To set forth guidelines and standards that promote the creation of functional and attractive development that shall promote and give due consideration to the health, safety, general welfare, morals, order, efficiency, economy, maintenance of property values and character of the Township.

To ensure that any development shall comply with the Master Plan, zoning plan and other overall or district plans of the Township and this Ordinance.

To provide guidelines and standards that shall be used by an applicant in preparing a development plan, and by the Board in reviewing the same. In reviewing a development plan, the Board shall establish findings as to whether or not, and to what degree, an application for development meets such guidelines and standards. Based upon its review of the development plan and the degree to which such findings of compliance are established, the Board may approve, conditionally approve, request modifications or deny approval of the application for development.

To minimize adverse impacts of flooding, drainage, erosion, vehicular traffic, pedestrian movement, parking, vibration, lighting and glare, noise, odor, solid waste disposal, litter, ventilation, vibration, crime and vandalism and inappropriate design and development.

To ensure that any new development gives due consideration to the physical, visual and spatial characteristics of the existing streetscape, neighborhood and district in which such is located and the Township generally.

To ensure that the physical, visual and spatial characteristics of any proposed development shall not be so markedly incongruous with the same characteristics of the existing streetscape, neighborhood and district in which such is located, and the Township generally, so as to materially detract from the real property value of adjacent or nearby properties.

Generally satisfy the purpose of this Article;

Be designed in accordance with the Township's normally acceptable engineering, planning and/or architectural practices;

Not have an adverse impact on the physical, visual or spatial characteristics of the overall development plan for the tract to be developed;

Generally enhance the overall development plan for the tract;

Not have an adverse impact on the physical, visual or spatial characteristics of the existing streetscape, neighborhood and district in which such development is located or the Township, generally;

Generally enhance the streetscape and neighborhood in which it is located;

Not reduce the useful life or increase the cost of maintenance of the improvement to be modified or otherwise have an adverse impact on the long-term function of the development;

Not materially detract from the real property value of the development or adjacent or nearby properties.

Applicability. This Article shall apply to all site plan applications.

Design Standards. The following standards shall be used to prepare and review the architectural design of all buildings and structures in a development plan. Where a development plan involves an existing building or a site upon which an existing building is located, the existing building shall be repaired, renovated and restored to comply with this Article.

Massing. Except for buildings in planned commercial development, no building shall be permitted to have a total measurement greater than 150 feet in length along any wall, roof or footprint plane. Building wall offsets, including both projections and recesses, shall be provided along any building wall measuring greater than 50 feet in length in order to provide architectural interest and variety to the massing of a building and relieve the negative visual effect of a single, long wall. The total measurement of such offsets shall equal a minimum of 10% of the building wall length. The maximum spacing between such offsets shall be 40 feet. The minimum projection or depth of any individual offset shall not be less than two feet. Roofline offsets shall be provided along any roof measuring longer than 75 feet in length in order to provide architectural interest and variety to the massing of a building and relieve the negative visual effect of a single, long roof.

Planned Commercial Development. Buildings comprising planned commercial development shall be permitted to have a total measurement no greater than 650 feet in length along any wall, roof or footprint plane. Building wall offsets, including both projections and recesses, shall be provided along any building wall measuring greater than 100 feet in length in order to provide architectural interest and variety to the massing of a building and relieve the negative visual effect of a single, long wall. The total measurement of such offsets shall equal a minimum of 5% of the building wall length. The maximum spacing between such offsets shall be 75 feet. The minimum projection or depth of any individual offset shall not be less than 10 feet. Roofline offsets shall be provided along any roof measuring longer than 75 feet in length in order to provide architectural interest and variety to the massing of a building and relieve the negative visual effect of a single, long roof.

Horizontal Courses. All visibly exposed sides of a building shall have an articulated base course and cornice the base course shall be traditionally proportionate to the overall horizontal and vertical dimensions of a facade and shall align with either the kickplate or sill level of the first story. The cornice shall terminate the top of a building wall, may project out horizontally from the vertical building wall plane and shall be ornamented with moldings, brackets and other details that shall be appropriate to the architectural style of a building. The middle section of a building may be horizontally divided at floor, lintel or sill levels with belt courses. Building courses shall be considered an integral part of the design of a building and shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of the building.

Continuity of Treatment. The architectural treatment of a facade or roof shall be completely continued around all visibly exposed sides of a building. All sides of a building shall be architecturally designed so as to be consistent with regard to style, materials, colors and details.

Roof. The type, shape, pitch, texture and color of a roof shall be considered as an integral part of the design of a building and shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of such building. The minimum permitted roof pitch shall be eight on 12, and all gables on a building shall be of the same pitch. A flat roof may be permitted on a building of a minimum of two stories in height, provided that all visibly exposed walls shall have an articulated cornice that projects out horizontally from the vertical building wall plane. A mansard roof may be permitted, but only if such is located on the third story of a building, completely and integrally enclosing such story. Flat or mansard roofs shall be prohibited on all one-story buildings. Architectural embellishments that add visual interest to roofs, such as dormers, belvederes, masonry chimneys, cupolas, clock towers and such similar elements shall be permitted, provided that such are architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of the building.

Windows. Fenestration shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of a building. Windows shall be vertically proportioned wherever possible the location of windows on the upper stories of a building shall be vertically aligned with the location of windows and doors on the ground level of such building. Permitted retail and personal service business uses located in business districts may have large pane display windows on the ground level, provided that such window shall be framed by the surrounding wall and shall not comprise greater than 75% of the total ground level facade area of such building. All other windows shall be double-hung or casement types. A building designed of an architectural style that normally has windows with muntins or divided lights shall utilize them. Such muntin or divided light grids may be the snap-on type, if fitted on the exterior of the window or between the glazing of the window units.

Entrances. All entrances to a building shall be defined and articulated by utilizing such elements as lintels, pediments, pilasters, columns, porticoes, porches, overhangs, railings, balustrades and other such elements, where appropriate. Any such element utilized shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of such building.

Physical Plant. All air-conditioning units, HVAC systems, exhaust pipes or stacks and elevator housing shall be shielded from view for a minimum distance of 500 feet from the site. Such shielding shall be accomplished by utilizing the walls or roof of the building or a penthouse-type screening device that shall be designed to be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of such building.

