NJ Highlands Special Environmental Zone

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)
Publication_Date: 20120201
Title: NJ Highlands Special Environmental Zone
Edition: 2.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Chester, NJ
Publisher:
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/>
Description:
Abstract:
The Special Environmental Zone in the Preservation Area responds to Section 12.a of the Highlands Act, which are areas that should not be developed due to their importance for water resource and ecological protection.
Purpose:
In order to protect the important critical resources of the Highlands Region, preservation of the lands in which these resources are located must be encouraged and funded. However, since funds are not limitless, the resource values of lands must be ranked in terms of their importance and long-term viability. In order to determine high priority areas in the Highlands Region for preservation, the Council used the results of the Resource Assessment to identify and prioritize those lands within the Highlands Region which have the highest water and ecological resource values. These values are based on a combination of indicators using methodologies discussed elsewhere in the RMP which measure the quantity and quality of regional resources such as: watershed conditions, Highlands Open Waters, Riparian Areas, prime ground water recharge areas, forests, Critical Habitat, and steep slopes. Moreover, existing protected lands, showing the historic pattern of land preservation activities in the Region, will be identified and integrated with the ecological resource value to identify priority areas for conservation. This prioritization process will enable the Council to identify a confidential inventory of open space lands and farmland within the Conservation Priority Area and the Agricultural Priority Area and a Special Environmental Zone in the Preservation Area to respond to Section 12.a of the Highlands Act, which are areas that should not be developed due to their importance for water resource and ecological protection. The Highlands Council used its identification of Conservation Priority Area and other data to identify the Special Environmental Zone. Preservation of the Special Environmental Zone will occur through a variety of regulatory and preservation programs, including coordination with the NJDEP regarding both.
Supplemental_Information:
Area in the Highlands Region which should not be developed in order to protect water resources and environmentally sensitive lands based upon RMP Conservation Priority Area rank, and the potential to a) protect water supply reservoirs and other critical water features, b) create large contiguous areas of environmentally sensitive lands, c) create habitat corridors, and d) connect existing preserved open space. Existing land use patterns shall be considered to minimize conflicts between the designation of a Special Environmental Zone and ongoing land uses.
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Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.175417
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South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.636062
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: Special Environmental Zones
Theme_Keyword: SEZ
Theme_Keyword: Protection
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre, 015
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1. Digital data received from the Highlands Council are to be used solely for internal purposes in the conduct of daily affairs.
2. The data are provided, as is, without warranty of any kind and the user is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, or as documented in any accompanying Data Dictionary and Readme files. Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact.
3. Digital data received from the Highlands Council may not be reproduced or redistributed for use by anyone without first obtaining written authorization from the Highlands Council. This clause is not intended to restrict distribution of printed mapped information produced from the digital data.
4. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize Highlands Council digital data will credit the Highlands Council's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer:
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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NJ Highlands Council
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 100 North Road
City: Chester
State_or_Province: New Jersey
Postal_Code: 07930
Country: UNITED STATES
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (908) 879-6737
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
Hours_of_Service: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
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Process_Step:
Process_Description:
In order to create an element with critical mass with a greater focus on water protection, the following methodology was developed:
Five indicators from the Highlands Land Preservation and StewardshipTechnical Report were chosen as the best indicators for protection of water resource and environmentally sensitive lands: Forest within the Forest Resource Area Riparian Corridor Condition High Highlands Open Water Protection Area Critical Habitat Water Quality Management Tier - 1,000' buffer on all lakes within the Protection Zone, Conservation Zone, and the Environmentally-Constrained Sub-zones in both the Conservation and Existing Community Zones (excluding the Lake Community Sub-zone, which is already developed)
Using the Conservation Priority Area Clusters, determine the percent of each water protection indicator within undeveloped, unpreserved portions of the cluster. The analysis clipped the cluster to the Preservation Area boundary and removed the preserved lands from within the Preservation Area portion of the cluster; the remaining land was subject to the environmental features evaluation. These lands were evaluated to determine the percentage of each of the five indicators, and then the percentages were added. This means that the highest total percentage achievable for a cluster is 500% (i.e., if all five water protection indicators were present at 100% of the acreage within the cluster). Once the percentages were determined for the clusters, they were summed. With a total possible score of 500%, our cluster scores ranged From 0 to 300%. The range was then reviewed for natural breaks and connectivity to already preserved lands and it was determined that a score of 192% or greater would be the highest priority. Additionally, parcels that were not contiguous to existing preserved lands were removed as were parcels that were entirely water. Staff visually reviewed each parcel for Quality Assurace and Quality Control. This resulted in including approximately 360 parcels totaling 19,000 acres in the Zone. This approach maintains the cluster feature from the Conservation Priority Areas, focuses on the Preservation Area, and evaluates the nature and extent of the water protection features surrounding the preserved lands within the cluster.
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City: Chester
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Postal_Code: 07930
Country: UNITED STATES
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Contact_Organization: New Jersey Highlands Council
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Address: 100 North Road (Route 513)
City: Chester
State_or_Province: New Jersey
Postal_Code: 07930
Country: UNITED STATES
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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 908-879-4205
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
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