B.
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to exercise
the authority delegated to municipalities by the Municipal Land Use
Law and thereby, in conformance with the purposes of said law:
(1)
To guide the appropriate use or development of all
lands in a manner that will promote the public health, safety, morals
and general welfare.
(2)
To secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other
natural and man-made disasters.
(3)
To provide adequate light, air and open space.
(4)
To ensure that the development of the municipality
does not conflict with the development and general welfare of neighboring
municipalities, the county and the state as a whole.
(5)
To promote the establishment of appropriate population
densities and concentrations that will contribute to the well-being
of persons, neighborhoods, communities and regions and the preservation
of the environment.
(6)
To encourage the appropriate and efficient expenditure
of public funds by the coordination of public development with land
use policies.
(7)
To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations
for a variety of uses and open space, both public and private, according
to their respective environmental requirements.
(8)
To encourage the location and design of transportation
routes that will promote the free flow of traffic while discouraging
locations of such facilities and routes that result in congestion
or blight.
(9)
To promote a desirable visual environment through
creative development techniques and good civic design and arrangements.
(10)
To promote the conservation of open space and valuable
natural resources and to prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the
environment through improper use of land.
(11)
To encourage planned developments that incorporate
the best features of design and relate the type, design and layout
of various types of development to particular sites.
(12)
To encourage coordination of the various public and
private procedures and activities shaping land development, with a
view to lessening the cost of such development and to the more efficient
use of land.
(13)
To control flooding, soil erosion and sedimentation
precipitated by development and caused by water runoff, soil disturbances,
destruction or removal of ground cover or plant life, grading or filling.
(14)
To encourage senior citizen community housing construction.
[Added 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19]
(15)
To promote agricultural uses and preserve farmland
in order to produce food, fiber and wood products.
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-27]
As used in this chapter, the following words
and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section
unless the context otherwise requires:
[Amended 9-17-1984 by Ord. No. 84-21]
A use or structure subordinate to the principal
use of a building or structure on the same zone lot and serving a
purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building.
Where an accessory building is attached in a substantial manner by
a wall or root to a principal building or structure, it shall be considered
a part of said principal structure or building.
For purposes of this chapter, a garden or utility
shed or structure shall be considered an accessory structure even
if it does not exceed 10 feet in height as measured to the peak of
the structure and it contains not more than 100 square feet of floor
area, including any base or platform area. No such garden or utility
shed shall be located closer than 10 feet to any property line nor
within any part of any required front yard. There shall be no more
than two garden or utility sheds on any lot in a residential zone.
Dog houses and children's play equipment shall not be included as
part of this restriction.
[Amended 7-17-2003 by Ord. No. 03-25; 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-12; 12-21-2015 by Ord. No. 15-36]
For purposes of this chapter, an outdoor storage/cargo container, as defined in § 105-1A of the Township Municipal Code, shall not be considered an accessory structure.
[Added 10-15-2007 by Ord. No. 07-12]
The Secretary of the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment
or the Clerk of the municipality, as the case may be, according to
which of said agencies is involved in a particular instance.
A sales price or monthly rent within the means of a very-low-,
low- or moderate-income household as defined in N.J.A.C. 5:97-9.
[Added 7-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-18]
Any housing in Bridgewater Township which has been constructed,
created or otherwise designated and restricted for purposes of fulfillment
of the Township's obligation to provide for very-low-, low- and/or
moderate-income housing, including, but not limited to, very-low-,
low- and moderate-income residential housing units, as well as any
other such housing units which may be further defined or referenced
as lower-income housing, affordable units, or Mt. Laurel Housing and/or
any such residential housing so defined or referred to in the New
Jersey Fair Housing Act, the Substantive Rules of the New Jersey Council
on Affordable Housing, N.J.A.C. 5.97-1.1 et seq., or any statutorily
mandated successor to same, and the Uniform Housing Affordability
Controls, N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq., as the same may be amended.
[Added 7-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-18]
means a housing unit of a type proposed or created pursuant
to the Fair Housing Act, or otherwise eligible for credit pursuant
to N.J.A.C. 5:97-4 or any subsequent rule or regulation pertaining
to affordable housing, and/or funded through any affordable housing
trust fund, whatever the source and/or such unit which meets the definition
of "affordable housing" set forth in this section.
[Added 7-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-18]
The production, keeping or maintenance, for sale, lease or
personal use, of plants and animals useful to man.
[Amended 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
The following activities shall constitute "alteration of
freshwater wetlands":
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-27]
The removal, excavation or dredging of soil,
sand or gravel or aggregate material of any kind.
The draining or disturbance of the water level
or water table.
Dumping, discharging or filling with any materials.
The driving of pilings, or the erection of buildings
or structures of any kind.
The placing of obstructions, whether or not
they interfere with the flow of water.
The destruction of plant life, including the
cutting of trees, which could result in harm to freshwater wetlands.
A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical
treatment. Use as a kennel shall be limited to short-term boarding
and shall be incidental to such hospital use.
Any building, structure or premises in which animals are
kept, boarded, bred or trained for commercial gain.
A system of electrical conductors that transmits or receives
radio frequency signals for wireless telecommunications.
[Added 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-21]
A developer submitting an application for development.
The application or appeal form 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 the issuance of a special permit.
An application for development that seeks the direction of
the issuance of a special permit.
The Planning Board of the municipality or the Board of Adjustment
unless a different agency is designated by ordinance when acting pursuant
to the authority of this chapter.
State highways, interstates and major high-speed highways,
such as Routes 202/206, Route 22 and Interstates 287 and 78.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
All county roads.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A facility which is licensed by the New Jersey Department
of Health that provides apartment-style housing, congregate dining
and assisted living services when needed.
[Added 10-20-1997 by Ord. No. 97-24]
A place where gasoline, kerosene or any other motor fuel
or lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered
for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into motor
vehicles, including sale of accessories, greasing, oiling and light
motor service on the premises.