Materials, Colors and Details. All materials, colors and details used on the exterior of a building shall be architecturally compatible with the style of such building, as well as with each other. A building designed of an architectural style that normally includes certain integral materials, colors and/or details shall have such incorporated into the design of such building. The number of different materials on exterior facades should be limited to three types.

Shutters. A building designed of an architectural style that normally includes shutters shall provide such on all windows on the front facade. If such building is located on a corner lot, shutters shall be provided on all windows of all facades fronting on a street.

Lighting. Light fixtures attached to the exterior of a building shall be designed to be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of such building and other lighting fixtures used on the site. Consideration shall also be given to the type of light source utilized and the light quality such produces. The type of light source used on buildings, signs, parking areas, pedestrian walkways and other areas of a site shall be the same or compatible. The use of low-pressure sodium or mercury vapor lighting either attached to buildings or to light the exterior of buildings shall be prohibited.

Signage. Signs affixed to the exterior of a building shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of the building and other signs used on the site. All signage affixed to a building shall conform to Article IV.

Awnings and canopies. The ground level of a building in a business district shall have awnings or canopies, where appropriate, to complement the architectural style of a building. Awnings may also be used on the upper levels of a building, where appropriate. The design of awnings shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of such building. All signage on awnings or canopies shall conform to Article IV of this Chapter.

Multiple Uses. A building with multiple storefronts or other multiple uses, no matter whether such uses are the same type of use or located on the same floor level, shall be unified through the use of architecturally compatible styles, materials, colors, details, awnings, signage, lighting fixtures and other design elements for all such storefronts or uses.

Corner Buildings. A building on a corner lot shall be considered a more significant structure from an urban design standpoint since such building has at least two front facades visibly exposed to the street. Such building may be designed to have additional height and architectural embellishments relating to its location on a corner lot, if deemed appropriate by the Board.

Multiple Buildings. A development plan that contains more than one building or structure shall be unified through the use of architecturally compatible styles, materials, colors, details, awnings, signage, lighting fixtures and other design elements for all such buildings or structures.

Professional Office District Design Standards. The following additional architectural design standards for professional offices shall apply:

Retail Design Standards. The following additional architectural design standards for retail uses shall apply:

Industrial and Warehousing Use Design Standards. The following additional architectural design standards for industrial uses shall apply:

Residential Uses and Districts. Any residential use shall be suitably buffered and screened from all uses other than single-family dwellings in order to minimize the impacts of noise, glare, vibration, vehicular traffic, pedestrian activity and other potential nuisances. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the width of buffering and height of screening shall be provided based on the type of use that is being buffered as follows:

Required Buffer Strips. When any business commercial or industrial building or uses, including but not limited to off-street parking area, occupy a lot in any district as permitted by ordinance and such lot abuts a Residential Zone, that portion specified hereinbelow of the yard or yards immediately adjacent to and along the entire length of such lot, shall be considered a buffer strip.

Location Within the Yard. The buffer strip shall be located within the required yard area of the property used for nonresidential purposes, and the structures and planting required by this Ordinance shall be provided and properly maintained by the owner of the nonresidential property. No part of any buffer strip shall be occupied by a sign, or by any structure or use except as specifically permitted in this section.

Type and Height of Buffer Strip. Buffer strips shall be planted with lawn, ornamental shrubbery and other suitable plantings approved by the Planning Board Engineer, to provide an effective screen along the entire length of the buffer strip between nonresidential uses and the abutting residential zone. Within the buffer area, a solid and continuous landscape screen at least six feet in width shall be planted and maintained. The landscape screen shall consist of massed evergreen and decidous trees and shrubs at least four feet in height of such species and size as will produce within two growing seasons a screen at least six feet in height. Any portion of a buffer strip not planted with shrubbery or trees shall be graded and planted with grass seed or sod, and be attractively maintained and kept free of all debris and rubbish.

Width of Buffer Strips. The minimum width of a buffer strip shall be as follows:

Walls or Fences in Buffer Strips. A free-standing wall or fence shall not be more than four feet in height any may be erected on either side of a buffer strip.

Buffer Strip for Off-Street Parking Areas. In the case of off-street parking areas whether on a separate lot or within the yard of the building to which such parking areas are appurtenant, a solid wall or a substantial, tight, neat fence, four feet in height above grade of the land in the abutting Residential Zone, shall be constructed along the entire length of the buffer strip. In the case of off-street parking areas, such wall or fence may be located within the buffer strip, but shall be distant at least five feet from the abutting Residential Zone. In addition, for the uses specified in this section, the planting specified shall be located in the buffer strip on the Residential side of such wall or fence.

Waivers for Buffer Strips Reserved for Public Recreation. When the buffer strip is sufficiently wide and is reserved by agreement, approved by the Planning Board and Township Attorney, subjecting its control to the Township for public recreation purposes, the Municipal Agency may waive the required screen planting in the portion of the buffer strip so reserved.

Waivers Due to Hardship. When there are exceptional hardships in the way of carrying out the strict provisions of this section, the Municipal Agency may after public notice and hearing, waive or vary from the foregoing requirements, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in the public interest.

Driveways and Parking Lots. All driveways and parking lots shall be suitably buffered and screened to minimize the impacts of noise, lighting and glare, exhaust fumes, views of parked vehicles and other nuisances. Buffering and screening shall minimize such impacts both from within the site itself, as well as from adjacent and nearby properties and public rights-of-way as follows:

HVAC Equipment and Utility Service Boxes. All ground level HVAC equipment and utility service boxes shall be suitably buffered and screened to minimize views of the same from both within the site itself, as well as from adjacent and nearby properties and public rights-of-way, as follows.

Applicability. This Article shall apply to all applications for development.

Design Standards. The following standards shall be used to prepare and review any development plan that involves the construction of new curbs or repair of existing curbs.

Applicability. This Article shall apply to all applications for development.

Design Standards. The following standards shall be used to prepare and review any development plan that involves the construction of a new driveway or the expansion or repair of an existing driveway.

Grading. Driveway grades shall not exceed 6% at any point along the entire length of the driveway.

