7:7E-5.2 Definitions
In addition to the terms defined at N.J.A.C. 7:7E-1.8, the following words and terms are defined for the purposes of this subchapter and N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5A and 5B:
"100 percent affordable housing development" means a development in which all dwelling units are available at a sales price or rent within the means of a low or moderate income household as defined by the Council on Affordable Housing pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:94.
"CAFRA center" means a center with a boundary incorporated by reference or revised in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.3.
"CAFRA core" means a core with a boundary incorporated by reference or revised in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.3.
"CAFRA node" means a node with a boundary incorporated by reference or revised in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.3.
"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 N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5 and 5B until such time as, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.6, the coastal center expires or, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.3, the coastal center is superseded by a CAFRA center.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 N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.6(h).
"Coastal Planning Area" means a planning area in the CAFRA area with a boundary incorporated by reference in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.3.
"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.
"Electrical substation" means a subsidiary facility of an electric power system through which electricity is passed for transmission, transformation, or distribution. For example, an electrical substation may transform high voltage electricity to low voltage electricity for distribution. An electrical substation consists of the footprint of the substation equipment, the safety zone, and the area necessary for access and parking.
"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.
"Stormwater management facility" means a facility which receives, stores, conveys, or discharges stormwater runoff and is designed in accordance with all applicable local, county, and State regulations. A stormwater management facility may be a retention or detention basin; infiltration structure; grassed swale; filter fabric; rip-rap channel; and/or stormwater outfall.
"Tidelands Map" means the Tidelands Base Photo Map, adopted by the Department's Tidelands Resource Council under N.J.S.A. 13:1B-13.1 et seq.
"Upland waterfront development area" means all lands outside of the CAFRA area extending from the mean high water line of a tidal water body to the first paved public road, railroad or surveyable property line existing on September 26, 1980 generally parallel to the waterway, provided that the landward boundary of the upland area shall be no less than 100 feet and no more than 500 feet from the mean high water line.
Amended by R. 2001 d. 81, effective March 5, 2001. See: 32 N.J.R. 352(a), 32 N.J.R. 682(a), 33 N.J.R. 843(a). In "CAFRA center", "CAFRA core", "CAFRA node", "Coastal center" and "Coastal Planning Area", amended the N.J.A.C. references. Amended by R. 2003 d. 60, effective February 3, 2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 74(a), 35 N.J.R. 632(a). In the introductory paragraph, substituted "7:7E-1.8" for "7:7E-1.5" and deleted "CAFRA area". Amended by R. 2006 d. 46, effective February 6, 2006. See: 37 N.J.R. 2351(a), 37 N.J.R. 2985(a), 38 N.J.R. 928(c). Rewrote definition "Coastal center"; added definitions "Coastal Critical Environmental Site" and "Critical Environmental Site." Amended by R. 2006 d. 363, effective October 2, 2006. See: 38 N.J.R. 1921(a), 38 N.J.R. 4214(a). Added definition "100 percent affordable housing development". Amended by R. 2008 d. 82, effective April 7, 2008. See: 39 N.J.R. 725(a), 40 N.J.R. 1836(a). Added definition "Electrical substation".