Shall mean a use or structure customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of land or buildings and located on the same lot as such principal use or building. (See section 13-14.)

Shall mean the cultivation of the soil and the raising and harvesting of the products of the soil, including but not limited to: nursery, horticulture, forestry and animal husbandry, whether for profit, private or personal use.

Shall mean a show involving aircraft performing maneuvers, stunts, formation flying and the like for the entertainment or amusement of spectators and to which event the public is invited to attend.

Shall mean a facility where aircraft or airborne vehicles, of all types, land and take off and which may provide storage, maintenance and fuel services for such aircraft and which, as to design, surface, maintenance, repair and management thereof meets the minimum requirements of, and is licensed pursuant to, R.S. 6:1-1 et seq. whether such facility be public or private. The term "airport" shall include airstrip, airfield, landing field, land strip, heliport, helistop and all other like facilities.

Shall mean any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on a tower, building or structure, which uses the communications that radiate or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analogue signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or other communication signals. Excepted from this definition are antennas used exclusively by ham radio operators or other residential users.

Shall mean any public sanitary and water distribution systems approved by the local and State board of health.

Shall mean the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Wantage.

Shall mean a portion of the building partly underground, but having less than one-half its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground plus at least one means of egress directly to the exterior of the building.

Shall mean a room planned or used primarily for sleeping.

Shall mean a person who is not related to the head of the household and who may or may not pay for the privilege of boarding.

Shall mean any dwelling in which people, either individuals or as families, are housed or lodged, for hire, with meals and which contains five or less such rooms for hire.

Shall mean a strip of land containing natural woodlands, earth mounds or other planted screening material, and separating one kind of land use from another or separating a planned development from any other development.

Shall mean a structure which is designed, built or occupied as a shelter; or roofed enclosure for persons, animals, property, or shelters, located on foundations or other supports and used for residential, business, mercantile, storage, commercial, professional, industrial, institutional, assembly, educational or recreational purposes.

Shall mean the vertical distance measured from the grade at the lowest exposed surface at the base of the building to the highest elevation of the roof.

Shall mean a line established by the zoning ordinance, within a lot, defining the minimum distance between any structure, or portion thereof, to be erected or altered, and an adjacent right-of-way, easement, street line or common open space.

Shall mean a public building for civic, social, educational, cultural and recreational activities of a neighborhood or community, including buildings used by civic, veterans, Y.M.C.A., boy scouts or other groups of similar character.

Shall mean a building in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which the building is located.

Shall mean a portable structure, which is designed and intended to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation or vacation purposes. The term "camping vehicle" shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

Shall mean a portion of the building partly underground, having one-half or more than one-half of its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground with or without at least one means of egress directly to the exterior of the building.

Shall mean flue or flues that carry exhaust from an outdoor wood furnace firebox or burn chamber and release it into the air above the furnace.

Shall mean the triangle formed by the point of intersection of the right-of-way lines of two intersecting streets and the points on each of the intersection right-of-way lines at a given distance from the point of intersection.

Shall mean areas to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing, which have a common or public open space as an appurtenance.

Shall mean any cars, trucks, motorcycles or other motorized vehicle which are collected for recreational, hobby, or investment purposes, including antique cars and trucks, military vehicles, collector's cars and collector's motorcycles.

Shall mean the use of a common wireless telecommunications tower or a common structure, by two or more wireless service providers or by one wireless service provider for more than one type of communications technology and/or the placement of a wireless telecommunications antenna on a structure owned or operated by a public utility or other public entity.

See Recreation, Commercial.

Shall mean a building for both commercial and residential purposes provided no more than 40% of the first floor area is used for commercial purpose.

Shall mean a parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water, within the site designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development and/or community. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of residents and owners of the development, as permitted.

Shall mean a vertical wall and/or horizontal separation forming a structural part of two buildings or of two separately owned and/or rented units in the same building.