Aprons. Driveway aprons shall be designed to permit access to any driveway from a street. Such aprons shall be constructed between the curb or edge of street pavement and the sidewalk or, in the absence of sidewalk, for a distance of four feet back from the curb or edge of pavement. Driveway apron width may be enlarged to provide adequate turning radii for larger vehicles. Driveway aprons shall consist of six-inch thick 4,500 PSI concrete reinforced with six inch by six inch by #6 welded wire mesh (or equal) installed on a compacted subgrade approved by the Township Engineer. A four-inch thick base of compacted DGA or RCA shall be provided if required by the Township Engineer and expansion joints shall be provided as required.

Side Slopes. Driveway side slopes shall be topsoiled, seeded, fertilized and mulched or otherwise stabilized to prevent erosion. If banks exceed a slope of two increments vertical to one increment horizontal (two to one) and the slope face is not stable rock, retaining walls shall be constructed of a design approved by the Township Engineer.

Clear Sight Triangles. At locations where driveways approach sidewalks and streets in the public right-of-way, clear sight triangles shall be provided on both sides of such driveways. No vision-obstructing object with a height greater than 2 1/2 feet, as measured from the elevation of the driveway, shall be located in such areas formed by outward facing isosceles triangles, with equal sides of 10 feet in length consisting of the curbline of the driveway and the property line along the right-of-way.

Landscaping. The entire development shall be extensively landscaped in accordance with a plan conceived as a complete pattern and style throughout the total site. All areas of the site not occupied by buildings and other improvements shall be intensively planted with trees, shrubs, hedges, ground cover and perennials and annuals. Landscaping shall be provided to achieve the following:

Other Site Design Elements. The development plan shall incorporate landscaping with other functional and ornamental site design elements, where appropriate, such as the following:

Plant Species. The selection of plant species to be used shall be appropriate in terms of function and size and shall be hardy for the climatic zone in which the Township is located. Consideration shall be given to soil conditions, availability of water, exposure to sunlight and other existing conditions.

Planting Sizes. Deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of three inches at time of planting. Evergreen trees shall be a minimum of six feet in height at time of planting. Low-growing evergreen shrubs shall be a minimum of 2 1/2 feet in height at time of planting. Size of other plantings shall depend on setting and type of plant material.

Planting Specifications. Only nursery-grown plant material shall be utilized. All trees, shrubs and ground cover shall be planted according to accepted horticultural standards. All grass shall be planted in accordance with the New Jersey State Soil Conservation Committee's Standards for Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control in New Jersey, current edition. Mulch Trees and other vegetation that have been removed may be reduced to chips and used as mulch in landscaped areas. Maintenance plantings shall be watered regularly and in a manner appropriate for the specific plant material through the first growing season. All landscaped areas shall be well maintained and kept free of all debris, rubbish, weeds, tall grass, other overgrown conditions and the storage of any equipment or materials.

Replacement of Dead Plantings. The developer shall be required to replace dead or dying plant material for a period of two years from the date of issuance of a final zoning permit for occupancy and shall post a maintenance guarantee for such pursuant to Article IX of this Ordinance. If plant material is dead or dying during a planting season, it shall be replaced that same season. If plant material is dead or dying during a non-planting season, it shall be replaced as soon as is reasonably possible at the start of the next planting season.

Fall Planting Hazard. Certain trees have been identified as having a high degree of transplantation failure if planted during the fall season. These should be noted on the landscape plans as spring planting only.

Foundation Plantings. The base of all sides of a building shall be planted with foundation plantings consisting of evergreen and/or semi-evergreen shrubs and trees. Such plantings shall be a minimum of two feet high at time of planting and spaced an average of three feet on center. This foundation planting requirement shall not apply to the sides of buildings that are directly abutting a public right-of-way.

Parking Lot Landscaping. The interior area of all parking lots shall be landscaped to provide visual relief from the undesirable and monotonous appearance of extensive parking areas, and to provide shading that will reduce solar heat gain to both the surface of the parking lot and vehicles parked thereon. Such landscaped areas shall be provided in protected planting islands or peninsulas within the perimeter of the parking lot and shall be placed so as not to obstruct the vision of motorists. The area and types of plantings shall be provided based on the number of parking spaces in the lot, as follows:

Slope Plantings. All cut and fill areas, terraces, earth berms and roadway embankments with slopes steeper than one increment vertical to three increments horizontal (one to three) shall be sufficiently landscaped to prevent erosion.

Drainage Facilities. Detention basins, headwalls, outlet structures, concrete flow channels, rip-rap channels and other drainage facilities shall be suitably planted with shrubs and trees. Detention basin embankments shall be extensively landscaped with wet-site-tolerant plantings.

Energy Conservation. Landscaping shall be designed to conserve energy, such as the planting of evergreen windbreaks to provide shielding from northwesterly winds during the winter and deciduous shade trees to reduce solar heat gain during the summer.

Street or Site Furniture. Benches, trash receptacles, kiosks, phone booths and other street or site furniture shall be located and sized in accordance with the functional need of such. Selection of such furniture shall take into consideration issues of durability, maintenance and vandalism. All such furniture shall be architecturally compatible with the style, materials, colors and details of buildings on the site.

Drainage Easements. Within required drainage easements, no regrading or the installation of structures, fences, trees and shrubs shall be permitted unless otherwise elsewhere modified by this Ordinance.

Conservation Easements. Conservation easements for wetlands, wetlands transition buffer, flood plain or flood plain buffer shall remain in their natural, undisturbed state within which no regrading or clearing shall be permitted, excepting the removal of minor underbrush or dead trees that are hazardous to people or buildings.

Clear Sight Easements. Areas designated as clear sight triangles shall remain free of visual obstructions between 2 1/2 and 10 feet in height with the exception of street and traffic control signs, traffic control boxes, fire hydrants, lighting poles as approved by the Township Engineer. Field sited street trees may be located within a sight triangle in accordance with Section 181-518, Sight Triangle.

Utility Easements. Easements for public and local utilities shall conform to any requirements of the appropriate company or authority. Structures within utility easements shall be regulated by the appropriate authority.

Cross-Access Easements. Cross-access easements shall permit pedestrians and motorists to travel from adjacent lots to the lot in question without the necessity for traveling on the public right-of-way.

