As used in this chapter.

a. APPLICANT shall mean a developer submitting an application for site plan review.

b. APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT shall mean the application form and all accompanying documents required by ordinance for approval of a subdivision plat, site plan, planned development, conditional use, zoning variance, or permit to build in a mapped area or for a structure not related to a street.

c. APPROVAL shall mean

1. "Preliminary site plan approval" indicates that the preliminary site plan as submitted meets all requirements of applicable township ordinances and confers upon the applicant all of the benefits provided for in R.S. 40:55D-49.

2. "Final site plan approval" shall mean the approval required prior to issuance of a building permit or other permit authorizing the development of land, pursuant to R.S. 40:55D52,

d. CONVENTIONAL SITE PLAN shall mean any site plan not deemed to be a "minor site plan."

e. DAYS shall mean calendar days.

f. DEVELOPER shall mean 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.

g. MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE shall mean any security. other than cash, which may be accepted by a municipality for the maintenance of any improvement required by this act.

h. MINOR SITE PLAN shall mean a development plan involving one or more lots which (1) proposes no new development within a "shopping village development" pursuant to section 13-10, and merely constitutes a change in occupancy to another permitted use or the same use: (2) does not involve planned development, any new street or extension of any off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42; and (3) contains the information reasonably required in order to make an informed determination as to whether the requirements established by ordinance for a site plan have been met.

i. OFF-TRACT shall mean not located on the property which is the subject of a development application nor on contiguous portions of a street or right-of-way.

j. ON-TRACT shall mean located on the property which is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.

k. PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE shall mean security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the reviewing board approves a site plan: including performance . bonds, escrow agreements, cash, and other similar collateral or surety agreements.

l. PRELIMINARY FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS shall mean 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.

m. REVIEWING BOARD shall mean the land use board.

n. SITE PLAN shall mean 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, flood plains, 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, screening devices, as required by site plan detail sections of this Chapter. and (3) any other information that may be reasonably required in order to make an informed determination pursuant to an ordinance requiring review and approval of site plans by the planning board

**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 16-1 and 16-2, have been amended as per Supplement No. 16.