The total yearly traffic volume in both directions of travel divided by 365.

A billboard which has carried no message for more than 180 days or longer which identifies a bona fide business, lessor, service, owner, product, or activity, date or time of a past event, and/or for which no legal owner can be found. This definition shall also include any billboard structure which no longer supports the billboard for which it was designed.

A single vehicular entrance and/or exit between a street and a lot.

A self-contained residential dwelling unit with a kitchen, sanitary facilities, sleeping quarters, and a private entrance, which is created within an existing residence, or through the conversion of an existing accessory structure on the same lot, or by an addition to an existing residence or accessory building.

A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building or structure on the same zone lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building.

The construction of a new improvement which changes the exterior appearance of a building or structure which comprises an existing improvement.

Any business function in which there is not regular contact with the general public and where no materials, products, goods or prepared foods are stored except for office consumption.

The Director of Community Development and Planning of the Township of Gloucester or designee responsible for administering the responsibilities and authorities specified for the administrative officer in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-3.

See "AADT."

A building or a portion of a building regularly featuring dancing or other live entertainment if the dancing or entertainment that constitutes the primary live entertainment is distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the exhibiting of specific sexual activities or specified anatomical areas for observation by patrons therein.

Magazines, books, videotapes, movies, slides, CD-ROMs, DVDs, or other devices used to record images or other media that are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to hard-core material.

An establishment that rents and/or sells media and that meets any of the following three tests:

An establishment emphasizing or predominantly showing sexually oriented movies.

An establishment offering goods for sale or rent and that meets any of the following tests:

A residential development including accessory buildings and required or permitted social, cultural, medical and 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.[1]

The use of land for common farmsite activities, including but not limited to: production, harvesting, storage, grading, packaging, processing and the wholesale and retail marketing of crops, plants, animals (excluding swine) and other related commodities and the use and application of techniques and methods of soil preparation and management, fertilization, weed, disease and pest control, disposal of farm waste, irrigation, drainage and water management, and grazing.

The traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces. [RSIS]

A public or private street primarily designed to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.

Includes, but are not limited to, the following:

Any place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment, including short-term boarding only incidental to such hospital use.

Any building, structure or premises in which animals are kept, boarded, bred or trained for commercial gain.

See "dwelling unit, multifamily."

A developer submitting an application for development. [MLUL]

The application or appeal forms, together with the required fees 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 issuance of a permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-34 or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-36. [MLUL]

The Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Gloucester unless a different agency is designated by ordinance when acting pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.

See "street, arterial."

A survey by a New Jersey licensed land surveyor that indicates improvements on, above, and below the ground after construction pursuant to a final site plan or subdivision approval precedent to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

A facility which is licensed by the NJ 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. In the context of this definition, "apartment" shall mean a dwelling unit offering, at a minimum, one unfurnished room, private bathroom, kitchenette, and a lockable door on the unit entrance.

An establishment that repairs and repaints motor vehicles after collision, fire damage, water damage, or other natural disaster or for the purpose of restoration.

Any building, premises and land in which or upon which a business, service or industry involving the maintenance, servicing, or repair of passenger vehicles and light trucks or vans is conducted or rendered.

The use of any building, land or other property for the display and sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks and vans, trailers or recreational vehicles and including vehicle preparation, repair and auto body work as accessory uses.

An establishment that recycles parts and other materials from motor vehicles or otherwise disposes of same. Compare with "junkyard."

Any building accessory to a primary residence used for the housing, storage or preparation for marketing of plants or animals, provided that a "barn" is permitted only where the use of the plants or animals to be housed, stored or prepared for marketing is an otherwise permitted use under this chapter.

A barn which utilizes heavy timber framing as the support for the roof. The sides of the pole barn may or may not be closed.

A story having a portion of its height below grade and the finished floor level directly above the basement with more than 1/2 the height of the basement above average ground level around the building. A "basement" is counted as a story if the ceiling is more than six feet above the average grade or is subdivided and used for dwelling purposes, other than for a janitor employed on the premises.

Overnight accommodations and a forenoon meal in a dwelling unit or any part thereof, including any accessory building, structure or use, provided to transients for compensation.

A mound of soil, either natural or constructed, used for one or more of the following purposes: screen, buffer, separator, landscape feature, noise attenuator, dam, or stormwater control. [RSIS]

A bikeway physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier, and either within the highway right-of-way or within an independent right-of-way or easement. [RSIS]

Any freestanding off-premises object, device, display, sign or structure or any part thereof, displayed outdoors or visible from a public way, which is used to advertise, identify, display direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, product, business, service, event or location, or to express a point of view, by any means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, advertising flags, fixtures, colors, illuminations or projected images. Each substantially different face of a billboard structure shall constitute a separate billboard. Billboards do not include on-premises commercial or political signage, nor small commercial or noncommercial signs temporarily placed in residential lawns by residents, owners, contractors, realtors or by or on behalf of political candidates or issues.

The facing of a billboard, including copy, insignia, background, structural supports, border and trim. The measurement shall be determined by the smallest rectangle inclusive of all letters and images. The structural supports shall be excluded if they do not constitute a major part of the billboard or if the structure is not used to identify or attract attention to the business or product.

The vertical distance measured from the plane of view at the adjacent roadway to the highest point of the billboard structure.

Spacing of billboards shall be the minimum distance between outdoor advertising billboard structures measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the billboards along each side of the highway/roadway and shall apply to outdoor advertising billboard structures located on both sides of the highway/roadway involved.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-69.