Other Land Use Restrictions. Restrictions or easements of other governmental agencies with jurisdiction of the application for development shall conform to any requirements of the appropriate agency or authority.

Sufficient lighting shall be provided on each site or along roadways to ensure the security of property and to protect the safety of persons between the hours of sunset and sunrise when the establishment or facility is in use.

Lighting shall be so designed to avoid the creation of hazards to motorists and pedestrians or nuisance to adjoining property owners or residents. Lighting directed towards the sky shall be designed to prevent interference with commercial aviation routes.

Security lighting design for commercial developments shall employ timers on all or a portion of the site lighting that reduces the average illumination to the minimum requirements of this Ordinance within one hour after close of business or before midnight, whichever occurs earlier.

Safety lighting design shall employ motion sensors so that illumination occurs only when someone is in the immediate area.

Display, advertising and specialty lighting, excluding interior illuminated or backlit identification signage, shall be turned off at or before midnight.

Lighting levels, lamp color, and fixture type shall be consistent throughout the parcel in question and shall complement building architecture and landscaping.

Lighting shall be designed to minimize energy and maintenance requirements and shall comply with the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 1992 as it may be amended or superseded.

Exterior Lighting. Exterior lighting not building mounted shall be supplied by electricity from underground cabling.

Major Subdivision. As part of a major subdivision, concrete monuments shall be installed at all tract boundary corners and at all points of the right-of-way which establish a publicly dedicated street. Such monuments shall be located between the sidewalk and the front property line, where appropriate. A metal alloy pin of permanent character shall be installed at all remaining lot corners of all approved lots.

Minor Subdivision. As part of a minor subdivision, metal alloy pins of a permanent character shall be installed at all lot corners of all approved lots.

Performance Bonding of Monuments. All monuments and/or pins that are not installed at the time of subdivision approval shall be bonded in accordance with Article IX of this Ordinance.

Applicability. This Article shall apply to all site plan applications.

Design Standards. The following standards shall be used to prepare and review any development plan that involves the construction of a new parking lot or loading area or repair of an existing parking lot or loading area.

Nonresidential Uses.

Residential Uses.

Elevation. No dwelling unit shall be located below grade, whether fully or partially.

Single Family Development. The following look-a-like provisions/elevation standards shall be used to prepare and review any new single family residential development. The purpose of this section is to encourage construction in character with existing residential neighborhoods and to encourage construction that is diverse and aesthetically pleasing. No dwelling unit shall hereafter be constructed in any residential zone which shall be like or substantially like any neighboring dwelling as hereinafter defined, in more than two of the following six respects:

Applicability. The Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) at N.J.A.C. 5:21-7 including the section on stormwater management; shall govern any site improvements carried out, or intended or required to be carried out, in connection with any application for residential subdivision, site plan approval, or variance before the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, or in connection with any other residential development approval required or issued by the Township or any agency thereof, except as provided for herein.

Compliance. Construction of all residential improvements not regulated by the RSIS and not regulated by subsection 181-408.14, Parking Requirements, shall conform to the technical requirements of the Township Engineer, and any technical requirements specified in this Ordinance.

Purpose. Security grilles and doors found to be necessary in certain situations are an important building facade element that should be given thoughtful consideration. Security grilles and doors devoted to any retail sales or service establishment must be installed in a manner that preserves full visual access to a building's unique design elements.

Nonresidential Uses. Security grilles and doors designed in accordance with standards set forth in paragraph C may be installed by nonresidential uses only.

Design Standards. Security grilles and roll-up doors shall be designed according to the following standards:

Applicability. This subsection shall apply to nonresidential development in all portions of the Township.

Sidewalks. The following section provides standards for sidewalk placement and minimum sidewalk widths. The board of jurisdiction may require wider sidewalk widths where anticipated pedestrian traffic volumes would necessitate additional capacity. Calculations of required sidewalk widths that differ from the standards as set forth herein shall be made using the Highway Capacity Manual, latest edition, published by the Transportation Research Board.

Applicability. This Article shall apply to all site plan applications.

Development Standards. The following standards shall be used to prepare and review any site plan:

Applicability. This Article shall apply to all applications for nonresidential development.

Design standards. The following standards shall be used to prepare and review any development plan that involves the construction of a new street or repair of an existing street: Street design standards shall be appropriate to the expected use of the street, soil, topographical and other physical conditions and to the maintenance of the purpose of this Ordinance, but shall not be less than those set forth in the paragraph H., Schedule of Street Design Standards.

Nonresidential Streets. The right-of-way width and other standards for internal roads in commercial and industrial developments shall be determined on an individual basis and shall in all cases be of sufficient width and design to safely accommodate the maximum traffic, parking and loading needs, and maximum access for fire fighting equipment.

Reserve Strips. There shall be no reserve strip or areas controlling access to streets except where control and disposal of the land comprising such strips or areas have been placed in the hands of the Township Committee under conditions approved by the Municipal Agency.

Street Intersections. Shall be designed according to the following standards.

Street Layout.

Grading of Roadways. To preserve the integrity of pavements, embankments and excavations for street or roadways the grading shall be provided with slopes no steeper than one-foot vertical rise for every two feet of horizontal distance. Such slopes shall be suitably planted with perennial grasses or other ground cover plantings in accordance with the landscaping plans approved by the Township Engineer. In areas where excavations or embankments would extend significantly beyond the road right-of-way, thereby causing disruption to the natural environment of the subdivision, the Township Engineer may upon the application of the sub-diver, consider or may, upon its own initiative, direct the use of terraces, retaining walls, crib walls or other means of maintaining roadway slopes. In the event, the entire roadway right-of-way shall be fully graded and any retaining wall, crib wall or terraces shall be located outside the roadway right-of-way, and their maintenance shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property on which they are constructed. All areas in the roadway right-of-way between curbs and sidewalks shall be neatly graded, topsoiled and fertilized and seeded to establish a stand of perennial grasses.

Schedule of Street Design Standards.

Lot Access. All lots shall have frontage on and driveway access to a public street, except that lots in PUD's may have access from a private street, if specifically approved by the Board, pursuant to paragraph N., Private Streets, below. In no instance shall access to a nonresidential use be permitted through or across a lot located in a residential district.

