SEDIMENTATION means the deposition of soil that has been transported from its site of origin by air, water, ice, wind; gravity or other natural means as a product of erosion.
SEDIMENTATION BASIN means a basin formed by a barrier or dam constructed across a waterway or at other suitable locations to intercept and retain sedimentation and debris.
SELF STORAGE FACILITY means a structure containing separate, individual and private storage spaces ranging from 30 to 400 square feet; and leased or rented on individual leases for varying periods of time.
SERVICE STATION AND AUTOMOTIVE GARAGE mean any building, premises or land in or upon which the storage, repair, maintenance, working or servicing of vehicles is conducted.
SET-ASIDE means the percentage of housing units devoted to low- and moderate-income households within an inclusionary development.
SETBACK LINE means the line defining the rear edge of a required front yard.
SHOPPING CENTER means one or more buildings or parts thereof designed as a unit to be occupied by one or more retail businesses and/or consumer service uses and offices.
SIGHT TRIANGLE means a triangularly shaped area used as a line of vision established at intersections in accordance with the requirements of this chapter in which nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to obstruct vision between a height of 30 inches and seven feet above the centerline grade of either street.
SIGHT TRIANGLE EASEMENT means an easement which allows the grantee of the easement to have the right of entry into an established sight triangle area to remove any obstruction to vision within the sight triangle area not conforming to the standards of the definition of the term "sight triangle," following due notice to the property owner.
SIGN means any announcement, declaration, demonstration, billboard, display, illustration or insignia used to promote or advertise the interest of any person, group of persons or product, when such is placed, erected, attached, painted or printed so as to be visible to the general public; any graphic, freestanding or affixed to a building or window, used or placed as an announcement or declaration to identify, advertise or promote the interest of any person, event, service or business activity. Signs can either be freestanding, facade or applied to a window or a structure.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING means a residential structure which is occupied by one family, without common walls, with other residential structures.
SITE PLAN means a development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:
(1) The existing and proposed conditions of the lot, including but not necessarily limited to topography, vegetation, drainage, floodplains, marshes and waterways.
(2) 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.
(3) The location of all existing and proposed soil erosion and sedimentation control measures.
(4) The location of existing and proposed surface water runoff control measures.
(5) Any other information that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed determination with regard to applications for approval of site plans.
SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE See Subdivision and site plan review committee.
SOIL means all unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN means a scheme which indicates land treatment measures, including a schedule of the timing of their installation, to minimize soil erosion and sedimentation before, during and after disturbance. The minimum standards for the control of soil erosion and sedimentation shall be the Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control, as promulgated by the state soil conservation committee, and may be cited in this chapter as "standards."
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE means standards adopted by this chapter pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-65 regulating noise levels, glare, earthborne or sonic vibrations, heat, electronic or atomic radiation, noxious odors, toxic matters, explosive and inflammable matters, smoke and airborne particles, waste discharge, screening of unsightly objects or conditions and such other similar matters as may be reasonably required by the township or required by applicable federal or state laws or municipal ordinances.
STORAGE, PERMANENT means the keeping of commodities for an indefinite period of time.
STORAGE, TEMPORARY means the keeping of commodities for a prescribed period of time. Unless specifically stated to the contrary, the prescribed period of time is presumed not to exceed six months.
STREAM BANK means that land area immediately adjacent to the bed of the stream which is essential in maintaining the integrity thereof.
STREAM CORRIDOR means the bed bank, wetland transition zone and 100-year flood zone of a perennial watercourse and any immediate adjacent slopes 12 percent or greater.
STREAM ENCROACHMENT LINE means a line, described by metes and bounds, which defines the boundary between the floodway and flood fringe area in a nondelineated floodplain and which customarily marks the limit of fill to be placed in a delineated floodplain.
STREET .
(1) The term "street" means any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive or other way which is:
a. An existing state, county or municipal roadway.
b. Shown upon a plat approved pursuant to law.
c. Approved by official action, as provided by this chapter.
d. Shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county prior to the appointment of the planning board and the grant to such board of the power to review plats.
(2) The term "street" includes the land between street lines, whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines.
