A subordinate use or building, the purpose of which is customarily incidental to that of the principal use or building and on the same lot.

The complete and entire acreage of property included within the property boundaries, including any property submerged under water or within an area of floodplain, wetland or other area designated as open space, or otherwise restricted, but excluding any land within rights-of-way or their future rights-of-way and any land without development rights.

The acreage of a site or development area not including existing or proposed rights-of-way or reserved open space areas.

A sales price or rent level that is within the means of a low- or moderate-income household as defined in N.J.A.C. 5:93-7.4; in the case of an ownership unit, that the sales price for the unit conforms to the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.6, as may be amended and supplemented, and, in the case of a rental unit, that the rent for the unit conforms to the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.12, as may be amended and supplemented.

A development included in the housing element and fair share plan, or proposed as an amendment to same, that may include, but is not limited to, an inclusionary development, a municipal construction project or a 100% affordable development.

A monthly rent including utilities charged to an eligible very-low-, low- or moderate-income family which shall not exceed 30% of their monthly gross income as calculated by N.J.A.C. 5:93-7.4(f).

A housing unit proposed or created to be affordable in accordance with the New Jersey Fair Housing Act,[2] approved for crediting by the Court or other legally mandated means, and/or funded through an affordable housing trust fund.

A residential development including accessory buildings and required or permitted social, cultural or recreational facilities limited to certain age groups conforming to 24 CFR Part 100, Subpart E, Housing for Older Persons, of the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 as it may be amended or superseded.

As applied to a building or structure, a change or rearrangement in the structure parts or in the existing facilities or an enlargement, whether by extension of a side or by increasing the height or by moves from one location to another.

A facility which is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to provide apartment-style housing and congregate dining and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed, for four or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor.

A story partly underground and having less than 2/3 of its height above the average level of the finished grade at the front of the building.

A strip of land of designated width designed to protect adjacent, incompatible uses or environmentally sensitive areas.

Any structure having a roof supported by columns, piers or walls, including tents, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp cars or other structures on wheels, or having other supports and any unroofed platform, terrace or porch having a vertical face higher than three feet above the level of the ground from which the height of the building is measured.

The total of the areas of outside dimensions on a horizontal plane at ground level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of unroofed porches, terraces or steps having a vertical face less than three feet above the level of the ground from which the height of the building is measured.

The horizontal square footage by which all buildings occupy a lot as measured by a vertical plane established by the outside edge of the surface of an exterior wall and the drip edge of a roof of all roofed structures.

The vertical dimension measured from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof.

The line parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom equal to the depth of the front yard required for the district in which the lot is located, or any line which establishes the minimum depth of the required front yard as measured from the street line.

All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds, except those containing resin extracted from the plant, which are cultivated and, when applicable, manufactured in accordance with the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act., P.L. 2021, c. 16 (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et seq.) for use in cannabis products, and medical cannabis intended for consumption by registered qualifying patients pursuant to the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et al.) and P.L. 2015, c. 158 (N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22 et al.); but shall under no circumstance include marijuana as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-27 and applied to any offense set forth in Chapters 35, 35A, and 36 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or P.L. 2001, c. 114 (N.J.S.A. 2C:35B-1 et seq.), or marihuana as defined in section of P.L. 1970, c. 226 (N.J.S.A. 24:21-2) and applied to any offense set forth in the New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, P.L. 1970, c. 226 (N.J.S.A. 24:21-1 et al.); or hemp or a hemp product cultivated, handled, processed, transported, or sold pursuant to the New Jersey Hemp Farming Act, P.L. 2019, c. 238 (N.J.S.A. 4:28-6 et al.).

Any licensed person or entity that grows, cultivates, or produces cannabis in this state, and sells, and may transport, this cannabis to other cannabis cultivators, or usable cannabis to cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not to consumers. A cannabis cultivator that is also licensed to sell cannabis and cannabis products to the public outside Gibbsboro shall nevertheless be permitted to engage in cannabis cultivation in Gibbsboro. A cannabis cultivator requires a Class 1 New Jersey license to operate.

Businesses providing courier services for consumer purchases that are fulfilled by a licensed cannabis retailer in order to make deliveries of the purchased items to a consumer, and which service would include the ability of a consumer to make a purchase directly through the cannabis delivery service which would be presented by the delivery service for fulfillment by a retailer and then delivered to a consumer. A cannabis delivery service requires a Class 6 New Jersey license to operate.

Any licensed person or entity involved in transporting cannabis plants in bulk from one licensed cultivator to another licensed cultivator, or cannabis items in bulk from any type of licensed cannabis business to another. A cannabis distributor requires a Class 4 New Jersey license to operate.

Any usable cannabis, cannabis product, cannabis extract, and any other cannabis resin including any form of medical cannabis intended for consumption by registered qualifying patients pursuant to the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 et al.) and P.L. 2015, c. 158 (N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22 et al.).

The drying, processing, compounding, or conversion of usable cannabis into cannabis products or cannabis resins.

