The purpose of the environmental overlay district is to protect and conserve environmentally sensitive areas from inappropriate development. This district includes floodplains and wetlands as mapped by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Also included are those lands that have been identified as a National Heritage Priority Site due to the presence of endangered plant species, as identified by the National Land Management Plan (1999 Natural Features Map) and lands identified as Regional Freshwater Wetland Habitat (Natural Resource Inventory 1998—Priorities Map). Detailed environmental impact statements including a phase I and phase II environmental assessment shall be required for any development proposals within the areas as delineated on the land use and zoning maps as an environmental overlay district. Threatened and endangered species studies may also be required subject to N.J.D.E.P. requirements. Permitted uses should include those that are listed within the base zone.

(Ord. 10-2004 § 6 (part))

Where the environmental overlay district is applicable, the clearing limit and impervious coverage limit, combined, shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of any site to be developed.

(Ord. 10-2004 § 6 (part))