The total traffic volume in both directions of travel averaged
for a one-day time period.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A story partly above grade level, having 1/2 or more
of its floor-to-ceiling height above the average level of the adjoining
ground. A "basement" shall be counted as a story if used for business
or dwelling purposes.
The area bounded by one or more streets or a municipal boundary
and of sufficient size to accommodate a lot or lots of the minimum
size required in this chapter.
The Board established in § 126-15.
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent, temporary, or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
For administration of all development regulations within the Township
of Bridgewater, the term "structure" shall be interpreted to include
the term "building" and the term "building" shall be interpreted to
include the term "structure."
[Amended 12-21-2015 by Ord. No. 15-36]
That area of a lot which is occupied by a building or structure,
but not including uncovered walkways, steps, patios, a parking lot
or area or any similar improvements thereto.
The average grade computed at the four corners of a structure
or the four most extreme points on the north, south, east and west
sides of a structure (or at four points 90° apart for a circular
structure) as measured to the highest peak of the roof on said structure.
This calculation shall not include chimneys, spires, towers, elevator
penthouses, tanks, antennas, air-conditioning equipment and similar
projections; such projections shall not cover more than 5% of the
roof area. In the case of antennas, air-conditioning equipment and
tanks, they shall be shielded from view. In the case of a parapet
and similar projection above the roofline, the maximum height shall
not exceed three feet above the roofline.
[Amended 6-6-1983 by Ord. No. 83-12; 12-5-2005 by Ord. No. 05-55; 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20; 12-21-2015 by Ord. No. 15-36]
The municipal official specified in the Building Code[1] and designated as such by the governing body. Also known
as the "Construction Code Enforcement Official."
A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the
site on which it is situated.
Such offices as business, professional and service offices,
such as banking and bank related functions, credit services, security
and commodity brokers, insurance carriers, real estate services, advertising
services, employment agencies, consumer and mercantile credit and
collection services, consulting services, data processing, engineering,
architectural and accounting services.
[Added 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-02]
A governmental acquisition of real property or a major construction
project.
A roofed structure providing space for the parking of motor
vehicles and enclosed on not more than three sides.
Any car wash providing exterior service for automobiles and
other motor vehicles.
[Added 4-1-1991 by Ord. No. 91-3; amended 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
Any car wash where equipment and/or facilities are provided
for the self-service cleaning and/or washing of automobiles and other
motor vehicles.
[Added 4-1-1991 by Ord. No. 91-3; amended 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A story partly above grade level, having more than 1/2
of its floor-to-ceiling height below the average level of the adjoining
ground. A "cellar" shall not be used as a dwelling unit.
Written endorsement by the Township Engineer of a plan for
soil erosion and sediment control which indicates that the plan meets
the standards established by the Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment
Control in New Jersey as promulgated by the State Soil Conservation
Commission.
A plan for soil erosion and sediment control which meets
the Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in New Jersey
as promulgated by the State Soil Conservation Commission as determined
and approved by the Township Engineer, or where the time allotted
in this chapter for review of such plan has expired without action
by the Township.
A watercourse with a definite bed and banks which confine
and conduct continuously or intermittently flowing water.
Any facility which is maintained for the care, development
or supervision, for a fee, of six or more children who attend the
facility for less than 24 hours a day.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
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.
Same as "residential cluster."
To place or install wireless telecommunications equipment
on an existing or approved wireless telecommunications support structure.
[Added 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-21]
An open space area within or related to a site designated
as a development, and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment
of residents and owners of the development. "Common open space" may
contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary
and appropriate for the common use or enjoyment of residents and owners
of the development.
A building or area used for recreational, social, educational
or cultural activities, owned, leased or rented and operated by a
public or similar nonprofit agency or institution.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A building owned, leased or rented and operated by a governmental
agency to provide a governmental service to the public.[2]
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon
a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the
conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use
that are obtained in the zoning regulations and upon approval of such
use by the Planning Board.
A facility used for conferences and seminars, with accommodations
for sleeping, food preparation and eating, recreation, entertainment,
resource facilities, meeting rooms, fitness and health center, and
retail stores and services primarily for conference center guests.
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
A living arrangement for the older and disabled person who
would benefit from assistance in maintaining an independent lifestyle.
"Congregate housing" generally provides private living quarters, meals
in a central dining room, shared living spaces and access to social
and recreational facilities. It is designed for people who do not
require licensed health facilities, but find home maintenance, shopping,
cooking, household duties and personal care difficult or impossible
to manage.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
An interest in land that restricts use of the designated
area to that of conservation in perpetuity, the purpose being to retain
the area in its natural state.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A community that combines independent living accommodations
for the elderly with the provision of social and health-care service,
including post-acute and chronic nursing care, through an agreement
to provide such continuing care for the term of a contract, frequently
for the duration of a resident's life, in return for an entrance fee
or periodic payments or both, in the event that such care is required
by residents. "Continuing-care retirement communities" are also known
as "life-care communities" and are regulated by the New Jersey Department
of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Development, Bureau
of Homeowner Protection.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A retail establishment of up to 5,000 square feet and open
for long hours, providing quick service for take out. Convenience
stores sell primarily food products, household items, newspapers and
magazines, candy and beverages, and a limited amount of freshly prepared
foods such as sandwiches and salads for off-premises consumption.
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
Development other than planned development.
Any open, unoccupied area which is bounded by three or more
attached building walls.
Any area which is environmentally sensitive or which, if
disturbed during construction, would adversely affect the environment,
including but not limited to stream corridors, flood hazard areas,
slopes greater than 20%, highly acid or highly erodible soils, areas
of high-water table and mature stands of native vegetation.
A street or portion of a street in which accessibility is
limited to only one ingress and egress.
A portion of land surface or area from which earth has been
or will be removed, dug, quarried, uncovered, displaced or relocated.[3]
Calendar days.
