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re residential healthcare facility shall mean a facility, licensed by the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey as a facility, to provide health care under medical supervision and continuous nursing supervision and nursing home level care for twenty-four (24) or more consecutive hours to two (2) or more residents who are not related to the governing authority by marriage, blood, or adoption. The residents require continuous nursing care and services above the level of room and board because of their physical condition. Nursing home-level care shall mean care provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) required by the New Jersey Department of Health for the operation of a long term health care facility. Official County Map shall mean the map, with changes and additions thereto adopted and established, from time to time by resolution of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27-5 and its amendments. Off-site sign shall mean a sign which is located on a lot other than that to which it refers. (See Billboard) Open space shall mean any parcel or area of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or private use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space; provided that such area may be improved with only those buildings, structures, streets and 11

off-street parking and other improvements that are designed to be incidental to the natural openness of the land. Outdoor cafe shall mean an outdoor designated area that is located on the property of an existing restaurant, bar or retail store or on the public sidewalk or the right-of-way immediately adjacent to the property of an existing restaurant, bar or retail store and where food and beverages that are normally offered to the public inside the restaurant, bar or retail store are offered and served to the public in the designated outdoor area. Outdoor sale shall mean any temporary out of doors display by a merchant, on a public sidewalk and contiguous to the merchant's place of business, of goods, merchandise, wares, produce, vegetables, baked goods, food or food stuffs with the intention to sell or dispose of or offer to vend, sell, dispose of or display goods, merchandise, wares, produce, vegetables, food or food stuffs. It shall include "sidewalk sales," "bargain sales," or any other occasional sales held wholly or partly out of doors by any person, business, merchant, group, firm, club, charitable organization or institution in a commercial or business zone. It is not intended to include what are commonly known as carnivals, parades, street fairs and the like. Outdoor seasonal sale shall mean a temporary out of doors display of seasonal items with the intention to sell such items. Park or parking shall mean the standing or waiting on a street, road or highway of a vehicle not actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers or merchandise, unless in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals. Parking area shall mean an open area other than a street, public way or access driveway, but including aisles that serve parking spaces, used for the parking of motor vehicles and available for use whether for a fee or privilege for clients, customers, suppliers, residents or employees. Parking space shall mean an off-street space available for the parking of one (1) motor vehicle within a public or private parking facility. Personal service store or studio shall mean an establishment primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or his or her personal goods or apparel. Pickup truck shall mean a truck or other motor vehicle with an open back designed, used or maintained primarily for the regular transportation

care of a person or his or her personal goods or apparel. Pickup truck shall mean a truck or other motor vehicle with an open back designed, used or maintained primarily for the regular transportation of property or delivery of services. Planned development shall mean Planned Unit Residential Development or Residential Cluster. Planned unit residential development shall mean an area with a specified minimum contiguous acreage of twenty (20) acres or more to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing one (1) or more residential clusters, which may include appropriate public or quasi-public uses all primarily for the benefit of the residential development. The maximum allowable residential density shall be four (4) units per acre, exclusive of buffer area which is to be determined by the Planning Board. Each development may contain a variety of housing types including but not limited to single family structures, townhouses, garden apartments and multiple family dwellings, which the second and third choice each shall be at least fifteen (15%) percent of the total units constructed. Planning Board shall mean the Municipal Planning Board established pursuant to Section 25-46. Pole trailer shall mean every vehicle without motor power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or 12

irregularly shaped loads, such as poles, pipes, or structural members, capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. Portable storage container shall mean any container, storage unit or portable structure (commonly known as PODS) designed to be used on a temporary basis and without a foundation for the purpose of storing tangible property and not for occupancy by persons. Principal sign shall man any sign which is used to identify the place of business and primary service or type merchandise sold on the premises. The address, phone number, and name of the proprietor may be displayed. As all "off-site signs" or "billboards" are prohibited, all commercial signs allowed in the Township must be principal signs. Principal use shall mean the primary use and purpose of a lot or structure. Private club shall mean a nonprofit or public building and related facilities owned or operated by a corporation, association or group of individuals established for the fraternal, social, educational, recreational or cultural enrichment of its members, which is not conducted as a business, and whose members pay dues and meet certain prescribed qualifications for membership, Private recreation facility shall mean a recreation court and/or related structures provided as an accessory use on the same lot as a residence and designed to be used by the occupants of the residence and their guests. Private swimming pool shall mean a water-filled enclosure having a depth of more than eighteen (18) inches below the level of the level of the surrounding land, or an above-surface pool, having a depth of more than 30 inches, designed, used and maintained for swimming by the occupants of the residence and their guests. Professional office building shall mean a building which is used solely for professional offices, which shall include the office or studio of a physician, dentist, optometrist, optician, chiropractor, lawyer, professional engineer, land surveyor, registered architect or teacher and similar licensed professionals. Professional office does not include the purchase or sale of goods, dance instructions, band instrument or voice instructor in groups, tea rooms, beauty parlors, hairdressing and manicuring establishments, convalescent homes or mortuary establishments. Public area shall mean (1) public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and

