Public Notice: Jackson Amends Land Use Requirement for Pinelands

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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-16

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 244 OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE ENTITLED “LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ARTICLE VII: PINELANDS AREA REQUIREMENTS”

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION 1. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Chapter 244, entitled “Land Use and Development Regulations,” so as to amend §244-87 entitled “PV Pinelands Village Zone” as follows:

1. The following uses shall be permitted in the PV Pinelands Village Zone:
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. Churches and similar places of worship, parish houses and convents, subject to the conditions specified in § 244-115. Reserved.
   1. Public and quasi-public schools and institutions of higher learning which are not conducted as a business, subject to such uses being located on a lot with a minimum lot area of two acres and subject to the lot, use and structures adhering to all other requirements set forth for the PV Pinelands Village Zone. Reserved.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.

• The following accessory uses shall be permitted:
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences affiliated with and accessory to a secondary school or higher learning institution pursuant to Section E(1) through (4) and (6) (3) and (5) below.
  • Religious bathing facilities accessory to a primary or secondary school or a higher learning institution pursuant to Section F below.

• Area, yard and building requirements shall be as follows:

(1) If a proposed dwelling is to be Any proposed use served by a standard septic system, the following standards shall apply:

• Minimum lot area: 3.2 acres. Notwithstanding this requirement, no minimum lot area for a nonresidential use served by a standard septic system shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(d).
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• Maximum building height: 35 feet.

(2) If a proposed dwelling is to be Any proposed residential use served by an alternate-design pilot program treatment system, in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(f), or any proposed use served by either a nitrogen-reducing septic system, in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(e), or a public sanitary sewer system with adequate capacity to accommodate the additional flows, the following standards shall apply:

• Minimum lot area: one acre. Notwithstanding this requirement, no minimum lot area for a nonresidential use served by a nitrogen-reducing septic system shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(e).
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• Maximum building height: 35 feet.

• The following conditional uses shall be permitted:
  • No change.
  • Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences, provided that the primary institution to which it is associated is located on an adjacent lot. Approval shall be conditioned on the identification of their affiliation with a secondary school or higher learning institution on an adjacent lot. Dormitories, student residences and faculty residences shall be subject to the same standards as the secondary schools and higher learning institutions they serve. Reserved.

• Bulk standards and design criteria for primary and secondary schools, higher learning institutions and accessory uses thereto, including dormitories, student residences and faculty residences.
  • General requirements.
    •  On an annual basis, where a dormitory, student residence, or faculty residence exists as an accessory or conditional use to a secondary school or higher learning institution, a yearly report shall be submitted to the Township indicating that such residents are or were students, faculty, or permitted family members associated with the primary institutional use during the prior year.
    • No change.
  • The lot on which the use is proposed, and the building(s) erected thereon shall conform to the following minimum bulk and area standards: bulk and area standards in Section C. above.
    • The minimum lot area shall be the same as required in the district in which the school or higher learning institution is to be located.
    • Lot width and frontage requirements shall be the same as the underlying zoning district where the proposed school or higher learning institution is to be located.
    • The following yard setbacks shall apply to both primary and accessory buildings, on interior lots:
      • Front, side, and rear yard setbacks shall comply with § 244-87C.
    • Unless otherwise addressed herein, all other bulk requirements of the underlying zoning district shall apply.
  • No change.
  • Schools, higher learning institutions and accessory uses shall be subject to the principal use height limitation in the underlying zoning district. Reserved.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Any accessory structure or use shall be consistent with the definition of “Accessory structure or use” as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11 and incorporated at §244-65A.

• No change.

SECTION 2. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Chapter 244, entitled “Land Use and Development Regulations,” so as to amend §244-90 entitled “RG-2 Regional Growth Zone” as follows:

1. The following uses shall be permitted in the RG-2 Zone:
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. Churches and similar places of worship, parish houses and convents, subject to the conditions specified in § 244-115. Reserved.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.

• The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the RG-2 Zone.
  • No change.
  • Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences affiliated with and accessory to a secondary school or higher learning institution pursuant to Subsection E(1) through (4) and (6) (3) and (5) below.
  • Religious bathing facilities accessory to a house of worship, a primary or secondary school, or a higher learning institution pursuant to Section F below.

