This article may be cited and referred to as
the "Right to Farm Ordinance of the Township of Chester."
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AGRICULTURE
The production principally for the sale to others of plants,
animals or their products, including but not limited to forage and
sod crops; grain and feed crops; dairy animals and dairy products;
livestock, including dairy and beef cattle, poultry, sheep, swine,
horses, ponies, mules and goats; grapes, nuts and berries; vegetables;
nursery, floral, ornamental and greenhouse products; forestry, fishing
and trapping. Agriculture shall not include intensive poultry or swine
production or extensive animal feedlot operations.
CONSERVATION PLAN
A set of decisions regarding the use of soil and water resources.
The plan is developed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service
and approved by the Morris County Soil Conservation District.
FARM
An area of land made up of single or multiple joining or
nonjoining parcels located in the Township of Chester which is organized
as a management unit actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural
use, including but not limited to cropland, pasture, idle or fallow
land, woodland, wetlands, farmponds, farm roads and under farm buildings
and other enclosures related to agricultural pursuits, which farm
use occupies a minimum of the lesser of five acres or five times the
minimum lot size of the zone in which the property is located, exclusive
of the land upon which the farmhouse is located and such additional
land as may actually be used in connection with the farmhouse as provided
in the Farmland Assessment Act of 1965, N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.3, 54:4-23.4,
54:4-23.5 and 54:4-23.11.
NUISANCE
Any private action which unreasonably interferes with the
comfortable enjoyment of another's property, which may be enjoined
or abated and for which the injured or affected property owner may
recover damages.