Township of Willingboro

ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE

A subordinate building or structure, the purpose of which is customarily incidental to that of its principal use or building and on the same lot. Where an accessory building is attached to the side, rear or front of the principal building by a wall or roof, such accessory building shall be considered part of the main building for the purpose of determining the required dimensions of yards.

ACT or SWMA

The Solid Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented.

ALTERATIONS

As applied to a building or a structure, a structural change or rearrangement in the existing facilities or an enlargement, whether by extension of a side or by increasing in height or by moving from one location or position to another.

AUCTION MARKET

Premises on which are held at periodic times auction sales of merchandise or any other personal property.

AUTOMOBILE WRECKING

See definition of "junkyard."

BANQUET FACILITY

Any establishment, however designated, regularly and principally used for the purpose of providing meals for banquets and catered events, having an adequate kitchen and facilities for the preparing, cooking and serving of food for its patrons and in which alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises in conjunction with a banquet function or the serving of a full meal. Banquet facilities are permitted only in the B-1 Primary Business District or as part of a regulation eighteen-hole golf course and must provide seating for not less than 150 patrons.

BOAT AND BOAT TRAILER

Includes boats, not exceeding 18 feet in length, eight feet in width and nine feet in height, plus the normal equipment to transport same on the highway.

BUFFER STRIP

A continuous strip of trees and/or shrubs not less than six feet in height planted so as to restrict a clear view beyond the strip.

BUILDING

Any structure having a roof supported by columns, piers or walls, including tents, lunch wagons, trailers, dining cars, camp cars, and any unroofed platform, terrace or porch having a vertical face higher than three feet above the level of the ground from which the height of the structure is measured.

BUILDING AREA

The aggregate of the area of all enclosed and roofed spaces of the principal building and all accessory buildings. Such areas shall be computed by using outside building dimensions measured on a horizontal plane at ground level.

BUILDING HEIGHT

The vertical dimension measured from the average elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest point of ceiling of the top story in the case of a flat roof; to the deckline of a mansard roof; and to the average height between the plate and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof.

BUILDING LINE

A line formed by the intersection of a horizontal plane at average grade level and a vertical plane that coincides with the exterior surface of the building or any side. In case of a cantilevered section of a building, the vertical plane will coincide with the most projected surface.

BUILDING, PRINCIPAL

A structure constructed for and in which is conducted the main or principal use of the lot on which the structure is situated.

BURLINGTON COUNTY REGIONAL PROGRAM

The program utilized for the collection of those recyclable materials as designated by the Department of Solid Waste from residential curbside, participating multifamily and participating school collection programs.

CAMPING TRAILER

A non-self-propelled vehicular, portable structure mounted on wheels, constructed with collapsible, partial sidewalls of fabric, plastic or other pliable material for compact folding while being drawn by another vehicle, and when unfolded at the site or location, provides temporary living quarters, the primary design of the structure being for recreation, camping or travel use. The camping trailer shall not exceed the length, width or height limitations prescribed above for a boat and boat trailer.

CELLAR and/or BASEMENT

Any floor, any portion of which is more than 24 inches below the adjacent grade level.

CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY

A certificate issued by the Zoning Officer upon completion of construction or alterations. The certificate shall be required in all cases except where prior inspection has been made by the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans' Administration. The certificate shall acknowledge compliance with all requirements of this chapter, such adjustments thereto granted by the Board of Adjustment, and/or all other applicable requirements.

CHILD-CARE CENTER

An early childhood caregiving facility providing qualified adult supervision for children ranging in age from infants to 13 years of age for six or more children.

(1) COMMERCIAL CHILD-CARE CENTERS — Child care provided within a facility designed to function primarily for the provision of child care. Any child-care center which is not limited to the children of employees and/or members affiliated with the primary use on the lot shall be classified as a commercial child-care center.

