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Woodbine City Zoning Code

§ 26-4.3

Forest Agriculture Residential FAR.

[Added 6-16-2022 by Ord. No. 606-2022]
The purpose of the Forest Agriculture Residential (FAR) Zoning District is to preserve and maintain the essential character of the district and to encourage an appropriate pattern of development by maintaining very low-density development, consistent with the Pinelands Protection Act and the New Jersey Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan.
a. 
Principal Permitted Uses on the Land and in Buildings.
1. 
Single-family dwellings, provided that clustering of the permitted dwellings shall be required in accordance with Section 26-22A (Cluster Single-Family Residential Development in the FAR and ARR Zoning Districts) whenever two or more units are proposed as part of a residential development.
2. 
Low intensity recreational uses, provided that:
(a) 
The parcel proposed for low intensity recreational use has an area of at least 50 acres;
(b) 
The recreational use does not involve the use of motorized vehicles except for necessary transportation;
(c) 
Access to bodies of water 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 impermeable surfaces.
3. 
Institutional uses, provided that:
(a) 
The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in the Forest Area District;
(b) 
The application has demonstrated that adequate public service infrastructure will be available to serve the use; and
(c) 
The use is primarily designed to serve the needs of the FAR District in which the use is to be located.
4. 
Agriculture.
5. 
Farming and raising livestock.
6. 
Forestry.
7. 
Public service infrastructure intended to primarily serve the needs of the Pinelands. Centralized wastewater treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted to service the FAR District only in accordance with Subsection 26-43.7 (Water Quality).
b. 
Accessory Uses and Buildings Permitted.
1. 
Home occupations as defined in Subsection 26-2.1 (General Definitions).
2. 
Private garages as defined in Subsection 26-2.1 (General Definitions) and parking areas.
3. 
Private residential tool shed in accordance with Subsection 26-23.9 (Residential Tool Shed).
4. 
Residential agriculture, as defined in Subsection 26-2.1 (General Definitions) and Subsection 26-23.8 (Residential Agriculture).
5. 
Private residential swimming pools in rear yard areas of single-family lots provided they adhere to the standards established in Subsection 26-63.1 (Private Residential Pools).
6. 
See Sections 26-21 (General Provisions - All Districts and Uses) and 26-75 (Exceptions and Modifications).
7. 
Fences and walls in accordance with Subsection 26-23.6 (Fences, Walls and Sight Triangles).
8. 
Housing facilities for transient and migratory farm workers located on the farm of an employing farmer, provided that such housing facilities shall be occupied only during those periods when workers are engaged in agricultural pursuits and provided further that nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit the establishment of housing facilities for transient labor not engaged in activities of an agricultural nature. All housing facilities used by migrant labor shall comply with the New Jersey Migrant Labor Code administered by the Migrant Labor Bureau of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry.
9. 
Small wind energy systems and solar energy systems in accordance with the standards in Subsection 26-23.7 (Small Wind Energy Systems and Solar Energy Systems).
10. 
Electric Vehicle Supply/Service Equipment and Make-Ready Parking Spaces in accordance with Subsection 26-11.6 (Electric Vehicles).
11. 
Trash enclosure for solid waste and recyclables.
12. 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to a principal use.
c. 
Height Limits.
1. 
No building or structure in the FAR District shall exceed 35 feet in height except that churches and hospitals shall not exceed 60 feet and except as further provided in Section 26-75 (Exceptions and Modifications).
d. 
Area and Yard Requirements.
1. 
Single-family dwellings in an FAR District shall have a minimum lot width of 200 feet at the street line and a minimum lot area of 20 acres. Every principal building shall be provided with two side yards totaling 50 feet in width, the minimum width of any side yard being not less than 20 feet including the side yards of corner lots and seventy-five-foot minimum front and rear yards. The yard requirements above shall be increased by 50% for two-family dwellings.
2. 
No principal building shall be closer than 60 feet to the rear lot line, nor closer than 50 feet to the street line, except as otherwise provided herein.
