa plant species that is grown
specifically for industrial use. It can be used to make a wide range
of products including paper, rope, textiles, clothing, biodegradable
plastics, paint, insulation, biofuel, food, and animal feed. Regulated
through the USDA, the allowable amount of total THC may not exceed
0.3% at harvest.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
Any building, structure, area or property that is significant
in the history, architecture, archaeology or culture of the state,
its communities or the nation or so identified in the Readington Township
Master Plan as a site of historic interest.
An operation or business conducted in or from a single-family detached dwelling incidental and subordinate to its principal residential use and as further regulated in Article VI of this chapter.
An incorporated nonprofit organization operating in a cluster
or planned development under recorded land agreement through which
each lot owner is automatically a voting member; each occupied dwelling
unit is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share
of the expenses for the organization's activities and maintenance,
including any maintenance costs levied against the association by
the Township and each owner and tenant has the right to use the common
property.
A facility for overnight accommodation of transient guests
for compensation which: contains guest rooms or suites, each having
its only access from an interior corridor, contains a public lobby
providing guest services 24 hours per day, has full-time on-site management,
may contain drinking and eating establishments, shops and other ancillary
uses, and contains a minimum of 30 guest rooms.
[Amended 9-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 07-2015]
The Fair Housing Act of 1985, P.L. 1985, c. 222 (N.J.S.A.
52:27D-301 et seq.).
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Any sign which was unlawfully erected or which has been determined to be in violation of any provision of Article XII of the Readington Township Land Development Ordinance.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any sign or portion thereof which is illuminated by artificial
light, either from an interior or exterior source, including outline,
reflective or phosphorescent light, whether or not the source of light
is directly affixed as part of the sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Those surfaces which do not absorb precipitation. All buildings,
decks, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks and areas in concrete,
asphalt and packed stone shall be considered impervious surfaces within
this definition. In addition, other areas determined by the Municipal
Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition will
also be classed as impervious surfaces.
[Amended 10-5-2020 by Ord. No. 26-2020]
Buildings for public or quasi-public use, grading, paving,
streetlights and signs, fire hydrants, water mains, sanitary sewers,
storm drains, sidewalks, crosswalks, bridges, culverts, monuments,
retaining walls and shade trees, as proposed or required and intended
for dedication to the municipality.
A sign not exceeding one square foot in size attached to
a freestanding sign or affixed to a wall that either:
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A development containing both affordable units and market-rate
units. This term includes, but is not limited to new construction,
the conversion of a nonresidential structure to residential use and
the creation of new affordable units through the gut rehabilitation
or reconstruction of a vacant residential structure.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The process by which water from precipitation seeps into
the soil to a level below the normal root soil of plant species.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Any structure or device designed to infiltrate detained water
to the subsurface and which is not an injection well. These facilities
may be above-grade or below-grade.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
ABOVE-GRADE INFILTRATION FACILITIESTemporarily impound surface water runoff above-grade, to a maximum depth of two feet, with all detained water infiltrated to recharge.
BELOW-GRADE INFILTRATION FACILITIESTemporarily detain surface water runoff below-grade in the interstices of coarse aggregate, or other porous media, with all detained water infiltrated to recharge. Examples of below-grade infiltration facilities include gravel parking areas and gravel-filled trenches.
In a criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding, any citizen of
the State of New Jersey; and in the case of a civil proceeding in
any court or in an administrative proceeding before a municipal agency,
any person, whether residing within or without the municipality, whose
right to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected by any
action taken under the provisions of this chapter or whose rights
to use, acquire or enjoy property is or may be affected by any action
taken under the Municipal Land Use Law or this chapter or under any
other law of this state or of the United States have been denied,
violated or infringed upon by an action or a failure to act under
the provisions of this chapter.
A sign which permits light to be turned on or off intermittently
more frequently than once every 12 hours or which is operated in a
way whereby light is turned on or off intermittently more frequently
than once every 12 hours, including any illuminated sign on which
such illumination is not kept stationary or constant in intensity
and color at all times when such sign is in use, including a LED (light-emitting
diode) or digital sign, and which varies in intensity or color more
frequently than once every 12 hours.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A judgment issued by the Superior Court approving a municipality's
plan to satisfy its fair share obligation.
[Added 5-17-1993]
Any space, whether inside or outside a building, used for
the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including scrap metals
or other scrap materials or for the dismantling, demolition, salvage,
resale or abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery
or parts thereof.
Natural or artificial bodies of water which retain water
year round.
Including improvements and fixtures on, above or below the
surface.
A person licensed by the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts
pursuant to the Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act
(N.J.S. 45:15C-17).
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
The production of goods, such as baked goods, candies, clothing,
electronic devices, millwork and woodworking products, for the direct
consumption by the consumer.
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 14-2012]
A limited brewery licensed by the State of New Jersey (1b)
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 33:1-10.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 05-2020]
An artist studio or gallery, business and professional office,
personal service, professional medical office or retail use located
within a single-family dwelling exhibiting the following requirements:
the business is owned and operated by at least one member of the household
that resides in the dwelling; the maximum number of employees is three,
including any resident/owner/employees; the work component does not
exceed a maximum gross floor area of 30% of the total gross floor
area of the dwelling; and is not within a two-family or multifamily
home; and all vehicles incidental to the business shall be limited
to one in number.
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
An institution or a distinct part of an institution that
is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision
for 24 or more consecutive hours to two or more patients who are not
related to the governing authority or its members by marriage, blood
or adoption. "Long-term-care facility" shall include the terms "skilled
nursing facility" and "intermediate-care facility."
[Added 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 38-2000]
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.
The area contained within the lot lines of a lot not including
any portion of street right-of-way.
The area contained within the lot lines of a lot and may
include portions of street rights-of-way if lot lines encroach within
the street.
The area contained within the lot lines of a lot after reducing
the total area by the amount of land subject to certain environmental
constraints as provided in the following schedule:
[Added 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 31-2006]
|
Percentage of Area of Constraint by which
Lot Area is to be Reduced
| |
|---|---|
|
Constraint1
|
Percentage
|
|
Bodies of water
|
100%
|
|
Flood hazard areas2)
|
100%
|
|
Freshwater wetlands3
|
100%
|
|
Stream corridor
|
100%
|
|
Slopes 15% to 25%4
|
50%
|
|
Slopes 25% to 35%4
|
75%
|
|
Slopes 35% and greater4
|
100%
|
|
1If a specific portion
of a lot contains more than one overlapping constraint, the constraint
with the greater reduction shall apply.
|
|
2Pursuant to the
NJDEP or other equally reliable source.
|
|
3Pursuant to Letter
of Interpretation by the NJDEP.
|
|
4Calculated within
two-foot contour intervals from aerial topography or survey by a New
Jersey licensed land surveyor.
|
The diameter of the largest circle which can be inscribed
within the lot lines.
