Major development definition

Major development means an individual “development,” as well as multiple developments that individually or collectively result in:
Major development means development involving any one or more of the following—
Major development means any “development” that provides for ultimately disturbing one or more acres of land. Disturbance for the purpose of this rule is the placement of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.

Examples of Major development in a sentence

  • The creation of one-quarter acre or more of new “impervious surface” since February 2, 2004; Major development includes all developments that are part of a common plan of development or sale (for example, phased residential development) that collectively or individually meet any one or more of paragraphs 1 and 2 above.

  • Major development review includes administrative review and approval of large proposals for public and private land development for consistency with adopted plans, policies, and ordinances, including managing physical and digital records.

  • Major development applications 1 should use the Statutory Biodiversity Metric and minor development applications should normally use the Statutory Small Sites Metric (SSM)2, a simplified version of the metric.


More Definitions of Major development

Major development means an individual “development,” as well as multiple developments that individually or collectively result in the disturbance of one or more acres of land since February 2, 2004.
Major development means an individual “development,” as well as multiple
Major development for these purposes means:
Major development means any development that provides for ultimately disturbing one or more acres of land and any additional development defined as "major development" by a municipality's stormwater control ordinance. Disturbance is the placement of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation. Projects undertaken by any government agency which otherwise meet the definition of "major development" but which do not require approval under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1et seq., are also considered "major development."
Major development means any "development" that provides for ultimately disturbing one or more acres of land or increasing impervious surface by one-quarter acre or more. Dis- turbance for the purpose of this rule is the placement of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation. Projects undertaken by any government agency which otherwise meet the definition of "major de- velopment" but which do not require approval under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., are also considered "major development."
Major development means an individual “development,” as well as multiple developments that individually or collectively result in the disturbance of one or more acres of land. Major development includes all developments that are part of a common plan of development or sale (for example, phased residential development) that collectively or individually result in the disturbance of one or more acres of land. Projects undertaken by any government agency that otherwise meet the definition of “major development” but which do not require approval under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., are also considered “major development.”
Major development means development as defined in appendix 1 of State Planning Policy 4.2, namely—