(2) ACCESSORY CHILD-CARE CENTERS — Child care provided for children of employees and/or members only, affiliated with the primary use of the property, i.e., professional offices, commercial establishments, churches, etc. Accessory child-care centers are allowed as an accessory use, provided that the child-care facility is located within a building on a lot meeting all the design requirements of the zoning district, and the accessory child-care center facility meets the requirements established for accessory child-care centers.

CHURCH

A building or group of buildings, including customary accessory buildings, designed or intended for public worship. For the purpose of this chapter, the word "church" shall include chapels, congregations, cathedrals, temples and similar designations, as well as parish houses, convents and similar places of residences for members of the clergy and religious orders.

CLASS A RECYCLABLE MATERIAL

Source-separated, nonputrescible, metal, glass and plastic bottles (coded No. 1 and No. 2), and paper and corrugated and other cardboard.

CLUSTER DWELLING

One of a series of detached one-family dwelling units in which all plotted lots may be reduced in size and lot width and which may be grouped or clustered together in a compact service area separated by open space areas which may be dedicated to the Township for public use or held for private recreation purposes as outlined in Article VIII: R-2 Residential District, of this chapter.

COMMINGLED

A combining of source-separated recyclable materials for the purpose of recycling.

COMMON AREA RECYCLING STORAGE LOCATION

A location designed in accordance with the land use ordinances of this municipality as required for multifamily dwellings with more than 20 residential units where curbside collection is not provided under the Burlington County Regional Program.

CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX

A group of units, arranged horizontally or vertically, where the form of ownership of real property under a master deed provides for ownership by one or more owners of units of improvements, together with an undivided interest in common elements appurtenant to each such unit.

CONTAMINANT

Solid waste, food waste, or other material which adheres to, or which is otherwise contained on or in, source-separated recyclable materials.

CORRUGATED AND OTHER CARDBOARD

All corrugated cardboard normally used for packing, mailing, shipping or containerizing goods, merchandise or other material, but excluding plastic, foam, foil or wax-coated or soiled corrugated cardboard.

COUNTY

The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and its successors and assigns, acting through the Burlington County Division of Solid Waste Management.

CURB LEVEL

The officially established grade of the curb in front of the midpoint of the lot.

CURBSIDE DESIGNATED RECYCLABLES

Those designated recyclables that are placed for collection within the parameters of the curbside collection program as outlined herein.

CURBSIDE RECYCLING CONTAINER

A container(s) provided by the municipality or persons for the temporary storage of recyclable materials within the residential unit(s).

DEP or DEPARTMENT

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

Those recyclable materials to be source-separated in this municipality, including but not limited to aluminum cans, antifreeze, consumer electronics, corrugated cardboard, fluorescent lights, glass containers, lead acid batteries, leaves, metal appliances, paper, plastic bottles (coded No. 1 and No. 2), rechargeable batteries, steel (tin) cans, textiles, tires and used motor oil.

DSW

The Burlington County Department of Solid Waste, its successors and assigns.

DWELLING UNIT

One or more rooms providing living facilities for one family, including sanitary equipment and provisions for the same.

DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY

A detached building and dwelling unit designed for and occupied by one family.

FAMILY

One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit, who are living together as a stable and permanent living unit, being a traditional family unit or the functional equivalent thereof.

FENCE

Any wall, barrier, fence or structure (not including freestanding plants, trees or buildings) which encloses any part of a lot or which divides or separates any lot or part thereof from any part of such lot or from any adjacent private or public property, excepting ornamental corner fences of not more than two sides, no one side of which is longer than 10 feet or higher than three feet.

FIBER

All newspaper, fine paper, bond paper, junk mail, office paper, magazines, paperback books, school paper, catalogs, computer paper, telephone books, chipboard, corrugated and other cardboard and similar cellulosic material, whether shredded or whole, but excluding wax paper, plastic or foil-coated paper, thermal fax paper, carbon paper, blueprint paper, food-contaminated paper, soiled paper and cardboard.

FIRST FLOOR

Any floor, any portion of which is 24 inches or less below the adjacent grade level.

FRONTAGE, REVERSE

The rear or reverse portion of a lot abutting a major street or parkway.