• Area, yard and building requirements shall be as follows:

(1) If a proposed dwelling is to be Any proposed use served by a standard septic system, the following standards shall apply:

• Minimum lot area: 3.2 acres. Notwithstanding this requirement, no minimum lot area for a nonresidential use served by a standard septic system shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(d).
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• Maximum building height: 35 ft.

(2) If a proposed dwelling is to be Any proposed residential use served by an alternate-design pilot program treatment system in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(f), or any proposed use served by a nitrogen-reducing septic system, in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(e), or a proposed non-residential use served by a public sanitary sewer system with adequate capacity to accommodate the additional flows, the following standards shall apply:

• Minimum lot area: one acre. Notwithstanding this requirement, no minimum lot area for a nonresidential use served by a nitrogen-reducing septic system shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(e).
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• Maximum building height: 35 ft.
• No change.
• Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences, provided that the primary institution to which it is associated is located on an adjacent lot. Approval shall be conditioned on the identification of their affiliation with a secondary school or higher learning institution on an adjacent lot. Dormitories, student residences and faculty residences shall be subject to the same standards as the secondary schools and higher learning institutions they serve.

• No change.

• Bulk standards and design criteria for primary and secondary schools, higher learning institutions and accessory uses thereto, including dormitories, student residences and faculty residences.
  • General requirements.
    • On an annual basis, where a dormitory, student residence, or faculty residence exists as an accessory or conditional use to a secondary school or higher learning institution, a yearly report shall be submitted to the Township indicating that such residents are or were students, faculty, or permitted family members associated with the primary institutional use during the prior year.
    • No change.
  • The lot on which the use is proposed, and the building(s) erected thereon shall conform to the following minimum bulk and area standards: the bulk and area standards required in Section C. above
    • The minimum lot area, lot width, lot frontage requirements shall be the same as required in the district in which the school or higher learning institution is to be located.
    • The following yard setbacks shall apply to both primary and accessory buildings:
      • Front, side, and rear yard setbacks shall comply with § 244-90C.
    • Unless otherwise addressed herein, all other bulk requirements of the underlying zoning district shall apply.
  • No change.
  • Schools, higher learning institutions and accessory uses shall be subject to the principal use height limitation in each underlying zoning district. Reserved.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Any accessory structure or use shall be consistent with the definition of “Accessory structure or use” as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11 and incorporated at §244-65A.

• Houses of worship shall adhere to the following standards:
  • No change.
  • The required minimum lot area shall be the same as required in § 244-90C. Reserved.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Bulk standards for houses of worship on lots two acres or greater:
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • The height of structures to be constructed may exceed the maximum height requirements of § 244-156 of this chapter (3) above; provided, however, that the front, rear and side yard requirements set forth above shall be increased by two feet for each foot by which the height of the structure exceeds the maximum height which would be otherwise permitted by this chapter, and further provided that in no case shall any proposed structure exceed 50 feet in height.
    • No change.
    • No change.
  • No change.

SECTION 3. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Chapter 244, entitled “Land Use and Development Regulations,” so as to amend §244-91 entitled “RG-3 Regional Growth Zone” as follows:

1. The following uses shall be permitted in the RG-3 Zone:
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. Churches and similar places of worship, parish houses and convents, subject to the conditions specified in § 244-115. Reserved.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.

• The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the RG-3 zone:
  • No change.
  • Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences affiliated with and accessory to a secondary school or higher learning institution pursuant to Subsection E(1) through (4) and (6) (3) and (5) below.
  • Religious bathing facilities accessory to a house of worship, a primary or secondary school, or a higher learning institution pursuant to Section F below.

• Area, yard and building requirements shall be as follows:

(1) If a proposed dwelling is to be Any proposed use served by a standard septic system, the following standards shall apply:

• Minimum lot area: 3.2 acres. Notwithstanding this requirement, no minimum lot area for a nonresidential use served by a standard septic system shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(d).
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• Maximum building height: 35 ft.

(2) If a proposed dwelling is to be Any proposed residential use served by an alternate-design pilot program treatment system in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(f), or any proposed use served by a nitrogen-reducing septic system, in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(e), or a proposed non-residential use served by a public sanitary sewer system with adequate capacity to accommodate the additional flows, the following standards shall apply:

• Minimum lot area: one acre. Notwithstanding this requirement, no minimum lot area for a nonresidential use served by a nitrogen-reducing septic system shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(e).
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• No change.
• Maximum building height: 35 ft.

(3) No change.

• Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences, provided that the primary institution to which it is associated is located on an adjacent lot. Approval shall be conditioned on the identification of their affiliation with a secondary school or higher learning institution on an adjacent lot. Dormitories, student residences and faculty residences shall be subject to the same standards as the secondary schools and higher learning institutions they serve.

• No change.

• Bulk standards and design criteria for primary and secondary schools, higher learning institutions and accessory uses thereto, including dormitories, student residences and faculty residences.
  • General requirements.
    • On an annual basis, where a dormitory, student residence, or faculty residence exists as an accessory or conditional use to a secondary school or higher learning institution, a yearly report shall be submitted to the Township indicating that such residents are or were students, faculty, or permitted family members associated with the primary institutional use during the prior year.
    • No change.

• The lot on which the use is proposed, and the building(s) erected thereon shall conform to the following minimum bulk and area standards:the bulk and area standards required in C. aboveThe minimum lot area, lot width, lot frontage requirements shall be the same as required in the district in which the school or higher learning institution is to be located.The following yard setbacks shall apply to both primary and accessory buildings:Front, side, and rear yard setbacks shall comply with § 244-91C.Unless otherwise addressed herein, all other bulk requirements of the underlying zoning district shall apply.
  • No change.
  • Schools, higher learning institutions and accessory uses shall be subject to the principal use height limitation in each underlying zoning district. Reserved.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Any accessory structure or use shall be consistent with the definition of “Accessory structure or use” as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11 and incorporated at §244-65A.

• Houses of worship shall adhere to the following standards:
  • No change.
  • The required minimum lot area shall be the same as required in § 244-91C. Reserved.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Bulk standards for houses of worship on lots two acres or greater:
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • The height of structures to be constructed may exceed the maximum height requirements of § 244-156 of this chapter (3) above; provided, however, that the front, rear and side yard requirements set forth above shall be increased by two feet for each foot by which the height of the structure exceeds the maximum height which would be otherwise permitted by this chapter, and further provided that in no case shall any proposed structure exceed 50 feet in height.
    • No change.
    • No change.
  • No change.

SECTION 4. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Chapter 244, entitled “Land Use and Development Regulations,” so as to amended §244-88 entitled “RD-1 Rural Development Zone” as follows:

1. The following uses shall be permitted in the RD-1 Rural Development Zone:
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. Houses of worship pursuant to Subsection EF below.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. No change.
   1. Schools, primary and secondary schools pursuant to Subsection DE below.
   1. No change.
   1. Religious bathing facilities accessory to a school or house of worship pursuant to Subsection F below. Reserved.
   1. Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences as an accessory use, affiliated with a secondary school pursuant to Subsection D(1) through (4) and (6) below. Reserved.

• The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the RD-1 zone:
  • Same as permitted in the PV Pinelands Village Zone.
  • Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences as an accessory use, affiliated with a secondary school pursuant to Section E(1) through (3) and (5) below.
  • Religious bathing facilities accessory to a house of worship, religious facility, community center, or primary or secondary school pursuant to Section G below.

B. C. Area, yard and building requirements shall be as follows:

• Minimum lot area: 3.2 acres. Notwithstanding this requirement, no such minimum lot area for a nonresidential use in the RD-1 Zone shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(b)§ 244-79G(4)(d), whether or not the lot may be served by a centralized wastewater treatment or collection system.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.

(8) Maximum height of building: 35 feet.

(8) (9)If a proposed dwelling is to be Any proposed residential use served by an alternate design system in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(f), or any proposed use served by a nitrogen–reducing septic system, in accordance with § 244-79G(4)(e),the following area, yard and building requirements shall apply:

• Minimum lot area: one acre. Notwithstanding this requirement, no minimum lot area for a nonresidential use shall be less than that needed to meet the water quality standards of § 244-79G(4)(e).
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.

• Maximum height of building: 35 feet.

C. D. Conditional uses area as follows:

(1) No change.

(2) Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences, provided that the primary institution to which it is associated is located on an adjacent lot. Approval shall be conditioned on the identification of their affiliation with a secondary school on an adjacent lot. Dormitories, student residences and faculty residences shall be subject to the same standards as the secondary schools they serve. Reserved.

D. E. Bulk standards and design criteria for primary and secondary schools, and accessory uses     thereto, including dormitories, student residences and faculty residences.

