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211-10. Forest Area Zone (FA).
In the Forest Area Zone (FA), the following are permitted uses:
A. Residential dwellings on lots of 3.2 acres, in accordance with § 211-9C(2), or on lots of one acre in accordance with § 211-9C(4). [Amended 8-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-65; 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-77]
B. Single-family residential dwelling units in accordance with the following:
(1) The minimum lot area shall be 17.0 acres.
(2) The minimum lot width shall be 200 feet.
(3) The minimum front yard setback shall be 200 feet.
(4) The minimum rear yard setback shall be 50 feet.
(5) The minimum side yard setback shall be 25 feet.
(6) The minimum accessory use setback shall be 25 feet.
C. Agriculture.
D. Agricultural employee housing as an element of and accessory to an active agricultural operation.
E. Forestry.
F. Low-intensity recreational uses, provided that:
(1) The parcel proposed for low-intensity recreational use has an area of at least 50 acres.
(2) The recreational use does not involve the use of motorized vehicles except for necessary transportation.
(3) Access to bodies of water is limited to no more than 15 linear feet of frontage per 1,000 feet of water body frontage.
(4) Clearing of vegetation, including ground cover and soil disturbance, does not exceed 5% of the parcel.
(5) No more than 1% of the parcel will be covered with impermeable surfaces.
G. Institutional uses, including cemeteries, provided that:
(1) The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in the Forest Area.
(2) The applicant has demonstrated that adequate public service infrastructure will be available to serve the use.
(3) The use is primarily designed to serve the needs of the Forest Area in which the use is to be located.
H. [Amended 3-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-17] Pinelands resources-related industrial or manufacturing uses, excluding resource extraction and uses that rely on sand or gravel as raw products, provided that:
(1) The parcel proposed for development has an area of at least five acres.
(2) The principal raw materials for the proposed use are found or produced in the Pinelands.
(3) The use does not require or will not generate subsidiary or satellite development in the Forest Area.
I. Campgrounds, not to exceed one campsite per gross acre, provided that the campsites may be clustered at a net density not to exceed 10 campsites per acre. [Amended 3-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-17]
J. [Amended 8-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-65] Agricultural commercial establishments, excluding supermarkets, restaurants and convenience stores, provided that:
(1) The principal goods or products available for sale were produced in Pinelands.
(2) The sales area of the establishment does not exceed 5,000 square feet.
K. Roadside retail sales and service establishments, provided that:
(1) The parcel proposed for development has roadway frontage of at least 50 feet.
(2) No portion of any structure proposed for development will be more than 300 feet, measured along a line parallel to the roadway, from the closest part of a roadside retail sales and service establishment structure that was in existence on February 7, 1979.
(3) The proposed use will not unduly burden public services, including but not limited to water, sewer and roads.
L. Fish and wildlife management.
M. [Amended 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-77] Detached single-family dwellings on one-acre lots, provided that:
(1) The lot proposed for development is located in that portion of the FA Zone consisting of the following: Block 5 (all); Block I 1, Lots I through 7 and 18; Block 13, Lots 18, 19, 22 through 27, 34, 42, 45, 46 and 54; and p/o Lots 28, 29 and 33; and Block 26, Lots 5 through II, 14 through 19, 22 and 23.
(2) The owner of the lot proposed for development acquires sufficient vacant contiguous or noncontiguous land which, when combined with the acreage of the lot proposed for development, equals at least 17 acres.
(3) All lands acquired pursuant to Subsection M(2) above, which may or may not be developable, are located within the FA Zone.
(4) All noncontiguous lands acquired pursuant to Subsection M(2) and (3) above are permanently dedicated as open space through recordation of a deed to the property with no further development permitted, except for agriculture, forestry and low intensity recreational uses. Any such deed restrictions shall be in a form to be approved by the Township Solicitor and the Pinelands Commission.
(5) The tax assessments for the acquired noncontiguous lands are combined and assigned to the land to be developed.
(6) The lot proposed for development otherwise meets the minimum standards of § 211-9 of this chapter.
N. [Amended 3-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-17] Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the owner of a parcel of land of an acre or more in the Forest Area District shall be exempt from the density limitations of this chapter, provided that:
(1) The dwelling unit will be the principal residence of the property owner or a member of the immediate family of the property owner.
(2) The parcel has been in the continuous ownership since February 7, 1979, of the person whose principal residence the dwelling unit will be, a member of that person's immediate family or a partnership or corporation in which members of that person's immediate family collectively own more than a majority interest in such partnership or corporation.
(3) The parcel was not in common ownership with any contiguous land on or after February 8, 1979, that contains substantial improvements.
(4) The parcel includes all vacant contiguous lands in common ownership on or after February 8, 1979.
O. Signs.
P. Accessory uses.
Q. Minimum lot areas for nonresidential structure shall be determined by application of the standards contained in § 211-9G(8)(b)[4], whether or not the lot is to be served by a centralized sewer treatment or collection system. No nonresidential structure shall be located on a parcel of less than one acre in size. [Added 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-78; amended 3-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-17]