As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY BUILDINGA subordinate building or structure, on the same lot with a main building, devoted exclusively to an accessory use.
ACCESSORY USEA use naturally and normally incident and subordinate to the main use of the premises or lot.
AGRICULTUREThe use of land for farming or horticultural use or for raising poultry or domestic livestock.
ALTERATION OF BUILDINGA change in the supporting members of a building; an addition, diminution, change in use or conversion of a building or part thereof; or removal of a building from one location to another.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST INNAn inn for temporary overnight guests providing limited food service and meeting the standards of the Uniform Construction Code and the Uniform Fire Code.
[Added 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 12-07]
BILLBOARDSAn outdoor advertising sign which relates in its subject matter to products, accommodations or activities other than those found on the premises.
BUILDINGAnything constructed, erected or placed which requires location on or support from the ground or attachment to something requiring such support, except a licensed motor vehicle. The term "structure," as used herein, is the same.
CAMPLand or water, or both, on which are located two or more cabins, tents, shelters or other accommodations of design or character suitable primarily for seasonal or temporary living, including a summer colony or day camp but not a trailer camp, rooming house, tourist home, hotel or motel.
COMMON OWNERSHIPThe ownership of two or more contiguous parcels of real property by one or more persons, either jointly, as tenants by the entirety or as tenants in common.
CONTIGUOUS UNCONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LANDAn area consisting of contiguous unconstrained developable area within the minimum yards of a lot consisting of land suitable for construction of a principal structure, excluding environmentally sensitive areas as defined in this chapter.
[Added 5-8-2007 by Ord. No. 5-07; amended 8-7-2007 by Ord. No. 9-07; 2-12-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]
CORNER LOTA lot at the junction of and having frontage on two or more intersecting streets, or a lot bounded on two or more sides by one or more streets.
DWELLING OR APARTMENTA building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, including one-family, two-family and multiple dwellings, apartment-hotels, inns and boarding- and lodging houses, but not including motels, tourist cabins, trailers or trailer courts.
ELDER COTTAGEA dwelling unit, owned and/or subsidized by the County of Sussex or other governmental agency and having a floor area of up to 750 square feet, that is subordinate to a principal dwelling and is occupied by not more than two people, one of whom shall be at least 60 years of age and related by blood, marriage or adoption to one or more of the residents of the principal dwelling on the lot upon which the unit is located.
[Added 1-6-1997 by Ord. No. 12-96]
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREASAreas are deemed to be environmentally sensitive if they are constrained by one or more of the following:
[Added 5-8-2007 by Ord. No. 5-07; amended 8-7-2007 by Ord. No. 9-07; 2-12-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-02]
(1) Wetlands and wetland transition areas;
(4) Slopes greater than or equal to 15%;
(5) Shallow depth to bedrock less than four feet;
(6) Seasonal high water table less than 35 inches.
FAMILYOne or more persons customarily living together as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse, lodging house, hotel or motel.
FLOOR AREAThe area of all floors in a building, excluding basement floors, open porches, breezeways, garages and attics in which the ceiling height is less than seven feet or the knee wall less than four feet in height.
GARAGE, PRIVATEA detached accessory building or portion of a main building used for the storage of a passenger vehicle or vehicles or a permitted commercial vehicle.
GARAGE, PUBLICAny building, premises or land in which or upon which a business, service or industry involving the storage, maintenance, washing, or servicing of motor vehicles is conducted or rendered.
HEAVY INDUSTRYWithout limiting the generality of the term "heavy industry," it shall be deemed to include any occupation that involves the mechanical or chemical transformation of metals, glass or earths, including the collection of, buying, storing, selling or trading in discarded metal, glass, lumber, cordage or any disabled fixtures of vehicles or equipment of any kind. Examples include machine shops, forges, foundries, chemical plants, mining, junkyards or the storage of and trading in bodies or parts of disabled or discarded motor vehicles.
HEIGHT OF BUILDINGSThe vertical distance from the average ground level next to the foundation to the highest point of the roof, in the case of flat roofs, or, in the case of sloping roofs, to a point midway between the peak of the roof and the uppermost plate.
