Housing made and kept "affordable" for "low income families" and "moderate income families". For purposes of this definition, the terms "affordable", "low income families" and "moderate income families" shall have the meanings ascribed thereto by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), or its successor agency.

Any establishment, room, or place where more than two coin-operated amusement devices are available to the public as defined in Chapter 4, Subsection 4-7.1. "Arcade" shall also mean any establishment, room, or place where more than two coin-operated devices are available to the public, and which derives more than 50% of its gross revenue in Weehawken, from coin-operated amusement devices.

Detailed architectural floor plans, elevations drawn to scale by a professional registered architect of the State of New Jersey. Sectional drawings, details, or perspective drawings might also be required as part of the architectural plans in special cases.

A person involved in the production of art, design, crafts, poetry, literature, creative writing, or the like, entirely within a dwelling unit in which the person resides, whether or not the person is also the owner thereof, and which production does not require or involve the hiring of any employees or assistants, does not constitute the conduct of a business or occupation in which the general public is invited onto the premises (except by appointment), and the conduct of which is not advertised by sign or any other means visible from the exterior of the building in which the dwelling unit is located. By way of example only, this definition includes, but is not limited to, persons involved in sculpture, creative writing, poetry, painting, sketching, calligraphy, the making of crafts, and similar endeavors.

A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its clear height above the finished grade. A basement shall not be considered a story for purposes of height measurement, in determining the permissible number of stories when used for incidental or accessory storage or for the housing of mechanical equipment.

That property abutting on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting or intercepting streets, or nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, parking bounding, or waterway.

An area where two or more boats or similar waterborne conveyances are stored, sold, rented or repaired.

Any structure or edifice designed or intended for use as an enclosure, shelter, protection or support of persons, animals or property.

The total of areas taken on a horizontal plane at the largest level of the principal building and all accessory buildings, exclusive of the uncovered porches, terraces and steps.

A line parallel to the front lot line and removed from it by the depth of the required front yard.

A subordinate building, the use of which is customarily incidental to that of the main or principal building on the same lot.

A building having, on all sides, walls of solid construction.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.

A story partly underground and having more than 1/2 of its clear height below the finished grade. A cellar shall not be considered a story for purposes of height measurement in determining the permissible number of stories when such cellar is used for storage or the housing of mechanical equipment.

Premises or building reserved for the exclusive use of members of an organization and their guests for civic, charitable, social or recreational purposes not conducted for gain, provided there are no sales on the premises of any merchandise or service except to members raising for club purposes.

Any amusement machine or device operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token, or similar object for the purpose of amusement or skill and for the playing of which a fee is charged. It shall include devices such as pinball machines or any device which utilizes a video tube to reproduce symbolic figures and line intended to be representative of real games or activities. "Coin-operated amusement device" does not include vending machines in which are not incorporated gaming or amusement features, nor does the term include any coin-operated mechanical musical device.

Every type of vehicle used for commercial purposes, such as transportation of goods, wares, merchandise and passengers excepting vehicles of the passenger car type and the type commonly known as station wagons, but including trailers, vans and construction equipment of every kind.

An open space area within or related to a site designated as a development, and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development.

An application for development and shall be deemed to be "complete" when the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment takes an action to declare that all requirements for submission have been met and that all necessary documentation has been provided which is necessary for the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment to review and act on the application.

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 Chapter 23, Zoning, and upon the issuance of an authorization therefore by the Planning Board.

An open, unoccupied space on a lot, other than a yard, and not extending to a street or a front or rear yard.

An open, unoccupied space on a lot, other than a yard, and extending to a street or a front or rear yard.

That percentage of the lot area covered by the building area.

The mean level of the existing curb or of the lot at the street line.

Any ballroom, hall, area or other like place used for the purpose of social dancing, regardless of whether or not a fee or charge is made, either upon entering the premises or per dance. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to the premises of a bona fide public, or parochial school, hotel, restaurant, tavern, civic center, religious, charitable, fraternal or veterans organization wherein dancing is conducted.