A facility providing licensed estheticians and therapists
on staff, offering personal services such as herbal baths, massages,
deep tissue and deep muscle treatments, body packs and wraps, exfoliation,
heat treatments, aromatherapy, cleansing facials and hydrotherapy.
The facility must be consistent with the massage spa and bodywork
facility ordinance.[4]
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
The permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of
land to be developed.
[Added 10-7-1985 by Ord. No. 85-32]
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any
land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including
the holder of an option or contract to purchase or any other person
having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels,
or the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure or of
any mining, excavation or landfill, and any use or change in 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.
The office established pursuant to § 126-101.
A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance,
official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and
development of land, or amendment thereto, adopted and filed pursuant
to this chapter.
Any activity involving the clearing, excavating, storing,
grading, filling or transporting of soil, or any other activity which
causes soil to be exposed to the danger of erosion.
A channel with or without a supporting ridge on the lower
side, constructed across or at the bottom of a slope.
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by
drains, grading or other means, and including control of runoff to
minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after construction or
development and the means necessary for water supply preservation
or the prevention or alleviation of flooding.
A building where food and/or beverages are sold in a form
ready for consumption and where a portion of the consumption of same
takes place or is designed to take place outside of the confines of
the building but on the building lot.
Any permanent building or portion thereof designed or used
exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons.
Hotels, motels, dormitories, fraternity or sorority houses, rooming
and/or boarding houses and other similar group quarters and institutional
living space shall not constitute a "dwelling" as defined in this
chapter.
A building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate
living quarters for more than two families or more than two households,
with direct access from the outside for each family or household or
through a common hall, and further provided that separate cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities are provided for the exclusive use
of the occupants of each dwelling unit. Certain features of a "multiple-family
dwelling" may be provided in common, including heating facilities,
electric and gas service, off-street parking, yards and open space.
"Multiple-family dwellings" may include buildings in cooperative or
leasehold ownership or in condominium ownership.
A building occupied or intended for occupancy exclusively
by one family or one household, with direct access from the outside
and further provided with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities
for the exclusive use of the occupants of the unit.
A building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate
living quarters for no more than two families or two households, with
separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive
use of the occupants of each unit, which units are separated from
each other by vertical walls or horizontal floors, unpierced except
for access to the outside or to a common basement or cellar.
One or more rooms occupied or intended for occupancy as separate
living quarters by one family or household, provided that access by
no less than two means is provided from the outside or through a common
hall and that separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities are
provided within the dwelling for the exclusive use of the occupants
thereof.[5]
Any obstruction within a delineated floodway.
A report which provides a project description, inventories
the project site and surrounding environment and assesses the constraints
the land imposes on the project and the impact of the proposed development
on the land.
[Added 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19]
A municipal advisory body created pursuant to P.L. 1968,
c. 245.
A description and analysis of all possible direct and indirect
effects that development will have on residents and the site itself
as well as adjacent and noncontiguous areas.
[Added 9-18-1978 by Ord. No. 78-22]
An environmental report, together with documentation of public
review and proceedings results.
[Added 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19]
An area surrounding or adjacent to the base of a wireless
telecommunications support structure within which is located wireless
telecommunications equipment.
[Added 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-21]
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity.
The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance by
public utilities or municipal or other governmental agencies of underground,
surface or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission systems,
including poles, wire, mains, drains, sewers, pipes, conduits, cables,
fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, light stations,
telephone lines, hydrants and other similar equipment and accessory
therewith reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate service
by such public utility or governmental agency for the public health,
safety or general welfare. "Essential service" shall include firehouses
or fire stations and first aid and emergency aid squads. Requirements
for underground utilities shall be subject to requirements of the
Public Utility Commission as well as other municipal ordinances where
appropriate.
A multi-use structure accessory to a planned commercial development/commercial
office park containing lodging accommodations of not less than 100
rooms together with auxiliary service facilities such as restaurants,
meeting rooms, personal service shops, boutiques and recreational
amenities, all served by common entrance and passage facilities.
[Added 6-6-1983 by Ord. No. 83-12]
Limited-service hotels but with larger rooms (approximately
425 square feet) and with refrigerators, cooktops, microwave ovens,
dishes, utensils, and with washers and dryers on premises. The extended-stay
facility is for transients staying five or more days, with an average
of seven to 10 days, but not to exceed 89 days. Extended-stay hotels
will have a variety of room types, including studios and one- and
two-bedroom suites.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
Any number of persons related by blood, marriage or adoption
living together as a single housekeeping unit and using certain rooms
and housekeeping facilities in common, or a group of individuals not
necessarily related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship who
are living together as a stable and permanent housekeeping unit.
[Amended 5-3-2010 by Ord. No. 10-08]
Any private residence in which child-care services are regularly
provided, for a fee, to no fewer than three and no more than five
children for a period of time which is not less than 15 hours per
week.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
An area of land which is actively devoted to agriculture
or horticultural use and which occupies no less than five acres, exclusive
of the land upon which the farmhouse is located and such additional
land as may be actually provided in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.4,
54:4:23.6 and 54:4:23-11 such that livestock, poultry, fowl or other
animals may be maintained on the premises for commercial purposes
according to approved farm practices of New Jersey Agricultural Experiment
Station, Soil Conservation Service and other recognized authorities.
[Amended 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-22]
An artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination
of materials erected to enclose, screen, or separate areas. A fence
shall include all gates. Fences shall be considered as being incidental
structures to a principal permitted use or to a principal permitted
structure or principal permitted building and are permitted in all
zones in accordance with the criteria set forth in this chapter.
[Added 6-7-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-06]
Sand, gravel, earth or other materials of any composition
whatsoever placed or deposited by any person or persons.
The official action of the Planning 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 an approval conditioned upon the posting
of such guaranties.