A yard area exclusive of yard setbacks; 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 use of trees, shrubs, fences, and/or berms, designed to continuously limit view of and/or sound from the site to adjacent sites or properties; also termed a "buffer yard" or "transition strip."

A line that is established in this chapter a certain horizontal distance from the street line or the lot line and the location to which a building or part of a building is required to be constructed.

The area of a lot remaining after the minimum yard and open space requirements of this chapter have been met and excluding one-hundred-year floodplain, freshwater wetlands, and freshwater wetlands transition buffers.

A combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent, temporary, or continuous occupancy and having a roof. [MLUL]

See "floor area."

The horizontal square footage or other area measurement by which all buildings occupy a lot as measured by a vertical plane established by the outside edge of the roof or roofs.

The vertical distance measured from the main elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point of the roof; flat roofs, to the main height level; between the eaves and the ridge, for gable and hipped roofs; and to the deckline for mansard roofs.

A line parallel to the street line at the minimum yard depth as established in this chapter.

A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the site on which it is situated.

Standards and controls that establish the maximum size of building and structures on a lot and the buildable area within which the building may be located, including area, coverage, setback, height, floor area ratio, and yard or other requirements affecting the physical placement of buildings and structures on a lot.

Any calendar day in which the Township of Gloucester is open to the general public.

A nonresidential land use developed as a single entity combining office, research and development, and/or laboratory uses which may contain ancillary personal services and eating establishments primarily for use by employees and visitors to the complex.

For measurement of nursery stock, the diameter of a tree trunk measured in inches at a point 12 inches above natural grade. For woodland management or tree surveying, the diameter of a tree trunk measured 4 1/2 feet above natural grade.

Any of the following:

Any place, area, lot or tract of land so designed and intended that persons could sleep, reside or dwell thereon, in or under any type of shelter other than in a permanent type of structure which conforms in all respects to the provisions of the Building Ordinance of the Township of Gloucester.

A roof-like structure, open to the elements on four sides, which is used to protect outdoor equipment, such as motor fuel pumps, or a pedestrian walkway.

Any building or premises or potions thereof used for washing automobiles, light trucks and vans for compensation.

The actual road surface area from curbline to curbline which may include travel lanes, parking lanes, and deceleration and acceleration lanes. Where there are no curbs, the cartway is that portion between the edges of the paved, or hard surface, width. [RSIS]

See "basement."

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased, including columbarium, crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries, when operated in conjunction with the cemetery within the boundaries.

A certificate issued by the Construction Official upon completion of construction or alteration of any building or structure. Said certificate shall acknowledge compliance with all requirements of this chapter, such adjustment thereto as granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and/or any other applicable requirements.

The bed and banks of a stream and waterways in the Township which convey the normal flow of the stream that occurs most of the time.

A facility duly licensed by the New Jersey State Department of Human Services for the daytime accommodation of children pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq. See also "family day care home."

See "house of worship."

Systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement of people, goods, water, air, sewage or power by such means as streets, highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes and conduits, and the handling of people and goods by such means as terminals, stations, warehouses, and other storage building or transhipment points.

A private organization for social purposes in which the principal use is in enclosed buildings, and limited outdoor sports are involved.

The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.

See "street, collector."

Actual construction on a parcel of land in accordance with a permit issued by the applicable jurisdiction.

A billboard which identifies goods or services that are not sold on the premises where the billboard is located.

Any sign wording, logo, figure, symbol, color, illumination, fixture, projection, or other representation that, directly or indirectly, names, advertises, or calls attention to a business product, service, or other commercial activity.

A vehicle used in the conduct of business for retail, service or industrial purposes.

Land or water or a combination, together with improvements, within or related to a site designated as a development, and designed and intended for ownership, use and responsibility by the residents and owners of the development. Common property may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit of the residents and owners of the development as approved by the approving authority.

See "Master Plan."

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 specified in this chapter.

A training facility for personnel engaged in business, educational, scientific, or research endeavors, but not to include business or trade schools.

A rental apartment often developed as part of a continuing care retirement community with communal dining facilities and services, such as housekeeping, organized social and recreational activities, transportation services, and other similar support services for residents. Includes the term "comprehensive personal care home."

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, roads, rights-of-way, and easements shall not affect the contiguity of land.

An age-restricted development that provides a continuum of accommodations and care, from independent living to long-term bed care and which enters into contracts to provide lifelong care in exchange for the payment of monthly fees plus an entrance fee in excess of one year of monthly fees conforming to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-330 et seq.

A retail store which sells a limited variety of prepackaged sundries, dry goods and food, with hours of operation generally from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. or longer and usually not larger than 4,000 square feet.

A club operated for profit, which may include a golf course containing not less than 60 acres for each nine holes of golf and/or associated recreational facilities.

The County of Camden, State of New Jersey.

The Planning Board of the County of Camden.

Land within the one-hundred-year floodplain, freshwater wetlands and freshwater transition areas, and slopes in excess of 15%.

See "street, cul-de-sac."

Diameter at breast height.

Calendar days. [MLUL]

A raised unroofed platform attached to a dwelling.

An appropriation of land to some public use made by the owner and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public. [RSIS]

The partial or total razing or destruction of any building or of any improvement to land.

The permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of land to be developed [MLUL]; gross density.