in groups, tea rooms, beauty parlors, hairdressing and manicuring establishments, convalescent homes or mortuary establishments. Public area shall mean (1) public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths and other recreational areas; (2) other public open spaces; (3) scenic and historic sites; and (4) sites for schools and other public buildings and structures. Public drainage way shall mean the land reserved or dedicated for the installation of storm water sewers or drainage ditches, or required along a natural stream or watercourse for preserving the biological as well as drainage function of the channel and providing for the flow of water to safeguard the public against flood damage, sedimentation and erosion and to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges, to induce water recharge into the ground where practical and to lessen nonpoint pollution. Public open space shall mean an open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to the municipality, a municipal agency, the Board of Education, State or County Agency, or other public body for recreational or conservation uses. Public utility building or structure shall mean a building or structure necessary for the furnishing of utility services, such as electric, gas, telephone, water and sewer, to the public. Reconstruction shall mean the act or process of reproducing by new construction the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure or object or part thereof as it appeared when the structure was originally constructed. 13

Recreation vehicle shall mean any motor vehicle primarily designed and used as a travel trailer, camper, camping trailer, motor home or tent trailer and any boat, snowmobile, jet-ski, off-road motorcycle, vehicle intended for the purpose of racing and/or their respective trailer(s). Recycling area shall mean space allocated for collection and storage of source separated recyclable materials. Rehabilitation shall mean the act or process of returning the exterior of a property to a state of utility which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those features of the building to reflect the original historical, architectural, and cultural value of the building. Residential cluster or cluster development shall mean an area to be developed as a single entity according to a plan containing residential housing units which have a common or public open space area as an appurtenance. Each development shall contain an area of a minimum of ten (10) contiguous acres and a maximum allowable residential density of four (4) units per acre. All residential housing units within each development shall be limited to single family detached and townhouse structures. Residential health care shall mean a facility which furnishes food and shelter to four (4) or more persons who are unrelated to the owner or administrator and which provides any personal care or service beyond food, shelter, and laundry. It serves as a substitute for the residents' own home by providing in addition such services, equipment and safety features required for safe and adequate care of residents at all times. In such facilities, the patients' rooms shall not contain kitchens or kitchenettes. Restaurant shall mean a public establishment which serves food and drink primarily or exclusively for consumption on the premises and is not a “fast food restaurant” as defined in this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, a “bar” shall also be deemed a “restaurant” only if food is prepared, served and consumed on the premises. Restoration shall mean the act or process or accurately recovering the form and detail of the exterior of a property and its setting as it appeared at a particular period and time by means of removal of later work or by replacement of missing earlier work. Resubdivision shall mean (1) the further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot or lots within a

ar period and time by means of removal of later work or by replacement of missing earlier work. Resubdivision shall mean (1) the further division or relocation of lot lines of any lot or lots within a subdivision previously made and approved or recorded according to law; or (2) the alteration of any streets or the establishment of any new streets within any subdivision previously made and approved or recorded according to law, but does not include conveyances so as to combine existing lots by deed or other instrument. Retail store shall mean an establishment engaged in the selling or rental of merchandise (usually to the general public for personal use or household consumption, although they may also serve business and institutional clients) and in rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods.. Road tractor shall mean every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry and load thereon either independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn. Roof sign shall mean any sign erected, constructed, or maintained wholly upon or over the roof of any building with the principal support on the roof structure. School shall mean any building or part thereof that is designed, constructed or used for education or instruction in any branch of knowledge. 14

