N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-9.8
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
(a) Canals are navigation channels for boat traffic through land areas which are created by cutting and dredging or other human construction technique sometimes enlarging existing natural surface water channels. The Cape May, Point Pleasant, and Delaware and Raritan Canals are the principal examples in the New Jersey coastal zone.(b) In canals presently used for navigation, any use that would interfere with existing or proposed canal boat traffic is prohibited.(c) In the Delaware and Raritan Canal, and in the surrounding Review Zone established by the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission, development must be consistent with the rules and regulations of the Review Zone of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park ( N.J.A.C. 7:45).(d) Rationale: Canals represent a large capital investment to create boat traffic routes. Of the coastal canals, the Cape May and Manasquan-Bay Head canals are still used extensively for their original purposes. Maintenance of this original function is encouraged. Abandoned canals offer recreational opportunities. The Delaware and Raritan Canal has been redeveloped as a State park with recreational boating and continued use as a water supply facility. Similar reuses in the coastal zone are encouraged.N.J. Admin. Code § 7:7-9.8
Renumbered from 7:7E-3.8 by 47 N.J.R. 1392(a), effective 7/6/2015Amended by 50 N.J.R. 361(a), effective 1/16/2018