When referring to a seat on a mass transit facility, available solely for use by occupants of the planned development.

Developed open space that is dedicated to the Township of Weehawken or other appropriate governmental agency for the use and enjoyment of the public and that is designed and developed in accordance with the standards of this chapter in connection with the approval of a planned development.

Open space that is developed with physical facilities for recreation uses such as, but not limited to, tennis, swimming, running, volleyball, basketball, football, soccer, rugby, baseball, children's play, exercise, picnicking, bocce, horseshoes, shuffleboard, or board games.

Land which has been fully developed to permit maximum public access and enjoyment.

The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land.

When applied to a planned development, shall mean:

A vehicle in, upon or by which a person or property may be transported, which is in such state or condition that it is incapable of being operated under its own power, or is in such state or condition that, if operated it would constitute a hazard.

A building containing only dwelling units and permitted accessory uses; a dwelling is not deemed to include hotel, rooming house or other accommodations used or designed for transient occupancy.

A building or portion thereof designed for occupancy by one family and having living, cooking, sleeping, eating and sanitation facilities for its exclusive use.

A dwelling containing three or more dwelling units.

A dwelling containing one dwelling unit.

A dwelling containing two or dwelling units.

One or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, and foster children placed by the New Jersey Board of Child Welfare or a duly incorporated child care agency, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group of not more than three persons not necessarily related by blood or marriage living together as a single housekeeping unit.

A retail and food service area having a maximum floor area ratio of 0.08 measured over the development area and a building and parking area coverage of not more then 50% of the land area devoted to the festival marketplace. A festival marketplace may include, within its floor area, accessory family entertainment facilities such as, but not limited to, theaters, show areas, environmental learning and play spaces, or science exhibits.

A view corridor that is not less than 80 feet wide located, as nearly as may be practicable, so as to provide a view corridor from the center line of 51st Street in the Township projected across Boulevard east to the easterly right of way line of Boulevard East. This view corridor may include property, whether or not owned by the applicant for planned development approval, that is located in West New York provided that adequate provisions have been made by ordinance and/or site plan approval in West New York to preserve this view corridor.

A reference plane representing the average of finished ground level adjoining the building, at all exterior walls.

When applied to a determination of the required parking in any district, shall mean the gross floor area of spaces devoted to each use for which a parking determination is required by this chapter, but shall not include mechanical equipment space and floor space devoted to required parking places and the circulation therefor.

When applied to a planned development, shall mean the sum of the gross areas of the floors of the buildings within the planned development, except that floor area shall not include mechanical equipment space and floor space devoted to required parking places and the circulation therefor.

The total floor area of the planned development divided by the development area, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.

The total of all floor space within a building, including walls, cellar, basement and any portion of an attic with a floor and measuring at least six feet in height.

The area of that portion of the building projected to the ground.

An accessory building or part of a main building used only for the storage of motor vehicles as an accessory use for four or less vehicles.

A building or part thereof, used for auto body work, auto body spray painting and auto body welding.

A building, or part thereof, other than an accessory or auto body or repair garage, used for the parking of passenger vehicles and which may include servicing of the vehicles as an incidental use if conducted within the structure.

A building or part thereof, other than an accessory or parking garage, used for the storage, care or repair of motor vehicles, including the sale of fuel and lubricants, but not including auto body work, welding or spray painting.

The number of dwelling units per acre of a portion of a planned development devoted to residences and appurtenant parking and recreation areas required by this chapter and including any access streets or drives used for access to the residential uses only.

The vertical distance in the case of flat roofs to the level of the highest point of the roof and in the case of pitched roofs to the mean level between the eaves and the highest point of the roof, measured from the average finished grade level at the perimeter of the building or court. A space under a sloping roof shall be counted as a story if it is used for any purpose other than storage or mechanical equipment.

A port, with accessory service and passenger facilities, for one or more helicopters.

A landing pad for a single helicopter.

