Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 Lot shall mean a designated parcel, tract or areaportion of land established by a plat or otherwise, as permitted by law and to be used, developed or built upon as a unit separated from other parcels or portions by description, as on a subdivision or record of survey map, or by metes and bounds for purpose of sale, lease or separate use. Comment [PG105]: modified to match state law Major subdivision shall mean all any subdivisions not classified as a minor subdivisions. Master Plan shall mean a composite of the mapped and written proposals recommending the physical development of the Township which shall have been duly adopted by the Planning Board. Minor subdivision shall mean any subdivision containing not more than two (2) lots fronting on any existing street accepted by the Township and not involving any new street or road or the extension of municipal facilities and not adversely affecting the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property and not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Master Plan, Official Map, Zoning Ordinance or this chapter. Official Map shall mean a map adopted in accordance with Article 5. tThe Official Map, of the Municipal Land Use Law and Building Permit Act, at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1.30-32 et seq., or any prior act authorizing such adoption. The map shall be deemed conclusive with respect to the location and width of the streets, public parks and playgrounds and drainage rights-of-way shown thereon. Comment [PG106]: modified to match state law Owner shall mean any individual, firm, association, syndicate, co-partnership or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under this chapter. Performance guarantee shall mean any security which may be accepted in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Planning Board or other approving body agency approves a plat, including performance bonds, escrow agreements,

ich may be accepted in lieu of a requirement that certain improvements be made before the Planning Board or other approving body agency approves a plat, including performance bonds, escrow agreements, and other similar collateral or surety agreements. Plat shall mean the map of a subdivision. Preliminary plat shall mean the preliminary map indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision which is submitted to the Township Clerk for Planning Boardapproving agency for consideration and tentative approval, and meeting the requirements of Section 32-8 of this chapter. Sketch plat shall mean the sketch map of a subdivision of sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification, and meeting the requirements of Section 32-8 of this chapter. Street shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, road, lane, parkway, viaduct, alley or other way which is an existing State, County or municipal roadway, or a street or waywhich is shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law, or approved by official action, or a street or waywhich is shown on a plat duly filed and recorded in the office of the County Recording Officer prior to the appointment of a Planning Board and the grant to such Board of the power to revise plats, and includes the land between the street lines whether improved or unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, sidewalks, parking areas and other areas within the street lines. For the purpose of this chapter, streets shall be classified as follows: a. Arterial Streets. Those streets which are used primarily for fast or heavy traffic. b. Collector Streets. Those streets which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development. c. Minor Streets. Those streets which are used primarily for access to the abutting properties. 249