Shall mean ownership of two or more contiguous parcels of real property by the same person or persons.

Shall mean any community residential facility licensed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:11B-1 et seq. providing food, shelter and personal guidance under such supervision as required, to more than six but not more than 15 developmentally disabled or mentally ill persons who require assistance temporarily or permanently in order to live in the community, and shall include but not be limited to: group homes, halfway houses, intermediate care facilities, supervised apartment living arrangements, and hostels.

Shall mean any shelter approved for a purchase of service contract and certified pursuant to standards and procedures established by regulation of the Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:40-1.14 providing food, shelter, medical care, legal assistance, personal guidance and other services to more than six but not more than 15 persons who have been victims of domestic violence, including any children of such victims who temporarily require shelter and assistance in order to protect their physical or psychological welfare.

Shall mean a use permitted in a particular zoning district only upon a showing that such use in a specified location will comply with the conditions and standards for the location or operation of such use, as contained in the zoning ordinance, and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the planning board, as outlined in section 13-24 of this chapter.

Shall mean a parcel, plot or area of land abutting a public street complying with the minimum requirements of R.S. 40:55D-35, exclusive of any area within such public street, whose area is sufficient to provide the yard, space and setback requirements and the minimum area requirement for the zone district in which it is located and complying with all other minimum requirements for said district, as required by this chapter.

Shall mean the minimum contiguous area within a lot consisting of land suitable for construction of a principal and accessory buildings and structures, excluding environmentally sensitive areas as defined and designated in this chapter.

Shall mean a lot at the junction of, and having frontage on, two or more intersecting streets.

Shall mean the portion of a site, expressed as a percentage, covered by impervious materials.

Shall mean any part of the territory of Wantage Township to which certain uniform regulations and requirements of this chapter apply. (See section 13-3.)

Shall mean the lands required for the installation of stormwater 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 R.S. 58:1-1 to 58:1-34.

Shall mean a building or part thereof having cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for one family.

Shall mean a building designed or used as a residence of three or more dwelling units, garden apartments, condominiums and cooperatives, however, not exceeding two stories in height.

Shall mean a building occupied or intended to be occupied for residence purposes by one family.

Shall mean a dwelling in an apartment consisting of a bath, one large room without permanent separations to be used for living, dining and bedroom facilities with cooking facilities separated from the main room by a permanent wall or sliding or some other temporary partition.

Shall mean the Phase 2 Program administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and that has a particulate matter emission limit of 0.32 pounds per million British Thermal Units (BTU) output and is labeled accordingly.

Shall mean outdoor hydronic heater that has been EPA OHH Phase 2 Program qualified. The model has met the EPA OHH Phase 2 emission level and is labeled accordingly.

Shall mean EPA Outdoor Wood-Fired Hydronic Heater (OWHH) Phase 1 Program administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and that has a particulate matter emission limit of 0.60 pounds per million British Thermal Units input and is labeled accordingly.

Shall mean an outdoor wood-fired hydronic heater that has been EPA OWHH Phase 1 Program qualified. The model has met the EPA OWHH Phase 1 emission level and is labeled accordingly.

Shall mean an outdoor wood furnace that was purchased and installed prior to the effective date of subsection 13-14.7, adopted December 8, 2011 and has been issued the certificate of occupancy (CO). The furnaces shall at a minimum meet EPA and NJDEP air emission requirements.

Shall mean a group of individuals not necessarily related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship living together in a dwelling unit as a common housekeeping unit under a common housekeeping management plan based on an intentionally structured relationship providing organization, permanence and stability.

Shall mean a parcel of land of five or more productive acres used for agriculture, forestry, horticulture, floriculture or animal husbandry of domestic livestock.

Shall mean a structure of wood, metal, stone, masonry or other material and shall also include barriers formed by living vegetation.

