A.
No permit for any development shall be issued until
final approval of the site plan therefor shall be granted pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter, except that subdivision or individual
lot applications for detached one- or two-dwelling-unit buildings,
customary accessory buildings incidental to farms and any agricultural
project that has been approved by the Freehold Soil Conservation District
shall be exempt from site plan review and approval.
B.
The Construction Official may waive the requirement
for site plan review if the total amount of construction or alteration
is under $2,500 or if the nature or extent of construction or alteration
is considered part of normal repair, maintenance or replacement.
C.
A soil disturbance review shall be required when an
amount of soil exceeding 300 cubic yards is to be removed or placed
upon any site, regardless of the time span to accomplish such removal.
However, nothing in this review shall be construed to prevent any
owner, otherwise eligible in accordance with law, from excavating
or cutting, stripping or otherwise disturbing lands or soil for the
following purposes:
[Added 9-14-1981 by Ord. No. 0-81-21]
(1)
Construction, uses and modifications of a one-family
dwelling and its normal accessory and appurtenant uses.
(2)
Gardening for noncommercial purposes.
(3)
Commercial, agricultural or horticultural use when
in accordance with accepted farm agricultural practices, approved
by the County Soil Conservation District.
(4)
Excavation or cutting, stripping or other land or
soil disturbance other than removal from the site necessary for the
construction or reconstruction of curbs, sidewalks, private residential
driveways, drainage systems, sewage disposal systems and other utility
service connections, provided that all other Township, county, state
and district approvals have been received.
(5)
Installation, removal, replacement or maintenance
of landscaping, including trees, shrubs, flowers and cover where the
existing land contours are not changed by more than one foot.