A building at least five stories in height containing dwelling units and such accessory uses as are permitted herein.

An occupation or profession which is conducted as an accessory use entirely within the dwelling unit of a one- or two-family dwelling by one or more members of the family residing in the dwelling unit. Such home occupation:

A building containing both:

The use of more than 100 square feet of the area of any lot for the storage, keeping, placing, collecting, storing or abandoning any waste or discarded materials obtained from dismantled buildings, old iron, or other metal or substance, glass, paper, machine parts, accessories, discarded machines in whole or in part, motor vehicles not in operating condition, used parts of motor vehicles and any material acquired or collected commercially and commonly known as junk in the ordinary meaning of the word, or any of the above items.

The property line dividing Block 36D from Block 34C as shown on Sheet 2 of the Weehawken Tax Map, revised December 11, 1969.

A land or building area covered with soil, gravel, unit pavers or other pervious material and planted with live grass, shrubs, trees or other plant material. No landscaping covered or completely enclosed by the walls of a structure, such as but not limited to, an atrium, shall qualify as a landscaped area. A landscaped area may contain pools, fountains, sculptures or other similar facilities, provided that such elements meet the requirements of this chapter governing height.

Any off-street space not less than 10 feet wide and 25 feet long, surfaced to be available in all weather, suitable for the loading or unloading of goods and having direct access to a street or alley.

A parcel of land under common ownership which is occupied or can be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings or by a group of buildings having any yard or court in common and the building accessory to such group, together with the open space appurtenant to such building or group, or which is used for the storage of goods and wares or their display or sale regardless of whether or not the boundaries of such parcel coincide with the boundaries of lots or parcels as shown on any map of record.

That portion of a lot covered by the largest floor area of all structures, both principal and accessory.

The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines measured in the mean direction of the side lot lines.

The narrower side of the lot abutting a street, regardless of the location of the principal entrance of a building thereon. Where two lot lines abutting streets are of equal width, the owner shall have a choice in designating which shall be the lot frontage.

A line bounding a lot as defined herein.

The street line of a lot.

The lot line which is most distant from and most nearly parallel to the front lot line.

An any lot line which is not a front or rear lot line.

The mean width of a lot measured at right angles to its depth, at the building setback line.

A lot at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersecting streets when the interior angle of intersection does not exceed 135°.

A lot other than a corner lot.

A lot abutting on two parallel or approximately parallel streets.

Facilities for the transportation of people other than by private automobile including, but not limited to, buses, rail transport, water transport.

Any portable or mobile structure or vehicle used as a dwelling unit or for sleeping purposes whether or not such vehicle or structure is attached to a foundation.

A building or group of buildings used primarily to provide overnight shelter for pay for transient guests.

An area of land including structures thereon that is used for the retail sale of gasoline to motor vehicles or for the service, repair or washing of motor vehicles or for any combination of the above.

An imaginary plane bounded:

Block 64, Lot 10 on the tax may of the Township of Weehawken as it exists on the date of adoption of this ordinance,[1] which is dedicated and maintained by the Township as a public park.

A plane defined by the Old Glory Park Viewing Point and the following two lines:

That view of the New York Skyline and portion of the Hudson River from the Old Glory Park Viewing Point that is bounded on the north by the center line of West 58th Street, New York projected westerly to the easterly shoreline of the Hudson River and on the south by the tip of Manhattan Island.

A view corridor that is not less than 100 feet wide located, as nearly as may be practicable, so as to provide a view corridor from the Old Glory Park Viewing Point. This view corridor may be oriented and calculated at an angle other than orthogonal to the pierhead line of the Hudson River line provided that in no event shall this view corridor be oriented at an angle that is greater than 30 degrees southerly from the orthogonal to the pierhead line as viewed from Old Glory Park.

That point which is five feet, five inches above a point in the surface of Old Glory Park having coordinates North 709,300 and East 2,180,700 as shown on the map entitled "Weehawken Quadrangle, New Jersey-New York" published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey.

