Definitions. All such words as defined in the Municipal Land Use Law, if not contained below, are hereby incorporated herein and declared to be part of this chapter. The following words, terms and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meanings hereinafter indicated.
ACCESSORY USE, STRUCTURE OR BUILDINGShall mean the use, structure or building which is subordinate to and serves as principal building or a principal use; is subordinate in area, extent and purposes to the principal structure or principal building or use served; contributes primarily to the comfort, convenience or the necessity of the occupants, business or industry of the principal structure or business use served; and is located on the same parcel as the principal structure or principal use served except as may otherwise be expressly authorized within this chapter. In the case of an Accessory structure or building, it shall be detached from the principal building.
[Ord. No. 2018-966]
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIESShall mean any business function in which there is not regular contact with the general public and where no materials, products, goods or prepared foods are stored except for office consumption.
AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PURPOSE OR USEShall mean any product of plants or animals useful to man, including but not limited to: forages or sod crops, grains and feed corn, dairy animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, including the beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules or goats, and including the breeding and grazing of any or all such animals; bees and dairy products; fur; animals; trees and forest products; fruits of all kinds, including grapes, nuts and berries; vegetables; nursery, floral, ornamental and greenhouse products; or any land devoted to and meeting the requirements and qualifications for payments or their compensation pursuant to a soil conservation program under any agency of the federal government.
ALLEYShall mean a minor way or roadway dedicated or open to public use which is less than 20 feet in width.
ALTERATIONSShall mean and include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. All incidental changes or replacements in nonstructural parts of building or other structure.
2. Minor changes or replacement in the structural parts of a building or other structure, limited to the following examples and others of similar character or extent:
(a) Alteration of interior partitions to residential buildings provided that no additional dwelling units are created thereby.
(b) Alteration of interior partitions in all other types of buildings or other structures.
(c) Making windows or doors in exterior walls.
(d) Strengthening the load-bearing capacity in not more than 10% of the total floor area to permit the accommodation of a specialized unit of machinery or equipment.
3. Any change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders; or in the utility system or mechanical equipment of a structure, which change materially alters its usability or capacity of a function.
APPROVING AUTHORITYShall mean the Planning Board of the municipality unless a different agency is designated by ordinance when acting pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
BARNShall mean any building accessory to a primary residence used for the housing, storage or preparation for marketing of plants or animals, provided that a "barn" is permitted only where the use of the plants or animals to be housed, stored or prepared for marketing is an otherwise permitted use under this chapter.
BARN, POLEShall mean a barn which utilizes telephone poles or similar type poles as the support for the roof. The sides of the pole barn may or may not be closed.
BASEMENTShall mean a story having a portion of its height below grade and the finished floor level directly above the basement with more than 1/2 the height of the basement above average ground level around the building. A "basement" is counted as a story if the ceiling is more than six feet above the average grade or is subdivided and used for dwelling purposes, other than for a janitor employed on the premises.
BUILDING AREAShall mean the area of a horizontal section of a building.
BUILDING HEIGHTShall mean the vertical distance measured from the main elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point of the roof, flat roofs, to the main height level, between the eaves and the ridge, for gable and hipped roofs and to the deck line for mansard roofs.
BULKShall mean the term used to describe the size of the buildings or other structures and their relationship to each other, to open areas such as yards and to lot lines includes the size, height and floor area of building or other structures.
CAMPSITEShall mean any place, area, lot or tract of land so designed and intended that persons could sleep, reside or dwell thereon, in or under any type of shelter other than in a permanent type of structure which conforms in all respects to the provisions of the Building Ordinance of the Borough of Pine Hill.
CANNABISShall mean all parts of the plant Genus Cannabis L., whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds. “Cannabis” does not include: Cannabis dispensed and consumed for medical purposes pursuant to any law enacted by the Legislature; hemp or hemp products subject to regulation under the “New Jersey Hemp Farming Act,” P.L. 2019, c.238 (C. 4:28-6, et al), or any successor enactment thereto; or unregulated cannabis, referred to as marijuana, and products created from or which include marijuana.