A lot which does not fully front on or abut a public road
and where access to the public road is provided by a narrow strip
of land which is less than 50% of the required width. This is no longer
a permitted use in Bridgewater Township.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33; amended 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 06-22]
The susceptibility of a specific land use at a particular
location to damage by flooding and the potential of the specific land
use to increase off-site flooding or flood-related damages.
That portion of the flood hazard area outside the floodway.
The floodplain on the total area inundated during the flood
of record, or the area delineated by the Department of Environmental
Protection, by Housing and Urban Development or by analysis of soil
condition characteristics as floodplains, whichever is greater.
The highest elevation, expressed in feet above sea level,
of the flood of record or as determined by the criteria set forth
in "flood hazard area" above.
A map prepared by the Department of Environmental Protection
showing the channel, floodway and fringe area, or in the event such
map has not been prepared, maps showing the flood hazard area.
The greatest flood in a given area for which accurate records
are available or as the flood hazard area, whichever is greater.
For purposes of this chapter, the "floodplain" shall be the
same as the flood hazard area.
The portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel which
are reasonably required to carry and discharge the floodwater or flood
flow of any natural stream. The "floodway" shall be delineated by
the Department of Environmental Protection.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building, measured from the exterior walls of the building. Floor
area, net shall not include areas devoted to mechanical equipment
serving nonresidential building areas. Floor area, net shall not include
areas devoted exclusively to off-street parking, including garages,
and loading spaces for motor vehicles and cellars. Floor area, net
shall not include any finished space where the floor to ceiling height
shall be less than seven feet.
[Amended 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 06-22]
The aggregate of the net floor area, in square feet, of a
building or group of buildings on a lot divided by the area, in square
feet, of the lot.
[Amended 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 06-22]
A building or structure used for the storage of one or more
vehicles. If it is maintained for the resident occupant of the premises
and no service is rendered to the public or business conducted therein,
it is a private garage. Any garage other than a private garage is
a public garage.
The Township Council of the Township of Bridgewater.
Any stripping, cutting, filling, stockpiling or any combination
thereof, and includes the land in its cut or filled condition.
Any community residential facility operating under a license
issued by a governmental authority, providing food, shelter and personal
guidance under supervision as required to developmentally disabled,
mentally ill or other persons requiring assistance, temporarily or
permanently, in order to live in the community.
[Added 7-16-1990 by Ord. No. 90-19]
An establishment that provides classes and facilities for
aerobic exercises, running and jogging, exercise equipment, showers
and lockers. Retail services are limited to the sale of related accessories,
drinks, packaged food and snacks for members and guests. The area
devoted to such retail sales is limited to no more than 10% of the
floor area of the gym facility.
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
A variance from zoning regulations granted pursuant to § 126-19A(4)(a)[3].
[Amended 10-7-1985 by Ord. No. 85-32]
Includes but is not limited to inorganic mineral acids of
sulfur, fluorine, chlorine, nitrogen, chromium, phosphorous, selenium
and arsenic and their common salts; lead, nickel and mercury and their
inorganic salts or metallo-organic derivatives; and coal tar acids,
such as phenols and creosols, and their salts.
Uses which may include a combination of activities such as:
child-care and activity centers and day camps; child programs; gyms
including weightlifting; health club activities, including nutritional
centers and services; recreation, including indoor and outdoor swimming
pools, water slides; play areas; bicycle paths and ball fields; indoor
commercial recreation; wellness center activities; day camps; saunas;
salons; medical services including chiropractic; medical support facilities
and services for diagnostic services including blood draws, metabolic
assessments, and aesthetics and outpatient rehabilitation.
[Added 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-02]
An establishment that provides classes and facilities for
aerobic exercises, running and jogging, exercise equipment, game courts,
swimming facilities, saunas, showers, massage rooms and lockers. Health
clubs may also include accessory eating (light meals and snacks) and
retail services within the health club. The facility must comply with
the massage spa and bodywork facility ordinance.[6]
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
Any building, structure, area or property that is significant
in the history, architecture, archeology or culture of the state,
its communities or the nation and that has been so designated pursuant
to this chapter.
A building designed for occupancy as a temporary residence
of one or more persons who are lodged with or without meals and where
access to the room is through an interior corridor.[7]
[Amended 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
A building or group of buildings, including customary accessory
buildings, designed or intended for organized public worship. For
the purpose of this chapter, the term shall include chapels, cathedrals,
synagogues, temples or similar designations.
[Added 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-12]
The effect, on the residents and their environment, of the
magnitude and change in the physical, etc., conditions caused by the
proposed development
[Added 9-18-1978 by Ord. No. 78-22]
That portion of one lot or more than one lot which is improved
or is proposed to be improved with principal and accessory buildings
and structures, including driveways, parking lots, pedestrian walkways,
signs and other man-made improvements on the ground surface which
are more impervious than a natural surface. All building, gravel and/or
other stone surfaces used for parking, driveways or walkways shall
be counted as improved lot coverage. Stone patios shall be computed
as part of the overall lot coverage. Decks (without roofs and with
earth underneath and serving residential structures) and landscaping/decorative
stone areas shall not be included in the determination of lot coverage
or building coverage. However, such decks must meet all setback requirements
for the principal building, whether or not the deck is attached to
the principal building. In zones R-10A and R-10B, the setbacks for
decks may be reduced to 10 feet from the rear property line. Swimming
pools, as measured from interior wall to interior wall, shall not
be counted toward improved lot coverage, nor shall children's play
equipment.
[Amended 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-12]
The controlled process by which solid, liquid or gaseous
combustible wastes are burned and changed into gases and residue which
contains little or no combustible material.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
Sporting activities, conducted in a covered structure, which
include sport activities such as swimming, soccer, archery, ice skating,
ice hockey, basketball, football, tennis, baseball, rock climbing
and laser tag. Indoor commercial recreation does not include activities
such as bowling alleys, pool halls, theaters for music, theaters for
live presentations or motion-picture presentations, video arcades,
paintball or rifle ranges. Facilities may also include accessory eating
and retail services within the facility. Inflated, dome-type structures
are not permitted.