HOME PROFESSIONAL OFFICEAn office accessory to a residential use in a residential zoning district, as regulated in this chapter, for professional persons such as but not limited to accountants, architects, artists, attorneys, authors, clergymen, consultants, engineers, insurance agents, land surveyors, musicians, physicians and other doctors, planners, real estate agents and tradesmen.
[Added 3-5-1996 by Ord. No. 2-96]
HOSPITALAny building or other facility, including a sanitarium, clinic, nursing home or convalescent home, containing beds for four or more patients and used for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of human ailments.
HOTEL OR MOTELAny structure or group of structures offering living facilities to the public.
HOME OCCUPATIONAn occupation for gain or support customarily carried on in the home, which is conducted solely within the dwelling or accessory building, such as dressmaking, millinery, home baking, operation of a barbershop or beauty shop, the operation of an office and the like, and which is conducted by members of the family residing in the dwelling unit and which complies with all requirements of this chapter.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACEAny structure or material, including but not limited to buildings, paved driveways and walkways, swimming pools and patios but excluding wooden decks, that significantly prevents absorption of stormwater into the ground.
[Added 11-15-1997 by Ord. No. 4-97]
INSTITUTIONAL USESChurches, public or private schools for general education, hospitals and public or quasipublic nonprofit uses.
KENNELAny structure for dogs or cats. This includes any building, structure, fenced area, or lean-to of any materials where dogs or cats can be housed, fed, bred, or cared for, whether free of charge or for money. For the purpose of this definition, anyone having five or more dogs or cats on their property will be considered having a kennel.
[Added 4-12-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-02]
LOTA legally established and existing parcel or plot of land, having boundaries determinable from official records.
LOT AREAThe total square feet or acreage contents of a lot lying within the lot lines or boundaries, excluding any portion within a public right-of-way.
NONCONFORMING USE, LAND OR STRUCTUREThe term "nonconforming" shall apply to a use lawfully exercised within a structure or on land or to legally existing land or structures at the time of the adoption of this chapter, or any amendments thereto, and which do not conform to the regulations of this chapter and its amendments.
NONPROFIT CLUBSChartered nonprofit membership organizations which own and operate facilities solely for the enjoyment and recreation of the members.
OUTDOOR SALESThe sale, display or storage of merchandise, products, equipment or similar material or objects outside the confines of a building. The term ”outdoor sales” includes, without limitation, grand opening sales, tent sales, sidewalk sales, truckload sales, special event sales, sales promotions, going-out-of-business sales, fire sales, damaged-goods sales or any other sales held outdoors.
[Added 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. 12-07]
PARKING AREAAn open space, court or yard, other than a street or public right-of-way, designed with parking spaces and adequate drives or aisles for ingress and egress, maintained for the parking of motor vehicles for a fee or as a service for clients, customers or the general public.
PARKING SPACEAccommodations for off-street motor vehicle parking which shall have an area of not less than 200 square feet per vehicle, exclusive of access drives or aisles, and shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width, measured perpendicular to the axis of the length, with adequate provisions for ingress and egress.
SERVICE ZONEAny area of land zoned and restricted for the erection of stores, markets and agencies in approved permanent structures and restricted primarily to occupations that provide goods and services for the benefit of residents of the Township and the transient public.
SINGLE OWNERSHIPThe ownership by one person or by two or more persons jointly, as tenants by the entirety or as tenants in common of a separate parcel of real property not adjacent to land in the same ownership.
TRAILERSAny unit employed for temporary or permanent living or sleeping purposes, mounted or mountable on wheels or some other device for the purpose of transporting said unit from place to place, whether by its own power or other motive power, or any such unit, whether it is mounted on blocks, posts or any type of foundation.
YARDS(1) FRONT YARDAn open space, unoccupied, extending across the full width of a lot and lying between the public street right-of-way and the nearest point of the principal building. Covered porches, enclosed or not, shall be considered as part of the principal building.
(2) REAR YARDAn open space, unoccupied, except by an accessory building or a use, as hereinafter permitted, extending across the full width of the lot between the nearest point of the principal building and the rear lot line.
(3) SIDE YARDAn open space, unoccupied, except by a use, as hereinafter specifically permitted, between the nearest point of the principal building and the side lot line, extending from the front yard to the rear yard.