Density of a housing development after roads, common open space and stormwater management areas are deducted, calculated by dividing area by total units.

The number of dwelling units per gross acre of residential land area, including streets, easements, and open space portions of a development.

Instructions that provide a general framework for sound planning and improvements to real property.

Regulations that set forth specific improvement requirements. [RSIS]

A man-made or natural facility designed to collect surface or subsurface water, impeding its flow and permitting its release at a controlled rate not exceeding that existing prior to the development of the property, into natural or man-made outlets.

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 any option or contract to purchase, or any other person having enforceable proprietary interest in such land. [MLUL]

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 any mining, excavation of landfill, and any use or change in use of any building or other structure or land or extension of use of land, for which permission may be required. [MLUL]

A zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance, official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and development of land, or amendment thereto. [MLUL]

The diameter of a tree trunk measured 4 1/2 feet above the natural grade.

The act of exposing, placing, posting, exhibiting, or in any fashion displaying in any location, whether public or private, an item in such a manner that it may be readily seen and its content or character distinguished by normal unaided vision viewing it from a street, highway, or public sidewalk, or from any portion of the premises where items and material other than adult media are on display to the public.

The lands required for the installation and/or maintenance of storm sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage in accordance with N.J.S.A. 58:16A-50 et seq.

A defined paved or unpaved surface providing vehicular access to a street. A "driveway" is not a road, street, boulevard, highway, or parkway. [RSIS]

A room or series of connected rooms containing cooking, sleeping, sanitary, and general living facilities for one housekeeping unit.

A building on a single lot containing two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other, one of which is wholly or partially above the other, with separate entrances at the ground level.

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.

Four attached dwellings in one building in which each unit has two open space exposures and shares a common interior wall with one or two adjoining units, with separate ground floor access for each unit. Units are joined side to side, but are not located one above another.

A building containing two dwelling units side by side on adjoining lots and having a common or party wall and having separate individual sewerage and water facilities and connections.

A building physically separated from other buildings or portions of buildings which is occupied or intended to be occupied for residential purposes by one family.

A building containing three or more attached dwelling units erected in a row on adjoining lots, each unit being separate from the adjoining unit, but attached by a common or party wall and each unit having separate individual outside access and individual public water and sewerage facilities and connections.

A right, such as a right-of-way, afforded a person to make limited use of another's real property.

Whenever the word "employees" or the expression "number of employees" is herein referred to, it shall mean the greatest number of persons to be employed in the building in question during any season of the year and any time of the day or night.

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

A municipal advisory body created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 et seq. [MLUL]

Any business regulated by this chapter.

A federal or state highway to which access is restricted except by ramps or interchanges.

The total area of the exterior face of a building, including walls, windows, doors, and fixtures, below the top of the parapet of a building with a flat roof, the cornice line of a building with a gambrel, gable, or hip roof, or the upper slope line of a building with a mansard roof, that faces a public street, pedestrian walkway, or mall.

One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single household, who are living together as a stable and permanent living unit, being a traditional family or the functional equivalent thereof; a single housekeeping unit.

Child care provided in a private residence conforming to N.J.S.A. 30:5B-16 et seq.

Those persons related by blood or legal relationship in the following manner: grandparents, grandchildren, parent, son, daughter, brothers, sister, aunts, and uncles, and first cousins.

An area of land which is actively devoted to agricultural, silvicultural or horticultural use and which occupies no less than five acres, exclusive of the land upon which any farmhouse is located and such additional land as may be provided in accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.4, 54:4-23.5 and 54:4-23.11.

Any building for storing agricultural equipment or farm produce, housing livestock or poultry or processing dairy products. The term "farm building" shall not include a dwelling.

An artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone, wire, metal or any other manufactured material or combination of materials erected for the enclosure of yard areas or other open spaces.

That portion of a building used solely for the housing of fire-fighting auxiliary equipment and related space.

That portion of a stream, as identifiable on the USGS 7 1/2 inches quadrangle maps, form the point of upstream origin, downstream to the first point of intersection with another branch, stream, or tributary.

The portion of the flood hazard area outside the floodway. See exhibit.

Land in the floodplain subject to flooding during a flood having a flow of 125% of a one-hundred-year flood.

An official map of the Township on which the boundaries of the flood area having special hazards have been designated.

An official map of the Township on which has been delineated the special flood hazard areas in the Township for flood insurance purposes.

An object that includes, but is not limited to, any structure, fill, excavation, channel modification, rock, gravel, refuse or matter in, along, across, or projecting into any channel, watercourse, or flood area which may impede, retard or change the direction of the flow of water either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water or that is placed where the flow of water might carry the collected debris downstream to pose a danger to life or property.

A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry areas from:

The relatively flat area adjoining a water channel which has been or may be covered by floodwater of the channel, including the floodway, flood fringe area, and the flood hazard area. See exhibit.

State or local regulations, in any combination thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.[2]

The relative size or magnitude of a flood, expressed as a design discharge in cubic feet per second; which is developed from hydrologic criteria, represents a major flood of reasonable expectancy, reflects both flood experience and flood potential, and is the basis of the delineation of the floodway and the flood hazard area and of the water surface elevation thereof.

The elevations of the water surface of the floodway design flood and the flood hazard area design flood.

The river or other watercourse and the adjacent land area that must be reserved in order to discharge the design flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than 0.2 foot. See exhibit.

The sum of the habitable gross area of the several floors of a building or buildings.

