New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 76 - STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Subchapter 1 - AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS
Section 2:76-1.3 - Statutory criteria
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:76-1.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The board may, after public hearing, identify and recommend an area as an agricultural development area, which recommendation shall be forwarded to the county planning board. The board shall document where agriculture shall be the preferred, but not necessarily the exclusive, use of land if that area:
1.
Encompasses productive agricultural lands which are currently in production or have
a strong potential for future production in agriculture and in which agriculture is
a permitted use under the current municipal zoning ordinance or in which agriculture
is permitted as a non-conforming use;
2.
Is reasonably free of suburban and conflicting commercial development;
3. Comprises not greater than 90 percent of the
agricultural land mass of the county;
4.
Incorporates any other characteristics deemed appropriate by the board.
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