Shall mean the area of all floors computed by using the dimensions of the outside walls of each floor of a building. Only those areas having five feet or more clear head room with completed floors, ceilings and partitions may be considered in computing floor area and at least one-half of the included floor area shall have a minimum ceiling height of seven foot six inches. Cellars, porches, balconies, patios, terraces, breezeways, carports, verandas and garages are excluded; except that enclosed porches and patios which are heated and used year round may be counted in computing the floor area, provided the walls, ceilings, foundation, etc., are the same as required for the remaining structure.

Shall mean a detached accessory building or portion of the principal building for the parking or temporary storage of automobiles of the occupants of the principal building to which the garage is accessory.

Shall mean a large scale development to be constructed by a single owner or a group of owners acting jointly, planned as an entity and consisting of not less than 30 dwelling units and therefore susceptible to development and regulation as a complex land use unit, as distinguished from an aggregation of individual buildings or unit group buildings located on separate unrelated lots.

Shall mean multi-family dwellings with five or more dwelling units and not exceeding 35 feet in height, and includes buildings so designed that not more than two apartments are served by a common entry.

See Floor Area.

Shall mean any room except those used for kitchen, bath or utility purposes.

When referring to a tower or a lawful structure shall mean the distance measured from the lowest finished grade of the parcel to the highest point on the tower or other structure including the base pad and any antennas. The height of the tower shall not include a lightning rod.

Shall mean any occupation for gain or support conducted by members of the family residing in a dwelling unit, and conducted solely within the dwelling unit or accessory building, such as, by way of illustration: dress making, millinery, home baking and the like.

Shall mean a duly incorporated organization composed of all owners of property in a development.

Shall mean an institution where the ill or injured may receive medical, surgical, or psychiatric treatment and including nursing, food and lodging during illness.

Shall mean a lot and/or structure used or intended to be used for the conducting and operating of the business of selling, buying, storing or trading in used or discarded metal, glass, paper, bags, cordage or any used or disabled fixtures, vehicles or equipment of any kind.

Shall mean a business devoted to the boarding, care or breeding of dogs and cats.

Shall mean an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or material.

Shall mean a plan prepared by the owner of the property, installer or other qualified professional showing the proposed location of the outdoor wood furnace in relation to other structures on the property and structures on adjacent properties. The most recent survey for the property should be used and indicate all structures on the owner's property. The site plan shall indicate the location of the furnace and height of the chimney. The plan shall indicate the distance from the outdoor wood furnace to all structures on the subject property and all structures on adjacent properties or those within 500 feet of the outdoor wood furnace. The roof heights of the structures on the subject property and those on adjacent properties shall also be provided. Changes in elevation of 30 feet or higher within 200 feet of the outdoor wood furnace, such as ridgelines, hilltops, and tree lines, shall be indicated on the plan.

Shall mean a parcel, plot or area of land, legally established, with precise boundaries determinable from a deed description or map filed in the office of the County Clerk.

Shall mean the total area included within the lot lines. Where the property line extends to the center of a street and the street right-of-way width has not been determined, the area of a lot for the purpose of this chapter shall not include land within 25 feet of the center line of the street. Where a right-of-way width is shown on either a subdivision map, or official map of the State, county or municipality, the area of the lot shall not include any portion of the actual or proposed right-of-way.

Shall mean the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured along the median between the two side lot lines.

Shall mean a lot other than a corner lot.

Shall mean the legal boundaries of a lot.

Shall mean the horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at the street line.

Means a solar or photovoltaic system consisting of panel arrays either mounted to a structure(s) or ground arrays and associated conversion electronics which is designed either for onsite or the sale of electrical energy. For the purposes of this chapter, a major solar energy system is any system covering one or more acres of land.

Means a solar or photovoltaic system consisting of panel arrays either mounted to a structure(s) or ground arrays and associated conversion electronics which is designed primarily for on-site use. For the purposes of this chapter, a minor solar energy system is any system covering less than one acre of land.

