1007 River Rd, Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215

Pinelands Village-Neighborhood Business Zone

It is the intent of this chapter to encourage infill within the boundaries of existing discrete developed areas identified as Pinelands Villages. Moreover, the stated goal is to maintain the existing character of the Pinelands Villages and to retain cultural ties with a rural, agrarian way of life. Uses that are compatible with the established village character shall be encouraged, providing they are environmentally acceptable and further providing they will limit their ultimate potential for growth to the immediate Pinelands Village area.; Pinelands Village-Neighborhood Business Zone. It is the further intent of this chapter to create and encourage pocket neighborhood business zones to accommodate viable, existing businesses and new businesses found to be compatible with both the established Pinelands Village character and the environment. Neighborhood Business Zone locations were selected so their centers are either hubs of existing commercial activity or prospective commercial subregions with a readily available transportation network, commercial exposure and compatibility with surrounding land usage and character. The Pinelands Village-Neighborhood Business Zone is also intended to provide an interim transition zone where residential uses may continue by right, subject to future land use definition.