[Added 7-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1002]
CAT KENNELShall mean any structure or group of structures on one lot or group of structures on contiguous lots commonly owned which is occupied by six or more cats.
CEMETERYShall mean land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries, when operated in conjunction with the cemetery within the boundaries.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCYShall mean a certificate issued by the Construction Official upon completion of construction or alteration of any building or structure. Said certificate shall acknowledge compliance with all requirements of this chapter, such adjustment thereto as granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and/or any other applicable requirements.
CHURCHShall mean a building used for public worship by a congregation, excluding buildings used exclusively for residential, educational, burial, recreational or other uses not normally associated with worship.
CIRCULATIONShall mean systems, structures and physical improvements for the movement of people, goods, water, air and sewer or power by such means as streets, highways, railways, waterways, towers, airways, pipes and conduits, and the handling of people by such means as terminals, stations, warehouses and other storage buildings or transshipment points.
COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONShall mean actual construction on a parcel of land in accordance with a permit issued by the applicable jurisdiction.
COMMON PROPERTYShall mean land or water or a combination, together with improvements, within or related to a site designed as a development, and designated and intended for ownership, use and responsibility by the residents and owners of the development.
CONTIGUOUS LANDSShall mean land which is connected or adjacent to other land so as to permit the land to be used as a functional unit; provided that separation by lot, line, streams, roads, rights-of-way and easements shall not affect the contiguity of land.
COUNTRY CLUBShall mean a club operated for profits, which may include a golf course containing not less than 60 acres for each nine holes of golf and/or associated recreational facilities.
COUNTYShall mean the County of Camden, State of New Jersey.
CUL-DE-SACShall mean a street with access closed at one end and with a vehicular turn around at the closed end.
DAYSShall mean calendar days.
DENSITYShall mean the number of dwelling units per adjusted gross acre. The adjusted gross acre means the total number of buildable acres on a tract or parcel proposed for development which are calculated excluding land located within the one-hundred-year floodplains, wetlands and wetland buffer areas as determined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, N.J. DEP Office of Freshwater Wetlands, the Borough of Pine Hill or any other entity having jurisdiction. The maximum number of units which may be proposed for development on a tract or parcel of land are calculated by multiplying the number of buildable acres by the maximum number of units per acre permitted in the zone where the land is located, as set forth in Article
VII, Subsection
23-7.1. If the resulting number is a fraction of a partial unit of 0.5 or more, the maximum number of units may be rounded off to the next highest number.
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONShall mean a zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance, Official Map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and development of land or amendment thereto.
DRAINAGE RIGHT-OF-WAYShall mean the lands required for the installation and/or maintenance of storm sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the channel and providing for the flow of water therein to safeguard the public against flood damage in accordance with Chapter
1 of Title 58 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
DRIVEWAYShall mean the vehicular entrance and exit for a land use.
DWELLING UNITShall mean a room or series of connected rooms containing cooking, sleeping, sanitary and general living facilities for one housekeeping unit.
DWELLING, DUPLEXShall mean a building containing two dwelling units side by side or wholly or partly one or the other, on one or more lot(s).
DWELLING, SEMI-DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY (TWIN)Shall mean a building containing two dwelling units side by side on adjoining lots and having a common or party wall and having separate individual sewerage and water facilities and connections.
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSEShall mean a building containing three or more attached dwelling units erected in a row on adjoining lots, each unit separate from the adjoining unit, but attached by a common or party wall and each unit having separate individual outside access and individual public water and sewerage facilities and connections.
EMPLOYEESWhenever the word "employees" or the expression "number of employees" is herein referred to, it shall mean the greatest number of persons to be employed in the building in question during any season of the year and any time of the day or night.
ENLARGEMENTShall mean an addition to the floor area of an existing building, an increase in size of another structure or an increase in that portion of a tract of land occupied by an existing use.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONShall mean a municipal advisory body created pursuant to P.I. 1968, c. 245 (c. 40:56A-1 et seq.).