A lot abutting the intersection of two or more streets, where
the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°. Each
corner lot shall have two front yards, one side yard and one rear
yard, the side and rear yard to be designated at the time of application
for a construction permit.
The perpendicular distance between the street line or front
lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto through the midpoint of
the rear lot line.[11]
The distance between the side lot lines measured along the
street line.
A lot other than a corner lot.
A household with a total gross annual household income equal
to 50% or less of the regional median household income by household
size.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A restricted unit that is affordable to a low-income household.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A document required for all major development protects for
stormwater management maintenance. The document shall contain specific
preventive maintenance tasks and schedules; cost estimates, including
estimated cost of sediment, debris, or trash removal; and the name,
address, and telephone number of the person or persons responsible
for preventive and corrective maintenance (including replacement).
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Any development that will ultimately result in the disturbance
of greater than one acre of land or creates an additional 0.25 acre
of impervious surface.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
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 and load-bearing structural
systems.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
For the purpose of this ordinance, means "manufacturing"
as performed by a cannabis manufacturer or a medical cannabis manufacturer.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
A unit of housing which consists of one or more transportable
sections which are substantially constructed off site and, if more
than one section, are joined together on site; is built on a permanent
chassis; is designed to be used, when connected to utilities, as a
dwelling on a permanent foundation; and is manufactured in accordance
with the standards promulgated for a manufactured home by the secretary
pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-383 (42 U.S.C. § 5401
et seq.) and the standards promulgated for a manufactured mobile home
by the commissioner pursuant to the State Uniform Construction Code
Act, P.L. 1975, c. 217 (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.).
The adding of value to previously processed raw material
by reshaping, reworking, assembly, combining or other means. For the
purpose of this chapter, the initial processing of raw materials,
such as the smelting of ore or the tanning of hides, is prohibited.
The creation of small, lightweight products by research,
engineering, development and fabrication which creation does not involve
any nuisance factors other than the noise of trucking and the congregation
of employees.
Housing not restricted to low- and moderate-income households
that may sell or rent at any price.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
An establishment, business or use which provides the service
of massage and body manipulation, including specified sexual activities
involving exercises, heat and light treatments of the body and all
forms and methods of physiotherapy unless operated by a medical practitioner,
professional physical therapist and/or massage therapist certified
by a school accredited by the State of New Jersey.
Massage therapist certified by a school accredited.
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of the municipality as set forth and adopted by the
Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
Compliance with the specific objective to the greatest extent
possible taking into account equitable considerations and competing
factors, including but not limited to environmental benefits, pollutant
removal effectiveness, regulatory compliance, ability to implement
given site-specific environmental conditions, cost and technical or
engineering feasibility.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
The median income by household size for the applicable housing
region, as adopted annually by the Township pursuant to this chapter,
by COAH or a successor entity approved by the Court.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Cannabis dispensed to registered qualifying patients pursuant
to the Honig Act and N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22 et al. "Medical cannabis"
does not include any cannabis or cannabis item which is cultivated,
produced, processed and consumed in accordance with CREAMMA.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
An organization holding a permit issued by the Cannabis Regulatory
Commission that authorizes the organization to possess or cultivate
cannabis and deliver, transfer, transport, distribute, supply and
sell medical cannabis and related supplies to other medical cannabis
dispensaries, as well as to plant, cultivate, grow and harvest medical
cannabis for research purposes. A medical cannabis cultivator permit
shall not authorize the permit holder to manufacture, produce or otherwise
create medical cannabis products or to deliver, transfer, transport,
distribute, supply, sell or dispense medical cannabis, medical cannabis
products, paraphernalia, or related supplies to qualifying patients,
designated caregivers or institutional caregivers.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
An organization that is issued a permit by the Cannabis Regulatory
Commission authorizing the organization to purchase or obtain medical
cannabis and related supplies from medical cannabis cultivators, purchase
or obtain medical cannabis products and related supplies from medical
cannabis manufacturers; purchase or obtain medical cannabis, medical
cannabis products, and related supplies and paraphernalia from other
medical cannabis dispensaries and from clinical registrants; deliver,
transfer, transport, distribute, supply and sell medical cannabis
and medical cannabis products to other medical cannabis dispensaries;
furnish medical cannabis, including medical cannabis products, to
a medical cannabis handler for delivery to a registered qualifying
patient, designated caregiver; or institutional caregiver consistent
with the requirements of the Honig Act; and possess, display, transfer,
transport, distribute, supply, sell and dispense medical cannabis,
medical cannabis products, paraphernalia, and related supplies to
qualifying patients, designated caregivers and institutional caregivers.
A medical cannabis dispensary permit shall not authorize the permit
holder to cultivate medical cannabis, to produce, manufacture or otherwise
create medical cannabis products. Medical cannabis dispensaries are
prohibited in the Township.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
A medical cannabis cultivator or a medical cannabis manufacturer
but not a medical cannabis dispensary, retailer or delivery service.
For the purposes of this ordinance, "alternative treatment centers"
are also included within the definition of "medical cannabis establishment."
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
An organization that is issued a permit by the Cannabis Regulatory
Commission authorizing the organization to: purchase or obtain medical
cannabis and related supplies from a medical cannabis cultivator or
a clinical registrant; purchase or obtain medical cannabis products
from another medical cannabis manufacturer or a clinical registrant;
produce, manufacture or otherwise create medical cannabis products;
and possess, deliver, transfer, transport, distribute, supply and
sell medical cannabis products and related supplies to other medical
cannabis manufacturer and to medical dispensaries and clinical registrants.
A medical cannabis manufacturer permit shall not authorize the permit
holder to cultivate medical cannabis or to deliver, transfer, transport,
distribute, supply, sell, or dispense medical cannabis, medical cannabis
products, paraphernalia, or related supplies to registered qualifying
patients, designated caregivers, or institutional caregivers.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
Shall have the same meaning as defined in N.J.S.A. 24:6I-33
and operated in accordance with N.J.A.C. 17:30-6.7. Per statute, it
means a person or entity licensed by the state as a cannabis cultivator,
cannabis manufacturer, cannabis wholesaler, cannabis distributor,
cannabis retailer, or cannabis delivery service that may only, with
respect to its business operations and capacity and quantity of product:
employ no more than 10 employees; operate a cannabis establishment
occupying an area of no more than 2,500 square feet, and in the case
of a cannabis cultivator, grow cannabis on an area no more than 2,500
square feet measured on a horizontal plane and grow about that plane
not higher than 24 feet; possess no more than 1,000 cannabis plants
each month, except that a cannabis distributor's possession of cannabis
plants for transportation shall not be subject to this limit; acquire
each month, in the case of a cannabis manufacturer, no more than 1,000
pounds of usable cannabis; acquire for resale each month, in the case
of a cannabis wholesaler, no more than 1,000 pounds of usable cannabis,
or the equivalent amount in any form of manufactured cannabis product
or cannabis resin, or any combination thereof; and acquire for retail
sale each month, in the case of a cannabis retailer, no more than
1,000 pounds of usable cannabis, or the equivalent amount in any form
of manufactured cannabis product or cannabis resin, or any combination
thereof. Cannabis microbusinesses are not permitted in the Township.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
An action by an applicant providing compensation or offset
actions for on-site stormwater management requirements where the applicant
has demonstrated the inability or impracticality of strict compliance
with the stormwater management requirements set forth in N.J.A.C.