Shall mean a single-family dwelling, having no permanent foundation, designed and constructed to be transported on its own wheels by traction to a site, capable of being relocated to another site, and not normally designed and constructed to comply with the requirements of the building code for a conventional structure. (See Trailer).

Shall mean a building which contains living or sleeping accommodations for transient occupancy and has individual outside entrances to each unit.

Shall mean a structure or facility designed and constructed for residential occupation but not necessarily to comply with building code requirements for conventional residential construction, which may be transported to the site upon which it is to be used as a unit or as sections, comprising one or more rooms capable of being assembled to form a dwelling which is designed and constructed so as to be and capable of being relocated; provided this shall not be construed to include houses which were originally erected on one location and permanently to the freehold before being moved, or modular homes. (See Trailer).

One or more buildings with a maximum height of three stories containing three or more residential dwelling units, including units that are located one over another.

Shall mean the earth itself, the water upon or under the surface of the earth, the air above the earth, and plants, animals, fish, birds, insects and other living creatures growing upon or inhabiting the earth, the water or the air.

Shall mean materials found to exist naturally and/or have undergone minor modification, reduction or alloying by man; which can be reused (recycled) or are biodegradable. Such materials would include wood, stone, brick, rapid oxidizing metals such as iron, recyclable metals and minerals such as copper and glass and some alloys such as tins, bronze and brass. Plastics, polyvinyl chlorides, special polymers, aluminum, chromium, special steels and other exotic manmade or highly refined materials are specifically and generally excluded.

Shall mean wood, which has not been painted, varnished or coated with a similar material, has not been pressure treated with preservatives and does not contain resins or glues as in plywood or other composite wood products.

Shall mean an outdoor wood furnace that is first installed, established or constructed after the effective date of subsection 13-14.7, adopted December 8, 2011. All new furnaces shall meet or be more limiting in air emissions than the EPA OHH Phase 2 Program requirements and shall be in compliance with NJDEP air emission requirements.

Shall mean a building or structure or use lawfully existing at the time of enactment of this chapter, or subsequent amendments, thereto that does not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the zone in which it is located.

Shall mean a lot or parcel which does not have the minimum width or contain the minimum lot area for the zone in which it is located.

Shall mean an offensive, annoying, unpleasant or obnoxious thing or practice, a cause or source of annoyance, especially a continuing or repeating invasion or disturbance of another's rights; including the actual or potential emanation of any physical characteristics, activity or use across a property line, which can be perceived by or affect a human being of ordinary sensibility.

Shall mean a sign which advertises a business which is not conducted or a product which is not sold on the lot where the sign is located.

Shall mean any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated, or received for public or private use.

Shall mean any equipment, device, appliance or apparatus, or any part thereof, which is installed, affixed or situated outdoors and is primarily hand loaded for the purpose of combustion of fuel to produce heat or energy used as a component of a heating system providing heat for any interior space or water source. An outdoor wood furnace may also be referred to as an outdoor wood boiler, outdoor wood-fired hydronic heater or outdoor hydronic heater.

Shall mean an outdoor wood-pellet furnace that is specifically designed to burn wood pellet fuel, corn, or other biomass pellets with metered fuel and air feed and controlled combustion engineering, which burns only wood pellets, corn or other biomass pellets.

Shall mean an open area, other than a street, for the same uses as a private garage.

Shall mean a paved open area, other than a street or other public way, used for the parking of automobiles and available to the public whether for a fee, free or an accommodation for clients or customers.

Shall mean an off-street space for the parking of one motor vehicle. Such parking space shall have an area of not less than 200 square feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles, excepting in a residential area, there shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width measured perpendicular to the axis of the length, and shall have adequate provision for ingress and egress.

Shall mean a cleared way for pedestrians and/or bicycles to travel which may or may not be paved.

Shall mean any building or structure with foundation walls or footings that support the aboveground elements and which cannot easily or conveniently be removed therefrom.

