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