Township of Franklin, NJ Article XVIII Preservation Area Markers

[Amended 3-27-2013 by Ord. No. 4011-13]

§ 112-147 Requirements.

In addition to any relevant requirements of the New Jersey Map Filing Act, N.J.S.A. 46:23 et seq., and as required for stream corridors elsewhere in this chapter, preservation areas, including cluster, common, usable and public open space, Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission, NJDEP, and all other preservation areas, shall have:

A. Approved survey markers conforming to Engineering Department details and specifications located at all boundary corners of preservation areas and intersecting property lines and such other locations as shall be determined by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment; and

B. Preservation area markers located at all boundary corners of preservation areas and other such locations as shall be determined by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, in accordance with the following specifications:

(1) Preservation area plaques shall be made of aluminum, 3 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches, and shall conform in design and color with a sample plaque available for sale at a cost of $10 in the office of the Township Clerk. Preservation area plaques shall be secured to the upper faces of the posts facing the preservation area boundary.

(2) Preservation area plaques shall be placed on four inches by four inches by five feet long pressure-treated lumber posts. Posts shall be embedded into concrete to a depth of two feet, leaving three feet exposed above the final grade or existing grade of the surrounding land. Posts shall be located one foot inside of the preservation area boundary line adjacent to all monuments and other approved survey markers set in compliance with N.J.S.A. 46:23 and as required by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment.

(3) Preservation area boundary lines shall be established by a licensed land surveyor and shall be shown on the final subdivision or final site plan map. Bearings and distances around the preservation area and proposed or existing locations of preservation area markers shall also be shown on the map.

(4) All costs for the establishment of location, marking, purchase and installation of approved survey markers and preservation area markers shall be borne by the applicant/developer.

(5) If boundary lines are in excess of 300 feet, preservation area markers shall be equally spaced at maximum intervals of 300 feet.

(6) Where preservation area boundaries overlap (i.e., wetland transition areas and floodplain areas) the most-restrictive boundary limits shall be established as the Township preservation area boundary line.

(7) Existing survey markers shall not be removed to be replaced by preservation area survey markers. Lumber posts with preservation area plaques shall be set adjacent to the existing survey markers as directed elsewhere in this article. Where preservation area survey markers coincide with proposed concrete monuments, the monuments shall be set along with the lumber post with plaque.

(8) Preservation area easements shall be shall be dedicated to the Township by deed filed in the County Clerk’s office in addition to the requirements of any other agency.