A figure which, when multiplied by the lot area, will determine the amount of permitted floor area. This figure is determined by dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot by the area of that lot.

A facility operated by a licensed mortician used for the preparation of the deceased for burial, the display of the deceased, and rituals connected therewith before burial or cremation.

A deck, building, or parking structure, or part thereof, used or intended to be used for the parking and storage of vehicles.

An accessory structure used for the parking and storage of vehicles used in the operation of a nonresidential use, or their customers or employees, that is not available to the general public for hire.

A structure that is accessory to a residential building and that is used for the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the residents thereof that is not a commercial enterprise available to the general public for such use.

A structure, building or portion thereof used for the parking and storage of vehicles, but not repair, available to the general public for commercial gain.

A retail or wholesale operation which sells nursery plants, seasonal plants, gardening supplies and equipment.

A tract of land laid out for at least nine holes for playing the game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards that may include a clubhouse, dining and refreshment facilities, driving ranges and miniature golf courses as accessory uses.

Any of the following:

See "density."

The total of all leasable square footage, including closets, mechanical rooms and hallways.

The total area of the building accessible or visible to the public, including showrooms, motion-picture theaters, motion-picture arcades, service areas, behind counter areas, storage areas visible from such other areas, restrooms (whether or not labeled "public"), areas used for cabaret or similar shows (including stage areas), plus aisles, hallways and entryways serving such areas.

Low-growing plants or sod that in time form a dense mat covering the area in which they are planted.

A profit or nonprofit boarding home for the sheltered care of four or more adult persons, providing personal care or service in addition to food and shelter.

That portion of a building under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet nor less than one foot above the finished floor of such story.

Media characterized by sexual activity that includes one or more of the following: erect male organ; contact of the mouth of one person with the genitals of another; penetration with a finger or male organ into any orifice in another person; open female labia; penetration of a sex toy into an orifice; male ejaculation; or the aftermath of male ejaculation.

One or more historic sites and intervening or surrounding property significantly affecting or affected by the quality and character of the historic site or sites [MLUL]; such sites exhibit the following characteristics:

An activity for gain customarily carried on in a dwelling or in a building accessory to a dwelling, clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes.

An organization in a development under recorded agreements through which each lot owner shall be a member and each dwelling unit is subject to a charge for a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization's activities and maintenance, including maintenance costs levied against the association by the Township in accordance with N.J.S.A. 49:55D-43.

A public institution providing public health services primarily for inpatient medical or surgical care of the sick or injured and including related facilities, such as laboratories, out-patient department, training facilities, central service facilities and staff offices which are an integral part of the facility.

See "animal clinic."

A facility for overnight accommodation of transient guests for compensation which:

A building or structure, or group of buildings or structures, that by design and construction are primarily intended for conducting organized religious services, excluding buildings used exclusively for residential, educational, burial, recreational or other uses not normally associated with conducting organized religious services.

One or more persons living as a single nonprofit household, as distinguished from individuals or groups occupying a hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. The housekeeping unit shall be deemed to include housekeeping facilities and services.

A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water. [RSIS] For the purposes of this chapter, detention and retention basins and dry wells shall not be considered impervious surfaces; however graveled areas shall be so considered.

The area of a lot covered by impervious or impermeable surfaces.

The total area of impervious surfaces divided by the total site area.

Any constructed element which becomes part of, is placed upon, or is affixed to real estate. [RSIS]

A residential housing development in which at least 5% of the housing units in the development are affordable housing.

The development of new buildings on scattered sites in a built-up area.

Any land owned by the Township of Gloucester and land used for the following public or private purposes: educational facilities, including universities, colleges, elementary and secondary and vocational schools, kindergartens and nurseries; churches and their accessory uses; cultural facilities such as libraries, galleries, museums, concert halls, theaters and the like; hospitals, including such educational, clinical, research and convalescent facilities as are integral to the operation of the hospital; medical and health service facilities, including nursing homes, supervised residential institutions, rehabilitation therapy centers and public health facilities; law enforcement facilities; military facilities; and other similar facilities.

In street design, a raised area, usually curbed, placed to guide traffic and separate lanes, or used for landscaping, signing, or lighting. [RSIS]

A discrete quantum of data that conveys part of a message equivalent to a syllable, symbol, logo, initial, abbreviation, an unbroken group of numbers; each word in a registered trademark or service mark; or, a broken geometric plane.

The use of any lot for the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including wrecked or disabled vehicles, parts of vehicles, scrap metals or other scrap material or building material, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of structures, automobiles or other vehicles, equipment and used machinery or parts thereof; provided, however, that this definition shall not be deemed to include any of the foregoing uses which are accessory and incidental to any lawful agricultural, commercial or industrial use permitted in any zone. The term "junkyard" as herein defined includes automobiles wrecking yards and yards or lots used for the accumulation of used building materials. The outdoor storage, parking, keeping, or deposit on any lot of two or more vehicles without lawful license plates and current motor vehicle inspection stickers, which vehicles are not accessory and incidental to a lawful agricultural, commercial or industrial use permitted in any zone, shall be deemed to be a "junkyard".

Real property, including improvements and fixtures on, above, or below the surface.

Sites, including but not limited to open or covered dumps, lagoons, or other land disposal, 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.

See "owner."

The installation of plant material and/or natural materials as a part of development according to a plan approved by the approving authority.

An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading, according to criteria established in this chapter.

