New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY MEADOWLANDS COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS › Subchapter 3 - DEFINITIONS › Section 19:5-3.1 - Words and phrases defined

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The words
				  used in this chapter shall be as defined in
				  19:4-2.2, unless otherwise
				  indicated in this section.
(b) The
				  following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following
				  meanings:
"Arterial street" means any street serving major traffic
					 movements designed primarily as a traffic carrier that is part of a network of
					 through streets, and that provides service and access to abutting properties
					 only as a secondary function.
"Block" means a tract of land bounded by streets, or by a
					 combination of streets, railroad rights-of-way (ROWs), waterways, or adjoining
					 properties.
"Collector street" means any street designed to gather
					 traffic from local streets and connect with arterial streets.
"Cross walk" means a way across the street that is
					 dedicated for public pedestrian access.
"Cul-de-sac" means a street having only one outlet and
					 being permanently terminated by a vehicular turn-around at its terminus where
					 vehicles may reverse direction without backing up.
"Dead-end street" means a street having only one
					 outlet.
"Expressway" means any divided street or highway with no
					 direct access from abutting property, except at determined intersections with
					 other ROWs located at intervals along the roadway.
"Final plat" means the final map of all or a portion of a
					 subdivision meeting the requirements of N.J.A.C. 19:5-6.
"Freeway" means any divided street or highway with complete
					 access control and grade separated interchanges with all other public
					 ROWs.
"Half street" means a street bordering one or more property
					 lines or a subdivision tract to which the applicant has allocated only a
					 portion of the ultimate and intended street width.
"Limited access highway" means an expressway or freeway, as
					 defined in this section.
"Local street" means any street designed to provide access
					 to abutting property and carry local traffic.
"Lot, through" means a lot that fronts upon two parallel
					 streets, or that fronts upon two streets that do not intersect at the
					 boundaries of the lot.
"Major subdivision" means all subdivisions not classified
					 as minor subdivisions or technical major subdivisions.
"Marginal access street" means a street generally parallel
					 with and adjacent to a limited access highway or arterial street that provides
					 access to abutting properties.
"Minor subdivision" means any subdivision containing not
					 more than three lots.
"Minor subdivision plat" means the map of a minor
					 subdivision meeting the requirements of N.J.A.C. 19:5-6.
"Municipal approval authority" means the body within any
					 constituent municipality that is authorized to approve subdivision applications
					 with respect to land within that municipality.
"Owner" means any individual, firm, association, syndicate,
					 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.
"Plat" means the map of a subdivision.
"Preliminary plat" means the preliminary map indicating the
					 proposed layout of the subdivision meeting the requirements of N.J.A.C.
					 19:5-6.
"Resubdivision" means a subdivision involving the merger or
					 other division of two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land into one or more
					 lots.
"Sketch plat" means the sketch map of a subdivision of
					 sufficient accuracy to be used for the purpose of discussion and classification
					 meeting the requirements of N.J.A.C. 19:5-6.
"Street" means any existing municipal or county roadway, or
					 a ROW shown upon a plat heretofore approved pursuant to law or approved by
					 official action.
"Subdivider" means any individual, firm, association,
					 syndicate, copartnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity
					 proceeding in accordance with these regulations to effect a subdivision of
					 land.
"Subdivision" means the division of a lot, tract or parcel
					 of land into two or more lots, sites or other divisions of land, except that
					 divisions of property by testamentary or interstate provisions, or divisions of
					 property pursuant to court order shall not be considered subdivisions within
					 the meaning of this chapter, provided, however, that no new streets or roads
					 are involved. Subdivision also includes resubdivision and, where appropriate to
					 context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the lands or territory
					 subdivided.
"Technical major subdivision" means a minor subdivision
					 that meets the criteria of
					 19:5-5.3.