New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 13 - FLOOD HAZARD AREA CONTROL ACT RULES
Subchapter 7 - PERMITS-BY-RULE
Section 7:13-7.9 - Permit-by-rule 9 - general construction activities in a tidal flood hazard area

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:13-7.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

(a) Permit-by-rule 9 authorizes general construction activities in a tidal flood hazard area, provided the conditions at N.J.A.C. 7:13-6.7 are met and:

1. The existing ground elevation is not raised in any floodway;

2. No aboveground structure is constructed in any floodway;

3. No habitable building, fuel tank, solar panel, or underground utility line that conveys a gas or liquid is constructed;

4. No disturbance is located within 25 feet of any top of bank, unless the project lies adjacent to a lawfully existing bulkhead, retaining wall, or revetment along a tidal water or impounded fluvial water;

5. Any clearing, cutting, and/or removal of riparian zone vegetation is limited to actively disturbed areas; and

6. The project, in combination with all activities onsite since November 5, 2007, will not result in a net loss of greater than one-quarter acre of riparian zone vegetation.

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