

Irrigation system and a swing set structure on the easement. The purpose of this is for the State to have an additional pair of eyes of lands which are supposed to be conserved.)Īfter Leone purchased his property, he installed an underground (Essentially, in order to receive a $750,000 grant from the State, the Township agreed that all conservation easements already granted to the Township will additionally be granted to the State as well. Township for those purposes at the time of receipt of Green Acres funding.

This encumbrance prohibited the Township from conveying, disposing, or diverting for any use other than recreation and conservation purposes any lands held by the Under this program, all lands held by the Township for conservation - including the easement on Leone'sĮncumbered by the Green Acres laws. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Green Acres Project. To be eligible for this grant, the Township agreed to participate in In 2017, the Township sought a State grant of $750,000 in order to build an Or any structures of any kind whatsoever. Its natural state in perpetuity, and the current and future owners shall be prohibited from constructingĪnything in said easement area, including fences, sheds Therefore, the deed granting the easement states that it is intended that said property remain in To protect the property from any type of development orĭisturbance. The development, the Township required the developer to grant a farmland and perimeterīuffer and conservation easement to the Township. Because the development is adjacent to a farm, as a condition of the major subdivision approval for New residential development in Freehold in December 2015.

Julian Leone and his wife purchased a single-family home on property in a