FARM BUILDINGShall mean any building for storing agricultural equipment or farm produce, housing livestock or poultry or processing dairy products. The term "farm building" shall not include a dwelling.
FENCEShall mean an artificially constructed barrier of wood, masonry, stone, wire, metal or any other manufactured material or combination of materials erected for the enclosure of yard areas or other open space.
FIRE STATIONShall mean that portion of a building used solely for the housing of fire-fighting auxiliary equipment and related space.
FLOOD AREAShall mean the sum of the habitable gross area of the several floors of a building or buildings.
FLOODPLAINShall mean the flood hazard areas of delineated streams and area inundated by the one-hundred-year flood in nondelineated areas as shown on the Borough Floodplain Map described in Article
VII, Subsection
23-7.11.3.
FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCEShall mean an ordinance delineating and regulating encroachments, such as but not limited to buildings.
FLOODWAYShall mean the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas required to carry and discharge a flood.
FLOOR AREA RATIOShall mean a figure which, when multiplied by the lot area, will determine the amount of permitted floor area. This figure is determined by dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot by the area of that lot.
GARAGEShall mean an enclosed building used or designed for housing or storing of self-propelled vehicles or units, or portions thereof designed for public highways.
GARAGE, PRIVATEShall mean a garage intended and used for the storage of motor vehicles of the owner or resident upon the premises.
GARDEN APARTMENTSShall mean a group of multifamily dwellings architecturally designed with some of the units placed on top of other units, up to three stories in height, designed for rental or sale of the individual housekeeping units, having common open spaces and designed in accordance with the special requirements for such dwellings as set forth in this chapter.
HALF-STORYShall mean a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet nor less than one foot above the finished floor of such story.
HIGHWAY ACCESS POINTShall mean the distance between any vehicular entrance or exit to a street and the next adjoining vehicular entrance or exit in the same street.
HOME OCCUPATIONShall mean an activity for gain customarily carried on in a dwelling or in a building accessory to a dwelling, clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONShall mean an organization in a development under recorded agreements through which each lot owner shall be a member and each dwelling unit is subject to a charge for a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization's activities and maintenance including maintenance costs levied against the association by the Borough of Pine Hill in accordance with N.J.S.A. 49:55D-43.
HOSPITALShall mean a public institution providing public health services primarily for inpatient medical or surgical care of the sick or injured and including related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient department, training facilities, central service facilities and staff office which are an integral part of the facility.
HOSPITAL, VETERINARYShall mean a structure designed or converted for the care and treatment of sick or wounded domestic animals.
HOTELShall mean a building having six or more rental rooms, without individual cooking facilities, for transient guests.
HOUSEKEEPING UNITShall mean one or more persons living as a single nonprofit household, as distinguished from individuals or groups occupying a hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. The housekeeping unit shall be deemed to include housekeeping facilities and services.
IMMEDIATE FAMILYShall mean those persons related by blood or legal relationship in the following manner: grandparents, grandchildren, parent, son, daughter, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and first cousins.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIOShall mean a measure of the intensity of land use as measured by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces within the site by the site area.
IMPROVEMENTSShall mean any type of structure, excavation or paved section, excluding a driveway or curb.
INSTITUTIONAL USEShall mean any land owned by the Borough of Pine Hill and land used for the following public or private purposes: educational facilities, including universities, colleges, elementary, secondary and vocational schools, kindergartens and nurseries, churches and their accessory uses, cultural facilities such as libraries, galleries, museums, concert halls, theaters and the like; hospitals, including such educational, clinical, research and convalescent facilities as are integral to the operation of the hospital; medical and health service facilities, including nursing homes, supervised residential institutions, rehabilitation therapy centers and public health facilities, law enforcement facilities; military facilities and other similar facilities.
