The right to farm all land is hereby recognized to exist as a natural right, subject to the provisions of Chapter
101, Zoning, of this Code, to the restrictions and regulations on the raising of livestock of the New Jersey Health Code and to the applicable regulations of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The right to farm should be read to include
the use of large irrigation pumps and equipment, aerial and ground
seeding and spraying, large tractors and numerous farm laborers and
the application of chemical fertilizers and products for either the
control and elimination of insects, pests, weeds, fungus and other
substances injurious to the farming process or for the purpose of
producing from the land agricultural products, such as vegetables,
grains, hay, fruits, fibers, potatoes, wood, trees, plants, shrubs,
flowers and seeds. This right to farm shall also include the right
to use land for grazing by animals, subject to the restrictions contained
elsewhere in this Code for raising livestock.
The foregoing uses and activities included in
the right to farm, when reasonable and necessary for the particular
farming, livestock or fowl production and when conducted in accordance
with generally accepted agricultural practices as the same may be
determined and promulgated, from time to time, by the Rutgers University
School of Agriculture, may occur on holidays, Sundays and weekdays,
at night and in the day, and the noise, odors, dust and fumes that
are caused by them are also specifically permitted as part of the
exercise of this right.
It is expressly found that whatever temporary
inconveniences may be caused to others by such uses and activities
so conducted, they are more than offset by the benefits from farming
to the neighborhood and community and to society in general by the
preservation of open space, the beauty of the countryside and clean
air and by the preservation and continuance of farming operations
as a source of agricultural products for this and future generations
in Plainsboro Township and the State of New Jersey.
The right to farm is subject to Chapter
101, Zoning, and the New Jersey Health Code and applicable regulations of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, all as amended.
A developer and/or landowner who plans to build
or sell a dwelling in an agricultural area must personally or through
his agent inform prospective purchasers of the existence of this chapter
and the protection it grants to agricultural operations. This notification
must be included in the deed of conveyance and recorded in the Clerk's
office.