7:7E-5B.5 Vegetative cover percentages for a site inthe CAFRA area
(a) The area (in acres) on a site in the CAFRA area in which trees and/or herb/shrub vegetation shall be planted or preserved is calculated as follows:
1. To determine the area (in acres) of tree preservation and/or tree planting on the site:
i. Determine the location of the site for purposes of determining applicable vegetative cover percentages using the method described at N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.5(b);
ii. Identify the forested or unforested portions of the site, as determined under N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5.5; and
iii. For each forested site or portion identified at (a)1 ii above, multiply the acreage of the net land area on the forested site or forested portion as determined under N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5.3(d), by the tree preservation percentage in Table I below for the site location that applies to the site or portion, as determined under (a)1i above; and
iv. For each unforested site or portion identified at (a)1ii above, multiply the acreage of the net land area on the site or portion, as determined under N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5.3(d), by the tree planting percentage in Table I below for the site location that applies to the site or portion, as determined under (a)1i above; and
2. To determine the area (in acres) of herb/shrub vegetation preservation or planting on the site, subtract both the acreage of the impervious cover allowed under N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.4 and the acreage of tree planting and/or preservation required under (a)1 above from the acreage of the net land area on the site.
(b) If the sum of the acreage of tree planting required under (a) 1 above plus the acreage of either the existing impervious cover on the site as determined under N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.4 (c), (d), (e)3 or (f) or the acreage covered by buildings and/or asphalt or concrete pavement as determined under N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.4 (e)2, exceeds the net land area on the site, as determined under N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5.3 (d), then trees shall be planted in area (in acres) remaining after the acreage of impervious cover or acreage covered by buildings and/or asphalt or concrete pavement is subtracted from the acreage of the net land area on the site.
(c) The preservation or planting of trees and/or herb/shrub vegetation areas shall comply with the vegetative cover requirements at N.J.A.C.7:7E-5.4.
1. The requirement for tree planting at (a)1 above can be satisfied by preserving equivalent forested areas in addition to that required under (a)l above.
2. The requirement for planting of herb/shrub vegetation at (a)2 above can be satisfied by preserving equivalent wooded areas or planting an equivalent area of trees in addition to that required under (a) 1 above.
TABLE I Tree Preservation and Planting Percentages for Forested and Unforested Sites
Tree preservation Tree and/or preservation planning for percentage for unforested forested portion portion Site Location of site of site
CAFRA urban center 10 percent 0 percent CAFRA regional center Coastal regional center CAFRA core CAFRA node Military installation
CAFRA town 25 percent 5 percent Coastal town
CAFRA village 30 percent 5 percent Coastal village
CAFRA hamlet 40 percent 5 percent Coastal hamlet
Coastal Metropolitan Planning Area 10 percent 0 percent
Coastal Suburban Planning Area, within a sewer service area[fn*] 35 percent 5 percent
Coastal Suburban Planning Area, outside a sewer service area[fn*] 70 percent 5 percent
Coastal Fringe Planning Area
Coastal Rural Planning Area
Coastal Environmentally
Sensitive Planning Area
[fn*] "Sewer service area," for the purpose of this section, means the "sewer service area" as described at N.J.A.C. 7:15-5.16(a) and 5.18(c)4 and 5, and identified in a wastewater management plan in accordance with the Water Quality Management Planning rules at N.J.A.C. 7:15-5 and/or in an areawide water quality management plan in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:15-3. Wastewater management plans and areawide water quality management plans may be reviewed at the Department's Division of Watershed Management, 401 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey; 609-984-0058.
Administrative correction. See: 32 N.J.R. 1515(b). Recodified from N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.4 and amended by R. 2001 d. 81, effective March 5, 2001. See: 32 N.J.R. 352(a), 32 N.J.R. 682(a), 33 N.J.R. 843(a). In (a) and (b), amended N.J.A.C. references. Amended by R. 2003 d. 60, effective February 3, 2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 74(a), 35 N.J.R. 632(a). In (b), substituted "7:7E-5B.4(c), (d), (e)3" for "7:7E-5B.4(c), (d)" "7:7E-5B.4(e)2" for "7:7E-5B.4(e)"; in (c), added 1, 2.