Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 explanatory matter adopted by the Essex County Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:27- 2 and N.J.S.A. 40:27-4. County Planning Board shall mean the Essex County Planning Board. Days shall mean calendar days. Density shall mean the permitted number of dwelling units per gross acre of land to be developed. Developer shall mean the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land proposed to be included in a proposed development including the holder of an option or contract to purchase, or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land. Development shall mean the division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or other structure, or of any mining, excavation or landfill, and any use or change in the use of any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of land, for which permission may be required pursuant to this chapter or the Municipal Land Use law. Development regulations shall mean a zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, site plan ordinance, official map ordinance or other municipal regulation of the use and development of land or amendment thereto adopted and filed pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law. Display surface shall mean the total area made available, by the sign structure or otherwise, upon, against, or through which the message of the sign is exhibited. Dormitory shall mean any building owned and operated by an accredited institution of higher education that provides a housing facility for its students. A dormitory shall be located on the same lot as the institution of higher learning and said lot shall not be less than three hundred (300) acres. Comment [PG10]: use not permitted Drainage shall mean the removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading or other means and includes control of runoff to minimize erosion and sedimentation , to assure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges, to induce water recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for their biological functions as well as for drainage, and the during and after

er recharge into the ground where practical, to lessen nonpoint pollution, to maintain the integrity of stream channels for their biological functions as well as for drainage, and the during and after construction or development by any means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding. Drive-in restaurant shall mean a business or establishment engaged in the sale of food, soft drinks, ice cream and similar confections which are prepared, packaged in paper or other types of disposable wrappers or containers, and served at counters either inside or outside the confines of a building, or to persons in motor vehicles, so as to be intended for immediate consumption either within or without the building. Comment [PG11]: term not used in ordinance Dwelling shall mean a structure, or any part of a structure, arranged, intended or designed to be occupied as a residence. Dwelling, one-family shall mean a building containing one (1) dwelling unit. Dwelling, two-family shall mean a building containing two (2) dwelling units. Dwelling unit shall mean any single unit providing living facilities for one (1) or more persons including facilities for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. Electrical sign shall mean any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs, facts, backgrounds, or outlines illuminated by incandescent or fluorescent lamps or luminous tubes as part of the sign proper, these light sources being external or internal. Comment [PG12]: term not used in ordinance 13