§ 244-65. Definitions.

A. 

The following terms utilized in this article are used as defined in the New Jersey Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, adopted by the New Jersey Pinelands Commission pursuant to Section 7 of the Pinelands Protection Act (N.J.S.A. 13:18A-1 et seq.):

	Accessory structure or use
	Agricultural commercial establishment
	Agricultural employee housing
	Agricultural or horticultural purpose or use
	Agricultural products processing facilities
	Agricultural service establishment
	Animals, threatened or endangered
	Camper
	Campsite
	Certificate of appropriateness
	Certificate of filing
	Certificate of conformity
	Commencement of construction
	Commission
	Comprehensive management plan
	Contiguous lands
	Density
	Development
	Development, major
	Development, minor
	Drainage
	Electric distribution lines
	Electric transmission line
	Enlargement
	Erosion
	Executive Director
	Federal Act
	First-order stream
	Fish and wildlife management
	Floodplain
	Floor area
	Forestry
	Forestry management plan
	Habitat
	Height
	Historic District
	Historic resource
	Hydrophyte
	Immediate family
	Impermeable surface
	Institutional uses
	Interested person
	Land
	Landfill
	Landscaping
	Leachate collector
	Local communications facility
	Mobile home
	Navigable water
	Off-site commercial advertising sign
	Parcel
	Pinelands
	Pinelands Area
	Pinelands Protection Act
	Pinelands resource-related use
	Plants, threatened or endangered
	Preservation area
	Protection area
	Recommended management practice
	Preapplication conference
	Public services
	Record tree
	Recreational facility, intensive
	Recreational facility, low-intensive
	Resource conservation plan
	Resource extraction
	Scenic corridors
	Seasonal high water table
	Sign
	Solar energy facility
	Structural alteration
	Structure
	Submerged lands
	Utility distribution line
	Vegetation
	Wetlands and wetlands soils

B. 

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

ALTERNATE-DESIGN PILOT PROGRAM TREATMENT SYSTEM

An individual or community on-site wastewater treatment system that has the capability of providing a high level of treatment, including a significant reduction in the level of total nitrogen in the wastewater, and that has been approved by the Pinelands Commission for participation in the alternate-design wastewater treatment systems pilot program pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-10.23(b). Detailed plans and specifications for each authorized technology are available at the principal office of the Pinelands Commission.

[Added 9-22-2003 by Ord. No. 28-03; amended 3-12-2019 by Ord. No. 07-19]

APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Any application filed with any permitting agency for any approval, authorization or permit which is a prerequisite to initiating development in the Pinelands Area, except as provided in § 244-67.

APPROVAL AGENCY

Any board, body or other authority within the Township with authority to approve or disapprove subdivisions, site plans, construction permits or other applications for development approval.

DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL

Any approval granted by the Commission pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-4, Part II, Part III or Part IV.

[Amended 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 27-96]

DEVELOPMENT, MAJOR

Any division of land into five or more lots; any construction or expansion of any housing development of five or more dwelling units; any construction or expansion of any commercial or industrial use or structure on a site of more than three acres; or any grading, clearing or disturbance of an area in excess of 5,000 square feet.

DEVELOPMENT, MINOR

All development other than major development.

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

A document signed by the Construction Code Official, which is required by this article as a condition precedent to the commencement of development within the Pinelands Area, Jackson, and which acknowledges that such development complies with the provisions of this article or variance therefrom duly authorized by a municipal agency and approved by the Pinelands Commission.

INTERIM RULES AND REGULATIONS

The regulations adopted by the Pinelands Commission, pursuant to the Pinelands Protection Act, to govern the review of the applications from the adoption of the regulations until the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan took effect on January 14, 1981. These regulations were formerly codified as N.J.A.C. 7:1G-1 et seq.

PINELANDS AREA, JACKSON TOWNSHIP

That area of Jackson Township designated as part of the Pinelands Area by Section 10(a) of the New Jersey Pinelands Protection Act (N.J.S.A. 13:18A-1 et seq.).

PINELANDS DEVELOPMENT CREDITS

A use right allocated to certain lands within the Township pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-5.43 that can be used to secure a residential density bonus on land within the Pinelands designated to receive such credits.

PINELANDS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

The agency responsible from February 8, 1979, until June 28, 1979, for the review of an action on applications for development in the Pinelands Area which required approvals of other state agencies, except where the Pinelands Commission acted on applications during that time period.

PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT

Development, including subdivision, by any Township or other governmental agency.

Amended 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 27-96; 3-12-2019 by Ord. No. 07-19