Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan

• Cover Page
• Executive Summary
• Table of Contents
• Chapter I: Morris County’s Agricultural Land Base
• Chapter II: Morris County’s Agricultural Industry
• Chapter III: Land Use Planning Context
• Chapter IV: Morris County’s Farmland Preservation Program
• Chapter V: Future Farmland Preservation Program
• Chapter VI: Economic Development
• Chapter VII: Natural Resource Conservation
• Chapter VIII: Agricultural Industry Sustainability, Retention and Promotion

Maps:

• Soils in Morris County (4.5 MB)
• Farmland in Morris County (9 MB)
• Agricultural Development Area (5 MB)
• Northeast Project Area (770 KB)
• Central Project Area – North (879 KB)
• Central Project Area – South (617 KB)
• West Project Area – South (534 KB)
• West Project Area – North (634 KB)

Appendices:

• Appendix A: Mission Statement
• Appendix B: Preserved Farms
• Appendix C: Farmland Preservation Program Statistics
• Appendix D: Charts: Cumulative & Annual Acres Preserved
• Appendix E: Pending Projects
• Appendix F: Morris CADB Policies (PDF 1MB)
• Appendix G: Ranking System
• Appendix H: Washington Township’s Cluster Ordinance (PDF 1MB)
• Appendix I: SADC’s Right to Farm Model Ordinance
• Appendix J: NJ State Development and Redevelopment Plan (PDF 1MB)
• Appendix K: Goals and Objectives of the Morris County Master Plan
• Appendix L: 8-9-07 Morris CADB Meeting Minutes (PDF 1.5MB)
• Appendix M: 8-Year Program Farms

Reports: List of Farms Eligible for Preservation

Farm Eligibility: To review the criteria utilized by the Morris CADB to select and rank farms, please see Policy: P-8, Easement Purchase Program Eligibility and Ranking System and Policy: P-9, Agricultural Development Area (ADA).