14 Sandbrook Headquarters, Stockton, NJ 08559-1403

Agricultural / Rural Residential Zone

Development in this zone requires residential usage averaging three-acre-minimum lots. Continuing agricultural and woodland use of land shall be encouraged. More specifically, the intent of the A-1 Zone is: To facilitate land use patterns, densities and practices that support local, county and state efforts toward sustaining agriculture; To support the continuation of existing and future agricultural operations by limiting opportunities for nonagricultural land use conflicts and nuisance complaints; To preserve prime agricultural soils and soils of statewide importance which are inextricably linked to long-term agricultural productivity and whose agricultural value, once lost, is irretrievable; To offer diverse land use options and in so doing, support a variety of agricultural pursuits; To provide opportunities for compact development patterns that are a logical extension of existing historic hamlets or similarly configured new hamlets and that result in preservation of farmland and open space; To facilitate land use patterns and practices that avoid environmental degradation, which may in turn threaten public and/or ecosystem health; To maintain residential densities that ensure the protection of drinking water supplies and quality; To ensure adequate recharge areas for new residential lots to protect drinking water supply and quality and provide for future agricultural needs; To facilitate land use patterns, densities and practices that retain woodlands; and To implement the Land Use Plan Element of the Master Plan.