Construction and Repair Specifications. All streets shall meet the construction specifications as set forth in applicable Township ordinances or as approved by the Township Engineer. This shall also apply to recommendations by the Township Engineer regarding the maintenance, repair or upgrading of existing streets located in that portion of the public right-of-way that directly abuts the lot to be developed.

Cul-De-Sacs. Where one end of a street terminates in a dead-end, a cul-de-sac shall be provided. The maximum length of a street ending in a cul-de-sac shall be 600 feet from the nearest intersection. A vehicular turnaround shall be provided at the terminus of the cul-de-sac with a minimum radius of 40 feet at the curbline. For public streets, an additional ten-foot-wide utility and planting strip shall be provided around the entire cul-de-sac for a minimum total right-of-way radius of 50 feet.

Street Names and Address Numbers. A street name shall not conflict with or be mistaken for an existing street name in the Township unless the street is a logical extension of an existing street. The street address numbering system shall be as approved by the Tax Assessor and the Township Administrator.

Street Name Signs. Street name signs shall be placed at all street intersections within or abutting the development. Street signs shall identify all cross streets at all intersections. The type, style and location of such signs shall be as approved by the Township Engineer.

Private Streets. Where approved as part of a PUD, private streets may be permitted by the Board with the following conditions:

Public Streets. All public streets shall be located in a public right-of-way dedicated to the Township having a minimum width of 50 feet, unless another width is specifically recommended in an adopted element of the Master Plan or on the adopted Official Map or Tax Map of the Township. Developments that adjoin or include existing public streets that do not conform to the above required right-of-way widths shall dedicate the required additional width along one or both sides of said street. If development is proposed along one side of the street only, then half of the required extra width shall be dedicated. The approval of any map or plat delineating streets by the governing body of the Township shall in no way be construed as an acceptance of any street indicated thereon.

Location. Street trees shall be installed on both sides of all public and private streets in accordance with an approved landscape plan. Trees shall be spaced evenly along the street in a location 15 feet behind the curbline (see Appendix H). In commercial areas with wider sidewalks that extend to the curb, trees shall be placed in tree wells with root guard systems. Such tree wells shall have sufficient soil volume to support tree growth as follows:

Spacing. Trees specified in the Table of Recommended Large Street Trees shall be planted at a minimum interval of 35 feet along all streets. Trees specified in the Table of Recommended Medium Street Trees shall be planted at a minimum interval of 30 feet along all streets. Trees may be planted closer together in order to avoid interference with utilities, roadways, sidewalks, sight easements, and street lights.

Minimum Planting Size. All street trees shall have a minimum caliper of 3 1/2 inches at the time of planting.

Street Tree Type. Tree type may vary depending on overall effect desired but as a general rule, all trees shall be large deciduous trees except as needed to achieve special effects. Tree selection shall be approved by the Board in accordance with the following tables. Alternate selections may be approved at the discretion of the Board.

Planting Specifications. Street trees shall be substantially uniform in size and shape, and have straight trunks. Trees shall be properly planted and staked in accordance with the Hazlet Township Engineering Standards. Provision shall be made by the developer for regular watering and maintenance until they are established. Dead or dying trees shall be replaced by the developer during the next suitable planting season.

Applicability. This Article shall apply to all subdivision applications.

Standards. The following standards shall be used to prepare any development plan for a subdivision:

Purpose. Indiscriminate, uncontrolled, and excessive destruction, as well as the removal and cutting of trees on lots and tracts of land within the Township, may cause:

Establishment of Conservation Officer. There shall be appointed and designated, an official whose formal title shall be that of Conservation Officer of the Township of Hazlet. This official shall be charged with the inspection of sites upon which there is an application for site plan approval or for subdivision approval in regard to the provisions of this section, and with inspection and enforcement of the tree removal and protection requirements of this Ordinance.

Cutting or Removal Restricted. Subject to the exemptions set forth, no person shall cut or remove, or cause to be cut or removed, any tree with a diameter at point of measurement (DPM) of 2 1/2 inches for street trees and four inches for non-street trees or greater upon any lands within the Township, unless the cutting or removal is accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

Tree Removal; Permit Required. No person shall remove or destroy or cause to be or allow to be removed or destroyed any tree without first obtaining a tree removal permit. Tree removal permits shall be issued by the Conservation Officer. A permit is required for the removal of all trees of four inch caliper or larger.

Existing single family residential property shall be exempt from the requirements of this Ordinance, provided that said homeowner is removing a street tree with a DBH of less than 2 1/2 inches and any non-street tree with a DBH of less than four inches.

Permit Application. Applications for a permit shall be made to the Zoning Officer and shall contain the following information:

The name and address of the applicant.

The name and address of the owner of the property from which the tree(s) are to be removed.

Location on the property of the tree(s) to be removed, indicated on a plan as follows:

The plan shall indicate all tree(s) to be removed, specifically by an assigned number, and the caliper of each tree.

The plan shall indicate all tree(s) to remain, specifically by an assigned number.

The plan shall indicate a limit of disturbance line (i.e., where the four-foot high standard wood snow fence will be erected if required by the Conservation Officer).

For any clearing greater than three acres, a representative 5% of the wooded areas proposed to be cleared shall be inventoried. The representative 5% shall be determined by agreement between the Conservation Officer and the applicant. Where less than three acres is proposed to be cleared, all trees to be removed shall be inventoried.

All trees greater than 20 inches in caliper or any specimen trees (i.e. any unique or remarkable tree or species) to be removed shall be indicated on the plan. All reasonable efforts shall be made to preserve such trees, including but not limited to, if feasible, relocation of infrastructure, roadways, and buildings. Removal of such trees shall require the specific written approval of the Conservation Officer.

Any other information that may reasonably be required to enable the application to be properly evaluated.

Inspection Required. The Conservation Officer or designee shall inspect the trees that are the subject of the application, the drainage incidental thereto, other physical conditions existing on the property, and the impact upon adjacent properties.

Zoning Permit Requirements. Where an application is made in connection with the construction of a building or other land use improvement, no zoning permit shall be issued until the tree removal permit has been granted, or an exemption granted.

Replacement Tree Requirements.

