N.J. Admin. Code § 2:92-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 2:92-1.1 - Purpose

(a) This chapter establishes the practice standards and quality criteria that must be met for Farm Conservation Plans or Resource Management System Plans for agricultural or horticultural development which would increase, either individually or cumulatively, new agricultural impervious cover by three percent or more of the total land area of a Farm Management Unit, triggering the thresholds in the Highlands Preservation Area, established in the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, N.J.S.A. 13:20-1 et seq.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter or compromise the goals, purposes, policies, and provisions of, or lessen the protections afforded to farmers by, the Right to Farm Act, P.L. 1983, c. 31 (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.), and any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(c) The requirements of these rules apply only to the percentage of the total land area of the farm management unit either individually or cumulatively within the Highlands Preservation Area.

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