3. 
See Sections 26-22A (Cluster Single-Family Residential in the FAR and ARR Zoning Districts), 26-75 (Exceptions and Modifications).
4. 
Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth above, no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the FAR District shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of Subsection 26-43.7 (Water Quality) whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system pursuant to Subsection 26-43.7a2, provided, however, that no such structure shall be located on a parcel of less than one acre. The requirements of this section shall not apply to a nonresidential use to be served by an individual on-site septic waste water treatment system in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.84(a)5iii(2).
e. 
Gross Residential Floor Area.
1. 
Single-family detached dwelling: Gross minimum - 700 square feet, plus an additional 150 square feet for each bedroom.
2. 
Two-family dwellings: Gross minimum - 1,500 square feet. Minimum each dwelling unit — 650 square feet.
f. 
Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements.
1. 
See Section 26-11 (Parking and Loading Schedule) and Section 26-25 (Off-Street Parking).
g. 
Signs.
1. 
One lighted residence sign not to exceed one square foot, attached to the building or in the yard area.
2. 
One lighted or unlighted professional office sign not to exceed two square feet in area which may be attached to the front of the building, or placed in the yard area.
3. 
One unlighted real estate sign not over six square feet in area advertising the sale, lease or rental of the building or lot on which the sign is located.
4. 
One lighted or unlighted sign for each hospital, school, church, library, museum, government building, community center, institutional-use or public recreation building naming such building, either affixed flat to the building or erected in the yard space, provided such sign does not exceed 20 square feet in area.
5. 
All signs permitted in this district shall be set back a minimum of 12 feet from any street line when not attached flat to the front of the building, except for residence signs which shall be set back a minimum of five feet.
6. 
Street number designations shall be required and shall not be considered part of the total sign area permitted.
7. 
See Section 26-36 (Signs) for further requirements.
h. 
Conditional Uses.
1. 
Residential dwelling units on lots of 3.2 acres, in accordance with Subsection 26-75.8a (Cultural Housing).
2. 
Residential dwelling units pursuant to Subsection 26-75.7 (Substandard Lots/Pinelands Area).
3. 
Pinelands resource-related industrial or manufacturing uses, excluding resource extraction and uses that rely on sand or gravel as raw products, provided that:
(a) 
The parcel proposed for development has an area of at least five acres;
(b) 
The principal raw material for the proposed use is found or produced in the Pinelands; and
(c) 
The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in a Forest Area District.
4. 
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 in accordance with the standards in Chapter XIII (Campgrounds).
5. 
Agricultural-commercial establishments, excluding supermarkets, restaurants and convenience stores, provided that:
(a) 
The principal goods or products available for sale were produced in the Pinelands; and
(b) 
The sales area of the establishment does not exceed 5,000 square feet.
6. 
Roadside retail sales and service establishments, provided that:
(a) 
The parcel proposed for development has roadway frontage of at least 50 feet.
(b) 
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
(c) 
The proposed use will not unduly burden public services, including but not limited to, water, sewer and roads.
7. 
Fish and wildlife management and wetlands management.
8. 
Residential dwelling units on lots of one acre in accordance with Subsection 26-75.8 (Cultural Housing), or Subsection 26-75.9a (Density Transfer Program) of this section.
9. 
Single-family detached dwellings which are not clustered in accordance with Section 26-22A (Cluster Single-Family Residential in the FAR and ARR Zoning Districts), provided that:
(a) 
The Planning Board finds that:
(1) 
Clustering of the proposed dwellings would be inconsistent with the minimum environmental standards set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:50-6; or
(2) 
Clustering of the proposed dwellings would disrupt the contiguity of the forest ecosystem to a greater degree than non-clustered development.
(b) 
Minimum lot size requirement: 20 acres.
i. 
Stormwater Management. In accordance with the provisions of Chapter XXI (Stormwater Control).