The permit is only needed to demonstrate compliance with the statutory requirements to allow farming in a non-farm zoned district. It's a simple "does this farm pass the test" sort of permit. The only reason not-my-real-name's client got rejected is because some dingbat thinks that 0.0001 acre below 2 acres fails the requirement. Remember, this law is a "right to farm" provision that encourages farming where it might otherwise not be happening.
As to whether I would prefer a 2 acre fallow lot vs. something planted - eh, it's not my land. The bunny rabbits and deer would certainly be happier with fallow. The real question is, would I prefer the land be farmed or see an office building put up?
If the 2 acres is square shifting one line .002' would fix it.
They've lost their minds
I own property in a rural farmland community is the largest township (area wise and the largest county in NJ). That being said, our town supports these types of efforts and the application would breeze through, without a second thought, unless it was being contested by adjoining owners.
Most of the towns in our area have consulting municipal engineers that almost never run these things by their licensed surveyor because they bill the applicant by the hour to review the application and write ridiculously long review letters for something as simple as constructing a movable shed that is too close to a property line by ordinance.
I worked in municipal engineering for 16 years and would never think to go past a single decimal place to round up to the nearest acre, if I were reviewing the application. Others are not so ethical and are only interested in getting their billable time in to soak the applicant's escrow.
I'm wondering what the closure error is in the deed? Like MightyMoe said "shifting one line .002′ would fix it."
Another case of a Reviewer not having any knowledge of measurement error and/or significant digits.
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A person could argue that dimensions expressed to the nearest hundredth implies that the exact dimension may be as much as 0.00499' greater. Assume so and recompute.
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