Township of Tabernacle, NJ Article IV Rural Development Area

Within the rural development area there are two districts. Within each of these districts, different types of uses are permitted. The criteria for each district and the permitted uses allowed therein are set forth below.

§ 17-55 RURAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1.

§ 17-55.1 Permitted Principal Uses.

[Ord. #1985-7, A VIII, 1; Ord. #1989-3, § 5; Ord. #1993-2, § 2; Ord. #1993-4, § 2; Ord. #1997-9, §§ 31—33; Ord. #2012-4, § 10; Ord. #2015-2 § 2]

a. Single family homes at a density of one unit per 3.7 acres, provided that clustering of the permitted dwelling units shall be required in accordance with Section 17-47D whenever two or more units are proposed as part of a residential development. The following exceptions shall apply:

1. Lots of 3.2 acres may be developed if the applicant meets the provisions of Section 17-23 of Article II of this Chapter.

2. Each property owner owning land in this management area as of February 7, 1979, which land meets the bulk and area requirements of this Chapter, contains a minimum of 3.2 acres, meets the environmental criteria of the C.M.P. and this Chapter, was shown as a separate lot on the tax map in effect on February 7, 1979, and which was not in contiguous ownership with other lands of the property owner on that date or subsequently, shall be entitled to one dwelling unit. The term property owner shall mean one or more individuals or entities and the term shall be strictly construed.

3. Lots of one acre or more may be developed according to the provisions of Section 17-16a.

4. Lots of one (1.0) acre may be developed if the applicant meets the provisions of subsection 17-23.2 of Article II of this Chapter.

5. Lots of one (1.0) acre may be developed if the applicant meets the provisions of Section 17-46 of this Chapter.

6. Within Medford Park, lots of one (1.0) acre, existing as of the effective date of this ordinance, may be developed if the applicant meets the provisions of Section 17-89.b of this Chapter.

[Ord. #2015-2 § 2]

b. Agricultural or horticultural uses; farms and associated farm buildings.

c. Agricultural employee housing as an element of an active agricultural or horticultural operation.

d. Forestry. As defined in Section 17-5.1.

e. Recreation facilities other than amusement parks.

f. Agricultural commercial establishments for the sale of farm products grown or raised on the premises by the owner or operator of the farm. There shall be a limit of one establishment per farm. Such establishment shall be set back a minimum of sixty (60') feet from the street line and have roadway frontage of at least fifty (50') feet. Off-street parking facilities subject to the provisions of the Chapter shall be required.

g. Public service infrastructure, except that centralized waste water treatment and collection facilities shall be permitted in the Rural Development Area only in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.84(a)2.

h. Institutional uses, municipal buildings, parks and playgrounds, churches, elementary, intermediate and secondary schools, firehouses.

§ 17-55.2 Area and Yard Requirements. [1]

[Ord. #1989-3, § 5]

Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth in the Schedule of Limitations,[2] no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the RD-1 District shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of subsection 17-39.2d., whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system.

[1] Editor's Note: The Schedule of Limitations referred to herein is codified as Article XVI of this Chapter.

[2] Editor's Note: The Schedule of Limitations referred to herein is codified as Article XVI of this Chapter.

§ 17-55.3 Conditional Uses.

[Ord. #2012-4, § 11]

a. Single-family, detached dwellings which are not clustered in accordance with the standards of Section 17-47D may be permitted as a conditional use, provided that:

1. The Planning Board finds that:

(a) Clustering of the proposed dwellings would be inconsistent with the minimum environmental standards set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:50-6; or

(b) Clustering of the proposed dwellings would disrupt the contiguity of the forest ecosystem to a greater degree than nonclustered development.

2. Minimum lot area requirement: 3.7 acres.

§ 17-56 RURAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 2.

§ 17-56.1 Permitted Principal Uses.

[Ord. #1985-7, A VIII, 2]

a. All uses permitted in Rural Development District Number 1.

b. Agricultural products sales establishment subject to bulk and area requirements set forth in the Schedule of Limitations attached hereto.

c. Agricultural processing facilities and other light industrial uses subject to the bulk and area requirements set forth in the Schedule of Limitations attached hereto.

§ 17-56.2 Area and Yard Requirements.

[Ord. #1989-3, § 5]

Notwithstanding the minimum lot areas set forth in the Schedule of Limitations,[1] no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use within the RD-2 District shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of subsection 17-39.2d., whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system.

[1] See Article XVI of this chapter.

§ 17-56.3 Conditional Uses.

[Ord. #2012-4, § 12]

a. All conditional uses permitted in Rural Development District Number 1.