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Does putting up these hoop houses count as farming / agricultural use |
Yes it is agricultural use - he's raising plants |
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No it is not agricultural use - could put hoop houses up on asphault |
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Unsure if it is or is not - what happens when hoop houses fall apart and someone wants to plant in the ground |
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Jam Lady
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Piggyphile
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Rob R
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2501 Location: New Jersey, USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 15 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Farmland Preservation - New Jersey wants to protect high quality agricultural soils. Development rights are sold but you continue to own the land.
https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/sadc/farmpreserve/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmland_preservation
The issue here is that he dug off the soil, put up hoop houses.
"The nurseryman had been the target of environmentalists since before 2003, when the Delaware Riverkeeper Network joined opponents who said the excavation work was not in accordance with the restrictions placed on the land, said Tracy Carluccio, the riverkeeper network’s deputy director.
According to the state Attorney General’s Office, the soil is some of the best in New Jersey, capable of supporting crops such as corn, wheat, oats, hay, barley and soy beans.
The construction, Carluccio said, removed the soil mantle, transported much of the soil itself and replaced it all with a swath of impervious surfaces in the form of plastic-wrapped greenhouses called hoop houses. Not all of the soil was disturbed, Carluccio said, but enough was destroyed that it could present some problems to the area’s water supply, which supports about a million homes in central New Jersey.
"It increases the stormwater run-off, and there’s the loss of groundwater recharge," she said."
The business "grows perennials, mums and annuals and focuses on sales to large retailers, garden centers, cemeteries, supermarkets and smaller stores, the website states."
My understanding is that the plants - all in pots - are benched. Yes it is still agricultural - that's his response - but not in the intent of the law. The high quality of the land is no longer being maintained. BTW - what's under discussion is about 20 acres of a well over 100 acre parcel. |
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Ty Gwyn
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