Any utility, authority, commission, special district, or other corporate entity not regulated by the Board of Regulatory Commissioners under Title 48 of the Revised Statutes that provides gas, electricity, heat, power, water, or sewer service to a municipality or the residents thereof; any sewerage authority created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:14A-1 et seq.; or any utilities authority created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:14B-1 et seq. [MLUL]

An institution or a distinct part of an institution that is licensed or approved to provide health care under medical supervision for 24 or more consecutive hours to two or more patients who are not related to the governing authority or its members by marriage, blood, or adoption. "Long-term care facility" shall include the terms "skilled nursing facility" and "intermediate care facility."

A designated parcel, tract, or area of land established by plat or otherwise permitted by law and to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit. [MLUL]

The total horizontal area included within lot lines, but not including any part of a street or railroad right-of-way.

The area of a lot covered by any impervious surface.

The shortest horizontal distance between the front line, or the boundary of the street right-of-way if the front lot line lies within an area used or to be used as a street, and the rear lot line. In case of a triangular lot having no rear line, the distance shall be measured to a line parallel to the front lot line which shall not be less than 10 feet in length measured between its intersection with the side lot lines.

The line separating the lot from the street line.

Any lot line, except a front lot line, which is parallel to, or within 45° of being parallel to, and does not intersect any street line. In the case of a corner lot, the owner or developer may show a different designation; see definition of "lot, corner" for requirements.

Any lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the owner or developer may make a different designation. See definition of "lot, corner" for requirements.

A lot at the junction to two or more intersecting streets where the interior angle of the intersection does not exceed 120°. Each corner lot shall have two front yards, one side yard, and one rear yard, unless modified by § 500-401H(1).

A lot located to the rear of another lot, connected to the public street frontage common to both lots by a narrow strip of land.

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along the street line. The minimum "lot frontage" shall be the same as the lot width, except that on curved alignments with an outside radius of less than 500 feet, the minimum distance between the side lot lines measured at the street line shall not be less than 75% of the required minimum lot width. In the case of a corner lot, either side may be considered the "lot frontage," provided that the minimum frontage requirement is met for the zone in which the lot is located.

A lot, the side lines of which do not abut the street.

An interior lot having frontage on two streets or one street and an alley.

The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at setback points on each side lot line an equal distance back from the street line. The minimum "lot width" shall be measured at the required building setback line.

Any security which may be accepted by the municipality for the maintenance of improvements required by this chapter, including, but not limited to, surety bonds, letters of credit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5, and cash. [MLUL]

A unit of housing which:

An establishment offering massage therapy and/or body work by a massage therapist as defined in Chapter 62, Massage, Massage Therapy and Related Services, in the Code of the Township of Gloucester.

A composite of one or more written or graphic proposals for the development of the municipality as set forth and adopted by the Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28. [MLUL]

Anything printed or written, or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, film, videotape or videotape production, or pictorial representation, or any electrical or electronic reproduction of anything that is or may be used as a means of communication. "Media" includes, but is not limited to, books, newspapers, magazines, movies, videos, sound recordings, CD-ROMs, DVDs, other magnetic media and undeveloped pictures.

A retail outlet selling or renting media, but not to include an adult media store.

A building constructed as a professional building for the offices of three or more medical practitioners.

See "site plan, minor."

See "subdivision, minor."

Two or more different uses, one of which is residential. [RSIS]

See "manufactured home." For the purposes of this chapter, travel trailers and campers shall not be considered mobile homes.

A building or a group of buildings having units containing sleeping accommodations which are available for a temporary rental occupancy by transients and providing sufficient off-street parking facilities adjacent or convenient thereto without the necessity of passing through a lobby. A tourist home containing provisions or facilities for accommodation of more than two transient occupants not normally quartered on the premises shall be considered as a "motel" under the provision of this chapter.

Of or pertinent to the Township of Gloucester.

The municipal Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, or a governing body of Gloucester Township when acting pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law and any agency which is created by or responsible to the Township when such agency is acting pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.

The Gloucester Township Municipal Utilities Authority.

A lot, the area, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning ordinance, but fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment. [MLUL]

A structure the size, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment of a zoning ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment. [MLUL]

A use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of a zoning ordinance, 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. [MLUL]

A long-term care facility in which more than one room or an area exceeding 400 square feet is used for the accommodation, reception or treatment of the aged or the sick who are residents therein, excluding members of the resident's family.

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 on a contiguous portion of a street right-of-way or drainage or utility easement. [MLUL]

A temporary loading area for a truck or delivery van that is directly accessible to an access aisle, and that is not located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

A temporary storage area for a motor vehicle that is directly accessible to an access aisle only and that is not located on a dedicated street right-of-way.

Located off the property which is the subject of the development application or off a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way. [MLUL]

A place for the transaction of business where reports are prepared, records kept and services rendered, but where no retail sales, except in connection with professional services, are offered and where no manufacturing, assembly or fabricating takes place.

A nonresidential land use developed as a single entity combining general, business, professional, and medical offices which may contain ancillary personal services primarily for employees as permitted by this chapter.

The map, with changes and additions thereto, adopted and established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-5. [MLUL]

A map adopted by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32.

Located on the lot in question. [MLUL]

Located on the property which is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way. [MLUL]

Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use for 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. Open space shall not include areas required, established or set aside for use as part of the surface stormwater management system, such as detention and/or retention basins. [MLUL]

An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating in a planned development under recorded land agreement through which:

Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership or corporation, trust or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in land to submit an application for development or to receive public notice.