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
Any citizen of the State of New Jersey, in the case of a
criminal or quasi-criminal proceeding; and in the case of a civil
proceeding in any court or 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 this chapter, or whose rights to use, acquire
or enjoy property under this chapter or under any law of New Jersey
or of the United States have been denied, violated or infringed upon
by an action or a failure to act under this chapter.
A facility that provides, on a regular basis, personal care,
including dressing, eating, health-related care and services, to individuals
who require such assistance but who do not require the degree of care
and treatment that a hospital or skilled nursing facility provides.
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
Includes improvements and fixtures on, above or below the
surface.
An institution or a 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.
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
A designated parcel, tract or area of land, established by
a plat or otherwise as permitted by law, to be used, developed or
built upon as a unit.
The computed area contained within the lot lines, but not
including any street rights-of-way.
Corner lots shall have at least two front yards and one rear
yard. The rear yard will be opposite the narrower lot width. The lot
widths, for at least one of the individual frontages, shall all conform
to the minimum lot width requirement for the zone.
[Added 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 06-22]
Same as "building coverage."
The average of the horizontal distances between the front
lot line and the rear lot line, measured perpendicular to the front
lot line at either end and at the midpoint of the front lot line.
The length of the front lot line.
A line of record bounding the lot. Lot line adjustments shall
be reviewed by the Planning Board, with public notice required.
[Amended 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-12]
The lot line separating the lot from the road right-of-way.
The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot
line or the point at which the two side lot lines meet, as the case
may be.
Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line. A "side
lot line" separating a lot from a road is called a "side road lot
line."
The shortest distance between the side lot lines, measured
parallel to the front lot line at the minimum front yard setback line
and street right-of-way line.
[Amended 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33; 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 06-22]
Any housing which is constructed in Bridgewater Township
towards fulfillment of the Township's obligation to provide for low-
and moderate-income housing.
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28]
Those households whose incomes do not exceed 50% of the reported
median income of households in the primary metropolitan statistical
area in which Bridgewater Township is located.
[Repealed 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28]
Those residential units which may be purchased by a low-income
household, as defined herein, at a price which does not exceed 28%
of such household's income or which may be rented by a low-income
household, as defined herein, at a rental which does not exceed 30%
of such household's income.
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28]
Any security, other than cash, that may be accepted by the
municipality for the maintenance of any improvements required by this
chapter.
Establishment engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation
of materials or substances into new products, including assembly of
component parts, creation of products and blending of materials such
as oils, plastics, resins. Manufacturing does not include the activity
of unpacking and repackaging preassembled stock (see "warehouse").
[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 22-30]
A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for
the development of the municipality or region, adopted pursuant to
Part 5.
The chief executive of Bridgewater Township.
Those households whose incomes are no greater than 80% and
no less than 50% of the reported median income of households in the
primary metropolitan statistical area in which Bridgewater Township
is located.[9]
Those residential units which may be purchased by a moderate-income
household, as defined herein, at a price which does not exceed 28%
of such household's income or which may be rented by a moderate-income
household, as defined herein, at a rental which does not exceed 30%
of such household's income.
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28]
The application of plant or other suitable materials on the
soil surface to conserve moisture, hold soil in place and aid in establishing
plant cover.
The Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or governing body,
or any agency created by or responsible to the municipality when acting
pursuant to this chapter.
The Township of Bridgewater.
Chapter 291 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1975, as amended from
time to time.
Any self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage
unit or other dispenser which is installed, used or maintained for
the display and sale of newspapers or news periodicals.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A building which does not conform to one or more of the regulations
of this chapter for the zone in which it is located.
A lot, the area, dimensions and location of which were lawful
prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but that fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A structure, the size, dimensions and location of which were
lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance,
but that fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district
in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A use or activity that was lawful prior to the adoption,
revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but that fails to conform
to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located
by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
A school designed to provide daytime care or construction
for two or more children from two to six years of age, inclusive,
and operated on a regular basis.
A building providing shelter and/or supplemental health care
for the elderly or infirm and meeting the standards of the New Jersey
State Department of Institutions and Agencies to operate as a "nursing
home." "Nursing home" shall also mean a long-term facility or a distinct
part of a facility licensed or approved as a nursing home, infirmary
unit of a home for the aged or a governmental medical institution.
[Amended 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
Includes but is not limited to any structure, fill, excavation,
channel modification, rock, gravel, refuse or matter in, along, across
or projecting into any channel, watercourse or flood area which may
impede, retard or change the direction of the flow of water either
in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water
or that is placed where the flow of water might carry the same downstream
to pose a danger to life or property.
The map, with changes and additions therein, adopted and
established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders of the county pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-5.
The map adopted pursuant to Part 7.
Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but
within the property (of which the lot is a part) that is the subject
of a development application or within a contiguous portion of a street
or right-of-way.
Located neither on the property that is the subject of a
development application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or
right-of-way.
Located on the lot in question.
Located on the property that is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved
and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private
use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants
of land adjoining or neighboring such open space; provided that such
areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets
and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to
be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
Open space designed or equipped for the conduct of sports
or other customary active or passive leisure-time activities.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
An individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership
or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land
sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to develop
the same under this chapter.
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.
Defined in § 126-308.2A(3)(d).
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
The building coverage, including garage, in square feet divided
by the area of a lot in square feet, multiplied by 100.
[Added 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 06-22]
A test designed to determine the ability of ground to absorb
water.
Any security that may be accepted by the municipality, including
cash; provided that the municipality shall not require more than 10%
of the total performance guaranty in cash.
Any use which shall be allowed subject to the provisions
of this chapter.
Any substance or mixture of substances labeled, designed,
intended for or capable of use in preventing, destroying, repelling,
sterilizing or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, predatory
animals, fungi, weeds and other forms of plant or animal life or viruses,
except viruses on or in living man or other animals. The term "pesticide"
shall also include any substance or mixture of substances labeled,
designed or intended for use as a defoliant, desiccant or plant regulator.
