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Woodbine City Zoning Code

§ 26-4.4

Agriculture Rural Residential ARR.

[Added 6-16-2022 by Ord. No. 606-2022]
The purpose of the Agriculture Rural Residential (ARR) Zoning District is to preserve the existing rural agricultural characteristic of Woodbine within the Pinelands Rural Development Area by maintaining low density development.
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 in the FAR and ARR Zoning Districts) whenever two or more units are proposed.
2. 
Hospitals, churches, parish houses, rectories and public and parochial schools, colleges, and private schools for academic instruction (five acre minimum).
3. 
Rest homes, convalescent homes, and nursing homes (five acre minimum).
4. 
Public parks and playgrounds, libraries, museums, water tanks and public recreational, forest and game preserves, open space, and community center buildings and public grounds with public swimming pools provided they adhere to the standards in Subsection 26.63.2 (All Other Swimming Pools).
5. 
Government buildings and institutions (five acre minimum).
6. 
Farming and raising livestock.
7. 
Public purposes uses.
8. 
Golf courses.
9. 
Agricultural commercial establishments.
10. 
Public service infrastructure, except that centralized wastewater treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted to service the ARR Zoning 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 Swimming 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. No building or structure in the ARR Zoning District shall exceed 35 feet in height except that churches and hospitals shall not exceed 60 feet except further as provided in Section 26-75 (Exceptions and Modifications).
d. 
Area and Yard Requirements.
1. 
Single-family dwellings, rectories and parish houses in an ARR Zoning District shall have a minimum lot width of 200 feet at the street line and a minimum lot area of five acres. Every principal building shall be provided with two side yards totaling 50 feet in width, the minimum width of any one 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 front yard requirement shall be 200 feet.
2. 
No hospital, school, church, college building, nursing home, rest home, convalescent home, library, museum, and community center or public recreational building shall be closer to any street line than 60 feet. Every principal building shall be on a lot with a minimum width of 150 feet at the street line and a minimum lot area of five acres. Every principal building shall be provided with two side yards totaling 75 feet in width, the minimum width of any one side yard being no less than 30 feet.
3. 
No principal building shall be closer than 60 feet to the rear lot line or closer than 200 feet to the street line, except as otherwise provided in this section.
4. 
See Sections 26-22A (Cluster Single-Family Residential in the FAR and ARR Zoning Districts) and 26-75 (Exceptions and Modifications).
5. 
Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth above, no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the ARR Zoning 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 Minimum Residential Floor Area.
1. 
Single-family detached dwelling: 700 square feet, plus an additional 150 square feet for each bedroom.
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 in 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 if 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. 
Campgrounds in accordance with the standards in Chapter XIII (Campgrounds).
2. 
Public Utility Uses in accordance with the standards as set forth in Subsection 26-62.3 (Special Requirement for Public Utility Use).
3. 
Residential dwelling units on lots of 3.2 acres in accordance with Subsection 26-75.8 (Cultural Housing).
4. 
Residential dwelling units pursuant to Subsection 26-75.7 (Substandard Lots/Pinelands Area).
5. 
Residential dwelling units on lots of one acre in accordance with Subsection 26-75.8b (Cultural Housing) or 26-75.9b (Density Transfer Program).
6. 
Single-family detached dwellings which are not clustered in accordance with Section 26-22A (Cluster Single-Family Residential Development 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 nonclustered development.
(b) 
Minimum lot size requirement: five acres.
i. 
Stormwater Management. In accordance with the provisions of Chapter XXI (Stormwater Control).