A subordinate use or building, the purpose of which is customarily incidental to that of a main use or building located on the same lot.

The Planning Board Clerk shall serve as the administrative officer for the activities required under the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.).

A retail establishment which sells or distributes such items as, but not limited to, books, printed materials, movies, filmstrips, paraphernalia and related items which, by applying contemporary standards, have as a dominant theme or purpose an appeal to prurient interests.

Development features creating or exacerbating unsafe, unsatisfactory or noncomplying conditions such as inconsistency with the zoning regulations; insufficient street width; unsuitable street grade or street location; inconvenient street system; inadequate utilities such as water, drainage and sewerage; unsuitable size, shape and location of any area reserved for public use or common open space; infringement upon wetlands, wetland buffers or areas subject to flooding; or conditions leading to soil erosion by wind or water from excavation or grading, all as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-38 and measured against the standards of this chapter.

A dwelling unit deed restricted to persons of low- and moderate-income as defined by N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq. and eligible for credit pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:97-1 et seq., as such definitions may be amended or superseded pursuant to law.

The Planning Board of the Borough of Berlin.

An apartment-style building containing at least 75 independent apartment units with a private bath and kitchenette in each unit together with such common elements in the building as a dining room, social rooms, lobby and similar functions. An assisted living residence shall obtain all licenses required by the State of New Jersey and shall include facilities required of the state such as but not limited to nursing care, medical office, pharmacy, social and recreation programs, transportation services, housekeeping services and laundry facilities and services and shall require a minimum age of 62 years for each resident.

Buildings and structures that are either physically attached or, if not physically attached, separated by no more than four inches.

A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its height above ground.

An off-site, lettered or pictorial advertising sign.

The area of a lot covered by buildings measured on a horizontal plane around the periphery of the foundation(s) and including the area under a roof as measured around the extremities of the roof.

The vertical distance measured to the highest point of the building from the finished grade along the front of the building. Chimney, mechanical and utility equipment, and place of worship spires shall not be included.

A vertical plane coinciding with the farthest projection of the exterior surface of each side of a building, including cantilevered section(s). All setbacks and yards shall be measured to the building line.

The paved or traveled portion of a street. Where there are curbs, the cartway is that portion between the curbs.

That portion of a building having 1/2 or more of its height below ground.

A facility for the care, development or supervision of six or more children under six years of age who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day. The facility, where permitted, shall be licensed by the State Department of Human Services, Division of Youth and Family Services pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.).

A planned residential development where the developed portions of the tract have higher densities with other portions of the tract left undeveloped so the average density of the tract is not exceeded.

Land or water, or a combination of each, together with improvements, either in or related to a development, that are designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development. Common property includes common open space and may contain such complementary structures and improvements as necessary and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development.

The submission to the approving authority of an application form and checklist completed by the applicant, all plans and documents as required by this chapter and all fees, taxes and escrow payments paid.

A facility for the care, development or supervision of six or more children under the age of 18 years who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day. The facility shall be licensed by the State Department of Human Services, Division of Youth and Family Services.

The permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of land to be developed.

The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure or of 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 for which permission may be required pursuant to this chapter and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.

A place or establishment where distilling, especially the distilling of liquors, is performed.

Two dwelling units attached side by side, each on a separate lot, and sharing a common wall.

One or more rooms with private bath and kitchen facilities comprising an independent, self-contained dwelling unit in a building comprising three or more such units.

A building or group of buildings such as townhouses and garden apartments with dwelling units for three or more families.

A dwelling which is designed for, and occupied exclusively as, the residence of one housekeeping unit and which is attached by means of a common vertical wall to one other dwelling intended for occupancy by one housekeeping unit.

A detached building containing one dwelling unit.

A single-family attached dwelling in a row of three or more such units separated from one another by an unbroken vertical wall from ground to roof.

A room or series of connected rooms containing living, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities designed or used as the living quarters for one family.

A committee established by the Mayor and Borough Council by Ordinance No. 97-3, as it may be amended or superseded, that is empowered in addition to any other powers granted by ordinance to provide advice and recommendations to the Planning Board on compliance of development applications with the Central Business District design standards but that has no power to vote or take any action that is the purview of said Board as a whole.