Agricultural Operations. Agricultural operations are exempt from replacement requirements providing the property in question is farmed for a minimum of five years after the date of clearing. An application must be submitted prior to clearing. If the property is developed for any other use before the five years expire, the replacement obligation shall be enforced according to the new use of the property.

Nonresidential Development. All commercial and industrial developments are required to replace all trees removed in accordance with this Ordinance.

Sparse Land/Major Subdivisions and Site Plans. In regard to major subdivisions and site plans, lots with tree cover less than 30% shall be required to plant a minimum of 1.5 trees per 10,000 square feet or less of open field. The owner/applicant shall have a qualified professional calculate the total required trees to be distributed in accordance with a landscape plan of the entire project, which shall be approved by the Conservation Officer.

Tree Escrow Fund Established. Tree Escrow Fund shall be established by the Township to promote environmental enhancement programs such as tree planting, tree preservation, park development, landscaping and/or other related projects on or within municipally owned properties or facilities. A separate trust account shall be established for this purpose under the supervision of the Township Treasurer. Appropriations from the Tree Escrow Fund shall be authorized by the Mayor and Committee and shall be used for a municipal purpose pursuant to the recommendations of the Zoning Officer, the-Conservation Officer, the Township Planner and/or the Shade Tree Commission.

Replacement Tree Value Calculations.

Exemptions.

Fees. Upon application for a tree removal permit, the applicant shall be charged the following fees:

Time Limit. All tree removal permits shall be limited to one year from date of issuance. If the approved tree removal has not occurred within one year, a new permit must be applied for and is subject to the payment of new fees.

Criteria for Tree Removal. The Conservation Officer may approve the removal of a tree if any of the following criteria apply:

Enforcement. The requirements of this Ordinance shall be enforced by the Conservation Officer, who shall inspect or require adequate inspection of all sites upon which there is an application for site plan or subdivision, all applicable tree removal or destruction and soil removal incidental thereto, and for compliance with other pertinent conditions of approval from the Planning Board/Zoning Board. Upon ascertaining a violation of this Ordinance, the Conservation officer shall refer charges in the Municipal Court. In addition to other remedies, the Director of Code Enforcement and Construction, Zoning Officer or other proper municipal official may institute any appropriate legal action to prevent a continuing violation of the terms of this Ordinance.

New Electric, Telephone, Television and Other Communication Facilities.

Existing Supply Lines and Service Connections. Lots that abut existing easements or public rights-of-way, where overhead electric or telephone distribution supply lines and service connections have heretofore been installed, may be supplied with electric and telephone service from those overhead lines, but the service connections from the utilities' overhead lines shall be installed underground. In the instance of an application for development, an applicant shall demonstrate to the board of jurisdiction whether it is possible to relocate existing overhead electric or telephone distribution supply lines underground.

Policy statement. Flood control, groundwater recharge, and pollutant reduction shall be achieved using stormwater management measures, including green infrastructure best management practices (GI BMPs) and nonstructural stormwater management strategies. GI BMPs and low impact development (LID) should be utilized to meet the goal of maintaining natural hydrology to reduce stormwater runoff volume, reduce erosion, encourage infiltration and groundwater recharge, and reduce pollution. GI BMPs and LID should be developed based upon physical site conditions and the origin, nature and the anticipated quantity, or amount, of potential pollutants. Multiple stormwater management BMPs may be necessary to achieve the established performance standards for water quality, quantity, and groundwater recharge.

Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish minimum stormwater management requirements and controls for "major development," as defined below in § 181-525.02.

Applicability.

Compatibility with other permit and ordinance requirements. Development approvals issued pursuant to this ordinance are to be considered an integral part of development approvals and do not relieve the applicant of the responsibility to secure required permits or approvals for activities regulated by any other applicable code, rule, act, or ordinance. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this ordinance shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare. This ordinance is not intended to interfere with, abrogate, or annul any other ordinances, rule or regulation, statute, or other provision of law except that, where any provision of this ordinance imposes restrictions different from those imposed by any other ordinance, rule or regulation, or other provision of law, the more restrictive provisions or higher standards shall control.

Stormwater management measures for major development shall be designed to provide erosion control, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity control, and stormwater runoff quality treatment as follows:

The standards in this ordinance apply only to new major development and are intended to minimize the impact of stormwater runoff on water quality and water quantity in receiving water bodies and maintain groundwater recharge. The standards do not apply to new major development to the extent that alternative design and performance standards are applicable under a regional stormwater management plan or Water Quality Management Plan adopted in accordance with Department rules.

The development shall incorporate a maintenance plan for the stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of a major development in accordance with § 181-525.10.

Stormwater management measures shall avoid adverse impacts of concentrated flow on habitat for threatened and endangered species as documented in the Department's Landscape Project or Natural Heritage Database established under N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.147 through 13:1B-15.150, particularly Helonias bullata (swamp pink) and/or Clemmys muhlenbergii (bog turtle).

The following linear development projects are exempt from the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity requirements of § 181-525.04P, Q and R:

A waiver from strict compliance from the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity requirements of § 181-525.04O, P, Q and R may be obtained for the enlargement of an existing public roadway or railroad; or the construction or enlargement of a public pedestrian access, provided that the following conditions are met:

Tables 1 through 3 below summarize the ability of stormwater best management practices identified and described in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual to satisfy the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality and stormwater runoff quantity standards specified in § 181-525.04O, P, Q and R. When designed in accordance with the most current version of the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, the stormwater management measures found at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2 (f) Tables 5-1, 5-2 and 5-3 and listed below in Tables 1, 2 and 3 are presumed to be capable of providing stormwater controls for the design and performance standards as outlined in the tables below. Upon amendments of the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices to reflect additions or deletions of BMPs meeting these standards, or changes in the presumed performance of BMPs designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual, the Department shall publish in the New Jersey Registers a notice of administrative change revising the applicable table. The most current version of the BMP Manual can be found on the Department's website at: https://dep.nj.gov/stormwater/bmp-manual/.

Where the BMP tables in the NJ Stormwater Management Rule are different due to updates or amendments with the tables in this ordinance the BMP tables in the Stormwater Management Rule at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(f) shall take precedence.

