N.J. Admin. Code § 7:13-7.55 - Permit-by-rule 55-commencement of new agricultural activities

(a) Permit-by-rule 55 authorizes the commencement of new agricultural activities, such as grazing, harvesting, horticulture, irrigation, planting, tilling, viticulture, and watering, on land that is not actively farmed, provided the conditions at N.J.A.C. 7:13-6.7 are met and:

1. The existing ground elevation is not raised in any floodway;

2. The activities do not result in the displacement of flood storage volume or the construction of an aboveground structure within a flood hazard area; and

3. Any clearing, cutting, and/or removal of riparian zone vegetation is limited to actively disturbed areas.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 7:13-7.55

Adopted by 48 N.J.R. 1067(a), effective 6/20/2016