A scheme which indicates land treatment measures, including
a time schedule for their installation, to minimize soil erosion and
sedimentation.
An area of a minimum contiguous size as specified by ordinance,
to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing
one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate
commercial or office uses, or both, and any residential and other
uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance.
Planned unit residential development, residential cluster,
planned commercial development or planned industrial development.
An area of a minimum contiguous size as specified by this
chapter, to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing
one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate
industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the predominant use
as may be permitted by this chapter.
An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of five
acres or more, to be developed as a single entity according to a plan
containing one or more residential clusters, which may include appropriate
commercial or public or quasi-public uses, all primarily for the benefit
of the residential development.
The Planning Board established pursuant to Part 2.
The map of a subdivision or site plan and is used interchangeably
in this chapter with "plan."
[Amended 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19]
MINOR PLATThe map of a subdivision or site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
PRELIMINARY PLATThe preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision or site plan which is submitted to the Planning Board for Planning Board consideration and preliminary approval and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
FINAL PLATThe final map of all or a portion of the subdivision or site plan which is presented by the Planning Board for final approval in accordance with this chapter.
The conferral of certain rights as to site plans and major
subdivisions pursuant to Part 8 prior to final approval and after
specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the
Planning Board and the applicant.
Architectural drawings prepared during early and introductory
stages of the design of a project, illustrating in a schematic form
its scope, scale and relationship to its site and immediate environs.
The office of a member of a recognized profession maintained
for the conduct of such profession. This shall include offices of
those engaged in the following activities: medicine, law, architecture,
engineering, planning, bookkeeping and accounting.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
Any use which shall not be allowed under any circumstances.
Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational
areas and public open spaces; scenic and historic sites; and sites
for schools and other public buildings and structures.
A master plan, capital improvement program or other proposal
for land development adopted by the appropriate public body, or any
amendment thereto.
The land reserved or dedicated for the installation of stormwater
sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or
watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow
of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation
and erosion.
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the
municipality, a municipal agency, the regional Board of Education,
a state or county agency or any other public body for recreational
or conservational uses.
Governmental or public-benefit-type uses intended to provide
services to the public at-large and provided by a governmental or
not-for-profit organization.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal
agency.
The portion of rainfall which becomes direct surface runoff.
Facilities operated as a business and open to the public
for a fee.
Facilities operated as a business and open only to bona fide
members and guests of such organization.
Facilities operated by a nonprofit organization and open
only to bona fide members and guests of such nonprofit organization.
A minimum of 100 rooms where access is through a main lobby
and an interior corridor. In addition to offering interior and outdoor
casual dining, continental meal and bar service, the regional corporate
hotel shall have a canopy and porter service, a twenty-four-hour manned
desk, conference facilities, room refrigerators, daily room housekeeping,
room service for meals and an exercise room. The regional corporate
hotel may include indoor or outdoor swimming pools with water slides,
spa and/or sauna, exercise rooms, convenience stores; and indoor and
outdoor facilities and/or terraces for hosting events. The regional
corporate hotel may also include one sit-down restaurant attached
to the regional corporate hotel. The additional sit-down restaurant
attached to the hotel shall be at least 3,000 square feet and shall
share a common wall directly connected to the hotel or be connected
by an enclosed and climate controlled corridor leading from the hotel
to the restaurant. The restaurant shall utilize wait staff and nondisposable
utensils and nondisposable cloth napkins for table service. The restaurant
and the regional corporate hotel may include a bar.
[Added 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-02]
A shopping center which contains at least 350,000 square
feet of floor area and which includes at least one commercial establishment
which individually occupies at least 75,000 square feet of floor area,
at least one additional commercial establishment which individually
occupies at least 50,000 square feet of floor area and at least three
additional commercial establishments which individually occupy at
least 20,000 gross square feet of floor area.
[Added 1-6-1997 by Ord. No. 97-5]
A substandard unit which has been rehabilitated using subsidies
or other funds described herein and which is occupied by or available
for sale or rental to a low- or moderate-income household as defined
herein.
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28]
An area to be developed as a single entity according to a
plan containing residential housing units that have a common or public
open space area as an appurtenance. Same as "cluster development."
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 any streets or the establishment
of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved
or recorded according to law. Not included are conveyances merely
combining existing lots by deed or other instrument.
An artificially constructed structure of any material or
combination of materials constructed between lands of different elevations
to effect a sudden grade change, stabilize the surfaces, prevent erosion
and/or protect structures. A retaining wall creating a change of grade
less than 48 inches at the maximum differential (top of wall to bottom
of wall) is not considered to be a structure.
[Added 6-7-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-06]
Township through roads.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
Culs-de-sac.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A dwelling unit containing rooms for rent and providing lodging
and/or boarding for individuals.
A communication dish receiving device which is designed and
used as an accessory structure to a permitted residential use for
the purpose of receiving satellite television signals, provided that
the dish antenna does not exceed 12 feet in height, as measured from
ground level at the installation location.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
Solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported or has been removed from its site of origin by
air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
The deposit of soil that has been transported from its site
of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means as a
product of erosion.
A barrier or dam built across a waterway or at other suitable
locations to retain rock, sand, gravel, silt or other material.
Housing especially designed and constructed for senior occupancy
limited to at least one member of the household 55 years of age or
older with no children under 19 years of age in permanent residence,
pursuant to the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998, and any
amendments thereto, including but not limited to the Housing for Older
Persons Act of 1995.
[Added 10-1-1984 by Ord. No. 84-25; amended 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-12; 12-5-2005 by Ord. No. 05-56]
A profit or nonprofit boarding home for the sheltered care
of four or more adult persons providing personal care or service in
addition to food and shelter.