An alternative stormwater management measure, alternative removal rate, and/or alternative method to calculate the removal rate may be used if the design engineer demonstrates the capability of the proposed alternative stormwater management measure and/or the validity of the alternative rate or method to the municipality. A copy of any approved alternative stormwater management measure, alternative removal rate, and/or alternative method to calculate the removal rate shall be provided to the Department in accordance with § 181-525.06B. Alternative stormwater management measures may be used to satisfy the requirements at § 181-525.04O only if the measures meet the definition of "green infrastructure" at § 181-525.02. Alternative stormwater management measures that function in a similar manner to a BMP listed at § 181-525.04O2 are subject to the contributory drainage area limitation specified at § 181-525.04O2 for that similarly functioning BMP. Alternative stormwater management measures approved in accordance with this subsection that do not function in a similar manner to any BMP listed at § 181-525.04O2 shall have a contributory drainage area less than or equal to 2.5 acres, except for alternative stormwater management measures that function similarly to cisterns, grass swales, green roofs, standard constructed wetlands, vegetative filter strips, and wet ponds, which are not subject to a contributory drainage area limitation. Alternative measures that function similarly to standard constructed wetlands or wet ponds shall not be used for compliance with the stormwater runoff quality standard unless a variance in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.6 or a waiver from strict compliance in accordance with § 181-525.04D is granted from § 181-525.04O.

Whenever the stormwater management design includes one or more BMPs that will infiltrate stormwater into subsoil, the design engineer shall assess the hydraulic impact on the groundwater table and design the site, so as to avoid adverse hydraulic impacts. Potential adverse hydraulic impacts include, but are not limited to, exacerbating a naturally or seasonally high water table, so as to cause surficial ponding, flooding of basements, or interference with the proper operation of subsurface sewage disposal systems or other subsurface structures within the zone of influence of the groundwater mound, or interference with the proper functioning of the stormwater management measure itself.

Design standards for stormwater management measures are as follows:

Manufactured treatment devices may be used to meet the requirements of this subchapter, provided the pollutant removal rates are verified by the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology and certified by the Department. Manufactured treatment devices that do not meet the definition of "green infrastructure" at § 181-525.02 may be used only under the circumstances described at § 181-525.04O4.

Any application for a new agricultural development that meets the definition of "major development" at § 181-525.02 shall be submitted to the Soil Conservation District for review and approval in accordance with the requirements at § 181-525.04O, P, Q and R and any applicable Soil Conservation District guidelines for stormwater runoff quantity and erosion control. For purposes of this subsection, "agricultural development" means land uses normally associated with the production of food, fiber, and livestock for sale. Such uses do not include the development of land for the processing or sale of food and the manufacture of agriculturally related products.

If there is more than one drainage area, the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 181-525.04P, Q and R shall be met in each drainage area, unless the runoff from the drainage areas converge onsite and no adverse environmental impact would occur as a result of compliance with any one or more of the individual standards being determined utilizing a weighted average of the results achieved for that individual standard across the affected drainage areas.

Any stormwater management measure authorized under the municipal stormwater management plan or ordinance shall be reflected in a deed notice recorded in the Monmouth County Clerk's office. A form of deed notice shall be submitted to the to the municipality for approval prior to filing. The deed notice shall contain a description of the stormwater management measure(s) used to meet the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 181-525.04O, P, Q and R and shall identify the location of the stormwater management measure(s) in NAD 1983 State Plane New Jersey FIPS 2900 US Feet or Latitude and Longitude in decimal degrees. The deed notice shall also reference the maintenance plan required to be recorded upon the deed pursuant to § 181-525.10B5. Prior to the commencement of construction, proof that the above required deed notice has been filed shall be submitted to the municipality. Proof that the required information has been recorded on the deed shall be in the form of either a copy of the complete recorded document or a receipt from the Clerk or other proof of recordation provided by the recording office. However, if the initial proof provided to the municipality is not a copy of the complete recorded document, a copy of the complete recorded document shall be provided to the municipality within 180 calendar days of the authorization granted by the municipality.

A stormwater management measure approved under the municipal stormwater management plan or ordinance may be altered or replaced with the approval of the municipality, if the municipality determines that the proposed alteration or replacement meets the design and performance standards pursuant to § 181-525.04 of this ordinance and provides the same level of stormwater management as the previously approved stormwater management measure that is being altered or replaced. If an alteration or replacement is approved, a revised deed notice shall be submitted to the municipality for approval and subsequently recorded with the Monmouth County Clerk's office and shall contain a description and location of the stormwater management measure, as well as reference to the maintenance plan, in accordance with Subsection M above. Prior to the commencement of construction, proof that the above required deed notice has been filed shall be submitted to the municipality in accordance with Subsection M above.

Green infrastructure standards.

Groundwater recharge standards.

Stormwater runoff quality standards.

Stormwater runoff quantity standards.

Stormwater runoff shall be calculated in accordance with the following:

Groundwater recharge may be calculated in accordance with the following: The New Jersey Geological Survey Report GSR-32, A Method for Evaluating Groundwater-Recharge Areas in New Jersey, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. Information regarding the methodology is available from the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual; at the New Jersey Geological Survey website at: https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/pricelst/gsreport/gsr32.pdf or at New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, 29 Arctic Parkway, PO Box 420 Mail Code 29-01, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420.

The precipitation depths of the current two-, 10-, and 100-year storm events shall be determined by multiplying the values determined in accordance with Subsection C1 and 2 below:

Technical guidance for stormwater management measures can be found in the documents listed below, which are available to download from the Department's website at: https://dep.nj.gov/stormwater/bmp-manual/.

Submissions required for review by the Department should be mailed to:

The Division of Watershed Protection and Restoration, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Mail Code 501-02A, PO Box 420, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420.

Site design features identified under § 181-525.04F above, or alternative designs in accordance with § 181-525.04G above, to prevent discharge of trash and debris from drainage systems shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see § 181-525.07A2 below.

This section sets forth requirements to protect public safety through the proper design and operation of stormwater management BMPs. This section applies to any new stormwater management BMP.

The provisions of this section are not intended to preempt more stringent municipal or county safety requirements for new or existing stormwater management BMPs. Municipal and county stormwater management plans and ordinances may, pursuant to their authority, require existing stormwater management BMPs to be retrofitted to meet one or more of the safety standards in § 181-525.07C1, 2, and 3 for trash racks, overflow grates, and escape provisions at outlet structures.

