Township of Winslow, NJ Article IX PRC Recreation and Conservation District

§ 296-39 Purpose.

The PRC, or Recreation and Conservation Zoning District, corresponds with those areas of the township designated in the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan as forest areas. The purposes of the zoning regulations governing this district are to ensure the long-term integrity of the township's undisturbed forested lands and plant and animal species they support and to protect these areas from random and uncontrolled development by providing for development subject to strict environmental performance standards.

§ 296-40 Permitted Uses.

A. Within the PRC District, land may be used and buildings or structures may be used, altered or erected for the following uses:

(1) Detached single-family dwellings on three and two-tenths (3.2) acre lots, in accordance with § 296-9.2.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89]

(2) Single-family, detached dwellings, provided that clustering of the permitted dwelling units shall be required in accordance with Section 296-65.1 whenever two (2) or more units are proposed as part of a residential development.

[Amended 2-23-83 by Ord. No. O-2-83; 7-19-11 by Ord. No. O-2011-017]

(3) Agriculture.

(4) Agricultural employee housing as an element of, and necessary to, an active agricultural operation.

(5) Forestry.

(6) Low-intensity recreational uses, provided that:

(a) The parcel proposed for low-intensity recreational use has an area of at least fifty (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 fifteen (15) linear feet of frontage per one thousand (1,000) feet of water body frontage.

(d) Clearing of vegetation, including ground cover and soil disturbance, does not exceed five percent (5%) of the parcel.

(e) No more than one percent (1%) of the parcel will be covered with impervious surfaces.

[Amended 7-19-11 by Ord. No. O-2011-017]

(7) Expansion of intensive recreational uses, provided that:

[Amended 2-25-97 by Ord. No. 0-2-97]

(a) The intensive recreational use was in existence on February 7, 1979 and the capacity of the use will not exceed two (2) times the capacity of the use on February 7, 1979;

(b) The use is necessary to achieve recreational use of a particular element of the existing Pinelands environment; and

(c) 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.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89]

(8) 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 § 296-83B (2).

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89; 2-25-97 by Ord. No. 0-2-97]

(9) Institutional uses, provided that:

(a) The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in the Recreation and Conservation Zoning District.

[Amended 2-23-83 by Ord. No. 0-2-83]

(b) The applicant has demonstrated that adequate public service infrastructure will be available to serve the use.

(c) The use is primarily designed to serve the needs of the Recreation and Conservation Zoning District in which the use is to be located.

[Amended 2-23-83 by Ord. No. 0-2-83]

(10) Pinelands resource-related industrial or manufacturing uses, excluding resource extraction and uses that rely on sand or gravel as raw products, provided that:

[Amended 2-25-97 by Ord. No. 0-2-97]

(a) The parcel proposed for development has an area of at least five (5) acres.

(b) The principal raw material for the proposed use is found or produced in the Pinelands.

(c) The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in the Recreation and Conservation Zoning District.

[Amended 2-23-83 by Ord. No. 0-2-83]

(11) Campgrounds, not to exceed one (1) campsite per gross acre, provided that the campsites may be clustered at a net density not to exceed ten (10) campsites per acre.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89; 2-25-97 by Ord. No. 0-2-97]

(12) 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.

(b) The sales area of the establishment does not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89]

(13) Roadside retail sales and service establishments, provided that:

(a) The parcel proposed for development has roadway frontage of at least fifty (50) feet.

(b) No portion of any structure proposed for development will be more than three hundred (300) feet, measured along a line parallel to the roadway, from the closest part of a roadway retail sales and services establishment structure that was in existence on February 7, 1979.

(c) The proposed use will not unduly burden public services, including but not limited to water and roads.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89]

(14) Continuation of existing resource extraction operations in accordance with the standards of N.J.A.C. 7:50-6, Part VI and Chapter 179 of the Winslow Township Code, as amended.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89; 2-25-97 by Ord. No. 0-2-97]

(15) Waste management facilities in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-5.23(b) 8 and N.J.A.C. 7:50-6, Part VII.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89; 2-25-97 by Ord. No. 0-2-97]

(16) Accessory uses incidental to any of the foregoing uses.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89]

(17) Single-family detached dwellings on individual lots no less than one (1.0) acre in size in accordance with Section 296-9.3 of this chapter.

[Added 7-20-93 by Ord. No. 0-20-93]

(18) Single-family, detached dwellings which are not clustered in accordance with the standards of Section 296-65.1 may be permitted as a conditional use, provided that:

[Added 7-19-11 by Ord. No. O-2011-017]

(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) The minimum area, yard and bulk requirements of Section 296-41 are met.

§ 296-41 Area, yard and bulk requirements.

A. Residential dwelling units proposed for development in the PRC District shall be subject to the following requirements, also summarized as part of Schedule 2, Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Residential Uses, found as an attachment to this chapter.

(1) Minimum lot area: twenty-seven (27) acres (or one (1) acre if part of a cluster development in accordance with Section 296-65.1).

[Amended 7-19-11 by Ord. No. O-2011-017]

(2) Minimum yard setbacks: as set forth for the PR-1 Rural Residential Zoning District.

[Amended 5-24-89 by Ord. No. 0-27-89]

B. Nonresidential uses proposed for development within the PRC District shall be subject to the requirements listed in Schedule 3, Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Nonresidential Uses, found as an attachment to this chapter.

(1) Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth in Schedule 3, Area, Yard and Bulk Requirements for Nonresidential Uses, no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the PRC District shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 218-4B, whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system.

[Added 3-22-89 by Ord. No. 0-19-89]

§ 296-42 Design and performance standards.

All development proposed within the PRC District shall conform with all applicable standards under Article XV of this chapter.