JUNKYARDShall mean the use of any lot for the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including wrecked or disabled vehicles, parts of vehicles, scrap metals or other scrap material or building material, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of structures, automobiles or other vehicles, equipment and used machinery or parts thereof; provided, however, that this definition shall not be deemed to include any of the foregoing uses which are accessory and incidental to any lawful agricultural, commercial or industrial use permitted in any zone. The term "junkyard" as herein defined included automobile wrecking yards and yards or lots used for the accumulation of used building materials. The outdoor storage, parking, keeping or deposit on any lot of two or more vehicles without lawful license plates and current Motor Vehicle Inspection stickers, which vehicles are not accessory and incidental to a lawful agricultural, commercial or industrial use permitted in any zone shall be deemed to be a "junkyard."
LANDFILLShall mean sites, including open dumps, where solid waste, liquid and dry sewage sludges, and liquid and dry chemical waste are disposed of by land application with or without the use of management practices or soil covering.
LANDOWNERSShall mean the legal or beneficial owner or owners of land, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any condition), a lessee, if he is authorized under the lease to exercise the rights of the "landowners" or other persons having proprietary interest in land.
LANDSCAPINGShall mean the installation of plant material or seed as a part of development.
LINE FRONTAGEShall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along the street line. The minimum "lot frontage" shall be the same as lot width, except that on curved alignments with an outside radius of less than 500 feet, the minimum distance between the side lot lines measured at the street line shall not be less than 75% of the required minimum lot width. In the case of a corner lot, either side may be considered the "lot frontage", provided that the minimum frontage is met for the zone in which the lot is located.
LOADING SPACEShall mean an off-set berth on the same lot with a building or group of buildings for temporary parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading.
LOT AREAShall mean the total horizontal area included within lot lines. Where the front lot line is the center line of a street or lies in part or in whole in the street area, the lot shall include that part of the lot in use or to be used as a street.
LOT COVERAGEShall mean the area of a lot covered by any impervious surface but not including swimming pools, service walks and driveways not in excess of 24 feet wide on residential lots.
LOT DEPTHShall mean the shortest horizontal distance between the front line, or the boundary of the street right-of-way if the front lot line lies within an area used or to be used as a street, and the rear lot line. In case of a triangular lot having no rear line, the distance shall be measured to a parallel to the front line which shall not be less than 10 feet in length measured between its intersection with the side lot lines.
LOT LINE, FRONTShall mean the line separating the lot from the street line.
LOT LINE, REARShall mean any lot, except a front lot line, which is parallel to or within 45° of being parallel to, and does not intersect any street line. In the case of a corner lot, the owner or developer may show a different designation. See definition of "corner lot" for more requirements.
LOT LINE, SIDEShall mean any lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the owner or developer may make a different designation. See definition of "corner lot" for requirements.
LOT WIDTHShall mean the horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at setback points on each side lot line an equal distance back from the street line. The minimum "lot width" shall be measured at the required building setback line.
LOT, CORNERShall mean a lot at the junction to two or more intersecting streets where the interior angle of the intersection does not exceed 120°.
LOT, INTERIORShall mean a lot, the side lines of which do not abut the street.
LOT, THROUGHShall mean an interior lot having frontage on two streets or one street and an alley.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTYShall mean any security other than cash which may be accepted by the Borough of Pine Hill for the maintenance of improvements required by this chapter pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1, et seq.
MarijuanaShall have the meaning given in Section 2 f the “New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substance Act”, P.L. 1970, c.226 (C24:21-2) or any successor enactment thereto.
[Added 7-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1002]
MASTER PLANShall mean a composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending the physical development of the municipality which shall have been duly adopted by the Planning Board.
MEDICAL CLINICShall mean a building constructed as a professional building for the offices of three or more medical practitioners.
MINOR SITE PLANShall mean a development plan of one or more lots which (i) proposes new development within the scope of development specifically permitted by this chapter as a minor site plan; (ii) does not involve planned development, any new street or extension of any off-tract improvement which is to be prorated pursuant to Section 30 of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42; and (iii) contains the information reasonably required in order to make an informed determination as to whether the requirements established by the chapter for approval of a minor site plan have been met.
