As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Affordable housing is defined in this article as it is defined
in the New Jersey Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq., as
same may be amended from time to time. Should the New Jersey Fair
Housing Act be amended to permit a municipality to meet all or some
portion of its affordable housing obligation through the provision
of workforce housing, as this term is defined in the New Jersey Fair
Housing Act, then in this article "affordable housing" also means
"workforce housing" to the extent said housing can meet the affordable
housing obligation of the Township.
ARBOR
An open framework structure that forms a shelter, gateway
framework or bower. Its primary purpose is to be a semi-architectural
place for climbing plants to grow, while providing shaded seating,
directional form to frame a view or to create a private out-of-doors
area. An arbor can be arched or square-topped. It differs from a gazebo
in that its roof area is open to the elements, while a gazebo traditionally
has a solid roof that protects those seated beneath it from the elements.
ARCADE
A structure providing shade, cover or protection from the
elements, extending over a sidewalk or square, open to the street
except for supporting columns, piers or arches. Arcades shall have
a minimum clear height of 11 feet over a sidewalk and a minimum clear
width of 10 feet from the front of an adjacent building to the inside
face of the columns supporting the arcade. The area within an arcade
shall be open to public access. Supporting columns/piers shall be
located no more than 230 inches from the back of the curb. Where an
arcade is built, the requirement for street trees is waived for that
street frontage.
ARCH
An opening in a building or wall through which pedestrians
or vehicles may pass. Building area over arches may contain walkways,
hallways or habitable space as the case may be and shall be not less
than nine feet over pedestrian ways and 15 feet over vehicular drives
or streets. Arches may also cross streets at a height of not less
than 15 feet and shall provide for vehicular and pedestrian passage
in such instances.
AWNING
An ancillary lightweight structure usually of canvas, cantilevered
from a facade providing shade to the fenestration and spatial containment
to the pedestrian. Awnings, to be an effective adjunct to a shop front,
must thoroughly overlap the sidewalk and adhere to provisions found
in the comprehensive sign plan. Awnings may also be permitted to extend
to the curbline and shall be permitted to have structural supports
that touch down within the furniture zone of the street.
BALCONY/BALCONETTE
An exterior platform projecting from the front, side or rear
of a building. Balconies/balconettes must be surrounded by balustrades
(railings).
BIOSWALE
Landscape element designed to remove silt and pollution from
surface runoff water. It consists of a swaled drainage course with
gently sloped sides and filled with vegetation, compost and/or riprap.
The water's flow path, along with the wide and shallow ditch, are
designed to maximize the time water spends in the swale, which aids
in the trapping of pollutants and silt.
BLOCK
A contiguous grouping of private lots, passages, rear lanes
and alleys, surrounded by public streets.
BREEZEWAY
A covered passage one or more stories in height connecting
a principal building and an accessory building.
BUILDABLE AREA
The area within a lot that can be occupied by buildings.
Buildable area sets the limits of the building footprint.
COLONNADE
A roof or building structure, extending over the sidewalk,
open to the street and sidewalk except for supporting columns or piers.
COMMERCIAL MIXED USE
A building that contains dwellings and/or office located
above ground-floor commercial or retail use in a compact setting that
may or may not share infrastructure such as parking.
CORNICE
The topmost element, composed of moldings, for an entablature,
or used alone at the roofline or where walls abut ceilings.
COURT
An open, unoccupied space bounded on more than two sides
by the walls of a building. An inner court is a court entirely surrounded
by the exterior walls of a building, and an outer court is a court
having one side open to a street, alley, yard, or other permanently
open space.
DECORATIVE PAVING
Paving that is made up of solid, precise, modular units,
stamped concrete, scored concrete, seeded concrete, colored concrete
or any combination of the above.
DORMER
A structure located within a roof providing a perpendicular
plane to the roof and generally containing a window or other ventilation
for the space below. Dormers are permitted and do not count against
the building story height restrictions, so long as they do not break
the main eave line and are individually less than 15 feet wide and
collectively less than 30% of the unit's width.
DUPLEX LOFT
A dwelling unit, with a private entrance, on an individual
lot, attached horizontally in a linear arrangement to another dwelling
unit on a separate individual lot, separated horizontally from the
adjoining dwelling unit by a wall extending vertically from the foundation
of the dwelling unit through the roof of the dwelling unit. The two
adjoining units shall be connected to each other by a ceiling and/or
a floor, which ceiling and/or floor extending from the exterior wall
of one unit to the exterior wall of the adjoining unit and which ceiling
and/or floor are/is solid, continuous and unbroken except for a common
stairwell or elevator serving one or both of the units.
DWELLING UNIT or UNIT
A residential space designed to be occupied by a single household
and which contains, at a minimum, a kitchen, bathroom and other living
space.
EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment or business where food and beverages, including
alcoholic beverages, are sold for consumption on the premises, normally
to patrons seated or standing within an enclosed building on the premises.
