As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings:
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COMMERCIAL FARM means:
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a.
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A farm management unit of no less than five acres producing
agricultural or horticultural products worth $2,500 or more annually
and satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property
taxation pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964, N.J.S.A.
54:4-23.1 et seq.; or
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b.
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A farm management unit less than five acres, producing agricultural
or horticultural products worth $50,000 or more annually and otherwise
satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property taxation
pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964, N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1
et seq.
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FARM MANAGEMENT UNIT — Means a parcel or parcels of land,
whether contiguous or noncontiguous, together with agricultural or
horticultural buildings, structures and facilities, producing agricultural
or horticultural products and operated as a single enterprise.
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FARM MARKET — Means a facility used for the wholesale
or retail marketing of the agricultural output of a commercial farm,
and products that contribute to farm income, except that if a farm
market is used for retail marketing at least 51% of the annual gross
sales of the retail farm market shall be generated from sales of agricultural
output of the commercial farm, or at least 51% of the sales area shall
be devoted to the sale of the agricultural output of the commercial
farm, and except that if a retail farm market is located on land less
than five acres in area, the land on which the farm market is located
shall produce annually agricultural or horticultural products worth
at least $2,500.
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PICK-YOUR-OWN OPERATION — Means a direct marketing alternative
wherein retail or wholesale customers are invited onto a commercial
farm in order to harvest agricultural, floricultural or horticultural
products.
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