Shall mean all persons, or authorized representatives, planning to install an outdoor wood furnace shall obtain a permit from the building department and submit required documentation in accordance with subsection 13-14.7. This permit shall be in addition to any other permits, such as plumbing, electrical, and other subcode permits and fees, as required by the building department. A permit shall be obtained prior to operation, as defined by burning of fuel, connection of electric, and connection of plumbing. A permit shall also be obtained prior to operating an outdoor wood furnace following a transfer or sale of property at which the furnace is located.

Shall mean any use of the land as permitted according to this chapter.

Shall mean any tower or antenna for which a building permit has been properly issued prior to the effective date of this ordinance,[1] including permitted towers or antennas that have not yet been constructed so long as such approval is current and not expired.

Shall mean a structure arranged, adapted or designed for the predominant or primary use for which a lot may be used.

Shall mean the primary or predominant use of the premises.

Shall mean a business carried on by a physician, surgeon, dentist, minister, architect, engineer, attorney, optometrist, accountant, veterinarian, planner or similar professional person.

Shall mean the office of a physician, surgeon, dentist, minister, architect, engineer, surveyor, attorney, optometrist, accountant, veterinarian, planner or similar professional person.

Shall mean a building which is owned and/or used by a governmental agency.

Shall mean a use by a public or nonprofit, quasi-public or private institution for educational, religious, charitable or civic purposes.

Shall mean a conceptual development plan that depicts a conventional subdivision of the tract, utilizing the traditional development option as defined in subsection 13-5.5a.1, and taking into consideration environmental constraints, access, building envelope and other factors typically considered for a subdivision plat.

Shall mean open space devoted to outdoor recreational activities.

Shall mean facilities of a recreational nature such as tennis centers, riding stables or academies, ice skating rinks, bowling alleys, swimming pools or miniature golf courses, which uses are operated for profit and open to the public, and country clubs and swimming clubs.

Shall mean a building or structure having the appearance of a single-family residence generally similar to single-family residences classes 15 through 20 inclusive, as depicted in the "Real Property Appraisal Manual for New Jersey Assessors," Third Edition, issued by the Local Property and Public Utility Branch, Division of Taxation, Department of the Treasury, State of New Jersey.

Shall mean any establishment, however designated, at which food is sold for consumption on the premises. However, a snack bar or refreshment stand at a public or community swimming pool, playground, playfield or park, operated solely by the agency or group operating the recreational facility, and for the sole convenience of patrons of the facility, shall not be deemed to be a restaurant.

Shall mean a restaurant at which any food or refreshments are customarily served to or consumed by any patrons while seated in automobiles, regardless of whether or not, in addition thereto, seats or other accommodations are provided for patrons.

Shall mean the highest elevation of a mountain chain or line of hills.

Shall mean the land and space required on the surface, a subsurface, and overhead for the construction and installation of materials, necessary to provide passageway for vehicular traffic, pedestrians, utility lines, poles, conduits and mains, signs, hydrants, trees and shrubbery and the proper amount of light and air established by local authorities.

Shall mean an open or covered structure of permanent or temporary construction which fronts on a public street located on land which is owned or leased by the operator for the purposes of direct-to-consumer commodity sales.

Shall mean housing facilities erected wherein permanent residents must be at least 55 years of age, except that the spouse or an immediate member of the family, other than a child of said permanent resident, or a live-in domestic, companion or nurse, may be a permanent resident regardless of his or her age. A maximum of one child, age 18 or older, may also reside as a permanent resident with his or her parent or parents. In no event, however, shall there be more than three permanent residents in any one residential dwelling unit.

Shall mean a retail place of business engaged primarily in the sale of motor fuels but also in supplying goods and services generally required in the operation and maintenance of automotive vehicles and the fulfilling of motorist needs.

Shall mean a line drawn parallel to a street line or lot line and drawn through the point of a building nearest to the street line or lot line.