MINOR SUBDIVISIONShall mean a subdivision for the creation of not more than three lots provided that such subdivision does not involve a new street or the extension of any off-tract improvement, the cost of which is prorated pursuant to Section 30 of the Municipal Land Use Law.
MIXED OCCUPANCYShall mean occupancy of a building or land for more than one use.
MOTEL-HOTELShall mean a building or a group of buildings having units containing sleeping accommodations which are for a temporary rental occupancy by transients and providing sufficient off-street parking facilities adjacent or convenient thereto. A tourist home containing provisions or facilities for accommodation of more than two transient occupants not normally quartered on the premises shall be considered a "motel-hotel" facility under the provisions of this chapter.
MUNICIPAL AGENCYShall mean the Municipal Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, or a governing body of the Borough of Pine Hill when acting pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law and any agency which is acting pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law.
NONCONFORMING LOTShall mean a lot, the area, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance, but fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING STRUCTUREShall mean a structure, the size, dimension or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NONCONFORMING USEShall mean a use or activity which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the Zoning Ordinance, but which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.
NURSING HOMEShall mean any building in which more than one room or an area exceeding 400 square feet is used for the accommodation, reception or treatment of the aged or the sick who are residents therein, excluding members of the resident's family.
OFF-SITEShall mean located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but within the property (of which the lot is part) which is the subject of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OFF-TRACTShall mean located off the property which is the subject of the development application or off a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OFFICEShall mean a place for the transaction of business where reports are prepared, records kept and services rendered, but where no retail sales, except in connection with professional services, are offered and where no manufacturing, assembly or fabricating takes place.
OFFICIAL COUNTY MAPShall mean the map, with changes and additions thereto, adopted and established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-5.
ON-SITEShall mean located on the lot in question.
ON-TRACTShall mean located on the property which is the subject of a development application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
OPEN SPACEShall mean any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designed or reserved for public or private use for enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space; provided that such areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets and off-street parking and other improvements that are designated to be incidental to the natural openness of the land.
OWNERShall mean any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership or corporation, trust or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be divided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under this chapter.
PARCELShall mean any quantity of land capable of being described with such definiteness that its location and boundaries may be established, and which is designated by its owner as land to be used as a unit.
PARKING AREAShall mean an open space, off-street land area, including parking spaces and access and egress drives or aisles, used or required by this chapter for parking, or automobiles or other vehicles exclusively, and in which no gasoline or automobile accessories are sold and no other business conducted.
PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILEShall mean that area required for the parking or storage of one automobile, including necessary aisle or driveway space providing access thereto. For the purpose of this chapter, the minimum gross area per automobile parking space shall not be less than 200 square feet, which shall be deemed to include not less than 100 square feet for the necessary aisle or driveway space accessory thereto.
PEDESTRIAN WAYShall mean a right-of-way easement provided for the purpose of pedestrian access and passage.
PERSON/PERSONSShall mean an individual, corporation, public agency, business, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal entity.
PLAT, FINALShall mean the duly approved and recorded final map of all or a portion of the subdivision as presented to the approving authority for final approval.
PLAT, PRELIMINARYShall mean the map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision which is submitted to the Secretary for Planning Board consideration and tentative approval and which meets the requirements of Article
VIII, Subsection
23-8.4.
PLAT, SKETCHShall mean a plan of sufficient accuracy and detailed, used for the purpose of discussion and clarification of a subdivision as provided for in this chapter.
PORCHShall mean a roofed open structure projection from the front, side or rear wall of a building. A porch may be screened or glass enclosed.
PUBLIC AGENCIESShall mean the government of the United States of America; the State of New Jersey, or any other state; their political subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities; and interstate and regional agencies exercising sovereign powers of government.
RECREATION, ACTIVEShall mean intensive recreation including facilities for physical activities, games, team sports and generally any recreation that is not passive or low intensive.
