Tabernacle Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE V
Forest Area
§ 17-57.1 Permitted Principal Uses.
[Ord. #1985-7, IX, A; Ord. #1989-3, § 6; Ord. #1993-2, § 2; Ord. #1994-2, § 2; Ord. #1997-9, §§ 34—38; Ord. #2012-4, §§ 13, 14]
a.
Single family homes at a density of one unit per 40 acres, provided that clustering of the permitted dwelling units shall be required in accordance with Section 17-47D whenever two or more units are proposed as part of a residential development. The following exceptions shall apply:
2.
Each property owner owning land in this management area as of February 7, 1979, which land meets the bulk and area requirements of this Chapter, contains a minimum of 3.2 acres, meets the environmental criteria of the C.M.P. and this Chapter, was shown as a separate lot on the tax map in effect on February 7, 1979, and which was not in contiguous ownership with other lands of the property owner on that date or subsequently, shall be entitled to one dwelling unit. The term property owner shall mean one or more individuals or entities and the term shall be strictly construed.
b.
Agricultural or horticultural uses; farms and associated farm buildings.
c.
Agricultural employee housing as an element of an active agricultural or horticultural operation.
e.
Low intensity recreational uses provided that:
1.
The parcel proposed for low intensity recreational use has an area of at least 50 acres;
2.
The use does not involve the use of motorized vehicles except for necessary transportation;
3.
Access to water bodies is limited to no more than 15 linear feet of frontage per one thousand (1,000') feet of water body frontage;
4.
Clearing of vegetation, including ground cover and soil disturbance, does not exceed 5% of the parcel; and
5.
No more than 1% of the parcel will be covered with impervious surfaces.
f.
Public service infrastructure intended to primarily serve the needs of the Pinelands. Centralized waste water treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted to service the Forest Area District only in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.84(a)2.
g.
Institutional uses, 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.
h.
Pinelands resource-related industrial or manufacturing uses, excluding resource extraction and uses that rely on sand or gravel as raw products, provided that:
i.
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.
j.
Agricultural commercial establishments for the sale of farm products grown or raised on the premises by the owner or operator of the farm. There shall be a limit of one establishment per farm. Such establishment shall be set back a minimum of sixty (60') feet from the street line and have roadway frontage of at least fifty (50') feet. Off-street parking facilities subject to the provisions of this Chapter shall be required.
l.
Expansion of existing intensive recreational uses, provided that:
1.
The intensive recreational use was in existence on February 7, 1979 and the capacity of the use will not exceed two times the capacity of the use on February 7, 1979;
2.
The use is necessary to achieve recreational use of a particular element of the existing Pinelands environment; and
3.
The use is environmentally and aesthetically compatible with the character of the Pinelands Forest Area and the characteristics of the particular basin in which the use is to be located, taking into consideration the proportion of cleared and developed land, ambient water quality, ecologically sensitive areas and unique resources, and will not unduly burden public services.
§ 17-57.2 Permitted Accessory Uses.
§ 17-57.3 Area and Yard Requirements.
[Ord. #1989-3, § 6]
Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth in the Schedule of Limitations,[1] no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the Forest Area shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of subsection 17-39.2d., whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system.