A portion of a shopping center or office park development used for a freestanding building containing no more than two establishments and its associated parking and circulation areas that operates independently of the main development.

An open, off-street area, including parking spaces and ingress and egress drives or aisles, used or required by this chapter for parking of automobiles or other vehicles exclusively, and in which no gasoline or automobile accessories are sold and no other business is conducted.

That area required for the parking or storage of one passenger vehicle, including necessary aisle or driveway space providing access thereto.

A right-of-way easement provided for the purpose of pedestrian access and passage.

Any security, which may be accepted by the municipality, including but not limited to surety bonds, letters of credit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.5 or cash. [MLUL]

Any use of land or buildings as allowed by this chapter.

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

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.

Any surface that permits a significant portion of surface water to be absorbed. [RSIS]

The map of a subdivision or site plan; used interchangeably in this chapter with "plat."

A preliminary presentation and attendant documentation of a proposed subdivision or site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification [RSIS]; an informal review.

The final map of all or a portion of the subdivision or site plan which is presented by the approving authority for final approval in accordance with these regulations.

The map of a minor subdivision or minor site plan of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and meeting the requirements of this chapter.

The preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision or site plan which is submitted to the approving authority for consideration for preliminary approval, meeting the requirements of this chapter.

Any of the following:

The municipal agency established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23. [MLUL]

See "plan."

A roofed open structure projection from the front, side or rear wall of a building. A porch may be screened or glass enclosed.

The conferral of certain rights prior to final approval after specific elements of a development plan have been agreed upon by the approving authority and the applicant.

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. [MLUL]

On-site entertainment by live entertainers that characterizes the establishment, as determined (if necessary) from a pattern of advertising as well as actual performances.

The government of the United States of America; the State of New Jersey, or any other state; their political subdivision, agencies or instrumentalities; and interstate and regional agencies exercising sovereign powers of government.

An open space conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality, municipal agency, board of education, state or county agency, or other public body for recreational or conservation uses. [MLUL]

The use of land or buildings for public administration, public works, and public open space; municipal use.

Any public utility regulated by the Board of Regulatory Commissioners and defined pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:2-13. [MLUL]

Leisure time activities, usually of a formal nature with a set of sanctioned rules and often performed with others, usually requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed places, sites, or fields; including, but not limited to, court games, swimming, track and field events, golf, playground activities, and field sports.

Recreation with insignificant impact on surrounding areas or on the environmental integrity of the area, such as hiking, hunting, trapping, fishing, canoeing, nature study and bicycling.

A private or public space, including essential buildings and structures, used for play and recreation space for individuals.

Any facility so defined by N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq. and regulated by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

The dredging, digging, extraction, mining and quarrying of sand, gravel, or minerals for commercial purposes, not including, however, the private or agricultural extraction and use of extracted material by a landowner.

An industrial plant that generates steam or electricity from the incineration of solid waste.

A public eating facility where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed within the building and where patrons are seated at tables, booths or counters.

Any restaurant, refreshment stand, snack bar, dairy bar, hamburger stand or hot dog stand where food is served primarily for consumption at counters, stools or bars outside the building or primarily for consumption in automobiles parked on the premises, whether brought to said automobiles by the customer or by employees of the restaurant, regardless of whether or not additional seats or other accommodations are provided for customers inside the building.

A public eating facility where any of the following conditions exist: a carry-out window only, a drive-through facility, no indoor seating/consumption.

Establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.

Establishments providing services or entertainment, as opposed to products, to the general public for personal or household use, including eating and drinking places, hotels and motels, finance, real estate and insurance, personal service, motion pictures, amusement and recreation services, health, educational, and social services, museums and concert halls.

A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, shade trees, or for another special use. [RSIS]

Any building, together with any related structure, accessory building, and land appurtenant thereto, and any part thereof, which contains two or more units of dwelling space arranged or intended for single room occupancy, exclusive of any such unit occupied by an owner or operator, and wherein personal or financial services are provided to the residents.

Any apparatus installed out-of-doors for the purpose of receiving television, radio or similar electromagnetic radiation from satellites, but not to include conventional television antennas.

See "buffer."

The level to which water seasonally rises in soil in most years.

The Secretary of the Planning Board, Gloucester Township.

A structure or structures containing separate, individual and private storage spaces of varying sizes but generally not larger than 600 square feet rented or leased individually.

Lands and buildings providing for the sale of fuel, lubricants and automotive accessories; maintenance and minor repairs for motor vehicles may be provided, but not to include auto body work, automobile painting, automobile wrecking, the sale or rental of passenger vehicles, trucks and campers, the long-term storage of inoperable vehicles, parking for fee, or car wash facilities.

The line parallel to the street line or lot line formed by the intersection of the plane of the lot with a plane established by the point of a building nearest to the street line or lot line.

A line that is established in this chapter a minimum horizontal distance from the street line or the lot line and beyond which a building or part of a building is not permitted to extend toward the street line or lot line.

An adult cabaret, adult motion-picture theater or video arcade, bathhouse, massage parlor and/or adult shop.

Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia either designed as representations of human genital organs or female breasts, or designed or marketed primarily to stimulate human genital organs.

A residential unit or any part thereof, including any accessory building, structure or use for the dwelling unit, that is offered for rent, or vacation through a private transaction with or without an online service, including, but not limited to, Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway, FlipKey, Tripping.com, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, etc., and is not associated with regulated commercial activities such as a hotel or motel.

