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Many municipalities have taken the extra step of adopting a local Right to Farm ordinance to show their support for farmers and local agriculture. The Right to Farm Program can assist municipalities in drafting or revising a local Right to Farm ordinance. The program has developed a Model Right to Farm Ordinance, and Right to Farm Program staff, along with County Agriculture Development Board staff, are available to help answer questions and discuss ideas with municipal officials. The Right to Farm Program is assembling a statewide list of New Jersey's local Right to Farm ordinances. Below is a list of municipalities with an ordinance. For any municipality below without a link to its online code, contact the municipal clerk or Right to Farm Program staff to obtain a copy. Atlantic - Burlington - Camden - Cape May - Cumberland - Gloucester - Hunterdon
This might be one of several measures a town has taken (some have adopted additional ordinances or developed comprehensive farmland preservation plans, for instance) to support and promote agriculture as a business.
Mercer - Middlesex - Monmouth - Morris - Ocean - Salem - Somerset - Sussex - Warren
| Atlantic | |
| Buena - Ch. 150-136, Farming rights | |
| - Ch. 225, Zoning - 225-50.1, Agriculture | |
| - Ch. 175, Land Development - Article XII, Design, Performance and Evaluation Standards - 175-88, Agricultural Management | |
| Burlington | |
| - Ch. 62 Agricultural and Farming Activities - 62.1, Right to farm, permitted use | |
| - Ch. 160, Zoning - 160-33.1, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 34, Agriculture - Article I, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 19A, Right to farm | |
| - Ch. 72, Right to Farm | |
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North Hanover |
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| - Ch. 110, Land Development - 110-24, Right to Farm | |
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Southampton - Ch. 12, Land Development - 12-3.5 AR - Agricultural Residential District |
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| - Ch. 215, Zoning - 215-99, Right to Farm | |
| Camden | |
| Waterford | |
| Cape May | |
| - Ch. 302, Right to Farm | |
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- Ch. 139, Farming - 139.1-2, Right to Farm |
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| Dennis | |
| - Ch. 16, Right to Farm | |
| Cumberland | |
| - Ch. 120, Land Development - 120-21, Overlay District Regulations - 120-21.A, Agricultural Industrial and Commercial Overlay District. | |
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Greenwich |
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| Hopewell | |
| Lawrence | |
| - Ch. 30, Land Use and Development - Article XV, Specially Protected Uses - 30-146, Farms. (Search "30-146") | |
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Upper Deerfield |
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| - Ch. 425-281, A.5, Agricultural Zones standards, and 4.6, Agricultural Zones standards | |
| Gloucester | |
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East Greenwich |
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| - Ch. 63, Farmland Preservation - Article I, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 253, Land Development - 253-101, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 225, Zoning - Article XI, Right to Farm District - 225-82 to 225-84 | |
| - Ch. 90, Farming | |
| Mantua | |
| - Ch. 175, Land Management - 175-90, Agriculture | |
| - Ch. 211, Right to Farm | |
| - Part 5, Zoning - 90-5.36, Right to Farm | |
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- Ch. 143, Property Maintenance - 143-14, Right to Farm; |
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| Hunterdon | |
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Alexandria |
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Bethlehem |
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| - Ch. 165, Land Use Regulations, 165-123 Right to Farm | |
| Delaware Twp. - III-15, 3:4.3, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 110, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 81, Farming | |
| - Ch. 74, Farming | |
| - Ch. 400, Zoning - Article II, Regulations - 400-14, Right to Farm | |
| Raritan | |
| - Ch. 116, Farming - 116-1, Right to Farm | |
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Tewksbury |
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| - Ch. 109, Land Development - 109-64, Right to Farm | |
| Mercer | |
| East Windsor | |
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- Ch. 160, Land Development - 160.136, Right to farm |
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| Hopewell Twp. - Ch. XXII, Right to Farm. (Click Hopewell Right to Farm Ordinance) | |