Eating and drinking establishments may include commercial recreation
facilities as an adjunct to business within the same enclosed building.
EAVE
The junction of a wall of a building and an overhanging roof.
In order to encourage pitched roofs, the designated maximum building
height may be measured to the eave, not to the top of the roof.
ENTABLATURE
An elaborated horizontal band along the exterior of a building.
Used primarily just beneath the roofline, sometimes used on the facade
between floors.
ESTIMATED ENERGY DEMAND
The quantity of electricity projected to be consumed by a
use, building or structure as determined by the Office of Clean Energy
estimated energy demand calculator or similar calculator or tools
used for determining load demand, including those utilized to obtain
electric service from a utility company.
FACADE
A building face or wall.
FACADE, PRIMARY
A building face or wall that faces a public street or parking
area containing more than 300 spaces.
FACADE, SECONDARY
A building face or wall that faces an interior courtyard,
parking area, service area, alley or rear of the building.
FASCIA
A projecting flat horizontal member or molding, also part
of a classical entablature.
FENESTRATION
An opening in the building wall allowing light and views
between interior and exterior spaces. Fenestration is measured as
glass area for occupied buildings and as open area for parking structures.
FRIEZE
An ornamental element, applied to the top of a horizontal
segment of a mantelpiece, with side supports serving as pilasters.
GABLE
The part of the end wall of a building between the eaves
and a pitched or gambrel roof. The gable orientation shows the vertical
triangular plane rather than the slope side of the roof.
GARAGE ENTRY
An opening in the building facade and/or street wall where
vehicles may enter the block interior for general parking and business
servicing. Garage entries shall not exceed 14 feet clear height and
24 feet clear width and shall not be sited within 200 feet of another
garage entry on the same block.
GREENWAY
An open space corridor in largely natural conditions which
may include trails for bicycles and pedestrians.
HOUSEHOLD
One or more persons living together.
INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY
A building or use providing for indoor play, athletic events,
competitions, practice, training and play equipment, athletic training
and related activities. Said uses may include eating and drinking
establishments.
KIOSK
An enclosed structure used for the sale of goods, services,
food or beverages. Kiosks may be located in civic plazas and squares
and shall be located a minimum of two feet from any curbline.
LARGE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
Retail uses in excess of 50,000 square feet. Large retail
establishments (LRE) which may be either one story or two stories
in height, may include uses such as, but not limited to, membership
warehouse clubs, including the sale of motor fuels and the washing
and service of motor vehicles, home improvement stores, including
lumber sales and garden centers, and general retail sales of goods
and services.
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Program sponsored
by the United States Green Building Council to promote energy-efficient
design of buildings and places.
LEED CERTIFICATION
A project or building that is designed to achieve LEED certification
is one that provides site or building elements that would earn at
least 40 points, according to the standards of LEED for New Construction
2009 v.3.0, or LEED for Retail 2009 v.3.0, as the case may be, as
determined by the Township Planner, to exercise any of the density
bonuses provided under this article. Submission to the U.S. Green
Building Council is not required to exercise the density bonuses.
LINTEL
The topmost horizontal member over an opening, which helps
carry weight of the vertical structure above it.
LOFT FLAT
A building or portion thereof comprised of three or more
dwelling units which may or may not share common entrances and other
spaces.
MIXED-USE RETAIL COMMERCIAL BUILDING
A building of two or more stories comprised of mixed use
retail commercial uses and/or large retail establishments on the ground
floor and other permitted uses located predominantly on upper or nonground
floors.
MULTIFAMILY BUILDING
A building of two or more stories comprised of dwelling units
which share common facilities and which common facilities may include,
but are not limited to, halls, entrances, storage, garbage disposal
or parking.
PARAPET
A low wall encircling the perimeter of a flat building roof,
generally used to screen roof-mounted mechanical equipment.
PEDIMENT
A crowning triangular element at the face of a roof or above
a door opening.
PERGOLA
Similar to arbors, which include an open framework structure
that forms a shelter. However, pergolas are commonly used to provide
directional form over walkways or to create a private outdoor seating
or patio area.
PERMITTED PROJECTION
Building elements that may be permitted to extend over setback
lines and street rights-of-way, including eaves not more than 36 inches;
bay windows, architectural corner elements and other building areas,
provided a minimum clearance over sidewalks and pedestrian ways of
12 feet is maintained; canopies and marquees, provided a minimum clearance
of 12 feet is maintained over sidewalks and pedestrian ways; entry
doors not wider than 42 inches; cornices, pilasters and building base
courses not deeper than 24 inches; planters not deeper than 36 inches;
stoops and entry stairs not deeper than 42 inches; balconies and balconettes
above the ground floor, not deeper than 60 inches; flag poles not
located at the ground floor, not projecting more than 10 feet; awnings,
porticos, porte cocheres, and other building elements incorporated
for visual interest and diversity.
