Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) No Waiver of Strict Compliance which permits a parcel to be developed shall be approved unless such development will be consistent with the purposes and provisions of the Pinelands Protection Act, the Federal Act and this Plan and will not result in a substantial impairment of the resources of the Pinelands Area.
(b) Unless alleviating measures are taken pursuant to (c) below for waivers based on compelling public need, the following circumstances do not comply with (a) above:
1. Development of any non-permitted use in the Preservation Area District, any Special Agricultural Production Area, any Forest Area or any Agricultural Production Area;
2. Any residential use in the Preservation Area District, any Special Agricultural Production Area or any Agricultural Production Area which does not meet the requirements set forth in 7:50-5.22(b)7, 5.24(a)2, (a)3 or (c), 5.25(b)1 or (c), 5.31 or 5.32;
3. Any residential use to be served by an on-site sewage disposal system where the overall density is greater than one dwelling unit per 20,000 square feet, excluding road rights of way, or where any dwelling will be located on a lot smaller than 20,000 square feet, excluding road rights of way;
4. Any non-residential use to be served by an on-site sewage disposal system where the nitrate-nitrogen level exceeds five parts per million at the parcel line;
5. Any development, except for development permitted in wetlands pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-6, Part I, which will be located on any wetland unless that wetland is an impaired wetland;
6. Any development, except for development permitted in wetlands buffers pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:50-6, Part I, which will be located within 50 feet of any wetland unless the wetland is either an impaired wetland or located in a Regional Growth Area, Pinelands Town or Pinelands Village;
7. Any development which will violate the threatened and endangered species protection requirements contained in 7:50-6.27 and 6.33;
8. Any development which will require the location of a waste water disposal field in an area where the seasonal high water table is within two feet of the natural ground surface or within 50 feet of any surface water body;
9. Any development which will result in a new direct discharge of storm water into any fresh water wetlands which are not impaired wetlands; or
10. In addition to the criteria specified above, the existence of special or unusual circumstances will be evaluated in determining whether a particular development complies with (a) above.
(c) If an application meets the criteria for establishing a compelling public need pursuant to 7:50-4.64, but one or more of the circumstances in (b) above exist, then the application does not meet the criteria of (a) above unless the applicant demonstrates, based on particular facts, that the development, when evaluated in its entirety, including any special measures that are part of the development proposal, will result in an overall improvement of the resources of the Pinelands Area.
(d) Even if an applicant does not violate any of the criteria contained in (b) above, the waiver may only grant the minimum relief necessary to relieve the extraordinary hardship or satisfy the compelling public need.
