[Adopted 12-19-1988 by Ord. No. 88-10]
The Mayor and Township Committee, being the governing body of the Township
of Franklin, County of Warren, do hereby recommend to the Warren County Agricultural
Development Board that the petitions for the creation of a municipally approved
farmland program within the Township of Franklin, County of Warren, be hereby
approved for the following reasons:
A.
The intent and purposes of the farmland preservation
program, as established under N.J.S.A. 4:1C-11 et seq., conforms to the Franklin
Township Master Plan of 1978 and the reexamination of said Master Plan in
May of 1988 in preserving the prime farmland within the Township.
B.
The lands of the petitioners were zoned low-density areas
pursuant to their high quality Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 agricultural soils.
C.
The Master Plan reexamination thereof supports the agricultural
preservation program in that said lands and the preservation thereof are recognized
as part of the Township's agricultural base and that the same is expected
to be a goal of the Township plan in the future.
D.
The objectives, goals and general concept of the farmland
preservation program complement the future planning goals of the Township.
The Mayor and Township Committee hereby establish a farmland preservation
program within the limits of the Township of Franklin, County of Warren, and
hereby authorize the Clerk to forward a copy of this chapter, duly passed,
to the Warren County Agricultural Development Board as a requirement to establish
a municipal program within the Township.
The establishment of a municipal farmland preservation program is created
without funds being appropriated therefor. The creation of said program is
based upon and subject to funding for the same by the State of New Jersey
and/or the County of Warren pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 32 (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-11
et seq.).