7:8, in an adopted regional stormwater management plan, or in this
chapter, and has received a waiver from strict compliance from the
municipality. Mitigation, for the purposes of this chapter, includes
both the mitigation plan detailing how the project's failure to strictly
comply will be compensated, and the implementation of the approved
mitigation plan within the same HUC-14 within which the subject protect
is proposed (if possible and practical), or a contribution of funding
toward a regional stormwater control protect, or provision for equivalent
treatment at an alternate location, or other equivalent water quality
benefit.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
See "manufactured home."
A parcel of land or two or more parcels of land
containing no fewer than 10 sites equipped for the installation of
manufactured homes, where these sites are under common ownership and
control for the purpose of leasing each site to the owner of a manufactured
home for the installation thereof and where the owner or owners provide
services, which are provided by the municipality in which the park
is located for property owners outside the park, which services may
include but shall not be limited to:
A parcel or any contiguous parcels, of land
which contained, on January 1984, no fewer than three sites equipped
for the installation of manufactured homes and which otherwise conform
to the provisions of this subsection, shall qualify as a mobile home
park for the purposes of this chapter.
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.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A restricted unit that is affordable to a moderate-income
household.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Any residential structure incorporating components assembled
off-site, provided that such structure is permanently attached to
a foundation.
Hollow concrete blocks which are placed in rows with soil
surrounding each one and planted with vegetation.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
The Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or Township Committee
of Readington Township when acting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et
seq. and any agency which is created by or responsible to Readington
Township when such agency is acting pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1
et seq.
An employee charged by the governing body with the responsibility
for oversight and administration of the Affordable Housing Program
for the Township of Readington.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A sign indicating the name and/or profession or address of
a person or persons residing on the premises or legally occupying
the premises.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Native or indigenous plants that naturally occur in the region
in which they evolved.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A system of metering and billing for electricity in which
the public utility credits a customer-generator for energy produced
by a renewable energy system and which further meets the standards
for such in the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Net Metering
and Interconnection Rules, N.J.A.C. 14:8-4.3.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012]
Any message that is not a commercial message.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A building or structure the size, dimension or location of
which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this
chapter, but which falls to conform to the requirements of the zoning
district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision
or amendment.
A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter, but
fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which
it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A sign that was lawfully erected but no longer conforms to the regulations provided in Article XII of the Readington Township Land Development Ordinance.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
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.
Land encumbered by easements (except sight triangles), floodplains,
wetlands, stream corridors, slopes greater than 15% and waterways.
Any sale or transfer of ownership other than the transfer
of ownership between spouses; 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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Pollution from any source other than from any discernible,
confined, and discrete conveyances, and shall include, but not be
limited to, pollutants from agricultural, silvicultural, mining, construction,
subsurface disposal and urban runoff sources.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
The management of stormwater runoff in the absence of a stormwater
structure (e.g., basin and piped conveyance). This includes but is
not limited to minimizing site disturbance, preserving important site
features, including, but not limited to, natural vegetation, reducing
and disconnecting impervious cover, minimizing slopes, utilizing native
vegetation, minimizing turf grass lawns, increasing time of concentration
and maintaining and enhancing natural drainage features and characteristics.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
An offensive, annoying, unpleasant or obnoxious
thing or practice, a cause or source of annoyance, especially a continuing
or repeating invasion or disturbance of another's rights, including
the actual or potential emanation of any physical characteristics
of activity or use across a property line which can be perceived by
or affect a human being or the generation of an excessive or concentrated
movement of people or things or any other characteristics detrimental
to the values or use of an adjacent property, such as, but not limited
to:
Noise, including that from unscreened air conditioners.
Dust.
Smoke.
Fumes, gas or vapor.
Odor.
Glare.
Flashes.
Vibration.
Shock waves.
Heat.
Electronic or atomic radiation.
Objectionable effluent or stormwater runoff.
The obscuring or masking of adjacent or nearby
property by projecting signs, marquises or canopies.
Any adverse effect on value or desirability
of nearby property caused by such matters as incongruous appearance,
exposed storage of inoperable automobiles, junk, materials and neglect
or dilapidation of land or buildings, exposed parking of commercial
vehicles on residential lots or areas.
Unusual risks of fire or explosion, such as
manufacture and/or storage of wood, fuel or explosives.
Similar matters covered by other ordinances.
Parking of motor vehicles in required front
yards on other than established driveways.
Any use or storage of feed, food, garbage or
other matter in a manner conducive to support or spread of rodents
or other pests.
Local ownership and exposed parking or use of
any portable or mobile devices having any other nuisance factors,
including but not limited to such things as sound trucks and advertising
matter on vehicles beyond identification of owner or business.
Any adverse effect causing degradation or damage to nearby property
caused by planting those species contained on the Township's list
of exotic and invasive planting species as found in Table 3-1, Attachment
148-5, as same may be amended and/or renumbered from time to time.
[Added 10-16-2023 by Ord. No. 25-2023]
The results of any agricultural management practices
shall not be considered a nuisance.
Any building in which more than one room or an area exceeding
400 square feet is used for the accommodation, reception or treatment
of the aged or sick who are residents therein, excluding members of
the resident family and who are not related to the owners or lessee
of such building.
A chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus,
which is essential to and promotes the development of plants, algae
and other organisms or vegetation.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
The total amount of a nutrient, such as nitrogen or phosphorus,
entering the water during a given time, such as tons of nitrogen per
year, or pounds of phosphorus per day. Nutrients may enter the water
from runoff, groundwater recharge, point source discharges, or the
air (in the form of wet deposition such as rain or snow as well as
dry deposition).
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
That which to the average person, applying contemporary community
standards, when considered as a whole, is patently offensive in the
description or representation of sexual matters or has, as its dominant
theme or purpose, an appeal to the prurient interest.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any description, narrative account, display or depiction
of sexual activity or anatomical area contained in or consisting of
a picture or other representation, publication, sound recording, live
performances or film, which by means of posing, composing, format
or animated sensual details:
Depicts or describes, in a patently offensive
way, ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated,
masturbation, excretory functions or specified anatomical areas, as
defined herein:
Lacks serious literary, artistic, political
or scientific value, when taken as a whole; and
Is a part of a work which, to the average person
applying contemporary community standards, has a dominant theme, taken
as a whole, which appeals to the prurient interest.
See "office, medical."
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
A use that undertakes the diagnosis, treatment, and care
of human beings. These include dental services, medical services,
nursing, physical therapy, and mental health. This use is separate
from urgent care uses and hospital uses.
[Added 9-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 07-2015; amended 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
Water bodies that are isolated and do not discharge to a
stream.
