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Toms River City Zoning Code

§ 348-5.13

Preservation of natural features.

Wherever feasible, all of the following shall be preserved in their natural state:
A. 
Floodway and flood hazard areas as defined by Chapter 313, Flood Damage Prevention, of the Code of the Township of Toms River.
B. 
Wetlands as defined by Chapter 497, Watercourses and Coastal Wetlands, of the Code of the Township of Toms River.
C. 
Areas containing a significant number of specimen trees as defined in Chapter 471, Trees, of the Code of the Township of Toms River.
D. 
Land with slopes in excess of 10%.
E. 
Existing watercourses, ponds, bogs and swamps.
F. 
Land with a seasonal high-water table of less than two feet. Berryland and Atsion soils usually have a seasonal high-water table of less than two feet.
G. 
Wetlands as defined by the New Jersey Wetlands Act of 1970 and delineated on wetlands maps prepared by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
H. 
Lands classified as "tidal wetland," "flood hazard area," "wet soil woodland," "wet soil old field" or "prime agricultural land" in the Environmental Base Study prepared for the Toms River Township Planning Board and the Toms River Township Environmental Commission in 1974 and incorporated as a part of the 1976 revision of the Toms River Township Master Plan adopted by the Planning Board on December 20, 1976.
I. 
Riparian zones as described and defined at N.J.A.C. 7:13-4.1 of the New Jersey Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules.
[Added 12-12-2017 by Ord. No. 4562-17]