One or more buildings or parts thereof, designed as a unit to be occupied by one or more business enterprises for the conduct of business or conducted as an integrated and cohesively planned development.

A triangular area abutting two intersecting streets where vision is unobstructed. The sight triangle is formed by the intersection of street sidelines and a line connecting a point on each sideline a set distance from the intersection.

Any object, device, display, mural or structure, or a part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination or projected images. This definition shall specifically include any building or part of a building, including walls and facades used for such purposes, and shall further include banners, pennants, flags and similar attention-attracting devices that convey a message.

The area of the sign, exclusive of the supporting structure, which is used for calculating the square footage of the sign.

The highest spot at any one point on the sign measured from the grade level surrounding the sign.

The surface display area of a sign determined by a computation as otherwise provided for in this chapter.

Any sign which changes physical position by any movement or rotation or which gives the visual impression of such movement or rotation.

See "sign, facade."

Any sign which is attached to or part of an awning.

A sign which may or may not contain a message constructed of cloth, canvas, plastic, or other flexible material typically suspended or hung by cord, string, or rope from a structure.

An on-premises sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, industry, or other activity which is sold, offered or conducted on the premises on which such sign is located or to which it is affixed.

A sign that is mounted or painted on, or attached to a canopy that is otherwise permitted by this chapter.

A sign designed in such a fashion that the message on the sign can be easily and periodically altered, typically with movable lettering, and whose message does not change more than once a day.

A sign designating the name of a subdivision of residential homes, whether single-family or multifamily, attached or detached; or an apartment complex.

A sign which is structurally unsound, contains faulty wiring or loose fastenings, or is otherwise detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare.

Any sign which is designed and erected solely for the purpose of traffic or pedestrian direction which is placed on the property to which or on which the public is directed.

A temporary sign that relates to a particular election for public office, referendum, or other plebiscite at the federal, state, or local level.

An electronically activated changeable sign whose variable message and/or graphic presentation capability can be electronically programmed by computer from a remote location and typically uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) as a lighting source.

See "sign, business."

Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is outside the display portion of the sign.

A sign fastened to or painted on the facade of a building or structure in such manner that the facade becomes the supporting structure for, or forms the background surface of the sign, and which does not extend more than 12 inches from the supporting facade.

Any sign not attached to a building, erected, constructed or maintained on a post or pole, or other bracing or supporting device, being used to support a sign.

The lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground where the sign support meets the ground.

A sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary to the use of the lot on which it is located, such as "no parking," "loading zone," "telephone" or "restroom" or other similar directives such as the hours of operation or credit cards honored at the establishment.

Any sign erected, constructed or maintained inside of a building and visible from outside the building, whether illuminated or nonilluminated.

Any sign whose sole source of artificial illumination is contained within the display portion of the sign.

A sign which is not permanently attached to a building or not placed in the ground in such a fashion as to be permanent in a manner conforming to the Uniform Construction Code or which is located or attached to a trailer, on wheels, or other similar attachment such that the sign may be moved from place to place, either within the lot or to another location.

A single sign relating to a use or facility, such as a shopping center, industrial park, or office complex, where there is more than one occupancy and/or tenancy of uses, where said multiple occupancy and tenancy use a common parking facility and/or a common private drive or roadway and where the names and professions or business names of the various tenants and/or occupancy are displayed.

A sign containing a commercial message which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered at a location other than the property on which the sign is located.

A sign that does not contain a commercial message which directs attention to an institution, government, or nonprofit corporation and their policies; or contains a message directed to the general public for health, safety and welfare purposes.

A sign, symbol or device, erected, constructed or maintained by the federal, state, county or local government or any agency thereof, for the purpose of informing or guiding the public or for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare.

Any sign not permanently attached to the ground or other permanent structure; or a sign designed to be transported, including, but not limited to, signs designed to be transported by means of wheels; signs converted to "A" or "T" frames; menu and sandwich board signs; balloons used as signs; umbrellas used for advertising; and signs attached to or painted on vehicles parked and visible from the public right-of-way, unless such vehicles are used in the normal day-to-day operation of the business.

A sign perpendicular to a wall or facade which is attached to and extends more than 12 inches from the surface of a building.

A sign of an owner of real property or of a licensed real estate broker designating a property "for sale" or "for lease."

A sign located in a district zoned for residential purposes that does not contain any commercial message except for goods or services legally offered on the premises on which the sign is located.

A freestanding single-sided or freestanding double-sided sign identifying the name of a residential development and Gloucester Township.

A sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or which is wholly dependent upon a building's roof for support and which projects above the parapet of a building with a flat roof, the cornice line of a building with a gambrel, gable, or hip roof, or above the division between the upper and lower slopes of a building with a mansard roof.

A sign which is not permanently attached to a building structure or permanently affixed to a freestanding structure and which may be erected for a limited period of time in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

A sign affixed or painted on a vehicle or trailer and parked at a location conspicuous to the traveling public for a period in excess of 48 continuous hours.

See "sign, facade."

A sign indicating no trespassing or no fishing and/or hunting or for existing danger where a warning is legally required.

A sign that is applied or attached to the interior or exterior of a window or located in such a manner within a building that it is legible from the lot line which contains said sign.

An application for development which is exempt from site plan review and approval under the provisions of § 500-801A(3) of this chapter.

All site plans not defined as minor.