[Added 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 32-2006]
Any sign relating in its subject matter to commodities, accommodations,
services or activities on premises other than the premises on which
the sign is located.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
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.
Not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street right-of-way.
Any sign relating in its subject matter to the commodities,
accommodations, service or activities on the premises on which the
sign is located.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Located on the lot in question.
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way,
drainage or utility easement.
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.
An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating in a planned
development under recorded land agreement, provided that each owner
is automatically a member; each occupied dwelling unit is automatically
subject to a charge for proportionate share of expenses for the organization's
activities and maintenance, including any maintenance costs levied
against the organization by the Township; and each owner and tenant
has the right to use the common property.
Any fabric or similar material containing patterns, drawings
or symbols used for decorative purposes and designed to be flown as
a flag.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, condominium
or cooperative, copartnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary
interest in the land sought to be subdivided or developed to commence
and maintain proceedings to develop the same under this chapter.
The top of a building wall or facade which is raised above
the roof.
Any open area used for the temporary storage of automobiles
and other vehicles for the private use of the owners or occupants
of the lot on which the area is located.
Any open area, other than a road or other public way, used
for the temporary storage of automobiles and other vehicles and available
to the public, whether for a fee or without compensation or as an
accommodation for clients, customers or employees.
An area, either within a structure or in the open, for the
parking of motor vehicles, exclusive of driveways, access drives,
fire lanes and public rights-of-way, except that nothing shall prohibit
private driveways for dwelling units from being considered off-street
parking areas, provided that no portion of such driveway within the
right-of-way line of the street intersected by such driveway shall
be considered off-street parking space. The width and length of each
space shall be measured perpendicular to each other, regardless of
the angle of the parking space to the access aisle or driveway.
Any series of small flag-like or streamer-like pieces of
cloth, plastic, paper or similar material attached in a row to any
staff, cord, building, or at only one or two edges, the remainder
hanging loosely.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A test designed to determine the ability of ground to absorb
water as regulated by Public Law Chapter 199.
Any security, in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter, which may be accepted by the Township Committee subject to
review and approval by the Township Attorney in lieu of a requirement
that certain improvements be completed prior to final approval of
a development application, including cash bonds, performance bonds,
letters of credit, escrow agreements and other similar collateral
or surety agreements.
Any sign which, when installed, is intended for permanent
use. For the purposes of this chapter, any sign with an intended use
in excess of 12 months from the date of installation shall be deemed
a permanent sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A surface or land cover capable of transmitting or percolating
a significant amount of precipitation into the underlying soils.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Any use of land or buildings permitted by this chapter.
Commercial uses such as barbershops, beauty salons, laundry
collection, shoe repairing, radio and television repairing, watchmaking,
funeral parlors, bars and taverns (provided that a liquor license
is available), and printing establishments and newspaper offices,
and other establishments primarily engaged in providing individual
services generally related to personal needs.
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
Accessory facilities serving and subordinate in area, extent
and purpose to, and on the same lot as, a telecommunications antenna.
Such facilities include, but are not limited to, transmission equipment,
storage sheds, storage buildings and security fencing.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
Facilities for the provision of wireless communications services,
including but not limited to antennas, antenna support structure,
and related facilities other than PWTEF's, but does not include telecommunications
towers.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
A person who has sustained an injury, illness or traumatic
changes to the skull, the brain contents or its coverings which results
in a temporary or permanent physiobiological decrease of mental, cognitive,
behavioral, social or physical functioning which causes partial or
total disability, or as otherwise defined at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.2.
[Added 4-5-2004 by Ord. No. 13-2004]
Material used for paved areas that produces less stormwater
runoff than conventional paving. This reduction is achieved primarily
through the infiltration of a greater portion of the rain falling
on the area than would occur with conventional paving. This increased
infiltration occurs either through the paving material itself or through
void spaces between individual paving blocks known as pavers. Types
of pervious pavement include porous asphalt or concrete paving constructed
over runoff storage bed of uniformly graded broken stone; permeable
pavers with storage bed; impervious concrete pavers with surface voids
constructed over runoff storage bed of uniformly graded broken stone;
permeable pavers without storage bed; and impervious concrete pavers
with surface voids constructed over structural bed of sand and crushed
stone.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007[12]]
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTERAn area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing units which have a deed-restricted common or public open space area or farm as an appurtenance.
PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENTAn area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage 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 or ratios of nonresidential uses to residential uses as specified in this chapter.
PLANNED SENIOR VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT (PSVD)Detached and/or attached single-family housing in the form of duplex, triplex and quadplex units for persons and households 55 years or older with common recreational and open space facilities. A medical office use of no more than 10,000 square feet of building floor area shall be a permitted accessory use in a PSVD for properties with frontage on a state highway.
The Readington Township Planning Board.
A map or maps of a subdivision or site plan.
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions,
chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive
substance [except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.)], thermal waste, wrecked
or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal,
agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged
directly or indirectly to the land, groundwaters or surface waters
of the state, or to a domestic treatment works. Pollutant includes
both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
An analysis of the total amount of material (e.g. sediment,
nutrients, oxygen-demanding material) brought into the receiving water
body by inflowing streams, runoff, direct discharge through pipes,
groundwater, the air, and other sources over a specific period of
time, often annually.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002; 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Characteristic of a BMP that is primarily governed by three
interrelated factors:
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002; amended 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Built of open-cell concrete blocks and are commonly used
to increase the infiltration amount.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
Any sign, banner or poster that is not permanently attached
to the ground or structure. For purposes of this chapter, an inflatable
sign shall be considered a portable sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The conferral of certain rights prior to final approval after
specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the
Board and the applicant and the agreement memorialized by resolution.
Preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision
or site plan which is submitted to the Planning Board for consideration
and tentative approval and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
A building, structure or use which is the main or primary
building, structure or use on the lot.
The assembling of component parts of manufactured products,
such as but not limited to computer and peripheral equipment, audio
and video equipment, small electrical appliance, cabinetry, and unmotorized
vehicles, and other similarly sized assembled products, and excluding
large assembled products, such as but not limited to vehicles, airplanes,
and prefabricated homes.
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 14-2012]
Any use of land or buildings not listed as permitted and/or
explicitly prohibited by this chapter.
Any sign affixed perpendicularly to a building or wall in
such a manner that its leading edge extends more than 12 inches beyond
the surface of such building or wall.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any place to which the public has access that is not privately
owned; or any place to which the public has access where alcohol consumption
is not allowed, including, but not limited to, a public street, road,
thoroughfare, school, sidewalk, bridge, alley, plaza, park, playground,
swimming pool, shopping area, public transportation facility, vehicle
used for public transportation, parking lot, public library or any
other public building, structure or area.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
The use of land or buildings by the governing body of the
Township or any officially created authority or agency thereof.
