The specific terms hereinafter set forth shall have the following meanings:
ACCESSORY BUILDINGA building detached from and subordinate to a main building on the same lot and used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main building.
ACCESSORY USESA use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use or building and located on the same lot with the principal use or building.
ADJOINImmediately adjacent to, contiguous to and not separated by any street, avenue, public area or space.
ALTERATIONAs applied to a building or structure, any change in supporting members or structural parts, any enlargement thereof, any change from one classification to another or moving of such building or structure from one location to another.
AREAThe surface of a lot, building or structure measured on a horizontal plane.
AUTO BODY REPAIR SHOPAny establishment, building or other place where any portion of any business or activity carried on is repairing or repainting of auto bodies or motorcycles. "Auto body" shall mean the outer body and chassis of a motor vehicle as defined by N.J.S.A. 39:1-1.
AWNINGAny structure made of cloth or metal with a metal frame attached to a building, projecting over a thoroughfare and so erected as to permit its being retracted to a position flat against the building when not in use.
BASEMENTA story partly below finished grade but having at least 1/2 of its height measured from floor to ceiling above finished grade. A basement shall be counted as one story in determining the height of a building in stories except as provided in §
300-11A.
BLOCKThe length of a street between the street lines of two intersecting streets.
BOARDINGHOUSEA dwelling in which more than two people are sheltered or fed for profit, or both. The term "boardinghouse" shall include "rooming house," "lodging house" and "tourist house."
BUILDING GROUPA group of two or more principal buildings occupying a lot in one ownership.
CANOPYAny structure, other than an awning, made of cloth, plastic, metal or other substance, with metal frame attached to a building, and providing a roof-like shelter over a public or quasi-public right-of-way.
CELLARAny space in a building the height of which (from floor to ceiling) is more than 1/2 below the average finished grade. A cellar shall not be counted in determining the permissible number of stories.
CHILD-CARE CENTERAn institution offering the provision of supplemental parental care and supervision for nonrelated children, on a regular basis during part or all of the day, under license by the New Jersey Department of Human Services. The term "child-care center," as used herein, includes the terms "infant-care center," "day nursery," "day-care center" "nursery school" or similar.
CLUB MEMBERSHIPAn organization catering exclusively to members and their guests, not conducted for profit.
COVERAGEThat percentage of lot area covered by buildings and structures.
CURB LEVELThe mean curb grade as established by Borough ordinance or, in the absence of an established grade, the mean level of the existing curb or of the lot at the street line.
DUPLEXA building designed for or intended to contain not more than two dwelling units arranged side by side with a common party wall, with no dwelling units being above or below each other, and each dwelling unit having its own front and rear or side access to the outside.
[Added 12-19-2000 by Ord. No. 1361; amended 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 1426; 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 1443]
DWELLINGA building designed or used principally as the living quarters of one or more families. The term "dwelling" shall not be deemed to include motel, hotel, boardinghouse, rooming house, tourist house or other accommodations used for transient occupancy.
DWELLING, GROUPA group of two or more dwellings occupying a lot in one ownership.
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILYA dwelling containing three or more dwelling units and occupied or designed for occupancy by three or more families.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILYA building containing one dwelling unit only and designed to house one family only.
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILYA building for or intended to contain not more than two dwelling units and designed to house not more than two families.
[Amended 5-16-1996 by Ord. No. 1239; 12-19-2000 by Ord. No. 1361; 3-16-2004 by Ord. No. 1426; 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 1443]
DWELLING UNITA building or portion thereof occupied or intended to be occupied as a residence by one family and consisting of a room or connecting rooms constituting a separate independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy or rental occupancy.
EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTA building or structure in which food or beverages are sold and consumed principally within the confines of the building on the premises.
FAMILYAn individual or group of two or more persons living together as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit and using certain rooms and housekeeping facilities in common. The taking in of lodgers, boarders or roomers in all or a part of the premises or the taking in of a subtenant of a portion of the premises shall not be deemed to constitute a part of a family and is prohibited.
FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTAn establishment designed for over-the-counter immediate service to patrons primarily for immediate consumption, whether or not interior seating facilities are provided, and which restaurant serves a limited, standardized menu of quickly prepared or preprepared foods, and which foods are packaged in paper or other types of disposable wrappers and containers. Any food take-out service which is clearly incidental to the primary permitted restaurant shall not be deemed a fast-food restaurant. Fast-food restaurants also shall not include other types of retail establishments in which food is primarily sold for preparation and consumption elsewhere, although, as a secondary use, prepared food may also be sold over the counter for immediate consumption, such as a delicatessen, market or supermarket.
FLOOR AREAThe aggregate sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floor or floors of the building, measured from the exterior walls or from the center line of walls separating two buildings. In calculating the required off-street parking, basement or cellar space used exclusively as storage space shall not be included as floor area.
