New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 50 - PINELANDS COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Subchapter 5 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LAND USES AND INTENSITIES
Part II - PINELANDS MANAGEMENT AREAS
Section 7:50-5.15 - Minimum standards for municipal designation of Agricultural Production Areas

1. The area to be designated is primarily agricultural in use, is of a size capable of sustaining active agricultural operation taking into account adjacent and surrounding uses and the availability of agricultural support uses, and includes surrounding actively used agricultural lands in so far as necessary to ensure that a viable, long term agricultural area exists; and

2. The area may include land in an adjacent municipality also designated under this section; and

3. The area is primarily comprised of lands used for active agricultural use including lands which are held as buffers, water conservation areas or for other protection of active agricultural uses; and

4. Where a nomination is made by an individual prior to certification, the Commission shall conduct a hearing pursuant to 7:50-4.3.