Requirements for trash racks, overflow grates and escape provisions.

Variance or exemption from safety standard. A variance or exemption from the safety standards for stormwater management BMPs may be granted only upon a written finding by the municipality that the variance or exemption will not constitute a threat to public safety.

Safety ledge illustration.

Submission of site development stormwater plan.

Site development stormwater plan approval. The applicant's site development project shall be reviewed as a part of the review process by the municipal board or official from which municipal approval is sought. That municipal board or official shall consult the municipality's review engineer to determine if all of the checklist requirements have been satisfied and to determine if the project meets the standards set forth in this ordinance.

Submission of site development stormwater plan. The following information shall be required:

Applicability. Projects subject to review as in § 181-525.01C of this ordinance shall comply with the requirements of § 181-525.10B and C.

General maintenance.

Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the municipality in which the major development is located from requiring the posting of a performance or maintenance guarantee in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.

Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to require dumpsters and other refuse containers that are outdoors or exposed to stormwater to be covered at all times and prohibits the spilling, dumping, leaking, or otherwise discharge of liquids, semi-liquids or solids from the containers to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Township of Hazlet and/or the waters of the State so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.

Definitions. For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this Chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

Prohibited Conduct. Any person who controls, whether owned, leased, or operated, a refuse container or dumpster must ensure that such container or dumpster is covered at all times and shall prevent refuse from spilling out or overflowing.

Any person who owns, leases or otherwise uses a refuse container or dumpster must ensure that such container or dumpster does not leak or otherwise discharge liquids, semi-liquids or solids to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Township of Hazlet.

Exceptions to Prohibition.

Permitted temporary demolition containers.

Litter receptacles (other than dumpsters or other bulk containers).

Individual homeowner trash and recycling containers.

Refuse containers at facilities authorized to discharge stormwater under a valid NJPDES permit.

Large bulky items (e.g., furniture, bound carpet and padding, white goods placed curbside for pickup).

Enforcement. This Ordinance shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township of Hazlet.

Penalties. Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,250.

Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to require the retrofitting of existing storm drain inlets which are in direct contact with repaving, repairing, reconstruction, or resurfacing or alterations of facilities on private property, to prevent the discharge of solids and floatables (such as plastic bottles, cans, food wrappers and other litter) to the municipal separate storm sewer system(s) operated by the Township of Hazlet so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.

Definitions. For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this Chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

Prohibited Conduct. No person in control of private property (except a residential lot with one single-family house) shall authorize the repaving, repairing (excluding the repair of individual potholes), resurfacing (including top coating or chip sealing with asphalt emulsion or a thin base of hot bitumen), reconstructing or altering any surface that is in direct contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that property unless the storm drain inlet either:

Already meets the design standard below to control passage of solid and floatable materials; or

Is retrofitted or replaced to meet the standard in paragraph D below prior to the completion of the project.

Design Standard. Storm drain inlets identified in paragraph C above shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see paragraph D,3 below.

Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body under that grate:

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle safe grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April 1996); or

A different grate, is each individual clear space in that grate has an area of no more than seven square inches, or is no greater than 0.5 inches across the smallest dimension.

Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in grate inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates, and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels, and stormwater basin floors.

Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more than seven square inches, or be no greater than two inches across the smallest dimension. This standard does not apply:

Where the Municipal Engineer agrees that this standard would cause inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome by using additional or larger storm drain inlets that meet these standards;

Where flows are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable materials that could not pass through one of the following:

A rectangular space 4 5/8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide (this option does not apply for outfall netting facilities); or

A bar screen having a bar spacing 0.5 inches. Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars with one inch spacing between bars; or

Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines, pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey Register listed historic property.

Enforcement. This Ordinance shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township of Hazlet.

Penalties. Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,250 for each storm drain inlet that is not retrofitted to meet the design standard.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof in Municipal Court, be punishable by imposition of a fine not less than $500 no more than $1,000.

Each instance of engaging in a separate regulated activity, in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a separate offense.

In addition, the Borough may institute civil action for injunctive or other relief to enforce the provisions of this section.

Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to prevent stored salt and other solid de-icing materials from being exposed to stormwater. This ordinance establishes requirements for the storage of salt and other solid de-icing materials on properties not owned or operated by the municipality (privately-owned), including residences, in the Township of Hazlet to protect the environment, public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.

Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When consistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

De-icing material storage requirements:

Exemptions.

Enforcement. This ordinance shall be enforced by the Hazlet Township Code Enforcement Official during the course of ordinary enforcement duties.

Violations and penalties. Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall have 72 hours to complete corrective action. Repeat violations and/or failure to complete corrective action shall result in fines as follows:

Major Subdivisions. In the case of Major Subdivision, there shall be provided, in conjunction with preliminary review and approval, a report on prevailing soil and groundwater conditions. The report shall be generated by a professional engineer who shall be retained for this purpose by the applicant. The report shall conform to the following minimum requirements:

Site Plans. In the case of Site Plans, there shall be provided, in conjunction with preliminary review and approval, a report on prevailing soil and groundwater conditions. The report shall be retained for this purpose by the Applicant. The report shall conform to the following minimum requirements:

Stream Setback Requirements. No use other than agricultural use of land, otherwise permitted by this Ordinance, shall be established upon land or fill having an elevation lower than the highest elevation of any known flood plain or minimum floor elevations established for this flood plain by municipal or State agencies which affects the property; and no building shall be constructed so as to have any floor level less than one foot above the highest elevation of an adjacent known flood plain. NO ACTIVITY SHALL BE PERMITTED WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE TOP OF THE BANK OF A STREAM OR OTHER BODY OF WATER except that individual homeowners, limited to homes constructed prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, shall be permitted to construct accessory structures such as pool, deck, patio and shed within the 100 feet and in conformance with all other zoning bulk requirements. NO ACTIVITY SHALL BE PERMITTED WITHIN DRAINAGE OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. No building shall be constructed within the 100-year floodplain of any stream of water course, or on land subject to periodic overflow, or on land which has a water table within 1 1/2 feet from the finished grade of slab from the bottom of utilities (located under the slab), whichever is lowest.