RECREATION, PASSIVE OR LOW INTENSIVEShall mean recreation with insignificant impact on surrounding areas or on the environmental integrity of the area, such as hiking, hunting, trapping, fishing, canoeing, nature study and bicycling.
RECREATIONAL AREAShall mean a private or public space, including essential buildings and structures used for play and recreation space for individuals.
RESOURCE EXTRACTIONShall mean the dredging, digging, extracting, mining and quarrying of sand, gravel, or minerals for commercial purposes not including, however, the private or agricultural extraction and use of extracted material by a landowner.
RESTAURANTShall mean an establishment in which food and drink is to be consumed while seated at a table, counter, or booth within a building on the premises.
RETAIL SALESShall mean any sale of goods and services to the general public as distinguished from wholesale sales.
SECRETARYShall mean the Secretary of the Planning Board, Borough of Pine Hill.
SERVICE STATIONShall mean lands and buildings where fuel, lubricants, miscellaneous accessories and minor repair services for motor vehicles are dispensed, but where no vehicular painting and/or bodywork is done and where no junked or unregistered motor vehicles are kept or stored.
SETBACK LINEShall mean a line within any lot, usually marking the limits or required yard space, parallel to any street line between which line and street line no building or portion thereof may be erected, except as provided in this chapter.
SHOPPING CENTERShall mean one or more buildings or parts thereof, designed as a unit to be occupied by one or more business enterprises for the conduct of business or conducted as an integrated and cohesively planned development.
SIGNShall mean any outdoor advertising sign or outdoor advertising structure.
1. BILLBOARD OR COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING SIGNShall mean an advertising sign, structure or symbol erected and maintained by an individual or corporation engaged in the sale or rental of space thereon to a clientele of manufacturing, service or commercial enterprises, upon which space there is displayed, by means of painting, posting or other means, advertising copy describing a wide variety of products or services which are not made, produced, assembled or sold from the lot or premises upon which advertisement is displayed.
2. ENTERPRISE IDENTIFICATION SIGNShall mean any sign, symbol, trademark, structure or similar device used to identify the product or the activity being pursued by any industry, business service or commercial enterprise, which sign is displayed upon the lot or premises occupied by such an enterprise of the purpose of apprising the passersby of the location of said enterprise and type of activity in which it is engaged.
3. TEMPORARY SIGNShall mean a sign which offers premises for sale, rent or development or which advertises the services of professionals or building trades during construction or alteration of the premises upon which the sign is located.
SITE PLAN, EXEMPTShall mean an application or development which is exempt from site plan review and approval under the provisions of Subsection
23-8.1 of Article
VIII of this chapter.
SITE PLAN, MINORShall mean a development plan of one or more lots which: (i) proposes a new development or alterations to structures, not otherwise exempt from site plan review and approval, involving grading, clearing or disturbance of less than 5,000 square feet of land; (ii) does not involve planned development, any new street extension or off-tract improvement which is prorated pursuant to Section 30 of the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D-42; and (iii) contains the information required in Article
VIII, Subsection
23-8.6.
SITE TRIANGLEShall mean a triangle area abutting two intersecting streets where vision is unobstructed. The site triangle is formed by the intersection street sidelines and a line connecting a point on each sideline a set distance from the intersection.
SOILShall mean both surface (topsoil) and subsoil, and shall include dirt, stone, gravel, sand, humus, clay, loam, rock and mixtures of any of these.
SOIL REMOVAL ORDINANCEShall mean an ordinance of the Borough of Pine Hill regulating the removal of soil for sale or for use other than on the premises from which the soil shall be taken, known as Chapter
21, Soil Removal and Sale, of the Code of the Borough of Pine Hill.
STATEShall mean the State of New Jersey or any of its agencies.
STORYShall mean that portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. No story shall be deemed to be a first story if its floor level is more than six feet above the level from which the height of the building is measured. A mezzanine floor shall be counted as a story if it covers over 1/3 of the area of the floor next below it. For the purpose of this chapter, a split-level dwelling shall be considered a one story structure.