The storage of parts or supplies at an outdoor location as an accessory use to a commercial or industrial establishment, but not including any waste material, dismantled parts, discarded machinery or motor vehicles not in operating condition.

An imaginary horizontal plane passing through a point at the lowest elevation of the western boundary of the Planned Development District adjacent to the portion of the planned development for which a determination is required. The Palisades Plane shall apply only to land lying north of Cooper Place. All measurements shall be made from sea level.

An area where vehicles may be stored for the purpose of short-term, daily or overnight off-street parking.

An off-street space:

A seat on a mass transit facility available in the sixty-minute period (the 'peak hour') occurring in each 24 hours during which the greatest number of people can be expected to enter or leave the planned development. If a mass transit facility is capable of making more than one round trip in a peak hour the number of peak hour seats on such mass transit facility shall be determined by multiplying the number of seats thereon by the number of round trips which the facility is capable of making in the peak hour. Determinations of the number of seats, the number of round trips and the peak hour shall be made in accordance with accepted traffic engineering principles.

A criterion established to control noise, air or water pollution, vibration, fire and explosion hazards, glare, heat or other condition harmful to the health, safety and comfort of humans, animals and plants which such conditions are generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.

Meeting hall, club house, auditorium, church, synagogue, or other structure or portion of a structure, accommodating 25 or more persons and used at regular or periodic intervals as a gathering place for purposes of conference, deliberation, worship, entertainment, amusement, recreation or education, or performance of social, athletic, or cultural programs.

When used in relation to a planned development, the provisions for development of a planned development including a plat of subdivision all covenants relating to use, location and bulk of structures, intensity of use or density of development, private streets, ways and parking facilities, common open space and public facilities. The phrase, "provisions of the plan" shall mean the written and graphic materials related to in this definition.

An area of minimum contiguous size as specified by ordinance to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate commercial or office uses or both and any residential and other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance.

Planned unit development, planned unit residential development, residential cluster, planned commercial development or planned industrial development.

An area of a minimum contiguous size as specified by ordinance to be developed according to a plan as a single entity containing one or more structures with appurtenant common areas to accommodate industrial uses and any other uses incidental to the predominant use as may be permitted by ordinance.

An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of 10 acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan, containing one or more residential clusters or planned unit residential developments and one or more public, quasi-public, commercial or industrial areas in such ranges of ratios of non-residential uses to residential uses as shall be specified in Chapter 23, Zoning.

An area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of five acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing one or more residential clusters, which may include appropriate commercial or public or quasi-public uses all primarily for the benefit of the residential development.

Open space that is contiguous to the required waterfront walkway and that is appropriately designed and developed in a manner that will provide significant opportunity for passive enjoyment of the openness of the waterfront environment. No open space that is required, by this chapter or any other governmental regulation, to be part of the waterfront walkway described in Subsection 23.10-4, paragraph a5, shall be deemed to be quality passive open space.

Parking facilities located outside the Township but connected to a planned development by mass transit facilities.

A building for experimentation in pure or applied scientific or engineering theory or design or development of prototype machines or devices, or of new products and processing and fabricating incidental thereto, provided that:

An establishment serving food and/or beverages for consumption within the building in which the food is prepared.

An establishment serving food to persons outside the building in which the food is prepared and/or providing tables, benches or automobile parking space where food may be eaten outside such building.

A structure or portion of a building that extends above the roof of a building. Such Rooftop Structure shall include, but not be limited to, chimneys, church spires, belfries, standpipes, water towers, flag poles, elevators, radio or television aerials, satellite antennas (as otherwise defined in this chapter), skylights, ventilators, clocktowers, cupolas, water tanks or similar structures or mechanical appurtenances.

Any building or portion thereof or any single dwelling unit containing sleeping accommodations for three or more persons who are not members of the family, as defined in the chapter, occupying the building, portion thereof or single dwelling unit. The term "rooming house" shall be deemed to include lodging house and boarding house, but not hotel or other accommodations used for more or less transient occupancy.

