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Packet · Sep 11, 2012

Conference/Public Meeting Agendas/Documents — Packet

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Facade shall mean the front, side and rear building planes visible from adjoining streets, sidewalks and parking areas. Family day care home shall mean the private residence of a family day care provider which is registered as a family day care home pursuant to the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act," P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.). Pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.5b, family day care homes shall be a permitted use in all residential districts. The requirements for family day care homes shall be the same as for single family dwelling units located within such residential districts. Fast food restaurant shall mean the retail sale of ready-to-eat foods and beverages for on and/or off premises consumption, whenever the foods and beverages are available upon a short waiting time, and orders are placed by the customer at a counter, and primarily served in or on disposable wrappers, containers or plates, and where there is a seating capacity of more than fifteen (15) individuals. This does not include restaurants which have "take-out" as accessory to a traditional restaurant. Flat bed truck shall mean an open back truck designed primarily for the transportation or removal of motor vehicles temporarily or permanently incapable of being operated on the street or highway. Floor area shall mean the area of all floors computed by measuring the inside dimension of the outside walls in a building, excluding the floors of the following: crawl spaces, cellars, porches, breezeways, patios, terraces, garages, and carports. The floor area of a second floor room or attic shall be included if the ceiling height is at least seven (7) feet, notwithstanding that the room or attic has minor ceiling slopes, provided that these walls are at least five (5) feet in height. Functional sign shall mean direction, information, or public service signs, such as signs advertising locations of rest rooms, telephone, or similar facilities of public convenience; and signs located on mechanical dispensing equipment that identify its product. Garage, private shall mean an accessory building or portion of a building housing motor vehicles strictly for the benefit of the resident. Garden apartment shall mean a multi-family residence not to exceed three (3) stories in which not more than four (4) families are served by two (2) entrances and all the livable

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nefit of the resident. Garden apartment shall mean a multi-family residence not to exceed three (3) stories in which not more than four (4) families are served by two (2) entrances and all the livable space for each apartment is on one (1) floor or level. "Go-Go" entertainment business shall mean restaurants, private clubs, snack bars, night clubs, juice bars and businesses of a similar nature, whether serving alcoholic beverages on the premises or not, which include dancing and/or dancing exhibitions by male and/or female entertainers, commonly referred to as "go-go entertainment." Green roof shall mean a self-sustaining, vegetated roof system that does not require watering or maintenance of the plant material but may require periodic maintenance to prevent the non-living components of the roof system from deteriorating. Gross floor area shall mean the total area of a building, expressed in square feet, and derived by measuring the outside perimeter of the walls at each and every floor or level, including each story at floor level, the basement or any area below grade if the ceiling is higher than six (6) feet. There shall be no deduction made for hall areas, staircases or elevator areas, closets, storage areas, utility rooms, bathrooms, conference rooms, or reception areas. 8

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