New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 21 - RESIDENTIAL SITE IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL GUIDELINES
Section 5:21-1.6 - Development over limestone geologic formations

(a) A number of areas in northern New Jersey are underlain by solution-prone carbonate rocks (limestone, dolomite, and marble) which pose unusual and complex problems in relation to development activities. As such, these areas are quite sensitive to development improvements and may require special investigative, design, and construction techniques to protect both the eventual property owner as well as those in the immediate surroundings. It is not the intention of these site improvement standards to address such unusual subsurface conditions or to attempt to supersede definitive local ordinances addressing such concerns.

(b) Any proposed revisions to the standards established by the Site Improvement Advisory Board may be submitted for Board consideration by any municipality shown on the list set forth in the Appendix to this subchapter, incorporated herein by reference, or by any municipality where those materials are found to be present. Proposed revisions to the within standards shall be reviewed by the technical committee and recommended to the Site Improvement Advisory Board for approval.