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SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its final passage and publication as required by law.
Date:_____
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, held on February 23, 2016 and will be considered for second reading and final passage at the regular meeting of said Governing Body to be held on the 8^{th} day of March, 2016 at 7:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as this matter can be reached, at the meeting room of the Municipal Building in said Township, at which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning this Ordinance.
Prior to the second reading, a copy of this Ordinance shall be posted on the Bulletin Board in the Municipal Building and copies shall be made available at the Township Clerk’s Office in said Municipal Building to members of the general public who shall request such copies.
ANN MARIE EDEN, RMC TOWNSHIP CLERK
ORDINANCES, SECOND READING:
ORDINANCE: 05-16
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMENDING CHAPTER 244 OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON ENTITLED "LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS"
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED: NO ONE CAME FORWARD.
MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 05-16 BY: CALOGERO MOTION SECONDED BY: BRESSI YES: CALOGERO, MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI, NIXON
MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 05-16 ON SECOND READING, ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PASSAGE AND APPROVAL IN AN APPROVED NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW BY: BRESSI MOTION SECONDED BY: UPDEGRAVE YES: CALOGERO, MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI, NIXON
WHEREAS, the installation of ground-mounted solar panels is a permitted use in the HC Highway Commercial Zone and CR-1 Commercial Recreation Zone 1 and is a conditionally permitted use in the CR-2 Commercial Recreation Zone 2 under Chapter 244 of the Township Code of the Township of Jackson; and
WHEREAS, Sections 244-57(C)(13), 244-58(C)(6) and 244-59(C)(2) of the Township’s Land Use Ordinance provide as follows with respect to the revegetation of ground areas beneath new constructed ground-mounted solar panels:
Ground areas beneath the solar panels shall be planted with a seed mixture of native, non-invasive shade tolerant grasses in order to prevent soil erosion and the spread of weeds or other invasive species and to promote bio-diversity in a natural habitat; the ground area shall be mowed on a regular basis; and