Any licensed person or entity that processes cannabis items by purchasing or otherwise obtaining usable cannabis, manufacturing, preparing, and packaging cannabis items, and selling, and optionally transporting, these items to other cannabis manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not to consumers. A cannabis manufacturer that is also licensed to sell cannabis and cannabis products to the public in locations outside Gibbsboro shall nevertheless be permitted to engage in cannabis manufacturing in Gibbsboro. A cannabis manufacturer requires a Class 2 New Jersey license to operate.

A product containing usable cannabis, cannabis extract, or any other cannabis resin, and other ingredients intended for human consumption or use, including a product intended to be applied to the skin or hair, edible cannabis products, ointments, and tinctures.

Any licensed person or entity operating location(s) at which cannabis items and related supplies are sold to consumers. A cannabis retailer entity requires a Class 5 New Jersey license to operate.

Any licensed person or entity involved in obtaining and selling cannabis items for later resale by other licensees. A cannabis wholesaler requires a Class 3 New Jersey license to operate.

A certificate issued by the Building Subcode Official and endorsed by the Zoning Inspector upon completion of the construction of a new building or upon a change in the occupancy of a building which certifies that all requirements of this chapter, or such adjustments thereof which have been granted by the Board of Adjustment, and all other applicable requirements have been complied with.

A facility which is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the proprietor.

Any area of wetlands, lake or stream, plus the accompanying buffer, or any area of floodplain or steep slopes as designated on the Zoning Map or Master Plan.

Next to, abutting or touching and having a boundary or portion thereof which is coterminous. For the purpose of this definition, land divided by a public street shall not be contiguous.

The horizontal area measured within the outside of the exterior walls of the ground floor of all principal and accessory buildings on a lot.

The horizontal area of a lot covered by an impervious surface.

The number of dwelling units per acre of land calculated by dividing the total number of units by the gross acreage of property included within an application for development.

The number of dwelling units per acre of land calculated by dividing the total number of units by the net acreage of the proposed development or the appropriate component of the proposed development.

Land exclusive of watercourses, tides, freshwater wetlands and their buffers pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7A, aquifer recharge areas, easements and rights-of-way and slopes in excess of a fifteen-percent grade over 50 horizontal feet.

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.

A structure, or an entirely self-contained portion thereof, which is designed for and occupied principally as a place of residence. A dwelling must be suitable for year-round occupancy and must contain facilities for cooking, sleeping, bathing and human sanitation which are for the exclusive use of the occupants of the dwelling.

One or more persons in a single housekeeping unit sharing living and cooking responsibilities.

The one-hundred-year floodplain as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map and on the Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Borough of Gibbsboro as Zone A. The one-hundred-year floodplain is the area inundated by the floodwaters during a flood which has a one-in-one-hundred chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.[5]

The sum of gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings, but not to include interior parking spaces, loading space for motor vehicles, any area where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than 6 1/2 feet or accessory buildings not intended for human habitation.

The sum of the gross floor area of all buildings on a tract divided by the gross acreage of the site.

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel, oil or lubricating substance and which may include the sale of motor vehicle accessories and facilities for polishing, greasing, washing, spraying, dry cleaning or otherwise cleaning or servicing such motor vehicles.

A comprehensive plan for the development of a planned development pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-45.1 through 40:55D-45.8.

A use customarily carried on within a dwelling by the inhabitants thereof, which use is incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and does not change the character thereof or involve the use of mechanical equipment other than that customarily used for purely domestic or hobby purposes. A home occupation shall not be interpreted to include the following: a barber- or beauty shop or hair stylist, and a tearoom, tourist home, convalescent home, stable or kennel or any use involving retail sales of goods to the general public or external storage of materials is prohibited.

A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public and providing additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms and recreational facilities. See also "motel."

A domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility, which customarily lives within a dwelling with its owner. Examples include but are not limited to dogs, cats, canaries and goldfish. Animals which do not customarily live within a dwelling such as chickens, ducks, pigs and undomesticized wildlife are not considered pets for the purposes of this chapter.

Any material which prevents the absorption of stormwater and reduces the percolation rate of previously undeveloped land to less than one inch in 120 minutes; any surface constructed of Portland cement or bituminous concrete (asphalt); swimming pools; and any surface deemed to be an impervious surface by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection in the calculation of stormwater runoff.

A residential development in which at least 10% of the units are reserved for low-income households as defined by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing and in which 10% of the units are reserved for moderate-income households as defined by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.

Any area and/or structure used or intended to be used for the conducting and operating of the business of selling, buying, storing or trading in used or discarded metal, glass, paper, cordage or any used or disabled fixtures, vehicles or equipment of any kind. The storage or other use of not more than three disabled vehicles in conjunction with a public garage shall not be considered a junkyard.

A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing or experimentation, but not to include medical diagnostic testing or manufacturing for the sale of products, except as incidental to the main purpose of the laboratory.

An area within a property or site, generally adjacent to and parallel with the property line, either consisting of natural existing vegetation or created by the planting of trees, shrubs, fences and/or berms, designed to continuously limit the view of and/or sound and light from the site to adjacent sites or properties, which buffer contains both landscape screens and open ground. "Landscape buffer" shall include the term "buffer."