Visible from a public thoroughfare, public lands or buildings
or navigable waterways.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any place where stone, sand, gravel, minerals, subsoil, fill
or other materials except topsoil is removed for a commercial purpose
other than as incidental to excavation or regrading in connection
with building or landscaping.
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The Township of Readington, in the County of Hunterdon and
State of New Jersey.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
A sign advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises
or part of the premises on which the sign is displayed temporarily.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into
the ground and becomes part of a groundwater body.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002; 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Leisure-time activities, usually of a formal nature and often
performed with others, requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed
places, sites or fields. Such activities normally include swimming,
tennis, golf, baseball and court games.
[Added 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002]
Activities that involve relatively inactive or less energetic
activities, such as walking, sitting. picnicking, table games, bird
watching, horseback riding and hiking. Passive recreation does not
include the use of motorized vehicles.
[Added 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002]
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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The repair, renovation, alteration or reconstruction of any
building or structure, pursuant to the Rehabilitation Subcode, N.J.A.C.
5:23-6.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
Energy produced from solar, photovoltaic, wind or biofuel
technologies.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012; amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018]
A facility that engages in the production of electric energy
from solar, photovoltaic, wind or biofuel technologies.
[Added 8-6-2018 by Ord.
No. 11-2018]
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 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
In the case of a deciduous tree, a tree which measures at
least three inches in caliper, and in the case of an evergreen tree,
a tree which measures at least six feet in height measured from grade.
In all cases, the replacement tree shall be of a species and size
appropriate for the premises on which it will be planted. Replacement
nursery stock shall adhere to the current ANSI American Standard for
Nursery Stock.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
Any establishment, however designated, at which food is sold
primarily for consumption on the premises and within a building. A
snack bar or refreshment stand at a public or community swimming pool,
playground, playfield or park, operated solely by the agency or group
operating the recreational facility and for the convenience of patrons
of the facility, shall not be deemed a restaurant.
A public eating facility where patrons purchase food while
within the physical premises of the restaurant, which is obtained
by self-service or from an employee of the establishment over a counter,
for consumption either within the establishment or away from the premises.
Cafeterias constitute fast-food restaurants under this chapter.
A public eating facility where patrons are first seated at
tables, booths or counters, after which food ordered by them is served
to the patrons by waiters or waitresses at such tables, booths or
counters.
Means a dwelling unit, whether a rental unit or an ownership
unit, that is subject to the affordability controls of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1,
as amended and supplemented, but does not include a market-rate unit
financed under UHORP or MONI.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot
or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded
according to law; or the alteration of streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law, but not including conveyances so as
to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
A commercial use that sells merchandise directly to end users.
Such businesses may include but are not limited to convenience store,
department store, discount store, farm store, and similar establishments.
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
A structure designed to resist the lateral displacement of soil or other materials in order to maintain different ground elevations to protect property or prevent erosion. A retaining wall shall be subject to the setback requirements for principal buildings and structures and shall not be considered a fence or a wall (pursuant to § 148-52) for the purposes of regulating the placement of such a structure. The maximum permitted height of such a structure shall be two feet, as measured on the exposed face.
[Added 8-2-2010 by Ord. No. 22-2010]
An impoundment area with a permanent pool made by construction
and embankment, or excavation of a pit, or both, for the purpose of
permanent or long-term storing of stormwater. A retention basin is
also called a wet basin or a wet retention basin.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
Any sign that revolves or rotates.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any sign erected and constructed wholly on or over the roof
of a building which is supported by the roof structure, or any sign
that extends in whole or in part above the roofline of a building.
For purposes of this definition, "roofline" shall mean the highest
continuous horizontal line of a roof. On a sloping roof, the roofline
is the principal eave or the highest line common to one or more principal
eaves of a roof. On a flat roof, the roofline is the highest continuous
line of a roof or parapet, whichever is higher.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
See "warning sign."
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A temporary, portable, double-faced, freestanding sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A building facade which is not the primary entrance facade
and is not the building facade which faces the street.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension
and is being transported or has been moved from its site of origin
by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Any building, land area or other premises or portion thereof
used for the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels; servicing
and repair of automobiles; and including as an accessory use the sale
and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries and similar vehicular
accessories. A service station shall not include the following: the
sale of convenience foods, beverages (excepting beverage vending machine
dispensing), tobacco, newspapers or other convenience goods; vehicular
washing; vehicle wrecking; auto body repair and painting; specialty
engine repair or machine shop; vehicle rentals; fee-based parking;
storage of inoperable or unregistered vehicles; or any other accessory
use involving motor vehicles not specifically permitted.
[Amended 9-17-1999 by Ord. No. 16-99; 6-19-2000 by Ord. No.
25-2000]
A line drawn parallel with a street line or lot line and
drawn through the point of a building nearest to the street line or
lot line. The term "required setback" means a line that is established
a minimum horizontal distance from the street line or lot line and
beyond which a building or part of a building is not permitted to
extend toward the street line or lot line.
Any pipe conduit used to collect and carry away sewage or
stormwater runoff from the generating source to treatment plants or
receiving streams.
A use where supervised instruction and training in a work
environment are provided to disabled or disadvantaged individuals
that has a sheltered workshop certificate in accordance with Chapter
113, Laws of New Jersey, 1966, and that contains therapeutic areas,
recreational facilities, vocational and personal development services.
Work may include assembly, packaging, and other related production
or servicing activities, but shall not include manufacturing or processing
of products. Residential facilities are not included as part of this
use.
[Added 10-3-2022 by Ord. No. 25-2022]
An assembly of retail stores designed and constructed as
a unit and located on a lot of at least five acres.
A triangular area established in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter in which no grading, planting or structure shall be
erected or maintained more than 12 inches above the street center
line or lower than 10 feet above their center line, including utility
poles but excluding street signs, fire hydrants and light standards.
Any device, fixture, placard or structure which uses color,
form, graphics, illumination, architectural style or design with text,
or writing to advertise, attract attention, announce the purpose of
or identify the purpose of any person or entity, or to communicate
information of any kind to the public. The term "sign" includes sign
structure. The following shall not be considered signs subject to
the regulations of this chapter: artwork, holiday or seasonal decorations,
cemetery markers, machinery or equipment signs, memorial signs or
tablets.
[Amended 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The total area, as measured in square feet, of a sign surface,
including all parts thereof devoted to the background, computed by
bounding the exterior of the sign structure or surface with a series
of straight or curved lines tangent thereto. The area of a sign painted
directly on a wall or awning and signs with letters attached directly
to walls or awnings shall be calculated by constructing an imaginary
series of straight lines or lines formed, bounded or characterized
by curves around the outside of all elements of the sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The part of the sign that is or can be used to identify,
display, advertise, communicate information, or for the visual representation,
which attracts or intends to attract the attention of the public for
any purpose.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
The vertical distance measured from ground level nearest
the base of the sign to the highest point on the sign.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Replacing, repairing or repainting a portion of a sign structure,
or periodically changing changeable copy or renewing copy, which has
been made unusable by ordinary wear.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any structure which is designed specifically for the purpose
of supporting a sign, which has supports or which is capable of supporting
a sign. The definition shall include any decorative covers, braces,
wires, supports or other components attached to or placed around the
sign structure.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown
the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including but not
limited to topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains, marshes
and waterways; 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,
screening devices; and any other information that may be reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to this
chapter and Article 6, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-37 et seq.