Any apparatus which is designed or used for the purpose of receiving or transmitting television, radio, microwave or other similar signals between the Satellite Antenna and a space satellite but does not include conventional television, radio and amateur radio antenna.

A school limited to special instructions such as a business, art, music, trades, handicraft, dancing or riding.

An elementary or intermediate school other than a parochial school, giving regular instruction capable of meeting the requirements of State compulsory education laws and approved as such and operating at least five days a week for a normal school year and supported by other than public funds.

"Mean low water" as determined by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

A person 62 years of age or older or handicapped.

A business establishment conducted to render a personal or business service including shoe repair shops, dry cleaning shops, laundries or conducted to render a household service including the repair of watches, clocks, locks, furniture, radios, television sets and other household appliances, but not including the repair of furnaces and boilers, refrigerators, air conditioners and other articles of similar bulk and weight.

Any lot or premises used for a business, the primary purpose of which is the transfer and shipping of goods and/or materials.

Any structure or part thereof or device attached thereto or painted on or displayed in any manner or represented thereon which displays or includes any letter, word, model, banner, flag, pennant, insignia, device or representation used as, or which is in the nature of an announcement, direction or advertisement. For the purposes of this chapter, the word "sign" shall include "billboard" but shall not include flag, pennant or insignia of any nation, state, or other political unit, or of any political, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional or religious organization.

The area, including the background, within the frame or border which forms the outer limits of the sign display. Where individual letters, numbers, symbols, or other devices form the display without a background, the sign area shall be deemed to be the area within the smallest rectangle enclosing such display. The area of double-sided signs shall be calculated on the basis of one side only, so long as the perimeter of both sides coincide and are parallel.

A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown:

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. In a structure having floors that do not extend across the entire length and width of the structure at one height, commonly known as split-level design, the number of stories shall be determined by counting the number of floors directly over each other at that side or end of the building having the greater number of floors or levels.

That portion of a building situated above a full story and having at least two opposite exterior walls meeting a sloping roof at a level not higher above the floor than a distance equal to 1/2 the floor-to-ceiling height of the story below.

A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road or any other thoroughfare. A street as used herein includes in its width the entire right-of-way.

A lot line coinciding with the boundary line of a street right-of-way.

Any change in or addition to the supporting members of a structure.

Any combination of materials forming any construction, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground except that:

A building used as a departmentalized, usually self service, retail market of a chain store or system or an independent selling foods and other household merchandise and which contains a gross floor area of 4,000 or more square feet.

A dwelling unit having no less than two stories and a common or party wall with an adjacent unit.

The same as "Shipping Terminal".

The specific purpose for which land or a building is designed, intended, occupied or maintained.

A use which is customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of a lot or a building and located on the same lot therewith.

A use or structure in conflict with the provisions of this chapter which regulate the types of use permitted in the various zones and existing as a legal use by virtue of establishment prior to the institution of Chapter 23, Zoning, and the Zoning Map.

The primary purpose for which land or building is designed, arranged, intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

Any area where two or more vehicles in operating condition are offered for sale or are displayed other than within a completely enclosed structure.

A space unobstructed (except as provided herein) from the ground to the sky. A view corridor may contain a street, sidewalks, landscaping elements and other street fixtures such as, but not limited to, street lights, directional signs, and fire hydrants. In addition, a view corridor may contain parking or other structures provided that the roofs of the structures are landscaped areas, are not higher than 50 feet above sea level, and do not block the Weehawken view of the shoreline.

An imaginary line that is five feet above that portion of the westerly boundary of the Planned Development District which extends from the southwest corner of Lot 17 in Block 36C to the northerly boundary of the Township.

An open space of uniform width or depth on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, which open space lies between the building or group of buildings and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the front line of the lot and the nearest point of the building.

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear line of the lot and the nearest point of the building.

A yard between the side line of the lot and the nearest point of the building and extending from the front yard to the rear yard, or in the absence of either of such yards, to the front or rear lot line, as may be.