FRONT WALLThe front wall of a building or structure shall be that wall parallel or most nearly parallel to the frontage of the premises.
GARAGE, PARKINGA building or structure used for the parking of passenger automobiles at which no fuels and oils are sold and where motor vehicles are not serviced, equipped, repaired, hired, leased or sold.
GARAGE, PRIVATEAn accessory building for the storage of motor vehicles not used in any way as a place of business.
GARAGE, PUBLICA building devoted to the business of repairing, storing and servicing of motor vehicles. The term "public garage" shall not include auto body repair shops.
GASOLINE FILLING STATIONBuildings or premises where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and automotive accessories may be supplied and dispensed at retail but not including auto body repair, welding, spray painting and not including automotive washing using mechanical devices.
GRADE PLANEA referenced plane representing the average of the finished ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls.
[Added 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 1443]
HEIGHT OF BUILDINGThe vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the highest roof surface.
HOTELA building used in whole or in part as a place furnishing and providing sleeping accommodations for transient guests.
INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING OR USEA building in which persons are harbored to receive medical or charitable care or treatment or in which persons are held or detained by reasons of public or civic duty or for correctional purposes, including, among others, hospitals, asylums, sanitoriums and jails.
LOTA designated parcel, tract or area of land established by a plat or otherwise as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit.
LOT, CORNERA lot abutting two streets at their intersection.
LOT, DEPTH OFThe mean distance from the street line of a lot to its rear line.
LOT LINE, FRONT or LOT FRONTAGEThe lot line abutting a street. In the case of a corner lot, the lot line having the smaller dimension abutting street shall be the lot frontage.
LOT LINE, REARThe lot line opposite and more readily parallel to the front lot line.
LOT LINE, SIDEThe lot line connecting the front lot line and the rear lot line. Any lot line not a rear line or front line shall be deemed a side lot line.
LOT, THROUGHA lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets and extending from street to street.
LOT, WIDTH OFThe horizontal mean width measured at right angles to the lot depth at a rear line of the required front yard.
MOTELA building or building group containing individual living and sleeping accommodations for hire, each of which is offered for rental and use principally by motor vehicle travelers.
NURSING HOMEAn institution, public or private, for the housing of the infirm or those convalescing, which institution shall be licensed and regulated by the State of New Jersey under its definition of nursing home but shall not include full hospital services, emergency care services or operating rooms. The term "nursing home" shall not be deemed to be synonymous with the term "hospital."
OFFICE or OFFICE BUILDINGA building used for professional, clerical or business offices but not for manufacture, fabrication, sale of goods except by sample or storage except incidental to office use.
PARKING AREALand or any part of a building used for the parking of motor vehicles.
PARKING SPACEA stall in a garage or parking area containing a minimum of 180 square feet with minimum dimensions of 9 feet by 20 feet, exclusive of passageways, drives, maneuvering areas and aisles.
PREMISESA lot, together with all the buildings and uses thereon.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IN A RESIDENCEThe office or studio of any licensed person such as a physician, surgeon, dentist, architect, engineer or lawyer when:
A. Such use is conducted entirely within a dwelling which is the bona fide residence of the practitioner;
B. Not more than two employees are engaged;
C. Such use does not occupy more than 35% of the floor area of the dwelling occupied by the practitioner; and
D. There is no display of goods or services other than an identification sign not exceeding an area of two square feet.
PUBLIC UTILITY INSTALLATIONSPublic utility installations shall include such uses as high-voltage transmission lines, towers, substations and pumping stations but shall not include service or storage yards.
RETAINING WALLSWalls built to retain or support the lateral pressure of earth or water or other superimposed loads and shall be designed and constructed of masonry and/or concrete.
[Added 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 1443]
RIDGELINEA line at the top of a mountain or hill at the edge or upper limit of a slope of 40% or more.
STORYThe space between the upper surface of any floor and the next upper surface of the floor or roof above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. A "half-story" is a portion of a building between the upper surface of a floor and the roof construction above, where the space thus enclosed has a height of not more than five feet.
USEThe purpose for which a building or other structure or land is arranged, designed or intended or occupied or maintained.
YARDAn open space on a lot unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except for natural vegetation or except as otherwise specifically provided by these regulations.
YARD, FRONTA yard extending across the full width of a lot and lying between the front lot line of the lot and the nearest point of any building.
YARD, REARA yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear lot line of the lot and the nearest point of the building.
YARD, REQUIREDThat portion of a lot extending open and unobstructed from the ground upward along a lot line for a depth or width as specified by the regulations of the district in which the lot is located.
YARD, SIDEA yard situated between the building and the side line of a lot and extending from the front yard to the rear yard. If there is no front yard, the front boundary of the side yard shall be the street line, and if there is no rear yard, the rear boundary of the side yard shall be the rear line of the lot. On a corner lot, the exterior side yard (street side yard) shall extend from the front yard to the rear lot line.