All electric lines other than electric transmission lines, including distribution lines and service connections.

Electric lines which are part of an electric company's transmission and subtransmission system which provide a direct connection between a generating station or substation of a utility company and:

One or more persons living together in one dwelling unit as a housekeeping unit on a fairly stable, rather than transient, basis where the occupants share the ordinary tasks of living in a dwelling unit, such as but not limited to cooking and eating together, inside and outside chores and other functional duties and activities akin to emulating family life.

A private residence registered pursuant to the Family Day Care Provider Registration Act [P.L. 1987, c. 27 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-16 et seq.)] where child care services are provided for a fee to not less than three and no more than five children at any one time for no less than 15 hours per week.

A building used for nonresidential purposes and designed so the interior walls may be relocated to accommodate the different and/or changing needs of the occupants.

That portion of the flood hazard area outside the floodway.

The floodway and flood-fringe areas as determined by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection under Section 3 of the Flood Hazard Area Control Act (P.L. 1979, c. 359).

The flood hazard areas of delineated streams as well as areas inundated by the one-hundred-year flood in nondelineated areas.

The channel of a natural stream and portions of the flood hazard area adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the floodwater or flood flow of any natural stream.

The total floor area measured by using the outside dimension of the building at each story. The floor area of separate uses sharing a common wall shall be measured from the center of interior walls and the outside of exterior walls. The total floor area shall include outside areas designed for such things as but not limited to restaurant seating, sidewalk sales and stand-alone kiosks providing business activities. Floor area shall not include:

The sum of the area of all floors of buildings or structures compared to the total area of the site.

An area whose boundaries have been certified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection where the vegetation has typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as "hydrophytic vegetation."

A building containing three or more dwelling units that do not meet the definition of a "townhouse."

An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which:

See "motel."

See "lot coverage."

A development containing both affordable units and market rate units. This term includes, but is not necessarily limited to, new construction, the conversion of a nonresidential structure to residential, and the creation of new affordable units through the reconstruction of a vacant residential structure.

Any area of land, with or without buildings, devoted to the storage, keeping or abandonment of worn-out, cast-off or discarded material or debris, whether or not it is in connection with the dismantling, processing, salvage, sale or other use or disposition of any material whatsoever.

An off-street berth on the same lot with a building or group of buildings for the temporary parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading.

The area contained within the lot lines but not including any portion of a street, whether the street is a right-of-way or dedicated easement. The minimum lot area of a lot fronting on a street proposed to be widened in the adopted Master Plan shall be the minimum area required for the district in which it is located, plus the additional area needed to anticipate the widening of the street.

A lot having at least two adjacent sides fronting on intersecting streets.

The area of a lot covered by buildings, structures, paved surfaces and compacted stone. Paved surfaces include, but are not limited to, sidewalks, patios and decks, whether constructed of blacktop, compacted stone, flagstone, brick, concrete, wood or similar material, but excluding the water surface of any swimming pool. For purposes of this chapter, the water surface area of any swimming pool shall not be counted as lot coverage.

The shortest, straight, horizontal distance between the front lot line and the line drawn parallel to the front line through the midpoint of the rear lot line.

The shortest, straight, horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured between the two points where each side lot line intersects the street right-of-way. The minimum lot frontage dimension shall be the same as the lot width, except that on curved alignments with an outside radius of less than 500 feet, the lot frontage may be reduced to not be less than 75% of the required minimum. In the case of a corner lot, either side may be considered the lot frontage, but the front yard setback shall be met from all streets.

Any line forming a portion of the exterior boundary of a lot. The lot line is the same as the street line for that portion of a lot abutting a street. Lot lines extend vertically in both directions from ground level.

A lot where the rear yard abuts the street line of a higher-order street.

A design technique where some lots are smaller and one or more lots are larger, but the average lot size among all lots in the development is equal to or greater than the minimum required for the zoning district in which the property is located. The different lot sizes may be used to provide a variety of lot sizes and/or create smaller residential lots in order to produce one or more larger lots for such purposes as recreation, school, open space, buffer or similar purposes.