| Lawrence | |
| - Ch. 200, Land Use - 200-146, Right to Farm | |
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- Ch. 142, Land Use - Article XII, Right to Farm |
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| Middlesex | |
| - Ch.81, Farming; 81.1-3, Right to Farm | |
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East Brunswick |
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| - Ch. 113, Farming and Agriculture | |
| - Ch. 151, Right to Farm | |
| Piscataway | |
| - Ch. 61, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch.42, Environment; Article VI, Farming | |
| Monmouth | |
| - Ch 180, Right to Farm | |
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- Ch. 265, Right to Farm |
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| Holmdel Twp. - Ch. 24, Farming / 24-1, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 244, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 95, Development Regulations - 95-7.48, Right to Farm; Ch. 164, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 220, Land Use Development - Article III, Zoning: Standards and Regulations - 220-36, Right to Farm | |
| Millstone - Ch. 27-1, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. XXIII, Right to Farm and Country Code | |
| Morris - See also the | |
| - Ch. 102, Land Use - Part 9, Zoning - Article XXVIII, General Provisions - 102-157, Agricultural uses | |
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- Ch. 163, Land Development. (No Right to Farm ordinance, but has some Right to Farm elements) |
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| - Ch. 93, Farming - Right to Farm | |
| Denville | |
| - Ch. 225, Land Use and Development - Part 3, Zoning - Article XXII, General Zoning Provisions - 225-116.L, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 229 - Right to Farm | |
| Lincoln Park - Article XIX - Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. XXXVI - Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 215, Zoning - 215-12.1, Agricultural Uses | |
| Mendham Twp. | |
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- Ch. 230, Land Use and Development - Part 4, Zoning Regulations - Article XV: General Provisions - 230-143, Right to Farm |
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- Ch. 400, Land Use - Article VIII, Right to Farm - 400-102 to 400-104 |
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Randolph |
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| Rockaway | |
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- Ch. 217, Zoning - 217-40, Agricultural uses |
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| Ocean | |
| Dover - Ch. 348, Land Use and Development - 348-5.25.1, Right to Farm | |
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Jackson - Ch. 109, Land Use and Development - 109-161, Right to Farm |
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| - Ch. 2, Agricultural and Farming Activities | |
| Salem | |
| - Ch. 60, Land Use and Development - 60-3, Right to Farm | |
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Upper Pittsgrove |
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| Somerset | |
| Bernards - Ch. 29, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. XXV, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 112, Land Development - Article XXI, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 163, Farming - Article I, Right to Farm; Ch. 188 Land Use and Development - Article V: Districts and Standards - 188-99.3.K, Agricultural Districts, Right to Farm | |
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- Ch. VIII, Building, Housing, and Farming - 8.5, Right to Farm |
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| - Ch. XXI - Right to Farm | |
| Sussex | |
| - Ch. 190 Zoning - 190-29, Right to farm. | |
| - Ch. XXVIII - Right to Farm | |
| Franklin - Ch. 161, Land Development - 161-38, Right to Farm | |
| Fredon | |
| Green | |
| - Ch. 107, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 85, Farming | |
| Lafayette | |
| Montague | |
| - Ch. 67, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 179, Right to Farm | |
| Vernon | |
| Wantage - Ch. 13, Zoning - 13.19, Right to Farm | |
| Warren | |
| - Ch. 153, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 73, Farming - Article I, Agricultural Rights - Ch. 73.1-3, Right to farm | |
| Frelinghuysen | |
| Greenwich | |
| - Ch. 165, Zoning - Article IV, Provisions Applicable to All Districts - 165-20.1, Right to Farm | |
| Hope | |
| - Ch. 203, Farming - Article I, Right to Farm | |
| Knowlton | |
| - Ch. 58, Farming | |
| Mansfield | |
| - Ch. 285, Zoning - 285-31, Right to farm | |
| - Ch. 98, Right to Farm | |
| - Ch. 217, Right to Farm | |
| For more information on the Right to Farm Program, contact your CADB or the SADC at (609) 984-2504. | |
