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Weehawken Township City Zoning Code

§ 23-11.2

Definitions.

[Ord. No. 4-1987, § 17-10A.2]
a. 
As used in this section:
BEDROCK
Continuous solid rock that underlies regolith, as hereinafter defined.
CLIFF FACE
A sheer, nearly vertical slope of exposed bedrock. It shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal by competent evidence, that an area of land is "cliff face" if it is so designated on the map entitled "Zoning Map, Township of Weehawken, revised through November 1986" which is annexed hereto and on file in the office of the Township Clerk.
CUT AND FILL
The excavating of rock fragments and mineral grains, including soil, in one place and depositing of it as fill in an adjacent place.
DEVELOPABLE AREA
The area of a lot exclusive of any portion containing cliff face;
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
The vertical distance, in the case of a flat roof, to the level of the highest point of the roof and, in the case of a pitched roof, 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 that is adjacent only to a municipal right-of-way. In the case of a lot with frontage on more than one municipal right-of-way, the taller of the height calculations shall prevail as the established building height.
[Added 9-28-2017 by Ord. No. 15-2017]
REGOLITH
The noncemented rock fragments and mineral grains, including soil, which overlie bedrock.
SIDE SLOPE
The section of a hill that is below the Talus Slope and generally of moderate or lesser gradient than the Talus Slope or cliff face.
SLOPE
The inclination of the surface of land from the horizontal.
TOP OF CLIFF
The portion of a hill located above the cliff face, overlain with regolith, generally the plateau or hill crest.
b. 
a definition herein contained conflicts with any other definition of any other ordinance, the definition contained in this subsection shall control. All other definitions, including but not limited to those contained in § 23-3, are applicable to this section.