136 S Hook Rd, Pennsville, NJ 08070

Conservation District

Conservation districts are classified as CONS-Conservation. CONS-Conservation districts contain wetlands, floodplains, streams, stream corridors, woodlands, and other water systems and natural resources which should be protected and conserved to minimize their disturbance, to prevent damage from erosion, floods, siltation and water turbidity, to prevent the loss of vegetation, fish, wildlife and natural habitat, to permit adequate recharge of groundwater aquifers and to protect the quality of ground- and surface-waters. Conservation or preservation of these resources in an undisturbed and natural condition constitutes important physical, aesthetic, recreational, safety, health and economic assets to existing and future residents of Pennsville Township. It is the specific intent that use and development within CONS-Conservation districts be limited only to types of use and development which are compatible with natural conditions at the lot being proposed for such use or 542 development, and which do not increase existing flood elevations and do not have any significant adverse impacts.