[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Colts
Neck 12-11-2002. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The right to farm is hereby recognized to exist in the Township of Colts Neck, subject to Chapter 102, Development Regulations, of the Code of the Township of Colts Neck. This right to farm includes the following generally accepted agricultural operations or practices:
(1)
Produce agricultural and horiticultural crops, trees
and forest products, livestock, poultry and other commodities as described
in the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) for agriculture
(SIC codes 0111 - 0291), forestry and fishing (SIC codes 0811 - 0851) and
trapping (SIC codes 0912 - 0971).
(2)
Package the agricultural output of the farm. Processing
the agricultural output is permitted on commercial farms containing a minimum
of 15 contiguous acres devoted to an agricultural activity.
(3)
Provide for the operation of a farm stand, temporary seasonal, in accordance with Chapter 102, Development Regulations.
(4)
Operate horse breeding, training and boarding facilities.
(5)
Replenish soil nutrients and improve soil tilth.
(6)
Control pests, predators and diseases of plants and animals.
(7)
Clear woodlands using open burning and other physical
facilities for water and soil conservation and surface water control.
(8)
Conduct on-site disposal of organic agricultural waste
and manure in accordance with the best management practices contained in a
report entitled "On Farm Strategies to Protect Water Quality" prepared by
the New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts in cooperation with the
State Soil Conservation Committee, New Jersey Department of Agriculture and
the Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture,
or approved equivalent.
(9)
Conduct agriculture-related educational and farm-based
recreational activities provided that the activities are related to marketing
the agricultural or horticultural output of the commercial farm;
(10)
Engage in any other agricultural activity as determined
by the County or State Agriculture Development Committee and adopted by rule
or regulation pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act,
P.L. 1968,[1] that is also in accordance with Capter 102, Development Regulations,
of the Code of the Township of Colts Neck.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.
B.
An additional purpose of this chapter is to promote a
good neighbor policy by advising purchasers and users of property adjacent
to or near 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 in an
Agricultural Development Area, meaning an area identified by a County Agriculture
Development Board pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:1C-18 and certified
by the State Agriculture Development Committee.
