New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 50 - PINELANDS COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Subchapter 5 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LAND USES AND INTENSITIES
Part III - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LAND USE DISTRIBUTION AND INTENSITIES
Section 7:50-5.26 - Minimum standards governing the distribution and intensity of development and land use in Rural Development Areas

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:50-5.26

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The following uses shall be permitted in a Rural Development Area:

1. Residential cluster development in accordance with the provisions of 7:50-5.19. Nonclustered residential development shall also be permitted, provided that:

i. No more than one unit is proposed; or

ii. The standards of 7:50-5.19(c) cannot be met; and

2. Residential dwelling units in accordance with the development transfer provisions of 7:50-5.30.

(b) In addition to the residential uses permitted under (a) above, a municipality may permit any use which is compatible with the essential character of the Pinelands environment and is similar in character, intensity and impact to the following uses:

1. Agriculture;

2. Agricultural employee housing as an element of, and accessory to, an active agricultural operation;

3. Forestry;

4. Recreational facilities, other than amusement parks;

5. Agricultural products sales establishments;

6. Agricultural processing facilities and other light industrial uses;

7. Roadside retail sales and service establishments;

8. Resource extraction operations;

9. The following waste management facilities in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-6, Part VII:

i. Transfer stations, collection facilities and recycling centers located at closed landfills in accordance with 7:50-6.76(a);

ii. Petroleum waste collection and transfer facilities in accordance with 7:50-6.76(b);

iii. Household hazardous waste collection and transfer facilities in accordance with 7:50-6.76(c);

iv. Recycling centers accessory to an existing lawful resource extraction operation or asphalt or concrete manufacturing facility in accordance with 7:50-6.76(d);

v. Composting facilities located at closed landfills in accordance with 7:50-6.77(b); and

vi. Regulated medical waste facilities accessory to a generator of such waste in accordance with 7:50-6.78(b).

10. Public service infrastructure except that centralized waste water treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted to service the Rural Development Area only in accordance with 7:50-6.84(a)2;

11. Institutional uses;

12. Community commercial uses;

13. Signs;

14. Accessory uses;

15. Local communications facilities, provided that the standards of 7:50-5.4(c) are met; and

16. Solar energy facilities, provided the standards of 7:50-5.36 are met.

(c) Minimum lot area and density requirements for residential development: No residential dwelling unit shall be located on a lot of less than 3.2 acres, except as provided in 7:50-5.19, 5.30, 5.31 and 5.32. The total number of dwelling units authorized by a municipality shall not exceed a density of one dwelling unit for every 3.2 acres of privately owned, undeveloped land which is not defined in this Plan as wetlands, except as provided in 7:50-5.19(d)1.

(d) Minimum lot areas for non-residential structures shall be determined by application of the standards contained at N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.84(a)4, whether or not the lot is to be served by a centralized waste water treatment or collection facility pursuant to (b)10 above, provided, however, that no such structure shall be located on a parcel of less than one acre. The requirements of this section shall not apply to a nonresidential use to be served by an individual on-site septic waste water treatment system in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.84(a)5iii(2).

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