Township of Ocean, NJ
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2023-12-25
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 262 Parks and Recreation Areas
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Article II Recreation Trust Fund
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 11 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 17 Claims Approval
- Ch 21 Contracts, Award of
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 28 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 30 Electric and/or Natural Gas Aggregation Program
- Ch 31 Emergency Management
- Ch 36 Fire Department
- Ch 37 Wildfire Safety Council
- Ch 43 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 47 Officers and Employees
- Ch 57 Personnel Policies and Manual
- Ch 61 Police Department
- Ch 65 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 69 Retirement Program Eligibility
- Ch 75 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 83 Affordable Housing
- Ch 89 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 95 Animals
- Ch 102 Block Parties
- Ch 110 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 114 Buildings, Removal of
- Ch 118 Buildings, Unsafe and Unfit
- Ch 123 Campgrounds
- Ch 125 Cannabis Businesses
- Ch 126 Checks, Returned
- Ch 130 Clothing Bins
- Ch 135 Construction Regulations
- Ch 139 Contractor Registration
- Ch 144 Curfew
- Ch 150 Docks and Boats
- Ch 153 Drones and Unmanned Aircraft
- Ch 156 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 160 Dry Cutting of Masonry
- Ch 165 Fees
- Ch 168 Fences
- Ch 171 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 172 Filming
- Ch 174 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 180 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 186 Games of Chance Fees
- Ch 190 Garage Sales
- Ch 193 Insurance
- Ch 197 Junkyards
- Ch 203 Landlord Registration
- Ch 209 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 215 Licensing
- Ch 221 Lighting Standards
- Ch 227 Littering
- Ch 233 Massage Parlors
- Ch 239 Newsracks
- Ch 245 Noise
- Ch 252 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 256 Parking
- Ch 262 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 262 Art II Recreation Trust Fund
- § 262-5 Purpose.
- § 262-6 Establishment.
- § 262-7 Recreational facilities required.
- Ch 268 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 273 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 280 Property Maintenance
- Ch 284 Records, Public
- Ch 287 Scrap Metal Dealers
- Ch 289 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 293 Sex Offender Registration
- Ch 299 Signs
- Ch 308 Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 312 Soil Removal
- Ch 318 Solid Waste
- Ch 322 Stormwater Control
- Ch 330 Stormwater System
- Ch 336 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 340 Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 345 Taxation
- Ch 351 Taxicabs
- Ch 357 Tobacco and Smoking
- Ch 361 Towing Businesses
- Ch 367 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 373 Trees
- Ch 379 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 385 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 387 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 390 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 394 Vehicles, Sales of
- Ch 400 Water and Sewer
- Ch 402 Water Conservation
- Ch 405 Water Service Connections
- Ch 410 Zoning
- Ch 411 Electronic File Submission Standards
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 415 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 430 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 435 Realty Improvement Certification
- Ch 439 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 445 Sewer Connections
- Ch 450 Swine
- Ch 456 Water Pollution
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted by Ord. No. 2002-15]
The Township wishes to insure that all new development within the municipality provide recreational facilities as part of said development or in the alternative, that the developer contribute an appropriate assessment to the municipality for the purposes of providing such recreational facilities off site. As result thereof, the Township Committee wishes to amend Chapter 340, Subdivision and Site Plan Review, of the Code of the Township of Ocean, in order to require such improvements as a condition of approval, or, in the alternative, to provide developers with the option of making payments to the Township's newly created recreation trust fund.
There is established for the Township a Recreation Trust Fund,
which fund shall be maintained by the Chief Financial Officer of the
municipality. Developers making payments to the Ocean Township Recreation
Trust Fund, in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall
make such payments to the municipality to be held in this fund, which
funds may be utilized solely for the purchase, development, repair
and/or replacement of recreational facilities within the Township.
Any applicant seeking subdivision approval for three or more
residential building lots, as well as any applicant seeking residential
sits plan approval for three or more residential building lots, from
the Ocean Township Land Use Board, shall reserve at least one building
lot, equal in size to at least the smallest buildable lot for which
approval is granted, recreational purposes. The applicant shall be
require to improve this area for both active and/or passive recreation
and the plans for the improvement of this recreation area shall be
an integral element of any preliminary plat and final construction
drawings for any subdivision or residential site plan to which this
article is applicable. In lieu of reserving and constructing such
a recreational facility, the applicant shall have the option to pay
an assessment in the amount $1,000 per lot or dwelling unit for which
development approval is being sought, to be used for the purchase
and/or construction of new recreation facilities within the municipality
and/or the upgrading, repair and/or replacement of existing recreational
facilities within the municipality. Said recreation assessment must
be posted with the Township's Chief Financial Officer and deposited
into the Township's recreation trust fund prior to the signing of
the plat or map.