A development plan of one or more lots which:

The arable layers of unmodified sediments beneath the surface material and above bedrock. [RSIS]

An ordinance of the Township of Gloucester regulating the removal of soil for sale or for use other than on the premises from which the soil shall be taken, known as Chapter 71, Soil Removal, of the Code of the Township of Gloucester, as it may be amended or superseded.

Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal or acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, sodomy, or fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region, buttock or female breast.

A tree with a diameter of 24 inches or greater; a unique, rare, or otherwise specifically selected plant or tree which most typically represents a whole class or group in shape or form; a tree of historical importance; or a tree specifically designated as such by the municipality.

The State of New Jersey or any of its agencies.

Slopes over 15% gradient.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. No story shall be deemed to be a first story if its floor level is more than six feet above the level from which the height of the building is measured. A mezzanine floor shall be counted as a story if it covers over 1/3 of the area of the floor next below it. For the purpose of this chapter, a split-level dwelling shall be considered a one-story structure.

A waterway which has a minimum drainage area of 50 acres; or as classified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as a stream for any reason.

Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive or other way meeting any of the following:

The edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever would result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the Official Map, Circulation Element of the Master Plan or as required by this chapter, forming the dividing line between the street and lot.

A tree in a public place, street, landscape easement or right-of-way adjoining a street constituting a large tree in size when mature.

All of the elements that constitute the physical makeup of a street and that, as a group, define its character, including building frontage, street paving, street furniture, landscaping, including trees and other plantings, awnings and marques, signs, and lighting.

A combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy, use or combination having a fixed location on, above or below the surface of land. [MLUL]

Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under this chapter to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself or for another.

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.

Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.

Any division of land meeting all of the following criteria:

Facilities constructed above or below ground have a depth of more than two feet and/or a water surface of 100 square feet or more and designed and maintained for swimming purposes.

Any swimming pool not accessory to a detached single-family or two-family dwelling, or fee simple townhouse.

A swimming pool that is not permanently installed, does not require water filtration, circulation and purification, and does not require braces or supports and does not exceed 250 square feet in area.

A swimming pool, other than a portable swimming pool, that is located on a lot principally used by one housekeeping unit accessory to a detached single-family or two-family dwelling, or fee simple townhouse and not operated for commercial gain or by a nonprofit association.

A trailer for office use or storage used during the period of construction on a site or tract as otherwise permitted in this chapter.

Includes water towers, antennas and similar structures not intended for habitation.

See "dwelling, townhouse."

Township of Gloucester, Camden County, New Jersey.

A parcel or portion or other division of land which is, in whole or in part, proposed for development, composed of a portion of one lot, or one or more contiguous lots in the same ownership. Lots separated by easements, streets or other public rights-of-way shall be considered contiguous for the purpose of this chapter.

An upland area adjacent to freshwater wetlands which minimizes adverse impacts on the wetland or serves as an integral component of the wetlands ecosystem.

Any woody perennial plant, having a trunk or main stem with a caliper of eight inches or greater at maturity.

The sale of vehicles primarily designed to carry cargo and material.

An area and building where trucks load and unload cargo and freight and where such cargo and freight may be broken down or aggregated into smaller or larger loads for transfer to other vehicles or modes of transportation and including, as ancillary to such terminal, the parking and/or storage of trucks, cabs, or tractors and trailers.

See "funeral home."

A portion of a front, side, or rear yard that is exclusive of any critical area.

Any activity, occupation, business, or operation carried on, or intended to be carried on, in a building or on a tract of land.

The main or primary purpose or purposes for which land or a structure, building and/or sign or use therefor is designed, arranged or intended or for which they may be occupied or maintained under the Zoning Ordinance. All other structures, buildings, signs or uses on the same lot and incidental or supplementary thereto and permitted under the Zoning Ordinance shall be considered accessory uses.

Those services customarily rendered by corporation or the municipality under the review of the Public Utilities Commission for public service such as electricity, gas, telephone, water and sewerage, including the appurtenances used in connection with the supplying of such services.

Permission granted to depart from the literal requirements of a zoning ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-40b, 40:55D-70c, and 40:55D-70d. [MLUL]

Any plant material, including grasses, ground cover, shrubs, and trees.

Any booth, cubicle, stall or compartment that is designed, constructed, or used to hold or seat patrons and is used for presenting motion pictures of viewing publications by any photographic, electric, electronic, magnetic, digital or other means or media for observation by patrons therein. A video-viewing booth shall not mean a theater, movie house, playhouse, or a room or enclosure or portion thereof that contains more than 600 square feet.

A deviation from a required submission item, performance standard, or design standard.

Lands that are 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" pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7A-1.3.

Areas, groves or stands of trees greater than six inches in caliper; or stands of trees greater than 12 inches in caliper consisting of more than 10 individual trees.

An open space extending between the closest point of any building and lot line or street line.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the street line and the closest point of the principal building on the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight street line or the tangent lines of curved street lines. The minimum required front yard shall be the same as the required setback.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear lot line and the closest point of the principal building on the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to either a straight rear lot line, the tangent of a curved rear lot line, or the mid-point of an angled rear lot line.

An open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying between each side of the line and closest point of any building.

The individual responsible for enforcement and interpretation of this chapter of the Township of Gloucester as designated by the administrative officer.

Articles III and IV of this chapter and including ancillary definitions and other pertinent sections or parts of articles in the Land Development Ordinance.

A document signed by the administrative officer which: