New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 7 - COASTAL PERMIT PROGRAM RULES › Subchapter 13 - REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPERVIOUS COVER AND VEGETATIVE COVER FOR GENERAL LAND AREAS AND CERTAIN SPECIAL AREAS › Section 7:7-13.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In addition to the terms defined at
				  7:7-1.5, the following terms are
				  defined for purposes of this subchapter:
"CAFRA center" means a center with a boundary incorporated by
				  reference or revised in accordance with
				  7:7-13.16.
"CAFRA core" means a core with a boundary incorporated by
				  reference or revised in accordance with
				  7:7-13.16.
"CAFRA node" means a node with a boundary incorporated by
				  reference or revised in accordance with
				  7:7-13.16.
"CAFRA Planning Map" means the map used by the Department to
				  identify the location of Coastal Planning Areas, CAFRA centers, CAFRA cores and
				  CAFRA nodes. The CAFRA Planning Map is available on the Department's Geographic
				  Information System (GIS).
"Center" means a compact form of development which may have
				  one or more cores and residential neighborhoods. A center may be an urban
				  center, regional center, town, village, or hamlet, based on factors such as
				  comparative size, population density, total population, transportation access,
				  infrastructure, and employment base.
"Coastal center" means a center in the CAFRA area with a
				  boundary delineated by the Department for the purpose of applying the
				  requirements for impervious cover and vegetative cover at
				  7:7-13.1 through 13.5 and 13.15
				  through 13.19 until such time as, in accordance with
				  7:7-13.19, the coastal center
				  expires or in accordance with
				  7:7-13.16, the coastal center is
				  superseded by the CAFRA center. There are two categories of coastal centers,
				  mainland coastal centers and non-mainland coastal centers. Each of these
				  centers may be further categorized as a coastal regional center, coastal town,
				  coastal village or coastal hamlet.
"Coastal Critical Environmental Site" means a Critical
				  Environmental Site in the CAFRA area with a boundary incorporated by reference
				  in accordance with
				  7:7-13.19(f).
"Coastal Planning Area" means a planning area in the CAFRA
				  area with a boundary incorporated by reference in accordance with
				  7:7-13.16.
"Community development boundary" means the line delineating a
				  center from the environs of the center. The boundary is defined by physical
				  features such as rivers, roads, or changes in the pattern of development, or by
				  open space or farmland.
"Core" means a pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and
				  civic uses serving the surrounding municipality or center, generally including
				  some housing and access to public transportation.
"Critical Environmental Site" means an area generally less
				  than a square mile which includes one or more environmentally sensitive
				  features located either outside of a planning area classified as
				  environmentally sensitive or within centers located within such planning
				  areas.
"95-97 imagery" means the 1995-1997 National Aerial
				  Photographic Program, New Jersey color infra-red imagery.
"Node" means a concentration of facilities and activities
				  which are not organized in a compact form.
"Planning area" means an area of greater than one square mile
				  that shares a common set of conditions such as population density,
				  infrastructure systems, level of development, or environmental sensitivity. The
				  five types of planning areas are Metropolitan Planning Area, Suburban Planning
				  Area, Fringe Planning Area, Rural Planning Area, and Environmentally Sensitive
				  Planning Area.