ABOVE-GRADE STRUCTURE - Any building, roofed structure or other structure which has a height above the ground of at least one foot. If only part of said structure is one foot or higher above the ground, then only that part shall be considered an "above-grade structure." This definition shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, swimming pools, hot, tubs, ornamental pools; porches, decks, balconies, tanks, fireplaces and barbecue pits, roofed arbors and trellises, any or all of which are located above-grade, as defined herein. Notwithstanding the above, the following shall not be construed to be above-grade structures for the purposes of this chapter: fences, freestanding or retaining walls and the earth retained by such walls, flagpoles, mail boxes, signs and lawn ornaments.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2862.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE - A building or structure on the same lot with and subordinate to a principal building, occupied or devoted exclusively to an accessory use. Where an accessory building is integrated into the principal building, as with an attached garage having access between the garage and the principal building, such accessory building shall be considered part of the principal building. Notwithstanding the above, a structure shall 'be construed as being accessory to a principal use or structure although, it is located on a different lot than said principal use or structure, when such location is specifically permitted by this chapter.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2862.
ACCESSORY USE - A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use upon any premises.
ADVERTISE - When used in reference to signs, the giving or attempting or intending to give any notice or information or any activity which gives or attempts to give or intends to give notice, information or warning.
ALTER, ALTERATION - "Alter" means any action which changes or modifies in a perceptible manner any aspect of development which is regulated by this chapter. "Alteration" means the result of any such action.Œ
ALTERATION, STRUCTURAL - Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, interior partitions, as well as any change in doors or windows, or any addition to or diminution of the dimensions or configurations of the roof or exterior walls of a building.
AMATEUR RADIO STATION - A non-commercial facility involving the arrangement of wires or metal rods used in the sending and receiving of electromagnetic waves, and including any support structures, and operating in the Amateur Radio Service under license by the Federal Communications Commission.
APARTMENT - One (1) or more dwelling rooms, with private bath and kitchen facilities, comprising an independent self-contained dwelling unit in a larger building.
APPLICANT - Any developer submitting an application for development.
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT - The application 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 permit pursuant to § 190-31 or § 190-32.
AREA OF SIGN The area within a line drawn around the surface of a sign, including all decorations, but excluding any supports, whether decorative or not, and in computing sign area, the area of all surfaces used or employed or designed for use as a sign for sign purposes shall be included and totaled.
AREA OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD/SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA - The land in the flood plain subject to a one percent (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
ATTIC - The open, nonhabitable space between the ceiling beams of the top habitable story and the roof rafters in any building.
AWNING - A retractable roof-like cover made of fabric over a frame, which projects from the wall of a building, the purposes for which may include the shielding of a doorway, window or sidewalk from the elements and the display of signs.
BASE FLOOD - The flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
BASEMENT - An interior space or a portion of an interior space having a floor level at least three feet below the average elevation of the finished ground level at the foundation wall of the structure in which it is contained.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3120.
BUILDABLE AREA - A rectangular area on a lot, located and having dimensions as specified by the zone district regulations, and encompassing as much as possible of the principal building and above-grade structures attached to the principal building. In the case of a substandard lot having a rectangular area with dimensions less than required, the usable area shall be construed to be the largest rectangular area having dimensions less than or equal to the required dimensions, and encompassing as much as possible of the principal building and above-grade structures attached to the principal building.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2744.
BUILDING - A combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent, temporary or continuous occupancy and having a roof.
BUILDING ENVELOPE - That portion of a lot within which a principal building is permitted to be located by law. The "building envelope" excludes the minimum front, side and rear yards required by the zoning regulations as well as wetlands, approved wetland transition areas, floodways, utility easements, access easements, conservation easements and all other areas within which buildings are prohibited.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2713.
C.VARIANCE - Any variance which is not a D" variance.
CANOPY - A non-retractable roof-like cover made of rigid building materials, and which projects from the wall of a building, the purpose for which may include the shielding of a doorway, window or sidewalk from the elements. In the case of a gasoline service station a canopy is a roof-like cover that is supported by one (1) or more columns or stanchions, does not have any side walls and is used primarily to shield the pumps from the elements.
CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA - An antenna that is intended for commercial transmission or reception of personal wireless telephone services communications, and including commercial mobile services communications, unlicensed wireless services communications, and common carrier wireless exchange access services, and also including any tower or other supporting structures and equipment necessary for such transmission or reception, as may be permitted by this chapter.
CERTIFICATE OF CONTINUED OCCUPANCY - A certificate stating that the continued occupancy of an existing building or structure may occur.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY - A certificate stating that all work has been completed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the Uniform Construction Code and that the building or structure may be occupied or used.
CHANGE OF USE - Any use which substantially differs from the previous use of a building or land. A change of use does not necessarily involve modifications to existing improvements, or construction of new improvements.
CHANNEL - The bed and banks of a watercourse which convey the normal flow of the stream.
CHILD CARE CENTER - Any facility which is maintained for the care, development or supervision of six (6) or more children who attend the facility for less than twenty-four (24) hours a day, and which is licensed as a child care center by the Department of Human Services. This term shall not include any of those facilities or uses which are not included within the definition of "child care center" contained in the "Child Care Center Licensing Act" (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 to 15).
COMMUNITY RESIDENCES AND SHELTERS - Any of the following:
A. A community residence for persons with head injuries, which is a 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 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.
B. A community residence for the developmentally disabled, which is 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.
C. A community residence for the terminally ill, which is any community residential facility operated as a hospice program, providing food, shelter, personal guidance and health care services, under such supervision as required, to no more than 15 terminally ill persons.
D. A community shelter for victims of domestic violence, which is 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, 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.
E. An adult family care home for elderly persons and physically disabled adults, which is a residence regulated by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and housing no more than three clients, in which personal care and other supportive services are provided by an individual who has been licensed by the department as an adult family care caregiver. An adult family care home shall not include a rooming or boarding house used and operated under license of the Department of Community Affairs pursuant to P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.). "Adult family care" means a 24-hour per day living arrangement for persons who, because of age or physical disability, need assistance with activities of daily living, and for whom services designed to meet their individual needs are provided by licensed caregivers in approved adult family care homes.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3240.
CONCEPT/INFORMAL PLAN - The optional, initial development plan for subdivisions and/or site plans of sufficient accuracy and detail to be used for the purpose of informal review, evaluation and nonbinding comment by the Planning Board and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
CONDITIONAL USE - A use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon a showing that such use in a -specified location will comply with the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use as contained in this chapter, and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Planning Board.
CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL - A qualified person appointed by the Village Council pursuant to the Uniform Construction Code, Chapter 23, Title 5, to enforce and administer the regulations within the jurisdiction of the enforcing agency.
CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT- Any form of development other than planned development.
COVERAGE BY ABOVE-GRADE STRUCTURES - The combined area of all buildings and other above grade structures on a lot, including but not limited to porches, decks, balconies and cantilevered parts of the building at any level, but excluding, however, cornices, eaves and other structures which are specifically excluded by this ordinance
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2670.
COVERAGE BY IMPROVEMENTS OR IMPROVEMENT COVERAGE - The coverage by buildings and other above-grade structures on lot as defined by this chapter, plus the coverage of any other structures, including but not limited to driveways, sidewalks, patios, decks, swimming pools, tennis courts, parking areas, and other paved areas, whether constructed of asphalt, concrete, brick, stone, gravel or other paving materials, but excluding structures, or portions of structures, that are located below the surface of the ground and which are not visible from above the surface of the ground (Thus, subsurface structures such as drywells, underground tanks, etc. are typically excluded from such coverage, whereas swimming pools, which may be located below the surface of the ground, but which are visible from above the surface of the ground, are not excluded). It is intended to include within this definition all man-made features except vegetation, organic mulch, soil (including soil retained by retaining walls) and structures that may be specifically excluded by this chapter.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2862.
D" VARIANCE - Permission to depart from the literal requirements of the zoning regulations, Article X of this chapter, to permit:
A. a use or principal structure in a district restricted against such use or principal structure;
B. an expansion of a nonconforming use;
C. deviation from a specification or standard pertaining solely to a conditional use;
D. an increase in the permitted floor area ratio as defined in Section 3.1 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-4);
E. an increase in the permitted density as defined Section 3.1 of P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-4), except as applied to the required lot area for a lot or lots for detached one (1) or two (2) dwelling unit buildings which lot or lots are either an isolated undersized lot or lots resulting from a minor subdivision; or
F. a height of a principal structure which exceeds by ten (10) feet or ten percent (10%) the maximum height permitted in the district for a principal structure.
DAYS - Calendar days.
DENSITY - The permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of land to be developed.
DEVELOPER - The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.
DEVELOPMENT The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure, or of any mining excavation or landfill, and any use or change in the use of any building or other structure, or land or extension or use of land, for which permission may be required pursuant to this chapter.
DISTRICT - See Zoning District, below.
DRIVE-IN BANK - A facility either within the principal structure or in a freestanding accessory structure which, by design, encourages or permits customers to receive services while remaining in their motor vehicles.
DWELLING UNIT - A unit comprising living accommodations designed and used for occupancy by only one (1) family.
EASEMENT - An encumbrance or grant of an estate in lands distinct from ownership to use in some way the land of another.
ERECT - To build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend or affix, and shall include the painting of wall signs.
EROSION - The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
FAMILY - Any reasonable number of persons (consistent with the provisions of the building, fire and health codes and the residential character of the neighborhood involved) living together as a single, not-for-profit housekeeping unit, whose relationship is of a permanent, domestic and private residential character and who utilize all rooms and cooking facilities in common. Commercial and institutional uses, boarding- or rooming houses, transient uses, societies, clubs, fraternities, sororities, associations, lodges, shelters, halfway houses and similar organizations are excluded from this definition, except as otherwise specifically provided by the Municipal Land Use Law under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66c.
FAMILY DAY CARE HOME - The private residence of a family day care provider which is registered as a family day care home pursuant to the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act", P.L. 1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.) and in which child care services are regularly provided to no less than three (3) and no more than five (5) children for no less than fifteen (15) hours per week, not including children legally related to the provider or being cared for as part of a cooperative agreement between parents for the care of their children where no payment for the care is being provided.
FAST FOOD RESTAURANT - Any establishment whose principal business is the sale of foods, frozen desserts or beverages to the customer in a ready-to-consume state for consumption either within the restaurant building or for carry out with consumption off the premises and whose principal method of operation includes the following characteristic: foods, frozen desserts or beverages are usually served in edible containers or in paper, plastic or other disposable containers.
FENCE - An artificially constructed freestanding barrier, typically constructed of wood, wire, metal, vinyl or other materials and typically erected for the enclosure and/or screening of areas of land.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2818.
FINAL APPROVAL - The official action of the Planning Board taken on a preliminary approved major subdivision or site plan after all conditions, engineering plans and other requirements have been completed or fulfilled and the required improvements have been installed or guarantees properly posted for their completion, or approval conditioned upon the posting of such guarantees.
FINAL PLAT - The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision which is presented to the Planning Board for final approval in accordance with this chapter.
FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) - The official map on which the Flood Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazard and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY - The official report provided in which the Federal Insurance Administration has set forth flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary-Floodway Map and the water surface elevation of the base flood.
FLOOD PLAIN - The area of a special flood hazard subject to a one-percent (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
FLOODWAY - The channel of a river or other water course and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface. elevation more than two-tenths (0.2) of a foot.
FLOOR AREA - See Gross Floor Area and/or Habitable Floor Area, below.
FLOOR AREA RATIO - In the case of residential uses in residential zones, the habitable floor area of the building(s) divided by the total area of the site, expressed as a percentage. In the case of any use in the nonresidential zones, or nonresidential use in the residential zones, the gross floor area of all buildings which are enclosed by an exterior wall, divided by the total area of the site, expressed as a percentage.
FREESTANDING WALL - An artificially constructed freestanding barrier, typically of heavier-duty construction than a fence, typically construction of wood, stone, brick, concrete or other masonry materials, often containing a footing and/or foundation, and typically erected for the enclosure and/or screening of areas of land.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2818.
GARAGE, PRIVATE - A detached accessory building, or a portion of a principal building, used primarily for the storage of motor vehicles owned or used by the occupant of the principal building to which the garage is accessory.
GARAGE, PUBLIC - Any building, structure, lot or land in or upon which a business, service or industry involving the fueling, storage, maintenance, washing or servicing, and storage in connection therewith, of motor vehicles is maintained, conducted, operated or rendered. Garages used exclusively for the parking of motor vehicles for the general public are not included within this definition.
GARDEN APARTMENT - A building situated on one lot which contains separate dwelling units for more than two (2) families, and which contains no more than two (2) stories, and in which individual dwelling units may be located above one another. Garden apartments may also provide access to dwelling units from a common entrance, and utilize shared parking, utilities and open space.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION - See Garage, Public.
GOVERNING BODY - The Village Council of the Village of Ridgewood.
GROSS FLOOR AREA - The aggregate area of all floors in a building enclosed by an exterior wall and measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings, excluding any space where the floor to ceiling height is less than six (6) feet, and excluding basements and cellars, attics, garages and other interior parking and loading space used by motor vehicles. Notwithstanding the above, if any part of the area of an attic, basement or cellar in a building, or any part of a garage shall be devoted to a principal use, including but not limited to a dwelling unit, display space, sales space, work areas, food preparation and service areas, offices, meeting rooms, drafting rooms or facilities, waiting rooms, laboratories, or patient treatment or therapy facilities, such part or area shall be included in the computation of gross floor area. This shall not be construed to include the use of such areas for storage and similar support functions within the calculation of gross floor area.
HABITABLE FLOOR AREA - The area of that portion of a building or structure designed, intended, and furnished for year-round human occupancy measured on each floor from the inside face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings, and including, but not limited to, interior walls and stairwells. Habitable floor area shall not include attic spaces, basements or cellars, open porches, breezeways and garages.
**Webmasters Note: The definition for Height of Building has been deleted as per Ordinance No. 3120.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PERMIT - A document signed by the Construction Official which is required for exterior work to any improvement on property in a historic district or on a historic site. A preservation permit pursuant to the historic preservation provisions of the this chapter shall include, but is not limited to a building permit, a demolition permit, a permit to move, convert, relocate or remodel or which involves exterior changes to the structure or the property on which it is located, which changes are visible from a public street. Also known as "preservation permit".
HISTORIC SITE - Any real property, man-made structure, natural object or configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing of historical, archaeological, cultural, scenic or architectural significance, and which has been designated as such in the Village Master Plan or in this chapter.
HOME OFFICE - Any non-residential office activity conducted or engaged in by a person within the residential dwelling occupied as his or her permanent residence for financial gain or as a volunteer or otherwise without monetary compensation. A home office is an accessory use to the primary use of the property, which is residential.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2882.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE - A surface that has been covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
INFILTRATION - The process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
INSTITUTIONAL USE - A nonprofit or quasi-public use operated by non-profit institutions and limited to churches, public or private schools covering grades kindergarten through twelve accredited by the State Department of Education, and public utility buildings and structures. Specifically excluded from this definition are hospitals and any land, structure or use owned or operated by the Village of Ridgewood.
INTERESTED PARTY - 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 Village, 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 other law of this State or of the United States have been denied, violated or infringed by an action or failure to act under this chapter or the Municipal Land Use Law.
LOT - A designated parcel, tract or area of land, established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
LOT AREA - The total square unit content of any lot as measured within the lot lines.
LOT, CORNER - A lot at the junction of and having frontage on two (2) or more intersecting streets. A corner lot is also a lot bounded on two (2) or more sides by the same street.
LOT DEPTH - The distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line, or extensions thereof, measured along the shortest such line that crosses the building envelope.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 2713.
LOT FRONTAGE - That portion of a lot which is contiguous with a street right-of-way. In the case of a through lot, the lot frontage shall be considered that frontage upon which the majority of the buildings in the same block front; provided that in case there has been no clearly defined frontage established, the owner may, when applying for a building permit, specify on his permit application which lot line shall be considered the lot frontage. A corner lot shall be deemed to have frontage on any abutting street.
LOT LINE, FRONT- The lot line separating a lot from a street right-of-way. on corner lots, all lot lines separating a lot from a street right-of-way are front lot lines.
LOT LINE, REAR- The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line. on corner lots, the rear lot line shall be that line opposite and most distant from the shortest front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDE- Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line. on corner lots, the side lot line shall be that lot line which is opposite and most distant from the longest front lot line.
LOT, THROUGH - A lot that fronts upon two (2) streets that do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.
LOT WIDTH - The shortest straight line distance between the two sidelines of any lot, measured parallel to the front lot line and at a distance from the front lot line equal to the minimum required front yard setback. On corner lots, the lot width shall be as defined herein, but measured parallel to the shortest front lot line. if the front lot line of any lot is not a straight line, the lot width shall be measured parallel to an imaginary line, the lot width shall be measured parallel to an imaginary line, and at a distance from said imaginary line equal to the minimum front yard setback.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE - Any security which may be accepted by the Village for the maintenance of any improvements required by this chapter, including but not limited to cash, surety bonds and letters of credit under the circumstances specified by this chapter.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT - Any development that provides for ultimately disturbing one or more acres of land. Disturbance for the purpose of this ordinance is the placement of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting or removing of all manner of vegetation.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION - Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
MARKET-RATE DWELLING UNITS - Housing units not restricted to low- and moderateincome households that may sell at any price determined by a willing seller and a willing buyer
**Webmasters Note: The definition above has been added as per Ordinance No. 3001
MARQUEE - A permanent roof-like cover made of rigid building materials constructed as in integral part of the building, and which extends from the building over an entrance or sidewalk, the purposes for which may include the shielding of a doorway, window or sidewalk from the elements and the display of signs or other messages.
MASTER PLAN - A composite of one (1) or more written or graphic proposals for the development of the municipality as set forth in and adopted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
MINOR SITE PLAN - A development plan of one (1) or more lots which requires site plan approval and which:
A. proposes new development which is limited to any or all of the following:
(1) alterations to the facade or roof of an existing building;
(2) an increase and/or decrease in the floor area of (an) existing principal building(s) , provided the change involves no more than five percent (5%) of the existing floor area, or two hundred fifty (250) square feet, whichever is less;
(3) construction of (an) accessory building(s) or accessory structure(s), and/or site grading or landscaping with a combined floor area and/or ground surface area, as applicable, of no greater than two hundred fifty (250) square feet;
(4) outdoor cafes located on private property, regardless of the area of such cafe;
B. does not involve planned development, any new street or extension of off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42; and,
C. contains the information reasonably required in order to make an informed determination as to whether the requirements established by this chapter for approval of a minor site plan have been met.
MINOR SUBDIVISION - A subdivision of land for the-creation of not more than three (3) lots fronting on an existing street; provided that such subdivision will not adversely affect the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and that such subdivision does not involve (1) a planned development, (2) any new street, or (3) the extension of any off-tract improvement, the cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING - Any structure containing three (3) or more dwelling units.
MUNICIPAL AGENCY - The Village Planning Board or Board of Adjustment or Village Council when acting pursuant to this chapter and any agency created by or responsible to the Village of Ridgewood when such agency is acting pursuant to this chapter.
NONCONFORMING LOT - A lot the area, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning regulations, 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.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE - A structure the size, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning regulations, 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.
NONCONFORMING USE - A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning regulations, 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.
NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES/DISTRICTS - Those zones set forth in the zoning regulations of this chapter and known as "B-1," "B-2," "C," "H," "HC," "OB-1," "OB-2," "P" and "P-2" Zone Districts. In addition, those lots in the HC and T zone districts which are used primarily for nonresidential purposes shall be considered to be in a nonresidential zone.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended by Ordinance No. 3343, effective July 3, 2012.
OCCUPANCY OR OCCUPIED The residing of a person or persons in a dwelling unit overnight, or the installation, storage or use of equipment, merchandise or machinery in any commercial, residential, public or industrial building. Excluded from the definition is the use of any construction equipment or machinery not considered part of the building or the storage of product, merchandise, raw material or other personal property or the use of a structure by those engaged in its construction.
OFFICIAL MAP - A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 et seq. Such map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location and width of streets and public drainage ways and the location and extent of flood control basins and public areas including public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreation areas, public open spaces, scenic and historic sites, sites for schools and other public buildings and structures, whether or not such streets, ways, basins or areas are improved or unimproved or are in actual physical existence.
OFFSITE -- 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 the closest half of the street or right-of-way abutting the property of which the lot is a part.
OFF-TRACT -- Not located on the property which is the subject of a development application nor on the closest half of the abutting street or right-of-way.
ONSITE -- Located on the lot in question and excluding any abutting street or right-of-way.
ON-TRACT -- Located on the property which is the subject of a development application or on the closest half of an abutting street or right-of-way.
**Webmaster's Note: The previous definitions (Offsite through On-tract) have been amended as per Ord. No. 2657.
OPEN SPACE - Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space, provided that such areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets and off-street parking and other 'improvements that are designed to be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
OUTDOOR CAFE - Any eating establishment where food and other refreshments are served upon the public right-of-way, namely the sidewalks immediately in front of any restaurant, cafe, cafeteria or place of business where food and/or other refreshments are served, or where permitted on private property pursuant to this chapter.
OWNER - Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, limited liability corporation or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be processed for development under this chapter.
PARKING AREA - An open area, other than a street or other public way, used for the parking of motor vehicles, including parking spaces and adjacent service aisles, but not including access drives from a public thoroughfare.
PARKING SPACE - A rectangular space designed to be used as an accommodation for off-
street motor vehicle parking, exclusive of access drives or aisles.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE - Any security which may be accepted by the Village, including but not limited to surety bonds, cash and letters of credit under the circumstances specified in this chapter in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Planning Board or other municipal agency approves a subdivision plat or site plan.
PERSON - Any person, individual, business entity, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability corporation, company, organization or legal entity of any kind or nature.
PLAT - The map or maps of a subdivision.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL - The conferral of certain rights pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46 et seq., prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the Planning Board and the applicant.
PRELIMINARY PLAT - The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN - The preliminary development plan indicating the proposed layout of the site and meeting the requirements of this chapter.
PREMISES - A building or structure or a piece or tract of land or real estate vacant or otherwise.
PRINCIPAL USE OR STRUCTURE - The primary or predominant use of any lot. A principal structure is one devoted to the principal use.
PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES - Telephone and electric lines, poles, equipment and structures, water or gas pipes, mains, valves or structures, or sewer pipes, valves or structures, maintained, operated and conducted for the service, convenience, necessity, health and welfare of the general public, whether owned by any arm or creature of the local, State or Federal government or by any privately owned public utility corporation.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A system comprising structures which, operating alone or with other structures, results in the enclosure, derivation, conveyance, transmission or distribution of water for potable or domestic purposes to consumers in twenty(20) or more dwellings or properties.
QUORUM - The majority of the full authorized membership of a municipal agency.
RECHARGE - The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
REPORT OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION - A document issued by the Historic Preservation Commission reporting to the Construction official on a preservation permit application for any alteration or addition to a historic site or for a property within a historic district based upon plans presented for the preservation, restoration, rehabilitation or alteration of property or the demolition, addition, removal, repair, remodeling of any feature for any existing or new construction stating the findings of fact and conclusions upon which the report is based.
RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER - A contiguous or noncontiguous area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing units which have a common or public open space as an appurtenance.
RESIDENTIAL ZONES/DISTRICTS - Those zones set forth in the zoning regulations of this chapter and known as "R-1," "R-1A," "R-2," "R-2A," "R-3," "R-4," "R-5," "R-7," "R-110" and "R-125" Zone Districts. In addition, those lots in the HC and T zone districts which are vacant or used primarily for residential purposes shall be considered to be in a residential zone.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended by Ordinance No. 3343, effective July 3, 2012.
RESUBDIVISION - 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, but does not include conveyances so as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument.
RETAINING WALL - A wall that is designed and constructed for the purpose of supporting a change in elevation between one side of the wall and the other side. Notwithstanding the foregoing, structures including but not limited to curbs that support a change in elevation of eight (8) inches or less shall not be considered a retaining wall for the purposes of this chapter.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2818.
ROAD STAND - A business engaged in the sale of food, soft drinks, ice cream and other similar goods or confections which are so prepared and served as to be intended for immediate consumption and in or from which the customers are served while standing outside the confines of the structure or building in which the business is conducted. The term "road stand" includes the terms "snack -bars", "dairy bars" and terms describing similar establishments.
ROOF SIGN - Any sign extending above any part of the roof of any structure.
SATELLITE DISH - A parabolic or dish-shaped antenna that is designed for the purpose of receiving or transmitting radio waves.
SEDIMENT - Solid material or organic, that is in suspension, being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
SIGN - Any device, freestanding or attached to a building or structure, or erected, painted represented or reproduced upon or in any building or structure, which displays, reproduces or includes any letter, word, name, number, model, insignia, design, device or representation used for one (1) or more of the following purposes: to identify the premises or occupant or owner of the premises; to advertise any trade, business, profession, industry, service or other activity; to advertise any product or to advertise the sale or rental or use of all or any part of any premises, including that upon which it is displayed; to direct vehicular or pedestrian traffic other than state, county or village highway and roadway markers; and shall include any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, insignia or any representation used to advertise or intended to advertise or promote the interests of any person. The term "sign" shall not be construed to mean any sign in the interior of any structure which is not visible from outside the structure. Furthermore, any interior sign visible from outside the building through a window or doorway shall not be construed as a "sign" for purposes of this chapter if such sign: a) is set back more than two (2) feet from the window or doorway, and is either nonilluminated or is indirectly illuminated, or b) is set back more than six (6) feet from the window or doorway, and is directly illuminated.
SIGN MESSAGE - The letters, numbers, symbols or other graphic representation of a sign used to identify or advertise a premises, occupant, activity, product, service, or to direct traffic, when such graphic representation is distinguished from the sign structure.
SIGN, PRINCIPAL - A primary or predominant sign on the premises displayed to identify the occupant thereof or the services rendered or a product or item available therein or a trade, business or profession carried on therein.
SIGN STRUCTURE - The physical structure of a sign, used for purposes of support, ornamentation, background, illumination, ventilation, or other purposes, when such structure is distinguished from the sign message. when not distinguished, the sign structure shall be deemed to include the sign message.
SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT - A dwelling unit in a structure containing at least three (3) dwelling units in which each separate dwelling unit is attached to other similar dwelling units by one (1) or more common walls, or portions thereof, extending from the foundation to the roof and further provided each dwelling unit has a separate front and rear or side entrance providing direct access for said unit to and from the outdoors. Single family attached residential dwelling units are also known as townhouse units.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3015
SITE PLAN - A development plan of one (1) or more lots on which is shown the information required by this chapter, plus any other information reasonably necessary and required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to this chapter.
SITE PLAN COMMITTEE - A committee of at least three (3) Planning Board members appointed by the Chairman of the Board for the purpose of reviewing site plans for a report back to the entire Board and such other duties relating to land development which may be conferred on this committee by the Board.
SOIL - All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
STORAGE - The placement of any vehicle, boat, trailer, machine, equipment or material upon the particular premises or property on a regular or recurring basis.
STORMWATER - 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.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
STORMWATER RUNOFF - Water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2983.
STORY - That portion of a building between the surface of any one floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then that portion of the building included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling or roof next above it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a basement shall be considered a story only if the finished surface of the floor above the basement is:
A. More than six feet above the average elevation of the finished ground level at the foundation wall of the structure; or
B. More than six feet above the average elevation of the finished ground level for more than 50% of the total. building perimeter, or
C. More than 12 feet above the finished ground level at any point.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3120.
STORY, HALF - That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the ceiling or roof next above it, and in which -the ceiling area at a height of seven feet above the floor is not more than one-third the area of the next floor below.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 3120.
STREET - Any street, avenue boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, alley or other way which is an existing State, County or municipal roadway; which is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law; which is approved by official action as provided -by this chapter; or which is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Recording officer prior to the appointment of the Planning Board and the grant to such Board of the power to review plats; and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines.
STREET SIDELINE - The outermost line of the whole area devoted to street purposes on either side thereof. Street sideline is synonymous with street right-of-way line, but generally throughout this chapter, the former is used in conjunction with existing streets and the latter is used in conjunction with proposed streets.
STRUCTURE - A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy, use or ornamentation, whether installed on, above or below the surface of a parcel of land.
SUBDIVISION - The division of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land for sale or development. The term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision". The following shall not be considered subdivisions within the meaning of this chapter, if no new streets are created:
A. Divisions of land found by the Planning Board or Subdivision Committee to be for agricultural purposes where all resulting parcels are five (5) acres or larger in size;
B. Divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions;
C. Divisions of property by court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure;
D. Consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument;
E. The conveyance of one (1) 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 Zoning Officer to conform to the requirements of this chapter and are shown and designated as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the tax map or atlas of the Village.
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE - A Committee of at least three (3) 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 such other duties relating to land subdivision which may be conferred on this committee by the Board.
TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY - A certificate permitting the occupancy of any building or structure prior to the full completion, provided that such portion or portions may be occupied safely prior to full completion of the building or structure without endangering life or public welfare.
TRANSCRIPT - The typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or reproduction thereof.
USABLE AREA - A rectangular area on a lot, located and having dimensions as specified by the zone district regulations, encompassing the buildable area and adjacent environs, and located as required by the zone district regulations. In the case of a substandard lot having a rectangular area with dimensions less than required, the usable area shall be construed to be the largest rectangular area having dimensions less than or equal to the required dimensions, encompassing the buildable area and adjacent environs, and located as nearly as possible to that required by the zone district regulations.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 2744.
VARIANCE - Permission to depart from the literal requirements of the zoning regulations, Article X of this chapter.
VILLAGE RESIDENT -- A person who is domiciled in the Village of Ridgewood.
**Webmaster's Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ord. No. 2657.
WATERCOURSE - Any natural swale, stream, brook or river which is the natural course of storm- or running water through which water flows ordinarily and frequently but not necessarily continuously. This definition includes watercourses which have been artificially realigned or improved.
WETLAND - 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, as designated and approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection using a three-parameter approach (i.e., hydrology, soils and vegetation).
WETLAND TRANSITION AREA - An area of land adjacent to a freshwater wetland which minimizes adverse impacts on the wetland or serves as an integral component of the wetlands ecosystem, as designated and approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Wetland and Wetland Transition Area, have been added as per Ordinance No. 2744.
WINDOW - Any opening in the exterior wall or roof of any structure for the purpose of admitting air or light, whether or not covered with, glass, plastic or other coverings.
WINDOW SPACE - The aggregate square footage of all windows on any given side and any given story of any structure, regardless of the angle or angles at which they are set, and in computing window space, there shall be included all portions of any door which, if part of any exterior wall, does contain any window.
YARD, FRONT -The space extending across the full width of any lot and lying between the street right-of-way and the nearest principal building on such lot. On corner lots, any yards facing any abutting streets shall be deemed front yards for. the purposes of this chapter. The depth of the front yard shall be measured perpendicular to the street right-of-way line.
YARD, REAR -The space extending across the full width of any lot between the nearest principal building and the rear lot line. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured perpendicular to the rear lot line.
YARD, SIDE - The space located between the front yard and the rear yard on a lot and between the side lot lines) and the nearest principal building. The depth of the side yard(s) shall be measured perpendicular to the side lot line(s).
**Webmasters Note: The previous definitions, Yard, Front through Yard, Side, have been amended as per Ordinance No. 2862.
ZONE - See Zoning District, below.
ZONING DISTRICT - An area delineated by this chapter within which uniform regulations and requirements govern the use, placement, spacing, and size of land and buildings.
BMP " or "Best Management Practice"
COMPACTION " means the increase in soil bulk density.
COUNTY REVIEW AGENCY " means an agency designated by the County Board of Chosen Freeholders to review municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinance(s). The county review agency may either be:
A.county planning agency; or
A.county water resource association created under N.J.S.A 58:16A-55.5, if the ordinance or resolution delegates authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinances.
DEPARTMENT " means the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
DESIGN ENGINEER " means a person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
DEVELOPMENT " means 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 structure, any mining excavation or landfill, and any use or change in the use of any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of land, by any person, for which permission is required under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. In the case of development of agricultural lands, development means: any activity that requires a State permit; any activity reviewed by the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural Development Committee (SADC), and municipal review of any activity not exempted by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A 4:1 C-1 et seq.
DRAINAGE AREA " means 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.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS " means an area or feature which is of significant environmental value, including but not limited to: stream corridors; natural heritage priority sites; habitat of endangered or threatened species; large areas of contiguous open space or upland forest; steep slopes; and well head protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified using the Department's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
EROSION " means the detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE " means a surface that has been covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
INFILTRATION " is the process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT " means any development that provides for ultimately disturbing one or more acres of land. Disturbance for the purpose of this rule is the placement of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.
MINOR DEVELOPMENT " means any development other than major development.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) A conveyance or system of conveyance, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains, that is owned or operated by the Village of Ridgewood or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 3223.
MUNICIPALITY " means any city, borough, town, township, or village.
NUTRIENT " means a chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus, which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms.
PERSON " means any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, Village of Ridgewood, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal jurisdiction pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
POLLUTANT " means 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, ground waters or surface waters of the State, or to a domestic treatment works. "Pollutant" includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
RECHARGE " means the amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired.
SEDIMENT " means solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
SITE " means the lot or lots upon which a development is to occur or has occurred.
SOIL " means all unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
STORM DRAIN INLET An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb opening inlet, slotted inlet and combination inlet.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been added as per Ordinance No. 3223.
STORMWATER " means 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.
STORMWATER RUNOFF " means water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN " means an excavation or embankment and related areas designed to retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management basin may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration basin), retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands).
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE " means 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 non-stormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances.
WATERS OF THE STATE The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies of surface water or ground water, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
**Webmasters Note: The previous definition has been amended as per Ordinance No. 3223.
WETLANDS" OR "WETLAND means an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water 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.
DISTURBANCE - the placement of impervious surface, the exposure or movement of soil or bedrock, or the clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE - any structure, surface, or improvement that reduces or prevents absorption of stormwater into land, and includes porous paving, paver blocks, gravel, crushed stone, decks, patios, elevated structures, and other similar structures, surfaces, or improvements.
REDEVELOPMENT - the construction of structures or improvements on areas which previously contained structures or other improvements.
STEEP SLOPES - any slope equal to or greater than 20 percent as measured over any minimum run of 10 feet. Steep slopes are determined based on contour intervals of two feet or less. The percent of slope (rise in feet per horizontal distance in feet) shall be established by measurement of distance perpendicular to the contour of the slope. The percent of slope shall be calculated for each two-foot contour interval. For example, any location on the site where there is a one-foot rise over a 10-foot horizontal run constitutes a 10 percent slope; a 1.5 foot rise over a 10-foot horizontal run constitutes a 15 percent slope; a two foot rise over a 10-foot horizontal run constitutes a 20 percent slope.
ACID PRODUCING SOILS - Soils that contain geologic deposits of iron sulfide minerals (pyrite and marcasite) which, when exposed to oxygen from the air or from surface waters, oxidize to produce sulfuric acid. Acid producing soils, upon excavation, generally have a pH of 4.0 or lower. After exposure to oxygen, these soils generally have a pH of 3.0 or lower. Information regarding the location of acid producing soils in New Jersey can be obtained from local Soil Conservation District offices.
CATEGORY ONE WATER(S) - Waters designated as "C1 waters" in the Surface Water Quality Standards, N.J.A.C. 7:9B.
DISTURBANCE - the placement of impervious surface, the exposure or movement of soil or bedrock, or the clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.
HUC 14 WATERSHED - An area within which water drains to a particular receiving surface water body, also known as a subwatershed, which is identified by a 14-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE - Any structure, surface, or improvement that reduces or prevents absorption of stormwater into land, and includes porous paving, paver blocks, gravel, crushed stone, decks, patios, elevated structures, and other similar structures, surfaces, or improvements.
REDEVELOPMENT - The construction of structures or improvements on areas which previously contained structures or other improvements.
RIPARIAN ZONE - The land and vegetation within and directly adjacent to all surface waters including, but not limited to, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, perennial and intermittent streams, up to and including their point of origin, such as seeps and springs, as shown the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's GIS hydrography coverages.
STEEP SLOPES - any slope equal to or greater than 20 percent as measured over any minimum run of 10 feet.
THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES - Species designated as "threatened" or "endangered" on the list defining the status of indigenous nongame wildlife species of New Jersey, promulgated pursuant to the Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act, N.J.S.A. 23:2A-1 et seq., at N.J.A.C. 7:25 4.17. "Endangered species" also include any species or subspecies of wildlife appearing on any Federal endangered species list pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.
TROUT MAINTENANCE WATER - A section of water designated as trout maintenance in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Surface Water Quality Standards at N.J.A.C. 7:9B.
TROUT PRODUCTION WATER - A section of water identified as trout production in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Surface Water Quality Standards at N.J.A.C. 7:9B.