[Amended 10-17-2016 by Ord. No. 12-2016]
MINOR SITE PLANA development plan for a single lot that is limited to the proposed construction of a permitted accessory use(s), or a development plan consisting of an expansion of, or an addition to, an existing conforming structure, provided that the development does not increase impervious coverage by 1,500 square feet or more. A minor site plan shall not involve a planned development, variances from the applicable provisions of this chapter, the installation of any road improvements or the expansion of public facilities or infrastructure. The construction of a fence or sign shall not require a minor site plan.
MAJOR SITE PLANAny site plan not classified as a minor site plan.
A committee of up to four Planning Board or three Zoning
Board of Adjustment members, each appointed by the Chairman, with
the approval of the respective Board, for the purpose of reviewing
site plan applications prior to action by the Board to determine whether
such applications comply with all ordinance provisions and with other
requirements relating to site plans as indicated in this chapter.
The Readington Township Zoning Officer.
Rough layout of a proposed land development of sufficient
detail, clarity and accuracy to be used for discussion prior to submission
of a preliminary plat.
Degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually
expressed in percent.
Any sign tacked, nailed, posted, pasted, glued or otherwise
attached to trees, rocks or other natural features, or poles, stakes
or fences with the message appearing thereon not applicable to the
present use of the premises upon which the sign is located. This shall
not include warning signs such as "no trespassing" signs or "no hunting"
signs.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
A solar energy facility which is accessory to and provides
power to a permitted principal use on the lot and that cannot be classified
as a "building-mounted solar energy facility." This includes solar
parking canopies.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012; amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018]
A solar energy facility which is accessory to and provides
power to a permitted principal use on the lot and that cannot be classified
as an "integrated solar energy facility." This includes solar parking
canopies. Major site plan approval is required prior to the issuance
of a zoning permit or construction permit.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012]
A solar energy facility mounted directly on the ground, whether
paved or unpaved. This shall not include solar parking canopies.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012]
A solar energy facility that is attached to a building.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord.
No. 21-2012; amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018]
A ground-mounted solar energy facility that is a principal
use on a site.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord.
No. 21-2012; amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018]
An elevated panel or plate, or a canopy or array thereof,
that captures and converts solar radiation to produce power, and includes
flat-plate or photovoltaic photo cells and excludes the base or foundation
of the panel, plate or array.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012]
An accessory solar energy facility mounted above a surface
parking lot or the top level of a parking structure such that vehicles
may park and/or drive beneath.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012; amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018]
A sign, regardless of its content, providing notice of or
direction to an event, gathering, assembly or meeting that is open
to the public at large.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any of the following:
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
An individual tree that measures 60% or more of the circumference
at breast height of a state record tree in New Jersey of the same
species as listed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
A tree greater than 36 inches DBH.
A coniferous tree greater than 100 feet in height.
A tree of any size listed as a rare, threatened or endangered
species by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
The largest tree of each species found in New Jersey eligible
to be listed on the New Jersey Big Tree Register, available from the
NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry, State Forest Service, PO Box
404, Trenton, NJ 08625.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A sign required by any statute or regulation of the State
of New Jersey or the United States.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
With respect to a PWTF or PWTEF, the utilization of camouflage
or such other techniques as would emulate a structure which would
normally be found in the existing context of said structure, the incorporation
of a PWTF or PWTEF within an existing structure or siting or locating
it to take into account existing surrounding elements to help diminish
the visual or environmental impact of the PWTF or PWTEF upon the environs.
[Added 10-2-2000 by Ord. No. 31-2000]
Slopes 15% or greater from the horizontal.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage
facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
A stormwater management measure that involves control of
stormwater runoff, encompassing any technique, structure, excavation,
embankment and related areas designed to detain or retain stormwater
runoff, including all practices and measures contained in the New
Jersey Stormwater Management Manual. A stormwater management feature
may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin, vegetated
swale, dry wells or infiltration basin), retain water in a permanent
pool (a retention basin), basins planted mainly with wetland vegetation
(a constructed stormwater wetland), structures designed to temporarily
store parking lot and rooftop runoff, or any combination thereof.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Any storm drainage technique which retards or detains runoff,
such as a detention or retention basin, parking lot storage, rooftop
storage, dry wells or any combination thereof.
Include, but are not limited to, above-grade infiltration
facilities, below-grade infiltration facilities, detention basin,
detention facility, dry well, infiltration facility, retention basin,
wet basin, manufactured treatment devices (MTDs), bioretention systems
and sand filters.
[Added 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 30-2006]
Any structural or nonstructural strategy, practice, technology,
process, program, or other method intended to control or reduce stormwater
runoff and associated pollutants, or to induce or control the infiltration
or groundwater recharge of stormwater or to eliminate illicit or illegal
nonstormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances.
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007[13]]
That portion of a building included between the upper surface
of any floor and the upper surface of the next floor above it or,
if there is no floor above it, then the surface between the floor
and the ceiling next above it. For the purpose of this chapter, the
interior of the roof shall not be considered a ceiling, Moreover,
cellars and basements shall be considered stories when considering
the height of a building, unless said areas are used solely for ancillary
storage. A half story is the area under a pitched roof at the top
of a building, which has the line of intersection of roof and wall
face not more than three feet above the top floor level and in which
space the possible floor area with a head room of five feet or less
occupies at least 40% of the total area of the story directly beneath.
The bed and banks which confine and conduct continuously
or intermittently flowing water. This includes permanent or intermittent
watercourses shown on USGS quadrangle maps, the Hunterdon County Soil
Survey, the Readington Township Environmental Resources Inventory
and features that have not yet been mapped but that are identified
by the Township as a stream channel or portion thereof during the
review of an application for development. This definition excludes
those water bodies that are classified as off-line ponds.
[Amended 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002; 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 32-2006]
A stream corridor shall include:
[Amended 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002; 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 32-2006]
The stream channel.
The area within the one-hundred-year floodline,
if delineated.
The area extending outward from the stream channel
in any direction as measured from either: a) the one-hundred-year
floodline; or b) from the top of the stream bank (if the one-hundred-year
floodline is not delineated), according to the following classifications:
Areas abutting the outer boundary of the composite
area of the stream corridor delineated pursuant to A through C above
that have slopes of 15% or greater.
The replication or reconstruction of a stream corridor's
original features.
[Added 11-4-2002 by Ord. No. 49-2002]
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 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 including 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 line.
Any sign denoting the street address of the premises on which
it is attached or located.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Provides both land access and traffic circulation service
within residential, commercial and industrial areas. Their access
function is more important than that of arterials. Unlike arterials,
their operation is not always dominated by traffic signals.
