[1972 Code § 31-1]
The right to farm all land is hereby recognized to exist as
a natural right, subject to the provisions of the Piscataway Township
Zoning Ordinance, and subject also to the restrictions and regulations
on the raising of livestock and subject to the State and Township
Health and Sanitary Codes and also subject to the applicable regulations
of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the United
States Environmental Protection Agency.
[1972 Code § 31-2]
As used in this chapter:
THE RIGHT TO FARM
Shall mean and include the use of large irrigation pumps
and equipment, aerial and ground seeding and spraying, large tractors,
numerous farm laborers and the application of chemical fertilizers
and products for 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 for raising livestock.
[1972 Code § 31-3]
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.
[1972 Code § 31-4]
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 in Piscataway Township and in
New Jersey as a source of agricultural products for this and future
generations.
[1972 Code § 31-5]
An additional purpose of this chapter is to promote a good neighbor
policy by advising purchasers and users of property adjacent to commercial
farms of accepted activities or practices associated with those neighboring
farms. It is intended that, through mandatory disclosures, purchasers
and users will better understand the impacts of living near agricultural
operations and be prepared to accept attendant conditions as the natural
result of living in or near land actively devoted to commercial agriculture
or in an agricultural development area, meaning an area identified
by a County Agriculture Development Board pursuant to the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 4:C-18 and certified by the State Agriculture Development
Committee.
The disclosure required by this chapter shall be made a part
of the contract of sale and deed of conveyance.