109 Timberwick Rd, Stewartsville, NJ 08886-3013

Highlands Preservation Area District

The purposes of the Highlands Preservation Area HPA Zoning District are: To encourage land use patterns and development practices which enhance the Township, county and state efforts to retain farmland and protect drinking water and other significant natural resources within the Township.; To permit limited nonfarm related residential development in a location and manner that will be consistent with the continuation of farming and natural resource protection.; To support the preservation of existing farm operations and limit conflicts between agricultural and nonagricultural uses by encouraging the separation of residential from active farms.; To limit impervious coverage in order to maximize groundwater recharge capacities and protect underlying carbonate rock groundwater reserves.; To implement the goals, objectives, policies and programs set forth in the 2006 Land Use Plan, Conservation Plan and the recommendations of the 2006 Reexamination Report of the Master Plan and Development Regulations for the Township of Greenwich.; To encourage land use patterns and development practices which enhance Township, county and state efforts to protect surface and groundwater and other significant natural resources consistent with the provisions of the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act N.J.S.A. 13:20-1 et seq. and NJDEP Highlands Rules N.J.A.C. 7.28 et seq. which establishes the environmental standards and procedures by which the NJDEP shall review any development applications within the Highlands Preservation Area pursuant to the Highlands Act and the Greenwich Township Master Plan.