A subordinate building or structure on the same lot with the principal building or structure, occupied or devoted exclusively to a use customarily incidental to the principal use of the principal building or structure. Where an accessory structure is attached to a principal structure by a wall or roof, such accessory structure shall be considered part of the principal structure.

A use naturally and normally incident and subordinate to the principal use of the structure or lot.

Any housing unit with an acquisition price or rent level not exceeding the maximum resale or rent level for low- and moderate-income housing as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:92-1.2.

A building occupied, or intended to be occupied, as separate living quarters for a maximum of 12 dwelling units with separate cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants of each unit. Each dwelling unit must be restricted in occupancy by bylaws, rules, regulations and restrictions of record for use only by permanent residents 55 years of age or older with the following exceptions:

As applied to a building or structure, any change, rearrangement, enlargement, reconstruction or extension of any part or exit facility or removal of a building from one location to another or change of use from one zoning classification to another.

Any portion of a building, the floor of which at any point is below the finished grade of the lot, whether or not occupied.

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 boundary or waterway.

An area consisting of either fencing or evergreens or other landscaping elements, or both, determined suitable by the Board having jurisdiction over the application to screen a property containing nonresidential use from a property containing a residential use or located in a residential zone. Buffer areas shall not contain any building, driveway or parking areas.

Any temporary or permanent structure, finished wall or enclosure built either above or below the ground. When such structure is divided into separate parts by unpierced walls extending from the ground upward, each part is deemed to be a separate building. Building shall also include any structure having a roof supported by columns, piers or walls, including tents, trailers or other structures on wheels or having other supports, or any unroofed platform, terrace, deck, patio or porch.

The maximum horizontal projected area of the building, including roofed-over porches or similar extensions of a building. Any eave or similar projection in excess of four inches shall be considered as part of the building for computation of front, side and rear yards and building coverage and total surface coverage.

The vertical distance from the average natural grade of the lot adjacent to the perimeter of the building to the highest point of the building. Natural grade of a lot shall be determined by averaging the natural grade adjacent to the perimeter of the building at points 10 feet apart starting at the lowest elevation. Chimneys shall not be considered the highest point of a building unless they extend greater than four feet higher than the highest point of a building, in which event they shall be considered the highest point of a building.

A line extended from any wall of a structure and parallel with that wall and shall include the entire wall. If projections occur along the wall, then the projection shall be included within the building line.

A line midway between the property lines on opposite sides of the street.

A facility providing limited daytime care for children during regular hours of employment.

The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.

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 this chapter and upon the issuance of an authorization therefor by the Planning Board.

Any lot at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets.

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

Density shall be defined in the ARHO District as the permitted number of dwelling units per gross area of land to be developed. The provisions of § 380-10 of this chapter shall apply in computing lot area for the purpose of calculating density.

Money paid by an individual, person, partnership, association, company or corporation for the improvement of property as permitted in COAH's rules.

An area leading from a public or private street into any property used especially by automobiles.

A detached building designed for and occupied by one family.

The value of a property determined by the Municipal Tax Assessor through a process designed to ensure that all property in the municipality is assessed at the same assessment ratio or ratios required by law. Estimates at the time of building permit may be obtained by the Tax Assessor utilizing estimates for construction cost. Final equalized assessed value will be determined at project completion by the Municipal Tax Assessor.

Persons occupying a single-family dwelling, who are either related by blood or marriage or living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit. Servants or other household employees, a condition of whose employment is that they reside with their employer, shall be considered to be a member of the family, provided that such employees' living quarters do not have separate housekeeping provisions.

The use of land or premises for the commercial cultivation of agricultural foods, plants, flowers, trees and shrubs or the commercial husbandry of horses, dairy cows or cattle or sheep, provided that such operations do not involve, in any manner, animal boarding or rental of such animals.

The sum of the area of all floors of all buildings and structures (except those portions of parking structures used solely for parking purposes) compared to the total area of the site.

That unoccupied portion of a lot, tract or parcel of land which fronts upon a public street between the street line and the parts of the principal building nearest thereto measured parallel to and at right angles to the front lot line. In the event that such lot, tract or parcel is bounded by a public street on more than one side, the front yard shall be deemed to be the street on which the building faces, whether or not containing the front entrance to such building, and if none, then, the side of such public street which shall have the longest length.

An indoor area for food preparation containing any one of the following: dishwasher, stove, or range.

An accessory building or part of a main building used for the storage of not more than four motor vehicles.

A business establishment which conducts any one or more of the following activities: sale or supply of motor fuel and/or lubricants directly to motor vehicles from a pump or pumps located outside of a building; service and/or repair of licensed or registered vehicles; inspections, as required by law; and/or the sale of tires, batteries and/or other automobile parts and accessories.

A reference plane at the curb level on a level lot, and where any portion of a lot is higher or lower than the curb level, the natural lot level at the time of application.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building or structure from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings.

Any real property, man-made structure, natural object or configuration or any portion or group of the foregoing which have been formally designated in the Master Plan as being of historical, archaeological, cultural, scenic or architectural significance.