[Added 10-1-1984 by Ord. No. 84-25]
Two or more retail commercial establishments located in one
building or structure designated as a planned commercial development
as defined herein.
Any device for visual communication that is used for the
purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of the public.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or other facility conducted, sold or offered elsewhere than
on the premises where the sign is located.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or other facility conducted, sold or offered upon the premises
where such sign is located or to which it is affixed.
A sign in which the artificial light is not maintained constant
in intensity, color or frequency at all times when such sign is in
use.
The entire space within a single continuous perimeter enclosing
the extreme limits of a sign.
A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown
the existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including but not
necessarily 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
and screening devices and any other information that may be reasonably
required in order to make an informed determination concerning the
adequacy of the plan in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
[Amended 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19]
MINOR SITE PLANA development plan involving a small addition or alteration to an existing development in which the increase in floor area and impervious surface coverage is insubstantial and that requires no variances, does not require a new street or the extension of an existing street, does not require off-tract improvements, and contains all the information that reasonably may be required to act on the plan.
[Amended 12-21-2015 by Ord. No. 15-36]
MAJOR SITE PLANAny development plan not classified as a minor site plan.
The Board established pursuant to § 126-14.
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of whatever
origin that overlies bedrock.
A plan developed in accordance with the broad principles
contained in this chapter based on the specific standards and specifications
of the latest edition of Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
in New Jersey and designed to prevent soil erosion and sedimentation.
A permit directed to be issued pursuant to N.J.R.S. 40:55D-76
for a building or structure in the bed of a mapped street or public
drainageway or flood control basin or public area, or for the erection
of a building or structure on a lot that does not abut a street.
The Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in New
Jersey as promulgated by the State Soil Conservation Commission.
Standards adopted by this chapter regulating noise levels,
glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or atomic
radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and flammable matters,
smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening of unsightly
objects or conditions and such other similar matters as may be reasonably
required by the Township, or standards required by applicable federal
or state laws or municipal ordinances.
Any storm drainage technique which retards or detains runoff,
such as a detention or retention basin, parking lot storage, rooftop
storage, porous pavement, dry wells or any combination thereof.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there
be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it.
A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall
plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more
than four feet above the floor of such story.
A permit issued by the Department under the provisions of
N.J.S.A. 58:1-26.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way that is an existing state, county or municipal roadway,
or that is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law,
or that is approved by official action as provided by this chapter;
or that 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, including
the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved,
and whether or not comprising pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas and other areas.
Interstate or state highways carrying the major portion of
through traffic in the Township.
A street which carries traffic from minor streets to the
secondary, primary and arterial roads, and includes the principal
entrance street(s) of a residential development.
Minor ways used primarily for vehicular service access to
the rear or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
A street which is parallel to and adjacent to an arterial
or primary road and which provides access to abutting properties,
protection from through traffic and does not impede traffic flow on
the major road.
A street which is used primarily for access to the abutting
properties and not for through traffic; also known as a "local street"
and includes culs-de-sac.
State and county roads carrying through traffic and traffic
from one part of the Township to another.
County and local roads designed to move traffic originating
in the Township to the primary and arterial highways.
A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy,
use, or ornamentation whether installed on, above, or below the surface
of a parcel of land. For administration of all development regulations
within the Township of Bridgewater, the term "structure" shall be
interpreted to include the term "building" and the term "building"
shall be interpreted to include the term "structure."
[Amended 12-21-2015 by Ord. No. 15-36]
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 larger 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 which are
found and certified by the administrative officer to conform to the
requirements of the municipal development regulations and are shown
and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the Tax Map
or Atlas of the municipality. The term "subdivision" shall also include
the term "resubdivision."
[Amended 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19; 12-21-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-36]
MINOR SUBDIVISIONAny division of land containing an aggregate of not more than two lots, 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 street(s) requiring additional right-of-way width as specified in the Master Plan or Official Map and 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.
MAJOR SUBDIVISIONAny division of land not classified as a minor subdivision.
A committee of at least three Planning Board members appointed
by the Chairman of the Board for the purpose of reviewing subdivisions
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and having such
other duties relating to land subdivision as may be conferred on this
Committee by the Board.
Moneys made available by the federal and state governments
and their agencies and political subdivisions for the purpose of rehabilitating
substandard units.
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28]
An existing residential unit in Bridgewater Township which
is being or has been rendered inadequate due to substandard or incomplete
plumbing or heating systems or other structural problems and has been
verified by the Director of Human Resources of the Planning Department
of Bridgewater Township (the "Director") as such.[11]
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28]
Stabilizations of erosive or sediment-producing areas.
A building or other structure (other than a construction
trailer) which is intended for occupancy for a period not to exceed
12 months.
[Added 4-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-12]
A building designed for or occupied by no more than one family
or household and attached to other similar buildings or structures
by party walls extending from the foundation to the roof and providing
two direct means of access from the outside and provided with separate
cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities and separate facilities
for electric service, heating facilities and gas service. For the
purpose of this chapter, a "townhouse" may include a building in fee
simple, condominium or cooperative ownership or any combination thereof.
The municipal official designated by the governing body as
the Township Engineer.
The collective area of parcel(s), site and piece(s) of land
or property that lie within the same zone and may be the subject of
a current or prior development application. The area and outermost
limits of the tract shall be represented by metes and bounds of the
entirety of the parcel(s) and by a certified land survey as prepared
by a licensed land surveyor.
[Added 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-02]
A vehicle standing on wheels or rigid supports, towed or
hauled by another vehicle and used for short-term living or sleeping
purposes; carrying materials, goods or objects; or as a temporary
office. No "trailer" may be used as a permanent residence in any zone.
[Amended 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
A typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or
a reproduction thereof.
[Added 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19]
Defined in § 126-308.2A(3)(c).
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed,
arranged or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
A variance from zoning regulations granted pursuant to § 126-19A(4)(a)[4].