• General requirements.
  • On an annual basis, where a dormitory, student residence, or faculty residence exists as an accessory or conditional use to a secondary school, a yearly report shall be submitted to the Township indicating that such residents are or were students, faculty, or permitted family members associated with the primary institutional use during the prior year.
  • No change
  • The lot on which the use is proposed, and the building(s) erected thereon shall conform to the following minimum bulk and area standards: bulk and area standards of Section C. above.
    • The minimum lot area shall be the same as required in the district in which the school is to be located.
    • Lot width and frontage requirements shall be the same as the underlying zoning district where the proposed school is to be located.
    • The following yard setbacks shall apply to both primary and accessory buildings:
      • Front, side, and rear yard setbacks shall comply with § 244-88B.
    • Unless otherwise addressed herein, all other bulk requirements of the underlying zoning district shall apply.
  • No change.
  • Schools and accessory uses shall be subject to the principal use height limitation in the underlying zoning district. Reserved.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Any accessory structure or use shall be consistent with the definition of “Accessory structure or use” as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11 and incorporated at §244-65A.

E. F. Houses of worship shall adhere to the following standards:

• No change.
  • The required minimum lot area shall be the same as required in § 244-91C. Reserved.
  • The maximum building height of any principal structure shall be 35 inches feet.
  • No change.
  • Bulk Standards for houses of worship on lots two acres or greater:
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • No change.
    • The height of structures to be constructed may exceed the maximum height requirements of § 244-156 of this chapterof (3) above if exempt under § 244-100Bprovided, however, that the front, rear and side yard requirements set forth above shall be increased by two feet for each foot by which the height of the structure exceeds the maximum height which would be otherwise permitted by this chapter, and further provided that in no case shall any proposed structure exceed 50 feet in height.
    • No change.
    • No change.

F. G. Bulk standards and design criteria for religious bathing facilities.

• No change.
  • No change.

SECTION 5. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Chapter 244, entitled “Land Use and Development Regulations,” so as to amend §244-97 entitled “PM-1 Pinelands Manufacturing Zone” as follows:

1. No change.

• The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the PM-1 Pinelands Manufacturing Zone:
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences affiliated with and accessory to a secondary school or higher learning institution pursuant to Subsection G(1) through (4) and (6) (3) and (5) below.
  • Religious bathing facilities accessory to a primary or secondary school, or a higher learning institution pursuant to Section H below.

• Area, yard and building requirements shall be as follows:

(1) No change.

(2) No change.

(3) No change.

(4) No change.

(5) No change.

(6)  No change.

(7) No change.

(8) No change.

• Conditional uses shall be as follows:
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • Dormitories, student residences, and faculty residences, provided that the primary institution to which it is associated is located on an adjacent lot. Approval shall be conditioned on the identification of their affiliation with a secondary school or higher learning institution on an adjacent lot. Dormitories, student residences and faculty residences shall be subject to the same standards as the secondary schools and higher learning institutions they serve.

• No change.

• No change.

• Bulk standards and design criteria for primary and secondary schools, higher learning institutions and accessory uses thereto, including dormitories, student residences and faculty residences.
  • General requirements.
    • On an annual basis, where a dormitory, student residence, or faculty residence exists as an accessory or conditional use to a secondary school, a yearly report shall be submitted to the Township indicating that such residents are or were students, faculty, or permitted family members associated with the primary institutional use during the prior year.
    • No change.
  • The lot on which the use is proposed, and the building(s) erected thereon shall conform to the following minimum bulk and area standards: bulk and area standards C. above.
    • The minimum lot area shall be the same as required in the district in which the school is to be located.
    • Lot width and frontage requirements shall be the same as the underlying zoning district where the proposed school is to be located.
    • The following yard setbacks shall apply to both primary and accessory buildings:
      • Front, side, and rear yard setbacks shall comply with § 244-88B.
    • Unless otherwise addressed herein, all other bulk requirements of the underlying zoning district shall apply.
  • No change.
  • Schools and accessory uses shall be subject to the principal use height limitation in the underlying zoning district. Reserved.
  • No change.
  • No change.
  • No change.

• No change.

SECTION 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.

SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.

DATE: _______________________                                      __________________________                                   

MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

INTRODUCED:         May 13, 2025

ADOPTED:               

ATTEST:                                                                                   

____________________________

                                                                                    SANDRA MARTIN, RMC

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 13th day of May, 2025, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 27th day of May, 2025 at 6:30 p.m., at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.

______________________________SANDRA F. MARTIN, RMC, CMR