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Pinelands. This went to the Pinelands Commission for approval and they noticed a few discrepancies in it and they asked us to make the changes. Committeeman Giblin stated that these are the same issues that were brought to them by Ragan Design Group.
Township Clerk Eden stated she would give Committeeman Seda a copy of the original Ordinance 40-04. This Ordinance is amending it and it is almost like housekeeping according to the Pinelands Commission.
WHEREAS, the Township Committee desires to enact ordinance provisions that will make the zoning requirements in the Township consistent with the recommendations set forth in the Master Plan and Master Plan Re-examinations; and
WHEREAS, the Township Committee and the Planning Board have reviewed the findings set forth in “A Regional Natural Resource Protection Plan for the Toms River Corridor” and have determined that the recommendations for re-zoning environmentally sensitive areas and for requiring cluster provisions to encourage development near to existing infrastructure and to protect critical wildlife habitat as described in the zoning changes that follow are in the best interests of the Township; and
WHEREAS ordinance 40-04 was adopted by the Jackson Township Committee on November 8, 2004 and was sent to the Pinelands Commission for review and approval; and
WHEREAS the Pinelands Commission staff has held a public hearing on the ordinance and has undertaken a detailed review of the Ordinance and Zoning Map, and the Pinelands Commission's chief planner has identified six specific concerns with regard to the new zoning map; and
WHEREAS Jackson Township’s planner has reviewed the six concerns and confirmed that four were inadvertent mapping errors, one was an oversight, and one regarding the designation of part of block 40.68, lot 18.01 as PV and part of the lot as FA-2 was purposeful on the part of the Township Committee and shall remain as adopted in order to provide the potential for a future expansion of the existing municipal center on the proposed PV portion of the municipally owned lot.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Committee of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey as follows:
Numbers 1 through 10 shall remain as written in ordinance 40-04.
Number 11 shall be revised so that the Zoning Map of Jackson Township, incorporated into Chapter 109 of the Codified Ordinances of the Township of Jackson, as revised by Ragan Design Group under the direction of the Township Committee and revised to January 24, 2004 is hereby adopted as amended pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-32 and incorporates the following changes from the map adopted on November 8, 2004:
Block 10, Lot 6.01 was inadvertently placed in the FA-1 forest zone and should remain in the PA Preservation Area.
Block 32.01, Lot 22.01 was placed wholly in the RD-9 rural development zone and should be split for zoning purposes, with the northern portion in the FA-1 forest area zone and the southern portion in the RD-9 rural development zone.
Block 40.68, Lot 56.02 is owned by the NJDEP and was placed in the FA-2 forest area zone, but was formerly in the FA-1 zone and should remain so.