The shortest straight, horizontal distance measured between and perpendicular to side lot lines. The minimum lot width shall be met at the street line (except as permitted for lot frontage) and at the minimum front yard setback, and be maintained throughout the depth of the lot at least as far as necessary to meet the minimum lot area.

A household with a gross aggregate family income less than 80% 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 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Section 8 income limits (uncapped) averaged across counties for the housing region; or, applying to housing affordable to such household.

In addition to the definition of "development" in the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-4), a major development is a subdivision or site plan which satisfies either condition in Subsections (1) and (2) of this definition below:

A brewery that produces less than 15,000 barrels (hectoliters) of beer per year with 75% or more of its beer sold off site. Microbreweries may sell to the public by one or more of the following methods: traditional three-tier system (brewery to wholesaler to retailer to consumer); the two-tier system (brewer acting as wholesaler to retailer to consumer); and directly to the consumer through carry-outs and/or on-site taproom or restaurant sales.

A building designed and used exclusively to accommodate transient guests for periods not to exceed 30 days. Each room shall contain at least one bedroom, one bathroom and one closet. None of the rooms or suite of rooms shall have either a separate kitchen or service area providing a hot plate, or stove top, or microwave oven or other cooking facilities.

Breweries that usually do not brew more than one batch at a time and can sometimes be referred to as a "pico brewery," or "bucket brewery," which distribute to a limited area and only make beer in very small quantities.

A business which grows, stores for display and sells plant material, landscaping and garden supplies.

A facility for the care, development and supervision of children under the age of six years who attend the facility for less than 24 hours a day. The facility shall be licensed by the State Department of Human Services, Division of Youth and Family Services.

A place for the transaction of business where reports are prepared and records kept. An office, as a principal use, is deemed to include banks and financial institutions, medical practices (but not hospitals), and offices of other practitioners and businesses, such as but not limited to lawyers, engineers, accountants, travel agents, insurance and real estate. An office, as a principal use, shall not include retail stores, warehouses and other commercial and industrial uses having office space as accessory uses.

Improvements made outside the lot in question or outside the original tract, respectively, to accommodate conditions generated by a proposed development, including but not limited to new improvements and extensions and modifications of existing improvements in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.

An area located either within a structure or in the open for the parking of a motor vehicle, which space shall not be blocked by another parking space, such as but not limited to the space in the driveway blocking the space in the garage. The minimum dimensions required for a parking space shall be provided within the limits of a rectangle, whether or not the parking space is perpendicular, parallel or at an angle to the driveway or street providing access to the parking space.

A public or private space used to create and present various performing and visual arts. For the purposes of this definition, a performing arts center shall also include educational and training uses associated with the various performing and visual arts.

For the definition of "Pinelands" and those terms specifically applicable to the Pinelands, see the special definitions in Subsection C below.

A building or group of buildings, including customary accessory buildings, designed or intended for public worship. For the purpose of this chapter, "place of worship" shall include, but is not limited to, churches, chapels, congregations, cathedrals, synagogues, temples, as well as parish houses, convents and such accessory uses.

The plat of all or a portion of the development submitted for final approval.

The plat submitted for purposes of classification and discussion.

The plat submitted as a part of the application for preliminary approval including all the details and requirements set forth in Article IV of this chapter.[2]

An accessory area, with or without a roof, attached to the outside of a building which is generally open and not enclosed, except for screening.

The main building(s) on a lot in which the principal use is conducted.

The main purpose for which any lot and/or building is used.

An institution of education whose general course work is comparable to the public school system and whose curriculum is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education or the New Jersey Department of Higher Education.

The office of a member of a recognized profession that requires at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, training and experience as a condition for the practice thereof and a license issued by the State of New Jersey. The issuance of a state or local license for regulation of any occupation shall not alone be deemed indicative of professional standing.

The use of property by a municipal, county, state or federal government.

A vehicle-type, portable structure without a permanent foundation that can be towed, hauled or driven and is primarily designed for recreational, camping and/or travel use, including some which are used for temporary living accommodations and including but not limited to travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, self-propelled motor homes, boats and various vehicles usually transported on trailers, such as but not limited to snowmobiles, jet skis and all terrain vehicles.

