New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 3 - FORESTRY
Subchapter 5 - FOREST STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
Section 7:3-5.8 - Appendices

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:3-5.8

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The appendices to a plan shall include:

1. Maps relevant to the plan, including, at a minimum, those specified in (b) below;

2. A copy of the Natural Heritage Data search report relied upon pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:3-5.5(d)1, including documentation of its date of issuance; and

3. A copy of the documentation relied upon to identify the Federally listed threatened or endangered species determined to be on or within the vicinity of the property, or to have critical habitat on or within the vicinity of the property, as required at N.J.A.C. 7:3-5.5(d)2, and the date the documentation was issued.

(b) The appendices shall contain the following maps:

1. A soils map showing the soil group classifications that apply to the property, based on information obtained from the National Resource Conservation Service's Web Soil Survey at http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov no more than one year prior to the date the plan is submitted for review;

2. A locator map that identifies the location of the property in relation to the local area and displays identifiable features, such as neighboring roads and road intersections, waterways, and structures, that can be helpful in locating the property. The locator map may be provided as a box inset on a map of the property; and

3. A map of the property that meets the following requirements:
i. The map's scale shall not be smaller than 1 inch:1,500 feet or larger than 1 inch:200 feet;

ii. The map shall be displayed on a background of color aerial photography unless two or more maps of the property will be submitted. In such case, only one, showing the entirety of the property, needs to be displayed on aerial photography;

iii. The map shall display the information in (b)3iii(1) through (5) below. If the amount of this information is too much to be displayed clearly on a single map, two or more property maps may be included in a plan, each of which presents a portion of the property and/or a subset of the required elements:
(1) The physical features of the property, including natural features, such as waterbodies and waterways and built features such as roads, railroads, and structures;

(2) Any wetland, any transition area associated with the wetland, any flood hazard area, and any riparian zone on the property;

(3) Any area, within the property's forest land, that is subject to an easement or other legal restriction, such as a right of way held by a public utility, relevant to management of the forest land;

(4) The uses being made of the land at the time the plan is prepared and submitted for review; and

(5) Any existing or proposed access route, constructed or maintained for forest management, that crosses a waterbody, waterway, wetland, transition area associated with the wetland, flood hazard area, and/or riparian zone.

(c) Each map shall:

1. Have a label that provides:
i. A brief title indicating the type of information being displayed;

ii. The owner's name;

iii. The street address of the property, if available; the block and lot number of the property's primary lot; and the county and municipality in which that lot is located;

iv. The date the map was prepared;

v. An arrow designating the north direction; and

vi. The source from which the map is derived (tax map, land survey, deed, aerial photography);

2. Include a legend that explains the meaning of each of the symbols appearing on the map and gives the scale of the map;

3. Be clear and legible, and at a scale appropriate to distinguish the relevant information;

4. Delineate the boundary of the property, taken from the most recent tax map of the taxing district in which the property is located or other such reliable source; and

5. Delineate each stand and label each stand with the name or number identified for the stand pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:3-5.6(a)1.

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