The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever
may result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the adopted Master
Plan or Official Map, forming the dividing line between the street
and a lot.
A minor street designed only as a local service street and
which is not conducive to through traffic.
A facility that connects and augments the principal arterial
system. Its main function is traffic mobility. It performs this function
at a somewhat lower level and places more emphasis on land access
than on the principal arterial.
Serves major through movements between important centers
of activities in a metropolitan area and a substantial portion of
trips entering and leaving the area. Services to abutting land are
subordinate to the function of moving through traffic.
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy;
use of ornamentation whether installed on, above or below the surface
of a parcel of land.
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 chapter if no new streets are created: divisions
of land found by the Planning Board or subdivision committee thereof
appointed by the Chairman to be for agricultural purposes where all
resulting parcels are five acres or more in size; divisions of property
by testamentary or intestate provisions; divisions of property upon
court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure;
consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument;
and the conveyance of one or more adjoining lots, tracts or parcels
of land, owned by the same person or persons and all of are found
and certified by the Administrative Officer to conform to all requirements
of the Readington Township municipal development regulations and are
shown and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the Tax
Map or atlas of the Township of Readington. The term "subdivision"
shall also include the term "resubdivision."
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny division of land containing an aggregate of two lots (one new lot and the remaining parcel), each fronting on an existing street or streets; not involving any new street or the installation of any street improvements or the extension of Township facilities; not involving any streets requiring additional right-of-way width as specified in the Master Plan or Official Map and/or the street requirements of this chapter, unless such additional right-of-way width, either along one or both sides of said street(s), as applicable, shall be deeded to the Township or to the appropriate governmental authority prior to classification as a minor subdivision; not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property; and not being a further division of an original tract of land for which previous subdivision(s) have been approved by the Township within the current calendar year and where the combination of the proposed and previously approved minor subdivision(s) constitute a major subdivision. The original tract of land shall be considered any tract in existence at the time of the adoption of this chapter as shown on the Township Tax Maps.
[Amended 10-21-2002 by Ord. No. 46-2002]
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny division of land not classified as a minor subdivision.
A committee of at least two Planning Board members, appointed
by the Chairman of the Planning Board with the approval of the Board,
for the purpose of reviewing subdivision applications prior to action
by the Township to determine whether such applications comply with
all ordinance provisions and with other requirements relating to subdivisions
as indicated in this chapter.
Any repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the
structure as calculated either before the improvement or repair is
started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored,
before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, substantial
improvement is considered to occur when the first alteration of any
wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences,
whether or not the alteration affects the external dimensions of the
structure. The term does not, however, include either any project
for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local
health, sanitary or safety code specifications which are solely necessary
to assure safe living conditions or any alteration to structure listed
on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of
Historic Places.
As it pertains to a nonconforming sign:
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Fifty percent or more of the upright supports of a sign structure
are physically damaged such that normal repair practices of the sign
industry would call for, in the case of wooden structures, replacement
of the broken supports and, in the case of a metal sign structure,
replacement of at least 25% of the length aboveground of each broken,
bent or twisted support; or
That more than 50% of a wall or attached sign is physically
damaged such that normal repair practices of the sign industry would
call for the same to be replaced or repaired.
A determination by the Council approving a municipality's
housing element and fair share plan in accordance with the provisions
of the Act and the rules and criteria as set forthwith herein. A grant
of substantive certification shall be valid for a period of six years
in accordance with the terms and conditions contained therein.
[Added 5-17-1993]
A swimming pool that is not permanently installed and meets
all of the following criteria: does not require water filtration,
circulation and purification; does not exceed 24 inches in depth;
does not exceed a water surface of 250 square feet; and does not require
braces or supports. Portable swimming pools are not subject to this
chapter.
A swimming pool, other than a portable swimming pool, that
is located on a lot principally used for a dwelling unit by one housekeeping
unit and including all buildings, structures and equipment appurtenant
thereto.
A business selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on
the premises.
A freestanding structure on which one or more antennas are
located, including lattice towers, guyed towers, monopoles and similar
structures. For the purpose of the Land Development Ordinance, these
are considered principal structures.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
A trailer for construction purposes for the period of construction
beginning with the issuance of a construction permit and concluding
with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or one year, whichever
is greater, unless specifically extended by the Township, provided
that said trailer(s) are on the site where construction is taking
place and are set back at least 25 feet from all street and lot lines,
with a buffer of evergreen trees and shrubs.
A sign intended for a use not permanent in nature. For the
purposes of this chapter, a sign with an intended use of one year
or less shall be deemed a temporary sign.
[Amended 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Delta-90-tetrahydrocannbinol and its precursor, tetrahydrocannabinolic
acid, the main psychoactive chemicals contained in the cannabis plant.
[Added 2-7-2022 by Ord.
No. 04-2022]
Endangered species are those whose prospects for survival
in New Jersey are in immediate danger because of a loss or change
in habitat, overexploitation, predation, competition, disease, disturbance
or contamination. Assistance is needed to prevent future extinction
in New Jersey. Threatened species are those who may become endangered
if conditions surrounding them begin to or continue to deteriorate.
Habitats of endangered or threatened species are those identified
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP)
Landscape Protect as approved by the NJDEP's Endangered and Nongame
Species Program, or by the NJDEP pursuant to the Highlands Act at
N.J.S.A. 13:20-32k and 13:20-34a(4).
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
A change, either through an increase or decrease, in the
elevation of the surface of the land.
[Added 8-2-2010 by Ord. No. 22-2010]
See "dwelling unit."
An area of land composed of one or more lots adjacent to
one another, having sufficient dimensions and area to make one parcel
of land meeting the requirements of this chapter for the use(s) intended.
The original land area may be divided by one existing public street
and still be considered one tract, provided that the street is not
an arterial road and that a linear distance equal to more than 75%
of the frontage of the side of the street having the larger street
frontage lies opposite an equivalent linear distance of street frontage
on the other side of the street.
Any sign located within the right-of-way that functions as
a traffic control device and that is described and identified in the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and approved by
the Federal Highway Administrator as the national standard. A traffic
control device sign includes those signs that are classified and defined
by their function as regulatory signs (that give notice of traffic
laws or regulations), warning signs (that give notice of a situation
that might not readily be apparent), and guide signs (that show route
designations, directions, distances, services, points of interest,
and other geographical, recreational or cultural information).
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
An area designed for the temporary parking of wheeled vehicles
used or designed to be used for residency and currently having a certificate
of ownership issued by the State of New Jersey Department of Motor
Vehicles.
A commercial vehicle not fitted for habitation and designed
for transportation of materials or products or for temporary office
use on construction sites.
