New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 50 - PINELANDS COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Subchapter 6 - MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND MINIMUM STANDARDS
Part XII - FIRE MANAGEMENT
Section 7:50-6.124 - Fire hazard mitigation standards

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:50-6.124

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

(a) No application for development approval shall be granted in moderate, high and extreme fire hazard areas unless the applicant demonstrates that:

1. All proposed developments, or units or sections thereof, of 25 dwelling units or more will have two accessways of a width and surface composition sufficient to accommodate and support fire fighting equipment;

2. All dead-end roads will terminate in a manner which provides safe and effective entry and exit for fire fighting equipment;

3. The rights-of-way of all roads will be maintained so that they provide an effective fire break;

4. Except as provided in (a)5 below, a fire hazard fuel break is provided around structures proposed for human use by the selective removal or thinning of trees, bushes, shrubs and ground cover as follows:
i. In moderate fire hazard areas a fuel break of 30 feet measured outward from the structure in which:
(1) Shrubs, understory trees and bushes and ground cover are to be selectively removed, mowed or pruned on an annual basis; and

(2) All dead plant material is removed.

ii. In high fire hazard areas a fuel break of 75 feet measured outward from the structure in which:
(1) Shrubs, understory trees and bushes and ground cover are to be selectively removed, mowed or pruned and maintained on an annual basis;

(2) All dead plant material is removed.

iii. In extreme high hazard areas a fuel break of 100 feet measured outward from the structure in which:
(1) Shrubs, understory trees and bushes and ground cover are to be selectively removed, mowed or pruned and maintained on an annual basis;

(2) No pine tree (Pinus spp.) is closer than 25 feet to another pine tree; and

(3) All dead plant material is removed.

5. All residential development of 100 dwelling units or more in high or extreme high hazard areas will have a 200-foot perimeter fuel break between all structures and the forest in which:
i. Shrubs, understory trees and bushes and ground cover are selectively removed, mowed or pruned and maintained on an annual basis;

ii. All dead plant material is removed;

iii. Roads, rights-of-way, wetlands and waste disposal sites shall be used as fire breaks to the maximum extent practical; and

iv. There is a specific program for maintenance.

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