STREETLINEShall mean the edge of the existing or future street right-of-way, whichever would result in the widest right-of-way, as shown on the Official Map or as required by this chapter, forming the dividing line between the street and lot.
STRUCTUREShall mean a combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy, use or combination having a fixed location on, above or below the surface of the land.
SUBDIVIDERShall mean any individual, firm, association, syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity commencing proceedings under this chapter to effect a subdivision of land hereunder for himself or for another.
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEEShall mean three members of the Planning Board appointed by the Chairman; with the approval of the Planning Board who are empowered to classify and approve minor subdivisions by unanimous affirmative vote. The Subdivision Committee shall assume any additional duties relating to land subdivision which may be conferred upon this Committee by the Planning Board.
SUBDIVISION, AGRICULTURALShall mean a division of lands wherein both parcels are actually used for agricultural purposes, where the only buildings to be erected thereon, if any, are for agricultural purposes exclusively, are not included residential uses and where both parcels are three acres or larger in size; said subdivision being exempt from the subdivision requirements if no new streets or roads are involved.
SUBDIVISION, MAJORShall mean all subdivisions not classified as agricultural or minor subdivisions.
SWIMMING POOLShall mean facilities constructed above or below ground having a depth of more than two feet and/or a water surface of 100 square feet or more and designed and maintained for swimming purposes.
TOWERSShall mean and include water towers, antennae and similar structures. In no event shall the height of any tower or similar structure exceed the distance from the nearest property lot line to the base of the tower structure.
TRACTShall mean a parcel or portion or other division of land which is in whole or in part proposed for development, composed of a portion of one lot; or one or more contiguous lots in the same ownership. Lots separated by easements, streets or other public rights-of-way shall be considered contiguous for the purpose of this chapter.
TRANSITION STRIPShall mean a concentration of masses, trees and shrubbery not less than 10 feet wide, placed parallel to the property line for the purpose of screening dust, noise or disparate uses. Such strip shall be composed of evergreen plants and trees with specimens having an initial height of not less than five feet and planted at intervals of not more than 10 feet on center. The low-level screen shall consist of evergreen shrubs planted in height of not more than five feet on center. The low level screen shall be placed in alternating rows to produce a more effective barrier.
UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENTShall mean a licensed mortician concerned with the arrangement of cremation or burial of the dead and the overseeing of burials.
USEShall mean any activity, occupancy, business or operation carried on or intended to be carried on, in a building or on a tract of land.
USE, PRINCIPALShall mean the main or primary purpose or purposes for which land or a structure, building and/or sign or use thereafter is designed, arranged or intended for which they may be occupied or maintained under the Zoning Ordinance. All other structures, buildings, signs or uses on the same lot and incidental or supplementary thereto and permitted under the Zoning Ordinance shall be considered accessory uses.
UTILITIESShall mean those services customarily rendered by corporation or the municipality under the review of the public utilities commission for public service such as electricity, gas, telephone, water and sewerage including the appurtenances used in connection with the supplying of such services.
VEGETATIONShall mean any plant material including grasses, shrubs and trees.
WETLANDSShall mean those lands which are inundated or saturated by water at a magnitude, duration and frequency sufficient to support the growth of hydrophytes. Wetlands include lands which are poorly drained soils as designated by the National Cooperative Soils Survey of the Soils Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and as designated by the National Wetlands Inventory; United States Department of the Interior.
YARDShall mean an open space extending between the closest point of any building and lot line or street line.
YARD, FRONTShall mean the yard extending along the full length of the front line, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot line (or street line) and the front yard line or building or any projection thereof, other than steps.
YARD, REARShall mean an open space extending the full width of the lot and lying between the rear lot line and closest point of any building or structure on the lot except for swimming pools and similar open structures.
YARD, SIDEShall mean an open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard and lying between each side or the line and closest point of any building or structure on the lot except for swimming pools and similar open structures.