A sequence of structures or devices through which runoff
passes before exiting the project site. The combined characteristics
of the individual structures of devices shall satisfy the performance
requirements associated with the no-net-increase provisions of this
chapter.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
Any live, woody plant having a diameter or width equal to
or greater than six inches DBH.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A fund established by the governing body for the administration,
planting and maintenance of trees and shrubs on public property.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
The area within the dripline of a tree, as the term is defined
herein.
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
See "destroy or injure a tree."
[Added 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
A use that constitutes a transshipment point for the loading
and unloading of trucks, where goods are transferred between trucks,
between trucks and railroads, or between trucks and ports and where
storage of goods and material is incidental to the primary function
of motor freight shipment. This use shall also include facilities
for the storage, repair, dispatch and management of trucks and associated
elements (i.e., trailers), whether or not any warehousing of materials
takes place.
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 14-2012]
The Uniform Housing Affordability Controls set forth in N.J.A.C.
5:80-26.1, et seq.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
The area of the tract that does not contain floodplains,
wetlands, 90% of the slopes between 15% and 25% and all slopes greater
than 25%, easements (excluding site triangles) and right-of-way areas.
Land free of easements (except site triangles), rights-of-way,
floodplains, wetlands, wetland transition areas, stream corridors,
waterways and slopes greater than 15%.
[Amended 10-21-2002 by Ord. No. 46-2002]
Permission granted to an applicant for development by the
Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment, as the case may
be, to depart from the literal requirements of the zoning provisions
of this chapter.
A constructed open-channel drainageway.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
Any sign or signs where the total sign area covers more than
10 square feet of the vehicle.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any vehicle of a type not intended primarily for private
passenger service, whether licensed as a commercial vehicle or not,
such as all types of trucks, earth moving equipment, tractors (except
on a qualified farm), trailers (except those in use for family recreational
purposes) and passenger vehicles bearing conspicuous business signs
or labels.[14]
A household with a total gross annual household income equal
to 30% or less of the regional median household income by household
size.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A restricted unit that is affordable to a very-low-income
household.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A sign, which is painted on, fastened to or erected against
the wall of a building with its face in a parallel plane with the
plane of the building facade or wall, that does not extend above the
height of the vertical wall or eaves, which is used for advertising.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Storage of products, materials, supplies or equipment, excluding
bulk storage of materials that are inflammable, toxic, hazardous or
explosive or that present conditions commonly recognized as offensive.
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 14-2012; amended 8-2-2021 by Ord. No. 23-2021]
A sign that functions to provide a warning of a dangerous
condition or situation that might not be readily apparent or that
poses a threat of serious injury (e.g., gas line, high voltage, condemned
building, etc.) or that functions to provide a warning of a violation
of law (e.g., no trespassing, no hunting allowed, etc.).
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A combination of grasses, shrubs, and trees that serve as
ground cover, a middle story, and a canopy in simulation of an adapted
local forest ecosystem.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002; 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
A one-year frequency, twenty-four-hour storm, using the Type
III rainfall distribution recommended for New Jersey by the US Soil
Conservation Service or a storm of 1.25 inches of rainfall falling
uniformly in two hours.
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
Building insulation (for attic, exterior walls and crawlspace),
siding to improve energy efficiency, replacement storm windows, replacement
storm doors, replacement windows and replacement doors, and is considered
a major system for purposes of a rehabilitation program.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord. No. 09-2020]
A retention basin designed to retain some water on a permanent
basis. Another name for wet basin is "wet retention basin" or "retention
basin."
[Added 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002; amended 10-7-2002 by Ord. No. 40-2002]
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or
groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly
known as "hydrophytic vegetation."
[Added 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 11-2007]
Sales and distribution of merchandise to other businesses
for resale that does not include direct retail sales to the public.
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 14-2012]
A wind generator and all associated equipment, including
any base, blade, foundation, nacelle, rotor, tower, transformer, vane,
wire, inverter, battery or other component necessary to fully utilize
the wind generator.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012; amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 11-2018]
Equipment that converts energy from the wind into electricity,
including the rotor, blades and associated mechanisms.
[Added 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012]
Any sign mounted in any fashion on the interior or exterior
of the surface of a window.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
A sign which uses objects or material fastened in such a
manner as to move upon being subjected to pressure by wind, and shall
include banners, pennants, ribbons, spinners, streamers or captive
balloons; however, the term "wind sign" shall not include flags.
[Added 4-4-2011 by Ord. No. 08-2011]
Any personal wireless services as defined in the Federal
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (FTA), which includes FCC licensed
commercial wireless telecommunications services including cellular,
personal communications services (PCS), specialized mobile radio (SMR),
enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR), paging, and similar services
that currently exist or that may in the future be developed. It does
not include any amateur radio facility that is under 35 feet in height
that is owned and operated by a federally licensed amateur radio station
operator or is used exclusively for receive-only antennas, nor does
it include land line telephone service.
[Added 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 11-99; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No.
31-2000]
Managed or unmanaged areas, groves or stands of trees, i.e.,
greater than six inches DBH covering an area greater than 1/4 acre;
or groves of mature trees greater than 12 inches DBH consisting of
more than 10 individual trees within an area of ½ acre.
[Amended 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 07-2020]
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the street line and the closest point of any building
on the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured from the
required street right-of-way as per Chapter 124, Improvement Standards.
An open space extending across the full width of the lot
and lying between the rear lot line and the closest point of the principal
building on the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured
horizontally and at right angles to either a straight rear lot line
or the tangent of a curved rear lot line.
An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard
and lying between each side lot line and the closest point of the
principal building on the lot. The width of the required side yard
shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight
line or the tangent lines of curved lot lines.
The Readington Township Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The individual responsible for enforcement and interpretation
of the Zoning Ordinance provisions of the Township of Readington.
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 of building and which acknowledges
that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions
of the Municipal Zoning Ordinance or variance therefrom duly authorized
by a municipal agency.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "accessory
apartment," added 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 6-97, as amended, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 11-5-2001 by Ord. No. 32-2001.
[2]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: Said checklists are included as an attachment to this chapter.
[4]
Editor's Note: See Ord. No. 04-2022.
[5]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 30:4-23 was repealed
by L. 1987, c. 116, § 30.
[6]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 46:8B-1 et seq.
[8]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 30:5B-16 et seq.
The former definition of "farm," which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 10-1-2012 by Ord. No. 21-2012.
[9]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 58:16A-50 et seq.
[10]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "floor area, net habitable
(N.H.F.A.)," which immediately followed, was repealed 10-5-2020 by Ord. No. 26-2020.
[11]
Editor's Note: The definition of "lot, flag,"
which immediately followed this definition and illustration, was repealed
9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 30-2006.
[12]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
the former definition of "pervious surface," added 6-17-2002 by Ord.
No. 15-2002, as amended, which immediately followed this definition.
[13]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
the former definition of "stormwater runoff," added 6-17-2002 by Ord.
No. 15-2002, as amended, which immediately followed this definition.
[14]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "wetland"
was replaced 6-17-2002 by Ord. No. 15-2002. See now the definition
of "freshwater wetlands."
