[1971 Code § 32-1; Ord. No. 80-9]
The right to farm throughout the Township is recognized as a
natural right, regardless of zoning designation, specified uses or
prohibited uses set forth elsewhere, subject to the restrictions and
regulations for intensive fowl or livestock farms and subject to the
Township's health and sanitary codes.
[1971 Code § 32-2; Ord. No. 80-9]
The right to farm as used herein includes the use of irrigation
pumps and equipment, aerial and ground seeding and spraying, tractors,
farm laborers and the application of chemical fertilizers, insecticides
and herbicides; for the purpose of producing from the land agricultural
products, including vegetables, grains, hay, fruits, fibers, wood,
trees, plants, shrubs, flowers and seeds. The right to farm also includes
the right to use land for grazing by animals, subject to restrictions
for intensive fowl or livestock farms.
[1971 Code § 32-3; Ord. No. 80-9]
The foregoing uses and activities included in the right to farm,
when reasonable and necessary for the particular farming, livestock
or fowl production and when conducted in accordance with generally
accepted agricultural practices, may occur on holidays, Sundays and
weekdays, at night and in the day; the noise, odors, dust and fumes
created are also specifically permitted as part of the exercise of
this right.
[1971 Code, § 32-4; Ord. No. 80-9]
It is expressly found that any inconvenience caused to others
by such uses and activities is more than offset by the benefits from
farming to the neighborhood and community, to society in general,
by the preservation of open space, by the beauty of the countryside,
and by the preservation and continuance of farming operations in Millstone
Township and in New Jersey as a source of agricultural products for
this and future generations.