(3) For the purpose of this chapter, "streets" shall be classified as follows:
a. MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS means those which are designed for regional high-volume, high-speed through-traffic movements.
b. SECONDARY ARTERIAL STREETS means those designed both for regional traffic and as the arteries between major sections of the township.
c. PRIMARY COLLECTOR STREETS means those designed to provide connections between arterial streets as well as sections of the township.
d. SECONDARY COLLECTOR STREETS means those which are designed to provide the overall circulation system within the blocks formed by the arterial and primary collector street system.
e. MINOR COLLECTOR STREETS means those which are designed to provide circulation within development areas, and include the principal access and circulation streets within a development.
f. MINOR STREETS means those which are designed to provide access solely to abutting properties.
g. MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS AND SERVICE ROADS mean those which are immediately adjacent and parallel to arterial streets and are designed to preclude direct access from adjacent properties to the arterial streets.
h. CUL-DE-SAC AND DEAD-END STREETS mean minor streets with only one outlet.
i. ALLEYS means rights-of-way which are used primarily for service access to the backs or sides of properties whose fronts are on a street.
j. EXISTING AND DEDICATED IMPROVED STREETS, AS APPLIED TO MINOR SUBDIVISIONS , means any dedicated streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, parkways, viaducts, alleys or other ways which are presently maintained by the state, county or township; which, by reason of their conditions, can be traversed at all times of the year by modern motor vehicles; and which provide adequate access for firefighting equipment, ambulances and other emergency vehicles necessary for the protection of health and safety.
STREET LINE means the dividing line between the street and a lot. Where title to land extends to the center of a street, the sideline of such street shall be deemed to be the street line.
STRUCTURE means 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 means 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:
(1) 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.
(2) Divisions of property by testamentary or intestate provisions.
(3) Divisions of property upon court order, including but not limited to judgments of foreclosure.
(4) Consolidation of existing lots by deed or other recorded instrument.
(5) The conveyance of one or more adjoining lots, tracts or parcels of land owned by the same person and all of which are found and certified by the proper administrative official to conform to the requirements of this chapter and all municipal development regulations and are shown as separate lots, tracts or parcels on the township tax map.
The term "subdivision" shall also include the term "resubdivision."
SUBDIVISION AND SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE means an advisory committee appointed by the planning board and the zoning board of adjustment for the purpose of reviewing all applications for preliminary subdivision and site plan approval and all applications for approval of use variances submitted in relation to applications for preliminary subdivision and site plan approval; making reports and recommendations to the boards; and such other duties as may be conferred upon it by either board. Its membership shall be made up of members of the planning board and the zoning board, designated professional employees of the township and representatives of such other agencies as shall be designated.
SUBSTANTIVE CERTIFICATION means a determination by the council approving the township's housing element and fair share plan in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Housing Act of 1985 and the rules and criteria as set forth in this chapter.
SUPERMARKET means a self-service retail establishment of no more than 80,000 square feet in total floor area primarily selling food as well as other convenience and household goods, excluding warehouse/discount clubs as defined in this chapter.
SURFACE WATER means all water standing or flowing upon the surface of the land.
SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN means a plan which fully indicates sufficient surface water runoff control measures to effectively minimize surface water runoff damage before, during and after land disturbance.
SWIMMING POOL means as follows:
(1) Private swimming pool means any constructed pool which is used, or intended to be used, as a swimming pool in connection with a building of use group R-3 and available only to the family of the householder and his private guests.
(2) Public swimming pool means any swimming pool other than a private swimming pool. Townhouse means one of three or more attached family dwellings.
TRAILER means a structure standing on wheels and/or having a permanent chassis, towed or hauled by another vehicle and used for short-term human occupancy, storage of materials, goods, or objects, or as a temporary office.
TRANSCRIPT means a typed or printed verbatim record of the proceedings or reproduction thereof.
TRANSITION AREA means an area, corridor or buffer adjacent to a freshwater wetland whose width has been defined in N.J.A.C. 7:7A-1 et seq., Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act rules and delineated by letter of interpretation. Such transition area shall be considered part of a stream corridor when located adjacent to the corridor.