[Amended 10-7-1985 by Ord. No. 85-32]
A variance from zoning regulations granted pursuant to § 126-19A(4)(a)[3] or [4].
[Amended 10-7-1985 by Ord. No. 85-32]
Stabilization of erosive or sediment-producing areas by covering
the soil with permanent seeding producing long-term vegetative cover,
or by short-term seeding producing temporary cover, or by sodding
producing areas covered with a turf or perennial sod-forming grass.
An open area, other than a right-of-way or public parking
area, used for display, sale or rental of new or used vehicles in
operable condition and where no repair work is done.
A total household income which is 30% or less of the median
gross household income for households of the same size within the
housing region in which the household is located, based upon the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Section
8 Income Limits (uncapped) averaged across counties for the housing
region.
[Added 7-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-18]
Housing affordable according to the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development or other recognized standards for
home ownership and rental costs and which is occupied or reserved
for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to
30% or less of the median gross household income for households of
the same size within the housing region in which the housing is located.
[Added 7-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-18]
A single-family detached dwelling on a separate lot which
differs from other forms of single-family detached housing in its
lot size and its placement on the lot, which are similar to houses
found in historic villages and towns. The village house will be placed
very close to the street and is additionally distinguished from other
single-family houses by planting or architectural treatments.
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
Distribution center that receives products in large quantities
and does not require individual packaging. Distribution is typically
transferred by pallet. Shipment is to retail, business and to fulfillment
centers.
[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 22-30]
Distribution center that picks and packs items for individual
destination delivery. This facility typically sends products to the
last-mile facility which is closer to the customer.
[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 22-30]
Smaller distribution fulfillment facility servicing individual
households for online shopping orders and retail stores. Examples
are UPS, FedEx, Amazon.
[Added 10-17-2022 by Ord. No. 22-30]
An establishment that offers health services for the body
and mind. Wellness centers usually offer skin care services and body
services such as fitness, personal training and nutrition consulting.
Wellness centers may offer services such as chiropractic, acupuncture
or holistic approaches toward body health. Wellness centers must be
consistent with the massage spa and bodywork facility ordinance.[12]
[Added 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 10-20]
[Added 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-27]
Any area, natural or man-induced, that is inundated
or saturated by fresh surface water or groundwater frequently enough
and for long enough duration to at least periodically support hydrophytic
vegetation or other aquatic life typically adapted to such conditions,
or any area of hydric soils, including but not limited to the following:
Forested wetlands characterized by the following
vegetative types: Acer rubrum (red maple), Acer saccharinum (silver
maple), Nyssa sylvatica (black gum) and Quercus palustris (pin oak).
Shrub wetlands characterized by the following
vegetative types: Alnus species (alders), Cephalanthus occidentalis
(buttonbush), Chamaedaphne calyculata (leatherleaf), Clethra alnifolia
(sweet pepperbush), Lindera benzoin (spicebush) and Salix species
(willows).
Emergent wetlands characterized by the following
vegetative types: Bidens species (beggar-ticks), Carex species (sedge),
Decodon verticillatus (water willow), Juncus species (rush), Phalaris
arundinaceae (reed canary grass), pontederia cordata (pickerel-weed),
Scirpus species (bulrush) and Typha species (catails).
Aquatic bed wetlands characterized by the following
vegetative types: Elodea canadensis (waterweed), Lemna species (duckweed),
Nuphaea luteum (yellow water lily). Nymphaea odorata (fragrant water
lily) and Potamogeton species (pondweed).
These lands are generally mapped and identified
as wetlands on the National Wetlands Inventory maps prepared by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the wildlife service for
the state.
The set of equipment and network components used in the provision
of wireless communications services including, but not limited to,
antennas, transmitters, receivers, base stations, equipment shelters,
cabinets, emergency generators, power supply cables, and coaxial and
fiber optic cables, but excluding wireless telecommunications support
structures such as monopoles.
[Added 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-21]
A wireless communications support structure and associated
wireless communications equipment.
[Added 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-21]
A structure that is designed to support or is capable of
supporting wireless telecommunications equipment including a monopole,
self-supporting lattice tower, guyed tower, water tower, utility pole
or building.
[Added 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-21]
Any wireless services as defined in the Federal Telecommunications
Act of 1996 or Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations which includes
Federal Telecommunications Commission licensed commercial wireless
telecommunications services including cellular, personal communication
services, specialized mobile radio, enhanced specialized mobile radio,
paging and similar services that currently exist or that may in the
future be developed. Excluded is any amateur radio facility that is
owned and operated by a federally licensed amateur radio station operator.
Also excluded are any facilities owned or operated by the Township
of Bridgewater.
[Added 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-21]
An open space which lies between the principal or accessory
building or buildings and the nearest lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward except as herein permitted.
An open space extending the full width of the lot, measured
from and at right angles to the front lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, measured
from and at right angles to the rear lot line, unoccupied and unobstructed
from the ground upward except as may be specified in this chapter.
An open, unoccupied space measured from and at right angles
to the side lot line of the lot and extending from the minimum front
yard to the minimum rear yard, except as may be specified elsewhere
in this chapter.
See "Patio Home."
[Added 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33]
[2]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “complete
application,” added 6-25-1981 by Ord. No. 81-19, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 10-7-1985 by Ord. No. 85-32.
[3]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “day-care
facility,” added 7-16-1990 by Ord. No. 90-19, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33.
[5]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “economically
feasible housing,” as amended, which immediately followed this
definition, was repealed 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28.
[7]
Editor’s Note: The former definition
of "household," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28.
[8]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “middle-income
housing,” added 3-19-1984 by Ord. No. 84-5, which immediately
followed this definition, was repealed 9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28.
[9]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “moderate-income
housing,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed
9-19-1985 by Ord. No. 85-28.
[10]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “preapplication
conference,” which immediately followed this definition, was
repealed 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 91-33.
[11]
Editor’s Note: The definition of “Technical
Coordinating Committee,” which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 6-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-11.