A commercial use combining retail and warehouse functions by stocking a large inventory of goods using stack-storage techniques in areas accessible to patrons for the purpose of selling the goods at retail or wholesale prices.

The total width and length of the course of a street, crossroad, railroad, watercourse, utility alignment or other way and within which all improvements and rights of access are confined.

A structure or group of structures consisting of separate storage spaces rented or leased on an individual basis for the storage of business records, household goods, furniture, recreation equipment and similar items.

A lot used for the retail sale of gasoline, oil or other products or services necessary for the maintenance and operation of motor vehicles and may or may not include servicing and minor repairs of motor vehicles, but where no vehicular painting and/or bodywork is done and where no junked or unregistered vehicles are kept or stored. Service stations include specialty businesses such as shops for transmissions, brakes, tuneups, tire sales, wheel alignments, mufflers and oil/fluid changes.

A line drawn parallel to a street line or lot line or limit of an environmental condition (see "yard" definitions) and drawn to the closest point of the building line nearest to such line or limit beyond which a building does not project. The minimum yard requirements shall be the minimum required setbacks. All setbacks from streets shall be measured to the proposed right-of-way width as shown on the adopted Master Plan. Where the right-of-way of any street is coterminous with the curbline or edge of pavement or, if there is less than 10 feet of right-of-way outside the curbline or edge of pavement, the minimum setback measured from the curbline or edge of pavement shall be 10 feet more than the minimum setback shown in the applicable zoning schedule.

One or more buildings or parts thereof designed as a unit to be occupied by two or more businesses, or departments of the business, operating as an integrated development, including but not limited to parking, loading, access, lighting, landscaping, architectural features and coordinated signage. Where there is more than one building on a lot, the buildings shall be spaced as if the buildings were to be on separate lots in order to establish conformance with this chapter for such matters as building setbacks, buffers, driveway locations and distances between buildings.

A triangular area outside the street right-of-way abutting either two intersecting streets or a street and a driveway where an unobstructed view along both vehicular ways is to be maintained.

Any announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illumination, insignia or visual communication used to advertise or promote the interest of any person, product or service when placed in view of the general public.

A site plan shall not be required for single-family and two-family dwellings and their accessory buildings unless such dwellings involve a home occupation.

Site plans not defined as minor or exempt and including a major development (see definition).

Site plans for a new building or a building alteration or addition which involves fewer than five new parking spaces, fewer than 500 feet additional square feet of floor area and/or fewer than 10% additional lot coverage; and which does not involve a planned development, any new street or any off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.

A subcommittee of the Planning Board as otherwise established herein to provide advice and recommendations on development applications but that has no power to vote or take any action that is the purview of the Board as a whole.

That portion of a building between a floor and the floor or roof next above it. A cellar shall not be considered a story. A half story is that top floor of a building which is under a sloped or pitched roof where the roof creates a usable floor area beneath the roof that is smaller than the area of the story below it.

The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way forming the dividing line between the street and the lot.

Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision, and including a major development (see definition).

A subdivision of land for the creation of not more than four lots, including the remainder of the original lot, provided that such subdivision does not involve a planned development, any new street or the extension of any off-tract improvement, the cost of which is to be prorated pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42.

Facilities constructed or assembled above or below ground, having a water depth of more than two feet and/or a surface of 60 square feet or more.

One dwelling unit in a line of three or more dwelling units attached along a common side wall with each dwelling unit extending from the ground to the roof, having individual outside access and having no interior rooms or hallways shared with other dwelling units.

One or more lots. The land area of any existing streets or existing easements for streets, or existing rights-of-way or easements for utilities, shall not be included in calculating the area of the tract.

See "principal use."

Those services including but not limited to pump stations, switching stations and transformers, pipes, lines, cables, service connections and similar facilities that provide the daily service of the utility to the consumer for sewage collection and treatment, water supply, gas, electric, telephone and cable television but does not include, by definition, such other commercial or industrial aspects of these or any other utility service which may or may not be part of a regulated utility company such as towers, repair garages, offices, open storage, energy generation, recycling, landfills, work areas and storage tanks.

Any building or structure, or part thereof, designed or used for the storage of goods and materials. The term includes self-storage, mini and other forms of commercial warehouse activities.

See "freshwater wetlands."

The open space extending outward from the building line, or the closest point of any structure that is not a building, to a lot line, street line or the edge of any environmental area as noted below. In an apartment, townhouse, industrial or office park complex, shopping center or other development where more than one building or structure may be erected on a lot, yards shall also be the open space extending between the buildings and/or structures. The minimum distance between buildings and structures in developments where there is more than one building or structure on a lot shall be the sum of two required yards of the buildings and/or structures, and in no event shall two buildings or structures be closer to one another than the sum of the two required side yards. Where an interior street, driveway or aisle passes between buildings, the required yards shall be in addition to the width of these streets, driveways or aisles. All yard dimensions shall be measured horizontally, in a straight line and at right angles to straight street lines, lot lines, or the building/structure facades or perpendicular to the point of tangent of curved lines and facades.

Open space extending across the full width of a lot between the front lot line and the nearest line of the principal building or any enclosed portion thereof. The depth of such yard shall be the shortest horizontal distance between the front lot line and the nearest point of the building or any enclosed portion thereof.

The open space extending across the full width of the lot located between the rear lot line and the building, or the closest point of any structure that is not a building. The minimum rear yard shall be measured between the rear lot line and the building line. For apartments, townhouses, industrial or office park complexes, shopping centers or other developments where more than one building or structure may be erected on a lot, the rear yard shall be measured from the designated rear of the building or structure to an imaginary line a designated distance away from the rear of the building or structure and shall not count as meeting any other yard requirement.

Open space between the side lot line, the side street line, or the proposed side street line and the principal buildings, or any portion thereof, extending from the front yard to the rear yard, or, in the absence of either of such yards, to the front lot line and/or rear lot line. The width of a side yard shall be the shortest distance between the side lot line and the nearest point of the principal building or any portion thereof.

See N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.32.

Any application filed with any permitting agency for any approval, authorization or permit which is a prerequisite to initiating development in the Pinelands Area, except as provided in § 335-28A(1).

An approval of the Planning Board pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.156 and § 335-28, Development in the Pinelands Protection Area, of this chapter.

A certificate issued by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.34 that a complete application for development has been filed.

The Pinelands Commission created pursuant to Section 5 of the Pinelands Protection Act.

The plan and amendments thereto adopted by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to Section 7 of the Pinelands Protection Act.

Land which is connected or adjacent to other land so as to permit the land to be used as a functional unit; provided that separation by lot line, streams, dedicated public roads which are not paved, rights-of-way, and easements shall not affect the contiguity of land unless a substantial physical barrier is created which prevents the land from being used as a functional unit.

The average number of housing units per unit of land.

The change or enlargement of any use or disturbance of any land, the performance of any building or mining operation, the division of land into two or more parcels and the creation or termination of rights of access or riparian rights, including but not limited to:

Any approval granted by an approving agency, including appeals, to the governing body, except certificates of occupancy and variances pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70, which do not otherwise include issuance of a construction permit, subdivision, or site plan approval.

Any division of land into five or more lots, any construction or expansion of any housing development of five or more dwelling units, any construction or expansion of any commercial or industrial use or structure on a site of more than three acres or any grading, clearing or disturbance of an area in excess of 5,000 square feet.

All development other than major development.

Means the taking of water from a river, stream, lake, pond, aquifer, well, other underground source, or other waterbody, whether or not the water is returned thereto, consumed, made to flow into another stream or basin, or discharged elsewhere.

An addition to the floor area of an existing building, an increase in the size of any other existing structure or an increase in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.

The classification of a parcel of land in accord with the following:

The changing of the characteristics and interactions of fish and wildlife populations and their habitats in order to promote, protect and enhance the ecological integrity of those populations.

The planting, cultivating and harvesting of trees for the production of wood products, including firewood or for forest health. It includes such practices as reforestation, site preparation and other silvicultural practices, including but not limited to artificial regeneration, bedding, broadcast scarification, clear-cutting, coppicing, disking, drum chopping, group selection, individual selection, natural regeneration, root raking, seed tree cut, shelterwood cut and thinning. For purposes of this chapter, the following activities shall not be defined as forestry:

The natural environment of an individual animal or plant, population or community.