PILASTER
A thin square column attached to a wall or to the corners
of a building, which matches the details of accompanying freestanding
columns.
PLANTER
The element of the public streetscape, typically a pot or
vessel, which accommodates trees and/or other landscape plantings.
Planters may be continuous or individual.
PORCH
A covered but unenclosed projection from the main wall of
a building that may or may not use columns or other ground supports
for structural purposes.
PORTE COCHERE
A covered roof extending off the building facade which allows
a vehicle to park underneath it and passengers to access the building
without being exposed to the elements. Porte cochere may extend over
street areas at a minimum height of 14 feet.
PORTICO
An open-sided structure attached to a building, sheltering
an entrance or serving as a semienclosed space.
RAIN GARDEN
A planted depression that is designed to take as much as
possible of the excess rainwater runoff from a house or other building
and its associated landscaping.
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATING EQUIPMENT
Equipment and structures for the generation of renewable
energy, including, but not limited to, solar panels, wind turbines,
fuel cells, geothermal heat pumps and piping, and similar devices.
Renewable energy generating equipment may be attached to a building
or freestanding, and except for freestanding wind turbines, are exempt
from height and setback requirements.
RESIDENTIAL FLAT
A building or portion thereof comprised of three or more
dwelling units which may or may not share common entrances and other
spaces.
SIGN A – FASCIA WALL SIGN
Signs consisting of individual raised letters and logo forms
that project no less than three inches and no more than 12 inches
from the facade wall either attached to a panel or directly to the
building wall. Wall signs may be oriented horizontally or vertically
along a wall or pilaster. The painting of letters or logos directly
on a wall surface shall be prohibited.
SIGN B – MARQUEE CANOPY SIGN
Signs consisting of panels or letter forms that are attached
or project above a vertical surface of an architectural marquee or
canopy. They provide the main identity for tenants where an entry
canopy is part of the base building facade.
SIGN C – FEATURE SIGN
Larger format, multisided, illuminated projecting signs.
These signs may be mounted perpendicularly to the building facade
and/or diagonally on a corner, providing visibility from multiple
directions.
SIGN D – PROJECTING BLADE SIGN
Projecting blade signs are mounted perpendicular to the building
facade or are suspended beneath an architectural canopy or marquee
or arcade.
SIGN E1 – AWNING SIGN
Primary identification signage that consists of identity
letters and graphics applied to the primary surface of the awning.
SIGN E2 – AWNING SIGN
Awning sign used as a secondary identification signage; consists
of identity graphics and letters on the valance of the awning.
SIGN, FREESTANDING
A sign which is located unattached to any building and structure.
Freestanding signs may include pylon signs, residential identification
signs, and project decorative identification signs.
SIGN G – WINDOW SIGN
Tenant graphics placed directly on or behind the glass of
windows or doors. They can provide additional identity or be graphical
elements to add interest. They may also be skeletal neon signs displaying
the tenant's identity.
SIGN H – CHANGEABLE SIGN
Signs that are promotional or seasonal in nature and fabricated
such that imagery and information may be changed.
SIGN, ICON
An assemblage of alphanumeric characters, symbols or other
graphics displayed to identify the site as a whole.
SIGN J – ADDITIONAL SIGN – TEMPORARY SIGN
Signs intended to be displayed for a limited time and that
do not attach to the permanent structure. Such signs are allowed in
the building storefront frontage zone and furniture zone of the sidewalk.
SIGN J – ADDITIONAL SIGN – UMBRELLA GRAPHICS
Restaurants and cafes that choose to use umbrellas as shading
devices are permitted to incorporate graphics on the umbrellas. Said
umbrellas must be kept in clean, neat and workmanlike condition and
may only display graphics of the business or a product sold on the
premises.
SOLAR PANEL
A device or group of devices attached to a building to provide
passive generation of electricity from the sun.
SOLAR SCREEN
A device attached to a building to provide shading for glazed
areas thereof.
STOOP
A ground-floor entry platform at the front and/or street
side of a building. Stoops, where required or permitted, may be roofed
but they may not be enclosed.
SUSTAINABLE
Having the ability to accommodate and maintain population
growth and economic expansion through intelligent design.
TEXTURE
The exterior finish of a surface, ranging from smooth to
coarse.
TOWNHOUSE
Three or more attached dwelling units, with each dwelling
unit sharing at least one fire-resistant common wall with another
dwelling unit. Each dwelling unit shall be between 18 feet and 36
feet wide and two stories to four stories in height. Each dwelling
unit shall have its own front or rear access to the outside. Units
may be stacked one over the other.
TRANSOM
A horizontal window above a door or window, usually rectangular
in shape.
TRELLIS
Lightweight elements used for controlling the shape or to
support climbing and other plants. In most instances, it is usually
constructed on a flat plane, in a two-dimensional way, unlike an arbor,
which is frequently a three-dimensional structure.
VERNACULAR
A regional adaptation of an architectural style or styles.