Shall 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, and conducted as an integrated and cohesively planned area development.

Shall mean a structure designed for occupancy by one family. Not more than two roomers or boarders may occupy such a structure.

Shall mean a separate area containing separate sanitary facilities and/or cooking facilities.

Shall mean ownership by one person, or ownership by two or more persons jointly as joint tenants, as tenants by the entirety or as tenants in common of a separate lot not adjacent to land in the same ownership.

Shall mean a plan of a lot or subdivision on which is shown topography location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-way, boundaries, all essential dimensions and bearings, and any other information deemed necessary by the zoning board and/or planning board in unusual or special cases. (See Site Plan Chapter).

Shall mean a wind energy system relying upon a wind turbine to generate electricity, and has a nameplate capacity of 100 kilowatts or less.

Shall mean a structure containing one or more photovoltaic receptive cells, the purpose of which is to convert solar energy into a usable electrical energy by way of a solar energy system.

Means manmade trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and similar alternative design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.

Shall mean a building or part thereof in which or from which merchandise or services are furnished directly to the public.

Shall mean that portion of a structure included between the surface of a floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.

Shall mean any public or private right-of-way commonly used by the public for motor vehicle movement and which is approved for purposes of issuing building permits.

Shall mean the line which separates the publicly owned or controlled street right-of-way from the private property which abuts upon said street, as distinct from a sidewalk line, curbline or edge of pavement line.

Shall mean anything constructed or erected which requires permanent location on or under the ground or attachment to something having such permanent location including fences, tanks, towers, advertising devices or similar structures.

Shall mean a self-contained independent dwelling unit attached by common wall between it and any adjacent unit or units extending from the basement to the roof and providing at least two means of access to the outside.

Shall mean a wheel-based vehicle that is designed to be transported by traction and which is used or may be used as a dwelling or for the transportation or storage of goods, materials, livestock or any object. For the purposes of this chapter, trailers shall be considered buildings and are intended to be regulated as such, where trailers are permitted. The regulations of this chapter that apply to trailers shall also apply to the following vehicles as herein defined below:

Shall mean a premises which is used for the temporary parking of motor freight vehicles between trips and for the transfer of freight between trucks or between trucks and rail facilities for shipment elsewhere and where the storage of freight or cargo is only temporary, and which also may contain facilities for dispensing motor fuels.

Shall mean the specific purpose for which land or building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

Shall mean the board of adjustment's authorized departure from the terms of this chapter.

Shall mean a building used for the temporary storage of goods, materials or merchandise for later or subsequent distribution or delivery elsewhere for purposes of processing or sale.

Shall mean equipment that converts energy from wind into electricity. This term includes the support pole, rotor, blades and associated mechanical and electrical conversion components necessary to generate, store and/or transfer energy.

Shall mean equipment that converts energy from wind into electricity. This term includes the support pole, rotor, blades and associated mechanical and electrical conversion components necessary to generate, store and/or transfer energy.

Shall mean an antenna mounted on a telecommunications tower or other structure.

Shall mean the accessory structures or uses serving a wireless telecommunications site such as equipment sheds and fences.

Shall mean the area in which a tower and/or antenna and facilities are located.

Shall mean a freestanding, vertical structure designed to support one or more wireless telecommunications antennas. This definition shall not apply to amateur or ham radio towers.

Shall mean an open space, extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the street line and the setback line. The depth of the front yard shall be measured at right angles to the street line of the lot.

Shall mean an open space extending the full width of the lot between the main building and the rear lot line. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured from the nearest part of the main building toward the nearest point of the rear lot line and at right angles to the rear lot line.

Shall mean an open space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the main building and the side lot line. The width of the required side yard shall be measured at right angles from the nearest point on the side lot line toward the nearest part of the main building.

(See District).

Shall mean a permit issued by the zoning officer in accordance with subsection 13-25.4 of this chapter.