1. Business or vocational school shall mean a secondary or higher education or training establishment primarily teaching usable skills that prepares students for jobs in a business or trade and meeting state requirements as a business or vocational facility. 2. Private school shall mean any school that meets state requirements for elementary or secondary education and which does not secure the major part of its funding from any governmental agency. 3. Public school shall mean any school that meets state requirements for elementary or secondary education and which secures the major part of its funding from any governmental agency. Security enclosures shall mean any rolling, solid, swinging, sliding or accordion-type enclosure, solid or not solid, closing vertically or horizontally, installed as a theft prevention measure on any non-residential building or storefront opening; this does not include garage doors. Self-storage facility shall mean a building containing separate, individual and private storage spaces available for lease or rent for varying periods of time. Semitrailer shall mean every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. Senior Citizens Housing Project shall mean any Senior Citizens Housing Project, financed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 202 program for Housing for the Elderly with Supportive Service and the applicable Interim Regulations published in the Federal Register, dated June 12, 1991, 24 CFR Part 889. Separate buildings shall mean if two (2) or more buildings are connected by exterior passageways, plazas or sub-surface passageways, they shall be considered separate buildings. Sign shall mean any device for visual communication which is used to direct, identify, inform, advertise, attract attention to or promote the interest of any person, place, activity, institution, organization, business or product when the same is placed in view of the general public. Sign, awning or canopy shall mean a sign which is attached to or printed upon the farthest extended edge of the material. Sign, changeable shall mean a sign with the

the general public. Sign, awning or canopy shall mean a sign which is attached to or printed upon the farthest extended edge of the material. Sign, changeable shall mean a sign with the capability of content change by means of manual or remote input. 1. Manually activated changeable sign shall mean a changeable sign whose message copy or content can be changed manually on a display surface. 2. Electrically activated changeable sign shall mean a changeable sign, such as a light- emitting diode (LED) electronic message board or digital display, whose message copy or content can be changed by means of remote electrically energized on-off switching combinations of alphabetic or pictographic components arranged on a display surface. Illumination may be integral to the components, such as characterized by lamps or other light-emitting devices; or it may be from an external light source designed to reflect off the changeable component display. Sign, façade shall mean a sign that is in any manner affixed to any exterior wall of a building or structure and that projects not more than eighteen (18) inches from the building or structure wall. Also includes signs affixed to architectural projections that project from a building provided the copy area of such signs remains on a parallel plane to the face of the building façade or to the face or faces of the architectural projection to 15

which it is affixed. They shall advertise only the permitted use, products or services on the premises on which they are displayed. Sign, freestanding or pylon shall mean a sign principally supported by one or more columns, poles or braces placed in or upon the ground. Freestanding signs shall advertise only the permitted use, products or services conducted on the premises. Sign, monument shall mean a sign for which the entire bottom is in contact with or is close to the ground. Sign, permanent window shall mean any sign made of a material other than paper or cardboard that is visible from the window area, or that is applied or adhered directly to the window glazing or etched into that glazing. Sign, sidewalk shall mean an “A-frame” shaped sign that identifies or advertises a place of business and that consists of two sign boards that are hinged together at the top. Sign, temporary shall mean a sign erected for a limited period of time as required elsewhere in this chapter. Sign, temporary window shall mean any sign visible from the window display area or adhered to window or door glazing, other than permanent window graphics, including community flyers, signs advertising a sale or promotion, or any other nonprofessionally manufactured sign. All paper and cardboard signs are considered to be temporary window graphics. No temporary graphics may be adhered to the exterior of a building. Sign, wall shall mean all painted signs and flat signs of solid-face construction and/or appearance which are placed against a building or other structure and attached to the exterior front, rear, or side wall of any building or other structure and attached to the exterior front, rear, or side wall of any building or other structure. Sign height measurement shall mean the vertical height of the background upon which the lettering, illustration or display is presented, including the supporting members of any sign. Single family detached dwelling shall mean a detached house designed for or intended to contain only one (1) dwelling unit and having no party wall in common with an adjacent dwelling structure. Site shall mean any plot, parcel or tract of land. Store shall mean keeping for safe care or custody whether temporarily or permanently. Story shall mean the space of a building between the