[Added 6-28-10 by Ord. No. 10-16; Amended 9-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
Unless specifically prohibited in this article, the following
regulations shall apply to all RP-3 Districts.
The purpose of this ordinance is to implement the Superior Court
of New Jersey Appellate Division's ruling in Bailes v. Township of
East Brunswick, 380 N.J. Super 336, 348 (App. Div.), certif. denied,
185 N.J. 596 (2005) which deemed that the Rural Preservation Zone
(RP) standards which had been applicable to the following properties
before the adoption of the 1999 and 2001 Rural Preservation Zone ordinance
amendments shall be reinstated: Block 307.12, Lots 31, 32.10 &
32.11; Block 310, Lot 57.01; Block 309.04, Lots 16.12, 16.13, 17 &
18.02; Block 310, Lots 23 § 24; Block 312, Lot 16.01; Block
310, Lot 2; Block 316.01, Lot 22.06. The Rural Preservation Zone applicable
to these properties is hereby renamed RP-3 Rural Preservation Low
Density Residential District.
Principal uses and buildings permitted are as follows:
A.
Single family dwellings.
B.
Public recreational and community-center buildings and grounds including
but not limited to parks and playgrounds.
C.
Structures used for private and commercial horticultural, agricultural
or forestry purposes, exclusive of greenhouses and stables housing
not more than four horses for private use by the owner or leasee,
provided that no structure or areas enclosing farm animals of any
kind shall be permitted within two hundred (200) feet of any lot line.
D.
All agricultural activities and farm related uses of land, including,
but not limited to:
(1)
The sale of agricultural, horticultural or forestry produce
or products which has been raised on the farm from which they are
sold and freezing lockers or other similar facilities for the sale,
storage and processing of farm and livestock produce, including the
sale of firewood, which has been raised on the property from or on
which it is to be sold, stored or processed; provided, however, that
adequate parking space is provided for customers and employees. Sale
of any products not grown on the farm from which they are sold is
specifically prohibited.
Principal uses and buildings permitted subject to a conditional
use permit by the Planning Board:
A.
Places of assembly and parsonages.
[Amended 09-21-15 Ord. 15-16]
B.
Public and parochial schools and colleges for academic instruction.
C.
Noncommercial dog kennels housing not more than six (6) dogs, provided
that no building or outside enclosures shall be permitted within fifty
(50) feet of any lot line.
D.
Private, nonprofit recreational and community buildings, clubs, swimming
pools and activities of a quasi-public social fraternal or recreational
character such as golf and tennis clubs, camps, veterans or fraternal
organizations which are not of a commercial character.
E.
Housing facilities for transient or migratory farm workers, to be
located upon the farm of any employing farmer; provided, however,
that the facilities are adequately constructed and safeguarded against
fire hazards, that sleeping places shall contain sufficient air space
and partitions to assure an adequate supply of fresh air and reasonable
privacy for each occupant, that provision is made for an adequate
supply of potable water, that provision is made for suitable bathing
facilities and that provision is made for a suitable sewage disposal
system and an adequate number of toilet facilities, and that all applicable
federal state and local codes are met.
No conditional use permit shall be granted, however, unless
the applicant has established that:
1.
The proposed site is sufficient for the intended purpose;
2.
Adequate parking facilities are provided while limiting within reason
the amount of impervious surface;
3.
That the proposed septic system will be adequate and will have no
appreciable adverse effect on ground water pollution;
4.
The means of vehicular ingress and egress are sufficient to prevent
traffic hazard, congestion, or excessive interference with normal
traffic movement on adjacent public streets and thoroughfares;
5.
The buildings and use are appropriately located and designed and
will meet a community need without adversely affecting the neighborhood.
Accessory uses and buildings permitted are as follows:
A.
Any accessory use permitted in the R-1 District.
B.
Greenhouses are a permitted accessory use and structure provided
that the aggregate square footage of all structures situated on the
site do not exceed 55,000 square feet or fifteen percent (15%) coverage
of the total lot area, whichever is less.
C.
Landscape contracting, tree pruning services, firewood processing,
wood mulches, and sales of products grown on the site are permitted
accessory uses to the permitted primary use of the site, of a farm,
forest tract or nursery.
Prohibited uses and buildings are as follows:
A.
Density: one dwelling unit per two acres.
B.
Minimum lot width: one hundred seventy-five (175) feet.
C.
Minimum Lot Area: two acres.
D.
Minimum Front Yard Setback for Principal and Accessory Structures:
fifty (50) feet.
E.
Minimum Side Yard Setback: one side: 20 feet; two sides: fifty (50)
feet.
F.
Minimum Rear Yard Setback: forty (40) feet.
G.
Minimum Accessory Building Side or Rear Setback: 20 feet.
H.
Maximum Building Height: thirty-five (35) feet.
I.
Building coverage: twenty-five percent (25%).
A.
A 100 foot wide buffer is required where a proposed minor subdivision,
major subdivision or major site plan abuts an existing agricultural
use. All buffer areas shall be planted and maintained with a dense
screen of trees, shrubs and evergreens of such a type and nature as
to provide a solid screen and must be at least 6 feet in height when
properly planted.
B.
A six foot high fence shall be installed along the property line
of any proposed development abutting farmland by the applicant and/or
the developer prior to the issuance of certificates of occupancy.
Details of such fencing shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Planning Board.
