Certain words in this chapter are defined, for the purposes thereof, as follows:
ACCESSORY USEA use customarily incidental to the principal use of a building, such as the office of a professional man and customary home occupations, when situated in the same dwelling used by said person as his private dwelling.
BUILDINGEach of the independent units with separate entrances into which it is divided by party walls.
BUILDING AREAThe maximum area of a building and its accessories, projected on a horizontal plane.
CANNABIS RETAILERA State-regulated cannabis retailer, medical cannabis alternative treatment center, or clinical registrant, which shall possess prior to commencing operations one of the classes of permit or permit endorsement issued by the State of New Jersey that authorizes the dispensation, sale, or distribution of cannabis or cannabis-derived or infused products and/or related clinical research, provided that such facility shall not cultivate, manufacture, process, or wholesale cannabis or cannabis products from such facility.
[Added 7-22-2021 by Ord. No. 5-27-2021]
CANNABIS SUPPLIERA State-regulated cannabis grower, also referred to as a cannabis cultivation facility; a cannabis processor, also referred to as a cannabis product manufacturing facility; a medical cannabis alternative treatment center; or a clinical registrant, all of which shall possess prior to commencing operations one of the classes of permit or permit endorsement issued by the State of New Jersey that authorizes such cannabis establishment to cultivate, manufacture, process, wholesale, and/or study or research cannabis or cannabis-derived or infused products, provided that such facility shall not dispense, sell, or distribute cannabis or cannabis products from such facility.
[Added 7-22-2021 by Ord. No. 5-27-2021]
CURB LEVELThe permanently established grade of the street in front of the lot. Where the lot level is higher than the curb level, the average level of the former, along the wall in question, may be taken as the base for measuring the height of a side yard, inner court or outer court. Where a lot fronts upon two or more streets of different levels, the curb level of the higher street may be taken as the base for measuring the height of open spaces and buildings to a distance 100 feet back from the street with the higher curb level.
DEPTH OF LOTThe mean distance from the street line of the lot, measured in the general direction of the side lines of the lot.
DWELLINGAny building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons.
(1) ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGA detached building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters exclusively for one family or one household with direct access from the outside and further provided with separate cooking, sleeping and bathroom facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants of the unit.
(2) MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLINGA structure or building occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters for more than one household with direct access from the outside or through a common hall and further provided with separate cooking, sleeping and bathroom facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit.
FAMILYAny number of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption, or not more than four persons who are not so related, living together as a single housekeeping unit, using rooms and housekeeping facilities in common and having such meals as they may eat at home generally prepared and eaten together.
[Amended 6-13-1984 by Ord. No. 5-9-84F]
FRONT YARDAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between the street wall of the building and the street line of the lot.
HEIGHT OF A BUILDINGThe vertical distance measured, in the case of flat roofs, from the average finished grade of the four corners of the building to the highest point of the roof beams, and in the case of pitched roofs, from the finished grade elevation to the average height of gable.
[Amended 7-12-1989 by Ord. No. 6-14-89C]
INNER COURTAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, not extending to either the street or the rear yard.
LENGTH OF AN OUTER COURTThe horizontal distance between the end opening on a street or a rear yard and the end opposite such street or rear yard.
LOTA parcel of land occupied or designed to be occupied by one building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incident to it, including such open spaces as are arranged and designed to be used in connection with such building.
LOT WIDTHIn all zones containing a minimum width requirement for a lot, the minimum width shall be required, measured and computed at both the front line and the rear line of the lot. Both the width at the front line and the width at the rear line shall comply with the minimum width requirements for the particular zone. In any case in which the front line does not intersect the side lines of the lot at right angles, then the width of such front line shall be computed as the straight line distance at right angles, or the closest approximation thereto, with the side lines, or the width of the front line, whichever is the lesser. In any case in which the rear line does not intersect the side lines of the lot at right angles, then the width of such rear line shall be computed as the straight line distance at right angles, or the closest approximation thereto, with the side lines, or the width of the rear line, whichever is the lesser.
OUTER COURTAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, extending to either the street or the rear yard.
PARKING SPACEAn area of not less than 180 square feet within the lot available for the parking of one motor vehicle, exclusive of passageways and driveways. For parking areas serving retail stores, the minimum width of the space shall be 10 feet, and the minimum depth shall be 20 feet. For "parking spaces" serving other uses, the minimum width shall be nine feet, and the minimum depth shall be 18 feet.
[Amended 7-12-1989 by Ord. No. 6-14-89C]
REAR YARDAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between the rear wall of the building and the rear line of the lot.
SIDE YARDAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building, situated between the building and the side line of the lot and extending through from the street to the rear yard or, where no rear yard is required, to the rear line of the lot.
SIGNIncludes any device, structure or object for visual communication, so placed or situated on or within a building or premises as to be visible to the general public without entering upon or in such building or premises, that is used for the purpose of advertising.
STORYThat part of a building between any floor and the floor above or, in its absence, the ceiling or roof above. A story in which persons live, sleep, work or congregate, the ceiling of which is more than three feet above the curb level taken at the center of the street facade, shall be counted as that fraction of a story which its height above such curb level bears to the height of a story. A story which extends less than three feet above such curb level shall not be counted in determining the number of stories. Any story under a pitched roof at the top of a building, the floor of which is not more than two feet below the plate, shall be counted as a half story when not more than 60% of said floor area is used for rooms, baths or toilets; otherwise, it shall be counted as that fraction of a story which its floor area in rooms, baths or toilets bears to the entire floor area.
STREET LINEThe dividing line between the street and the lot.