TRANSITION LOT means a contiguous property, subject to common ownership, which is divided by a boundary line between a residential and nonresidential zone district.
TRUCK STOP means any building, premises or land in which or upon which is conducted the business of maintenance, servicing, storage or repair of commercial vehicles, and includes overnight accommodations, or bathing/showering facilities.
TRUCK TERMINAL means a building, premises or land whose principal use involves:
(1) The storage and maintenance of trucks.
(2) The transferral of goods from one truck to another while such goods are en route from their origin to their destination.
USE means the specific purpose for which a parcel of land or a building or portion of a building is designed, arranged, intended, occupied or maintained.
USE, LOCAL SALES AND SERVICES , means a retail business which primarily serves a neighborhood or a village and activities primarily serving families and individuals, as distinguished from businesses and industries.
USE, RESEARCH LABORATORIES , means scientific or research laboratories devoted to research, design and experimentation and processing and fabricating incidental thereto, where no materials or finished products are manufactured, processed or fabricated on the premises for sale except such as are incidental to the laboratory activities.
USE, RETAIL SALES , means a retail business which serves an area larger than a neighborhood or a village.
VARIANCE means permission to depart from the literal requirements of the zoning provisions of this chapter pursuant to sections 62-83 and 62-114.
VELOCITY means the distance traveled in a specified amount of time and which is measured in feet per second.
VOLUME means the quantity of liquid, measured in gallons, acre-feet or cubic feet.
WAREHOUSE means any building, premises or land in which or upon which the principal use involves the storage of goods and materials.
WAREHOUSE/ DISCOUNT CLUBS means a retail store, usually selling a wide variety of merchandise, in which customers purchase large, wholesale quantities of the store's products, where customers may be required to pay annual membership fees.
WATERCOURSE means any natural or artificial path of water movement having eroded banks, beds, boundaries or channels, whether perennial or intermittent, as well as the land thereunder. Where the level of water varies with the season, the annual rainfall and/or other factors, natural or artificial, it shall be measured by reference to the high-water mark.
WATERSHED means an area of land which collects surface water runoff draining toward lower elevations via a system of watercourses.
WETLANDS means as defined in the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 13:9B-1 et seq.
WHOLESALE BUSINESS means any building, premises or land in which or upon which the principal business, operation or industry involves any handling and resale of goods in comparatively large quantities to others, but not usually to the ultimate consumer of an individual unit.
YARD, FRONT , means an open space, unoccupied except by a use specifically permitted, extending across the full width of a lot and lying between any street line and the nearest point of the principal structure on the lot.
YARD, REAR , means an open space, unoccupied except by a use specifically permitted, extending across the full width of a lot and lying between the rear lot line and the nearest point of the principal structure on the lot.
YARD, SIDE , means an open space, unoccupied except by a use specifically permitted, extending from the front yard to the rear yard of a lot and lying between the side lot line and the nearest point of the principal structure on the lot.
ZONING PERMIT means a document signed by the administrative officer which:
(1) Is required as a condition precedent to the commencement of a use or the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion or installation of a structure or building.
(2) Acknowledges that such use, structure or building complies with the provisions of this chapter or a variance therefrom duly authorized by a municipal agency. (Code 1988, § 175-3; Ord. No. 12-94, § 1, 5-3-1994; Ord. No. 26-94, § 1, 8-16-1994; Ord. No. 30-95, § 1, 5-16-1995; Ord. 11-96, § 1, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 101-98, I(1), 12-1-1998; Ord. No. 35-99, § I, 7-6-1999; Ord. No. 61-00, § II, 2000; Ord. No. 16-03, § I, 4-1-2003; Ord. No. 05-03, 2-4-2003; Ord. No. 2006-71, § I, 11-13-2006; Ord. No. 2007-86, § I, 1-22-2008; Ord. No. 2008-13, § I, 3-11-2008; Ord. No. 2009-30, § I, 7-28-2009; Ord. No. 2010-19, § I, 6-8-2010; Ord. No. 2010-30, § I, 7-27-2010; Ord. No. 2010-31, § I, 9-28-2010)
