In order to implement the goals and objectives
of the Pinelands Protection Act and the Pinelands Comprehensive Management
Plan and to regulate the type and location of uses and the density
and intensity with which such lands are to be utilized, the following
zones, uses and limitations are hereby established within the Pinelands
Area.
[Amended 3-27-1997 by Ord. No. 97-14]
A. Lots of record in FA and RD Zones. Notwithstanding
any other minimum lot area provisions of this article, the owner of
a parcel of land of an acre or more in the FA or RD Zones shall be
entitled to develop one detached single-family dwelling on the parcel,
provided that:
(1) The dwelling unit will be the principal residence
of the property owner or a member of the immediate family of the property
owner.
(2) The parcel has been in continuous ownership since
February 7, 1979, of the person whose principal residence the dwelling
unit will be, a member of that person's immediate family or a partnership
or corporation in which members of that person's immediate family
collectively own more than a majority interest in such partnership
or corporation.
(3) The parcel was not in common ownership with any contiguous
land on or after February 8, 1979, that contains substantial improvements.
(4) The parcel includes all vacant contiguous lands in
common ownership on or after February 8, 1979.
[Added 1-28-1993 by Ord. No. 93-5]
Residential dwelling units on one-acre lots
existing as of January 14, 1981, shall be permitted in the RD and
FA Zones, provided that:
A. The owner of the lot proposed for development acquires
sufficient vacant contiguous or noncontiguous land which, when combined
with the acreage of the lot proposed for development, equals at least
11 acres if development is proposed in the RD Zone and at least 25
acres if development is proposed in the FA Zone.
B. All lands acquired pursuant to Subsection
A above, which may or may not be developable, are located within the same zoning district where development is proposed.
C. All noncontiguous lands acquired pursuant to Subsections
A and
B above are permanently protected through recordation of a deed of restriction. Such restriction shall be in favor of the parcel to be developed and the Township or another public agency or nonprofit organization. In all cases, such restriction shall be expressly enforceable by the Pinelands Commission. Such deed of restriction shall permit the parcel to be managed for low-intensity recreation, ecological management and forestry, provided that no more than 5% of the land may be cleared, no more than 1% of the land may be covered with impervious surfaces, and any such uses or activities are approved and conducted in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter
335.
[Amended 9-22-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-19]
D. Tax assessments for the acquired noncontiguous lands
are combined and assigned to the land to be developed.
E. The lot proposed for development otherwise meets the minimum standards of Article
IV of this chapter.