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Millstone City Zoning Code

§ 30-110

RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT RA.

A. 
Permitted uses. Within this district the following uses shall be permitted:
(1) 
One family dwellings.
(2) 
Farming in any of its forms and the uses customarily incident thereto except as specified in paragraph C below.
(3) 
The processing and or sale of farm products at least 51% of which are produced on the premises.
(4) 
The raising or keeping of farm animals such as horses, cows and sheep; provided the plot or lot shall contain an area of not less than five acres. This section shall not preclude the raising or keeping of one riding horse for each one and one-half acres of land area subject to all applicable standards, restrictions and requirements of the Millstone Borough Board of Health.
(5) 
All other principal permitted uses permitted in the R-1 District.
B. 
Accessory uses. On the same lot with and customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses the following uses shall be allowed:
(1) 
All accessory uses permitted in the R-1 District.
(2) 
Animal shelters for domestic animals.
(3) 
Farm storage buildings including barns and stables, provided the plot or lot contains an area of not less than five acres.
(4) 
Sign advertising sale of farm products as specified in paragraph A(2) and in conformance with Section 30-114 of the Zoning Ordinance.
C. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Wireless communication facilities.
[Added 7-3-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-183]
D. 
Prohibited uses. Within this district the following uses shall be prohibited.
(1) 
Fairgrounds, carnivals, circuses and bazaars, whether temporary or permanent.
(2) 
Housing facilities for transient or migratory farm workers.
(3) 
The keeping or raising of swine shall not be the principal agricultural activity and shall not be allowed except as part of a general farming operation on a property if not less than 20 acres and provided further that if more than 12 head are raised there shall be additional space provided in the ratio of one acre for each additional animal. No building, fenced run or other enclosure for the shelter of swine shall be closer to any front, side or rear property line or zone boundary than 300 feet.
(4) 
A building used for the shelter of more than 50 head of fowl of all kinds or of more than two head of other farm livestock shall not be closer than 150 feet to any zone boundary line or to any residential dwelling on an adjacent premises.
(5) 
Commercial slaughtering of animals or fowl.
(6) 
Auction or open air market.
(7) 
Feed lots except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance.
(8) 
Facilities for the maintenance of laboratory animals.
(9) 
All uses prohibited in the R-1 District.
E. 
Area and yard requirements.
(1) 
Minimum Lot Area - 5 acres.
(2) 
Minimum Frontage - 225 feet.
(3) 
Minimum Side Yard - 30 feet.
(4) 
Minimum Front Yard - 50 feet.
(5) 
Minimum Rear Yard - 50 feet.
(6) 
Maximum Building Height - 35 feet.
(7) 
Accessory structures shall conform to the requirements for accessory uses in the R-1 District.
F. 
Density zoning.
(1) 
In the RA Zone new housing developments classified and approved as major subdivisions and other subdivisions where considered appropriate by the Panning Board, and where the subject tract of land is at least 10 acres, the minimum lot area may be reduced to two acres, and the minimum frontage reduced to 150 feet providing that a density of one family for each five acres of subdivision exclusive of streets be adhered to. All other bulk requirements of the RA Zone shall apply.
(2) 
Maximum Number of Lots. The maximum number of clustered lots to be permitted in a subdivision application submitted under this section shall be determined by the approval by the Planning Board of a sketch layout of the subdivision if developed in a conventional manner. Such sketch plat shall show proposed roads and existing topographic contours at 10 foot intervals as well as environmental information which is typically provided during the preliminary plat approval, such as wetland information, steep slopes and floodplains. The number of lots contained in the approved sketch layouts shall be conclusive as to the total number of lots allowed under the density zoning/cluster development option.
(3) 
All lands within the subdivision other than streets and plotted lots shall be maintained as common open space, that is, open space within or related to the development and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the use or enjoyment of residents and owners of the development, subject to applicable Borough regulations. The developer of any cluster subdivision shall provide for an organization for the ownership and maintenance of any open space for the benefit of the owners or residents of the development in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Land Use Law (C.40:55D-43). Such open space may be dedicated to the Borough subject to acceptance by the Borough under the condition that the open land area so deeded be permanently designated for open space recreation, and conservation use as determined by the Borough Council. Natural features, such as trees and brooks, shall be preserved wherever possible and incorporated into the common open space.
(4) 
Before deeding the land to the Borough, any excavation or disturbance of terrain within the open land area shall be corrected to be as near as possible to the condition existing before the excavation or disturbance, landscaped and seeded by the developer holding title to the land at the time of development. Plans for such improvement shall be submitted with the final plat. Release of any and all performance bonds pertaining to said development shall be contingent upon the landscaping of the open land area as approved by the Borough Engineer and any and all other conditions within this Ordinance referred to in the caption hereof.
(5) 
Where common open space land resulting from the density zoning/cluster option is offered to the Borough and is accepted by the Borough, the Borough shall assume responsibility for upkeep of the open land and shall maintain its physical appearance.
(6) 
The open land area to be deeded for public purposes shall be at a location designated by the Planning Board.
(7) 
If the privilege of Density Zoning as herein described in this Section is not employed, all other provisions pertaining to the Residential RA Zone shall apply.