GARAGE, PRIVATE

An attached building used as an accessory to the main building which provides for the storage of motor vehicles.

GOLF COURSE

An area of 50 or more contiguous acres containing full-size golf link, at least nine holes totalling a minimum of 2,700 yards from tee to green, together with such necessary and usual accessory uses as a clubhouse, caretakers' dwellings, dining and refreshment facilities and other such uses, provided that the operation of such facilities is incidental and subordinate to the operation of the golf course.

GROSS HABITABLE FLOOR AREA

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floor or floors of a building which are enclosed and usable for human occupancy, not to include garages or accessory building space. The areas shall be measured between the inside face of the exterior walls, or from the center line of walls separating two dwelling units, and shall be above the grade level of the adjoining ground on at least two sides.

GROSS LAND AREA

The total land area of a tract, exclusive of area which is required to be dedicated for the purpose of widening the right-of-way of existing adjacent public streets.

HOME OCCUPATION

Any use customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitants thereof, which use is secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and which does not change the character of the structure or in any way create an external nuisance from traffic, parking, sound or odor (subject to the provisions as outlined in § 370-89: Home occupations of this chapter).

HOME PROFESSIONAL USES

A professional person practicing the person's profession at home.

JUNKYARD

Any area and/or structure used or intended to be used for the conducting and operating of the business of selling, buying, storing or trading in used or discarded metal, glass, paper, cordage or any used or disabled fixtures, vehicles or equipment of any kind.

LOT

A parcel or area of land, the dimensions and extent of which are determined by the latest official records or by the latest approved map of a subdivision of which the parcel is a part.

LOT AREA

An area of land which is determined by the limits of the lot lines bounding that area and expressed in terms of square feet or acres. Any portion of a lot included in a street right-of-way shall not be included in calculating lot area.

LOT COVERAGE

That percentage of the lot area which may be devoted to building area.

LOT DEPTH

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

LOT FRONTAGE

That boundary of a lot which is along an existing, platted or dedicated street. In the case of corner lots, the smaller of the two street lot lines shall be considered as the frontage.

LOT WIDTH

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the depth and at a point coincidental with the building line.

LOT, CORNER

A parcel of land at the junction of and fronting on two or more intersecting streets.

MANUFACTURING

The treatment or processing of raw products, and the production of articles or finished products from raw or prepared materials by giving them new forms or qualities.

MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE AND GASOLINE STATION

A public facility, which is neither coin-operated nor of the self-service type, operated for the purpose of making a profit and the principal purpose of which is the supplying of gasoline, oil, or other fuel for the propulsion of automobiles or other vehicles, and which, in addition, may be used for the equipping, adjusting, greasing, washing, polishing, or other cleaning and servicing of automobiles or other motor vehicles and the performance of repair work thereon (which shall be done indoors).

MULTIFAMILY DWELLING

Any building or structure or complex of buildings or structures in which three or more dwelling units are rented or leased or offered for rental or lease for residential purposes, whether privately or publicly financed, except hotels, motels or other guest houses serving transient or seasonal guests as those terms are defined under Subsection (j) of Section 3 of the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law, P.L. 1967, c. 76 (N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.), and N.J.S.A. 40:66-1.2 et seq.

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

Residential, commercial, and institutional solid waste generated within a community.

MUNICIPALITY

The Township of Willingboro, located within the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey.

NET LAND AREA

The gross land area of a tract, exclusive of land in a floodplain, swamp areas, or land of greater than 15% slope.

NONCONFORMING BUILDING

A building which, in its design or location upon a lot, does not conform to the regulations of this chapter for the zone in which it is located.

NONCONFORMING LOT

A lot of record existing at the date of the passage of any zoning ordinance which does not have the minimum width or contain the minimum area prescribed by such ordinance for the zone in which it is located.

NONCONFORMING USE

Use of a building or of land that does not conform to the regulations of the zone in which it is located.

OCCUPANCY

The specific purpose for which land or a building is used, designed or maintained.

OPEN SPACE

An unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a principal and/or accessory building.

PAPER

All newspaper, fine paper, bond paper, junk mail, office paper, magazines, paperback books, school paper, catalogs, computer paper, telephone books and similar cellulosic material, whether shredded or whole, but excluding tissue and towel paper, wax paper, plastic or foil-coated paper, thermal fax paper, carbon paper, NCR paper, blueprint paper, food-contaminated or soiled paper.

PARKING SPACE

An off-street space available for the parking of a motor vehicle and which in this chapter is held to be an area 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto and giving access thereto.

PERSON

Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative enterprise, trust, municipal authority, federal institution or agency, state institution or agency, municipality, other governmental agency of any other entity or any group of such persons, which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.

PLANNING BOARD

The Planning Board of the Township of Willingboro.

PORTABLE SWIMMING POOL

Includes any private swimming pool of a type entirely above ground surface, with not more than 100 cubic feet of capacity, not stationary or fixed, and capable of being moved or removed for storage at will.

PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL

Includes any pool of water designed to be used or in fact utilized for swimming purposes by an individual for use by his household and guests without fees and located on property owned, leased or otherwise used and maintained by the owner of the swimming pool. It shall further mean and include fill and draw, flow-through and recirculation pools which are artificially constructed to provide recreational facilities for swimming, bathing or wading and all buildings, equipment and appurtenances thereto. It shall not include natural outdoor ponds, rivers or lakes, or baths used for cleansing of the body or practice of the healing arts.

QUALIFIED PRIVATE COMMUNITY

A residential condominium, cooperative or fee simple community or horizontal property regime, the residents of which do not receive any tax abatement or tax exemption related to its construction, comprised of a community trust or other trust device, condominium association, homeowners' association or council of co-owners, wherein the cost of maintaining roads and streets and providing essential services is paid for by a not-for-profit entity consisting exclusively of unit owners within the community. No apartment building or garden apartment complex owned by an individual or entity that receives monthly rental payments from tenants who occupy the premises shall be considered a qualified private community. No proprietary campground facility, as defined in Section 1 of P.L. 1993, c. 258 (N.J.S.A. 45:22A-49), shall be considered to be a qualified private community.

RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

Materials that would otherwise become solid waste that can be separated, collected and/or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.

RECYCLING

Any process by which materials, which would otherwise become solid waste, are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products.

RESIDENT

Any person residing within the municipality on a temporary or permanent basis, but excluding persons residing in hotels or motels.

RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, GROSS

The total number of dwelling units which may be or are developed on an area of land, before requirements for public access and required open space are provided.

RESTAURANT

Any establishment, however designated, at which food is sold for consumption on the premises, but normally to patrons seated within an enclosed building. However, a snack bar at a public or a community playground, playfield, park or swimming pool operated solely by the agency or group operating the recreational facilities and for the convenience of patrons of the facility shall not be deemed to be a restaurant.

RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN

An establishment where patrons are served food, soft drinks, ice cream, and similar confections for principal consumption outside the confines of the principal building or in automobiles parked upon the premises, regardless of whether or not, in addition thereto, seats or other accommodations are provided for the patrons.

RESTAURANT, FULL-SERVICE

Any establishment, however designated, regularly and principally used for the purpose of providing meals to the public, having an adequate kitchen and dining room equipped for the preparing, cooking and serving of food for its customers and in which alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises. A full-service restaurant is distinguished from any other type of restaurant by the sale of alcoholic beverages. Full-service restaurants are permitted only in the B-1 Primary Business District and must provide full meal service and seating for not less than 150 patrons, with at least 80% of the seating at tables.

SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA

Any apparatus or structure constructed or installed out of doors and commonly known as an "earth terminal antenna," "earth terminal," "earth station," "satellite communications antenna," "satellite antenna," "microwave dish antenna," or "dish antenna" and including as part of the apparatus or device the main reflector, subreflector, feed, amplifier and support structure and which is designed for the purpose of transmitting or receiving microwave, television, radio, satellite or other electromagnetic energy signals into or from space.

SITE PLAN

A plan of a lot or subdivision or other parcels of land on which is shown topography, location of all buildings, structures, roads, rights-of-way, boundaries, all essential dimensions and bearings, and any other information deemed necessary by the Planning Board in unusual or special cases.

SOLID WASTE

Garbage, refuse, and other discarded materials, as defined in N.J.S.A. 13:1E-1 et seq., and N.J.S.A. 48:13A-1 et seq.

SOURCE-SEPARATED

Recyclable materials separated from the solid waste stream at the point of generation.

STORY

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between any floor and the ceiling next above it.

STORY, HALF

That portion of a building under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet above the floor of such half story. A cellar shall also be included as a half story.

STREET

A public thoroughfare which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for public use, which has been improved in accordance with municipal standards.

STREET LINE

That line determining the limit of the highway rights of the public, either existing or contemplated.

STRUCTURE

A combination of materials to form a construction that is stable and includes, among other things, stadiums, platforms, radio towers, sheds, storage bins, fences and display signs.

SWIMMING CLUB, PRIVATE

A privately owned swimming pool open to the general public on an admission or membership basis, having appropriate dressing room facilities, recreation facilities, and off-street parking areas.

SWIMMING POOL, PUBLIC

A pool open to the general public and having appropriate dressing room facilities, recreational facilities, and off-street parking areas.

SWMA

The New Jersey Solid Waste Management Act, as amended.

TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX

An integrated scheme of townhouse dwelling structures and common tracts or facilities.

TOWNHOUSE DWELLING STRUCTURE

A structure containing two or more townhouse dwelling units.

TOWNHOUSE DWELLING UNIT

One of a series of single-family dwelling unit(s) which may be attached by a common wall between it and the adjacent units, together with individual rear and/or front yards designed as an integral part of each unit, and having been constructed in conformity with an approved site and design plan.

TRAILER COACH

A vehicle used or so constructed as to permit its being used as a licensed conveyance upon the public streets or highways and constructed in such a manner as will permit its occupancy as a place of day-to-day habitation for one or more persons. This term shall also include automobile trailers, mobile homes, house trailers, trailer coaches and travel trailers.

TRAILER COURT

Land and premises upon which two or more trailer coaches occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. This term shall include trailer coach parks and courts.

TRAVEL TRAILER

A non-self-propelled vehicular, portable structure mounted on wheels, primarily designed and constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreation, camping or travel use. The travel trailer shall not exceed 22 feet in length and the width or height limitations prescribed above for a boat and boat trailer.

USE

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

WADING POOL

Any artificially constructed pool intended for use by children, not designed or used for swimming, with a minimum area of 120 square feet and a maximum water depth of 18 inches.

YARD, FRONT

Any open space unoccupied by structures or buildings on the same lot with the principal building, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the front lot line and the front line of the building projected to the side lot lines of that lot. Setback lines shall be synonymous with the rear limits of the required front yard area.

YARD, REAR

A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying between the rear line of the lot and the nearest line of any building or part thereof on the same lot. The depth of a rear yard shall be measured at right angles to the rear line of the lot, or, if the lot is not rectangular, then in the general direction of its side building lines. In the case of reverse frontage lots, the buffer easement shall not be considered to be part of the rear yard. On corner lots, the rear yard shall not include any areas beyond the sidewall (as extended) of the house nearest to the public street.

YARD, SIDE

An open space unoccupied by structures or buildings between the sideline of the lot and the nearest line to the building and extending from the front yard to the rear yard or, in the absence of either side yard, to the street or real lot lines, as the case may be. The width of a side yard shall be measured at right angles to the sideline of the lot.

ZONING BOARD

The officially established Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Willingboro.

ZONING OFFICER

The officially established Zoning Officer of the Township of Willingboro.

ZONING PERMIT

A permit stating that the purpose for which a building or land is to be used is in conformity with the uses permitted and all other requirements under this chapter for the zone in which it is located or is to be located.

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