Interpretation. Where a district boundary line does not coincide with a lot line or the center line of a street as it existed on February 1, 1979, the district boundary shall be deemed to be that distance back from the nearest parallel street right-of-way line or property line as indicated by the dimensions set forth on the Zoning Map.

Division of a lot in single ownership. Where a zoning district boundary line divides a lot other than by following a stream or street, any use permitted in either district may be extended not more than 20 feet into the adjacent district. A use permitted in the zoning district so extended shall thereafter be a permitted use in the extended area. A zoning district line, however, shall be altered only once by utilizing the provisions of this subsection, after which the lot use shall be governed by the regulations of the zoning district in which it is located after the zoning district boundary line adjustment.

Division of a lot by a municipal boundary. Where a lot in single ownership is crossed by a municipal boundary line and the development of such lot is to be entirely or partly within Mansfield Township and the lot has frontage on a portion of a street which lies within Mansfield Township, then the entire area of the lot in single ownership shall be utilized when required to meet the minimum lot area or dimensional requirements of this chapter. Where a lot in single ownership is crossed by a municipal boundary line and the development of the lot is to be entirely or partly within an adjoining municipality and the lot does not front on a portion of a street which lies within Mansfield Township, then the lot area and dimensional requirements of this chapter shall not apply so long as those of the adjoining municipality are enforced.

The Township of Mansfield recognizes the benefits to society, the community, and its neighborhoods, from horticulture, commercial and home agriculture, and animal husbandry, known hereafter as "farming," in its preservation of open space and aesthetics of the rural countryside and the supplying of present and future generations with the bounties resulting from such activities. In doing so, the Township of Mansfield has determined that such farming activities and uses are necessary to humankind, and that the right to carry on such pursuits should be protected for the benefit of all the residents of the Township of Mansfield.

The Township of Mansfield determines that the "right to farm" a lot of at least five acres, excluding the dwelling unit, is a natural right, and is hereby ordained to exist as a permitted use everywhere in the Township of Mansfield, regardless of zoning designations and regardless of whether specified as permitted uses therein.

The Township of Mansfield hereby adopts by reference all of the provisions of the New Jersey Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other municipal ordinance, resolution, or regulation to the contrary, the owner or operator of a commercial farm which is in operation conforming to agricultural management practices recommended by the State Agriculture Development Committee, or whose specific operation or practice has been determined by the Warren County Agriculture Development Board to constitute a generally accepted agricultural operation or practice, and all relevant federal or state statutes or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and which does not pose a direct threat to public health and safety, may:

In all relevant actions filed regarding any activity authorized herein, there shall exist an irrebuttable presumption that no commercial agricultural operation, activity or structure which conforms to agricultural management practices recommended by the State Agriculture Development Committee or the Warren County Agriculture Development Committee whose specific operation or practice has been determined to constitute a generally accepted agricultural operation or practice, and all relevant federal or state statutes or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and which does not pose a direct threat to public health and safety, shall constitute a public or private nuisance, nor shall any such operation, activity or interfere with the use or structure be deemed to otherwise invade or and enjoyment of any other land or property.

All agricultural operations set forth in Subsection D are hereby declared exempt from enforcement of all municipal ordinances and regulations which inhibit efficient crop production, including but not limited to ordinances and regulations imposing time limits on operations, dust limits and odor restrictions, except those ordinances and regulations which are strictly necessary for the maintenance of public health, as determined by the Mansfield Township Board of Health.

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