Shamong Township City Zoning Code
§ 110-123
Forest Area.
A.
Permitted principal uses.
(1)
Single-family detached houses on lots of not less than 18.6 acres, provided that clustering of the permitted single-family detached houses in accordance with § 110-110.4 shall be required whenever two or more units are proposed as part of a residential development.
[Amended 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-09]
(2)
Agricultural or horticultural uses; farms and associated farm buildings.
(3)
Agricultural employee housing as an element of an active agricultural or horticultural operation.
(5)
Low-intensity recreational uses subject to the following:
(a)
The parcel proposed for low-intensity recreational use has an area of at least 50 acres;
(b)
The use does not involve the use of motorized vehicles except for necessary transportation;
(c)
Access to water bodies is limited to no more than 15 linear feet of frontage per 1,000 feet of water body frontage;
(d)
Clearing of vegetation, including ground cover and soil disturbance does not exceed 5% of the parcel; and
(e)
No more than 1% of the parcel will be covered with impervious surfaces.
[Amended 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-09]
(6)
Public service infrastructure intended to serve primarily the needs of the Pinelands. Centralized wastewater treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted to service the Forest Area District only in accordance with § 110-32B(2).
[Amended 6-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-5]
(7)
Institutional uses.
(a)
Institutional uses limited to municipal buildings, parks and playgrounds, churches, elementary, intermediate and secondary schools, firehouses, provided that:
[1]
The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in the Forest Area;
[2]
The applicant has demonstrated that adequate public service infrastructure will be available to serve the use; and
[3]
The use is primarily designed to serve the needs of the Forest Area in which the use is to be located.
(b)
Other institutional uses are available as a conditional use in this area but must meet the same standards as are set forth above.
(8)
Pinelands resource-related industrial or manufacturing uses, excluding resource extraction operations and uses that rely on sand or gravel as raw products, provided that:
[Amended 6-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-5]
(9)
Agricultural commercial establishments, excluding supermarkets, restaurants and convenience stores, provided that the principal goods or products available for sale were produced in the Pinelands, and the sales area of the establishment does not exceed 5,000 square feet.
(10)
Roadside retail sales and service establishments, provided that the parcel proposed for development has roadway frontage of at least 50 feet and that no portion of any structure proposed for development will be more than 300 feet, measured along a line parallel to the roadway, from the closest part of a roadside retail sales and service establishment structure that was in existence on February 7, 1979, and that the proposed use will not unduly burden public services, including but not limited to water, sewer, and roads.
(11)
Signs subject to the limitations of this chapter.
(12)
Campgrounds, not to exceed one campsite per gross acre, provided that the campsites may be clustered at a net density not to exceed 10 campsites per acre.
[Amended 6-4-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-5]
(14)
Single-family detached dwellings on minimum lots of 3.2 acres, provided the applicant meets the provisions of § 110-107.
[Added 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-09]
(15)
Single-family detached dwellings on minimum lots of 3.2 acres, subject to the following:
[Added 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-09]
(a)
The dwelling unit will be the principal residence of the property owner or a member of the immediate family of the property owner;
(b)
The parcel has been in the continuous ownership since February 7, 1979, of the person whose principal residence the dwelling unit will be, a member of that person's immediate family, or a partnership or corporation in which members of that person's immediate family collectively own more than a majority interest in such partnership or corporation;
(c)
The parcel was not in common ownership with any contiguous land on or after February 8, 1979, that contains substantial improvements; and
(d)
The parcel includes all vacant contiguous lands in common ownership on or after February 8, 1979.
B.
Permitted accessory uses.
(1)
For each dwelling unit, the same accessory uses shall be permitted as are permitted for dwelling units in the regional growth area.
(2)
For each commercial industrial establishment, the same accessory uses shall be permitted as are permitted in the commercial industrial districts of the regional growth area.
C.
Uses permitted with a conditional use permit.
(1)
Home occupation, provided it meets the standards of this chapter.
(2)
Hospitals and nursing homes; congregate care facilities; residential care facilities; preschools and day-care centers, provided that:
(a)
The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in the Forest Area;
(b)
The applicant has demonstrated that adequate public infrastructure will be available to serve the use; and
(c)
The use is primarily designed to serve the needs of the Forest Area District in which the use is to be located.
(3)
Utility structures and facilities needed to provide the direct service of gas, electricity, telephone, water and sewerage, but not offices, garages, warehouses, maintenance areas or similar commercial- or industrial-related operations of such companies, except that sewer treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted to serve the Forest Area District only in accordance with § 110-32B(2).
D.
Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth above, no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the Forest Area District shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 110-32B(4), whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system, pursuant to § 110-32B(2).