A building used for the shelter and accommodation of more than two transient or permanent guests for profit.

Any use conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the occupants thereof as a conditional use, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes; and subject to the conditional use requirements set forth in § 380-13.

Any lot other than a corner lot.

A street which crosses another street.

A judgment issued by the Superior Court approving a municipality's plan to satisfy its fair share obligation.

A separate parcel of land, the location, dimensions and boundaries of which are established as permitted by law as reflected by the latest official records, to be used, developed or built upon as a unit. The word "lot" is synonymous with "plot."

The total square footage included within the lot lines.

A mean distance between the front and the rear lot lines, measured in the general direction of its side lot lines.

The width of a lot, measured from point to point where the side lines meet the abutting street and if on a curve, measured at the chord distance. In the event that the frontage of a lot is on a cul-de-sac, the frontage shall be determined as the chord distance measured at the setback line.

A boundary line of a lot other than the street line.

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

A lot, the area, dimension or location of which was permitted by ordinance prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter or currently fails in any way to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.

A structure, the size, dimension or location of which was permitted by ordinance prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter or which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment.

A use or activity which was not prohibited by ordinance prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of this chapter or which fails to conform to the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located by reasons of such adoption, revision or amendment.

An organization, the function and purpose of which is to provide a structured educational or supervisory program for children of preelementary school age, which is staffed and equipped therefor in compliance with applicable requirements of law and which maintains a regular schedule of attendance for enrollees.

A facility for medical or convalescent care of patients or the elderly with full supervision and meeting the State of New Jersey requirements for nursing homes.

As applied to any building or structure, shall be construed as though followed by the words "or intended, arranged or designed to be occupied or used."

Any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public use or enjoyment, provided that such areas may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets and off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to be incidental to the natural openness of the land.

A mandatory off-street space required for the parking of one motor vehicle and having dimensions of not less than 10 feet by 20 feet, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto, giving access thereto and having access to a street.

A building or structure detached or a portion of a principal building, consisting of one or more level(s) or a portion of any level, designated to be used for the parking and storage of motor vehicles, and in which no business, occupation or other use may be conducted except in such portion of any level as may be approved by the Planning Board.

Includes an individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, fiduciary, corporation, association, trust, syndicate or any other form of business organization.

An area comprised of a minimum contiguous size of 80 acres, to be planned, developed, operated and maintained as a single entity, and containing one or more structures to accommodate office uses and appurtenant common areas and accessory uses incidental to the predominant use. Special attention shall be given to off-site traffic and circulation, site ingress and egress, on-site parking and circulation, utilities, stormwater management, landscaping, lighting, signage, architectural design and aesthetics, and overall site development compatibility with the surrounding area.

An establishment selling goods or equipment in small parcels or quantities directly to consumers.

Any apparatus which is designed for the purpose of receiving television, radio, microwave, satellite or similar signals, with the exception of conventional television or radio antennas, as regulated by the provisions of Chapter 275, Satellite Earth Station Antennas, of the Code of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake.[1]

An establishment which renders a service to another not involving the use of mechanical or other related equipment on the premises.

That area of a lot in which a building or structure is prohibited or in which a building, structure or a use is restricted or conditioned.

A business entity or related business entities occupying an office building or structure or group of buildings and structures.

That part of a building included between any floor and the floor or ceiling next above. A basement which extends to a height of less than four feet above grade shall not be counted in determining the number of stories. A "half story" is 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 five feet; or a portion of a building below a full story and at least more than halfway below grade. Where one or more walls are completely below grade, the area will not be counted as a story.

Any road, avenue, lane or other way commonly used by the public for vehicular and/or pedestrian purposes.

The dividing line between a lot and a street.

Any combination of materials to form a construction for occupancy, use or ornamentation, either permanent or temporary, and whether installed on, above or below the surface of a lot or attached to an object so located, including but not limited to private tennis courts, paddle ball courts, platform tennis courts, swimming pools, patios and decks and other recreational facilities accessory to the principal use of the lot; provided, however, that retaining walls without attachments or lighting, sidewalks, curbs, mailboxes and mailbox support structures, entrance piers, to a maximum of 48 inches in height, and landscaping normally and customarily incidental to the principal use of the lot shall not be deemed structures.

A determination by the Council approving a municipality's housing element and fair share plan in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules and criteria as set forth herein. A grant of substantive certification shall be valid for a period of six years in accordance with the terms and conditions contained therein.

A specific purpose for which a lot or a building is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

The specific purpose for which a lot or building is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.

The sale of goods or equipment in large parcels or quantities generally to retailers who in turn sell to consumers.

The unoccupied area extending across the width of the lot and lying between the street line of the lot and parts of the principal building and/or structure nearest thereto, measured parallel to the front property line.

The area extending across the width of the lot and lying between the rear line of the lot and the parts of the principal building and/or structure nearest thereto, measured parallel to the rear property line.

The unoccupied area between the side line of the lot and the parts of the building and/or structure nearest thereto extending from the front yard to the rear yard or, in the absence of either such yard, to the front rear lot line, as may be appropriate, measured parallel to the side lot line.