Any site, building, district, area, structure or object important in American history or prehistory, architecture, archaeology and culture at the nation, state, county, local or regional level.

Means an area within which water drains to a particular receiving surface water body, also known as a subwatershed, which is identified by an eleven-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey.

Any plant growing in water or in substrata that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a result of excessive water content.

Any surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it prevents, impedes or slows infiltration or absorption of fluid, including stormwater directly into the ground, and results in either reduced groundwater recharge or increased stormwater runoff sufficient to be classified as impervious in Urban Areas by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Title 210 - Engineering, 210-3-1 - Small Watershed Hydrology (WINTR-55) Version 1.0, as amended and supplemented, available with user guide and tutorials at http://www.wsi,nrcs,usda.gov/products/W2Q/H&H/Tools Models/WinTr55.html or at Natural Resources Conservation Service, 220 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873. Such surfaces may have varying degrees of permeability.

Sites, including open dumps, where solid waste, liquid and dry sewage sludge and liquid and dry chemical waste are disposed of by land application with or without the use of management practices or soil covering. For the purposes of this chapter, solid waste transfer stations shall not be considered landfills.

The installation of plant material or seed as part of a development.

An antenna and any support structure, together with any accessory facilities, which complies with the standards of N.J.A.C. 7:50-5.4 and which is intended to serve the limited, localized audience through point-to-point communication, including cellular telephone cells, paging systems and dispatch communications. It does not include radio or television broadcasting facilities or microwave transmitters.

Water capable of being traversed by pleasure craft.

Means the use of water diverted from surface or ground waters in such a manner that at least 90% of the diverted water is returned to the source surface or ground water at or near the point from which it was taken.

Any sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered at a location other than the premises on which the sign is located.

Any quantity of land consisting of one or more lots that is capable of being described with such definiteness that its location and boundaries may be established.

An individual, corporation, public agency, business trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal entity.

The area designated pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Pinelands Protection Act[5] (N.J.S.A. 13:18A-1 to 13:18A-29, as amended).

A use right allocated to certain lands within the Pinelands Area pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-5.43 that can be used to secure a residential density bonus on certain other lands within the Borough and the Pinelands Area.

A Pinelands plant species whose survival worldwide, nationwide or in the state is in jeopardy.

All land within the Pinelands Area in Berlin Borough.

Development, including subdivisions, by the Borough of Berlin or any other governmental agency.

The management program which employs the most efficient use of available technology, natural, human and economic resources.

The largest tree of a particular species in New Jersey based on its circumference at 4.5 feet above ground level. A listing of the largest known tree of each species and its location is maintained at the principal offices of the Pinelands Commission.

Any recreation facility which does not satisfy the definition of a low-intensity recreation facility, including but not limited to golf courses, marinas, amusement parks, hotels and motels.

A facility or area which complies with the standards of N.J.A.C. 7:50-5, Part III, utilizes and depends on the natural environment of the Pinelands, requires no significant modifications of that environment other than to provide access and which has an insignificant impact on surrounding uses or on the environmental integrity of the area. It permits such low-intensity uses as hiking, hunting, trapping, fishing, canoeing, nature study, orienteering, horseback riding and bicycling.

The level below the natural ground surface to which water seasonally rises in the soil in most years.

A solar energy system and all associated components, including, but not limited to, panels, arrays, footings, supports, mounting and stabilization devices, inverters, electrical distribution wires and other on-site or off-site infrastructure necessary for the facility, which converts solar energy into usable electrical energy, heats water or produces hot air or other similar function.

Those lands which are inundated with water throughout the year.

Any plant material, including grasses, shrubs and trees.

Those lands which are inundated or saturated by water at a magnitude, duration and frequency sufficient to support the growth of hydrophytes. Wetlands include lands with poorly drained or very poorly drained soils as designated by the National Cooperative Soils Survey of the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and further defined in N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.3 and 7:50-6.5.

The establishment of a characteristic wetland or the removal of exotic species or Phragmites from a wetland in accordance with the standards of N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.10. For purposes of this definition, exotic species are those that are not indigenous to North America.

Those soils designated as very poorly drained or poorly drained by the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.