25 Schanck Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733

Rural Conservation District

The purposes of the R-4R District are as follows: To guide the appropriate use and development of the remaining developable residential lands in Holmdel in a manner that protects natural systems.; To promote a desirable visual environment and good civic design and arrangements by regulating building type, street design, and open space, by encouraging buildings to face greens wherever possible, and by encouraging creative development techniques to preserve natural and scenic resources.; To encourage developments which utilize residential clustering to preserve scenic and natural resources and to provide neighborhoods with a sense of place.; To promote the conservation of Holmdel's remaining open space and natural resources while permitting appropriate residential development.; To prevent urban sprawl and degradation of the environment by encouraging development that respects its environmental setting, is properly sited so as to protect natural resources, and provides for natural stormwater management.; To ensure that development in the R-4R District preserves wetlands, wetland buffers, steep slopes, stream corridors, existing forested areas, significant trees, specimen trees, historic sites and structures, and scenic views of open space from public rights-of-way.