An area within a property or site, either consisting of natural existing vegetation or created by the planting of trees, shrubs, fences and/or berms, designed to provide a visual screen to shield from view such activities as surface parking areas, loading and service areas and trash and recycling collection facilities.

A parcel or area of land, the dimensions and extent of which are determined by the latest official records or by the latest approved map of the subdivision of which the lot is a part.

A household with a total gross annual household income equal to 50% or less of the regional median household income by household size.

A restricted unit that is affordable to a low-income household.

To undertake the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials and substances into new products, including the assembling of component parts, the creation of products and the blending of pellets, viscous liquids and liquids.

A household with a total gross annual household income in excess of 50% but less than 80% of the regional median household income by household size.

A restricted unit that is affordable to a moderate-income household.

An establishment providing transient accommodation with at least 25% of all rooms having direct access to the outside without the necessity of passing through a main lobby of a building.

A building which in its design or location upon a lot does not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the zone in which it is located.

A lot or parcel which does not have the minimum width or contain the minimum area for the zone in which it is located or the use of which it is being put.

Use of a building or of land that does not conform to the regulations of the zone in which it is located.

The specific purpose for which land or a building is used, designed or maintained.

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.

Land within or related to a development, not individually owned, which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development and which may include such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate.

An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the Borough of Gibbsboro or an authorized municipal agency or land trust, the Board of Education, Camden County, the State of New Jersey or other public body for recreational or conservational uses.

Any public or private land area designed and used for temporarily storing motor vehicles, including parking lots, garages, private driveways and legally designated areas of public streets, but excluding the means of access thereto.

Any lot which is devoted to the parking of automobiles in return for a fee which is not directly operated by a use permitted in the zone in which located.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or his or her goods or apparel, including but not limited to laundering, shoe repair, hair and body care, tailoring, and domestic services; and incidental sales related to such services.

An area of a minimum contiguous size, as specified by ordinance, to be planned and developed as a single entity and containing one or more residential clusters, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39c.

An area of a minimum contiguous size, as specified by ordinance, to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing one or more residential clusters or planned residential developments and one or more public, quasi-public or commercial areas in such ranges or ratios as otherwise specified in this chapter, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-39c.

The Planning Board of the Borough.

A building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which the building is situated.

The office of a physician, lawyer, dentist, architect, professional engineer, theologian or similar member of a recognized profession who customarily has offices in the dwelling in which such person resides, but not including an office such as a real estate office, accountant's office, insurance office or other office permitted only in commercial districts.

Leisure-time activities, usually of a formal nature and performed with other participants, typically requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed places, sites or fields.

Any leisure-time activity not considered active.

An establishment where food and drink is prepared, served, and consumed primarily within the principal building.

An accessory building not for human occupation used for storage purposes.

A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking provided on site, and provisions for goods' delivery separated from customer access, for aesthetic considerations and for protection from the elements.

Any device, structure or object for visual communication that is used for the purpose of bringing the subject thereof to the attention of others.

The area included within the frame or edge of the sign. Where the sign has no such frame or edge, the area shall be defined by an enclosed four-sided (straight sides) geometric shape which most closely outlines said sign.

The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees. Slope shall be measured by dividing a horizontal base line by the vertical distance and expressing the result as a percentage.

Any change in elevation exceeding 15% over 50 horizontal feet.

That part of a building between the surface of any floor and the next floor above it or, in its absence, then the finished ceiling or roof above it. A split-level story shall be considered a second story if its floor is six feet or more above the level of the line of the finished floor next below it, except a cellar. Any floor under a sloping roof at the top of a building which is more than two feet below the top plate shall be counted as a story, and if less than two feet below the top plate, it shall be counted as a half-story. A basement shall be counted as a story.

A natural or man-made waterway, including intermittent streams which flow for only part of the year and perennial streams, as mapped on the United States Geological Survey Clementon Quadrangle Topographic Map.

A public thoroughfare which has been or will be dedicated or deeded to the public for public use and which has been improved and accepted in accordance with Borough regulations.

That line determining the limit of the highway rights of the public, either existing or contemplated. Where a definite right-of-way width has not been established, the street line shall be assumed to be at a point 25 feet from the center line of the existing pavement.

A combination of materials to form a construction that is safe and stable and includes, among other things, stadiums, platforms, radio towers, sheds, storage bins, swimming pools, both permanent and portable, but not the wading pool as defined in Chapter 364, Swimming Pools, and fences.

An establishment used primarily for the serving of liquor by the drink to the general public and where food or packaged liquors may be served or sold only as an accessory activity to the primary use.

An area of land consisting of one of more contiguous lots which is the subject of an application for development.

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, arranged, intended or for which it may be occupied or maintained.

Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support and that under normal circumstances do support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. The wetlands regulated by this chapter are those delineated in the Conservation Element of the Master Plan of Gibbsboro.

A document signed by the Zoning Officer: