PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

27.45 +/- All of the property is at the Vineland City line but mostly in Franklin Township ( Malaga ) Gloucester County. The existing house is on 5.74 acres, there are 20.67, .74 and .31 contiguous acres, some of the acreage wrapping into Vineland City. The house has Vineland City water. The purpose of this district is to encourage appropriate development in the traditional core village area in the Malaga section of the Township, which is concentrated around the Delsea Drive/Harding Highway/West Boulevard intersection and extending to Grubb Road. This is an area subject to high volumes of pass-through traffic, yet includes concentrations of higher density residential development. Commercial and office uses are encouraged to minimize the visual and functional conflicts between residential and nonresidential uses within and adjacent to the district; encourage shared parking and shared driveways; and encourage pedestrian activity and uses that minimize noise and congestion. The Malaga area once contained the largest collection of significant historic structures in the Township, many of which have been demolished. This area is the most cohesive of all of the village communities in the Township. Business offices. Professional offices. Personal service establishments. Retail stores and shops. Banks, savings and loans, credit unions and similar institutions. Convenience retail including convenience retail with fueling stations. Studios for artists, craftsmen, photography, dance or music. Restaurants and cafes, including restaurants with drive-through windows. Bars, taverns and inns. Clubs, lodges or fraternal organizations. Places of worship. Mass transit stations and depots. Existing retail stores and shops. Child-care centers. Government buildings. Public utilities and public utility substations. Bed-and-breakfast establishments. Single-family detached housing. Assisted living centers, convalescent centers and nursing homes served by public sewer or on-site wastewater treatment system. Age restricted single-family detached, semidetached and apartment housing (apartment housing to be served by public sewer or on-site wastewater treatment system). Duplex conversions in single-family houses with gross floor area in excess of 3,000 square feet, with the following restriction: minimum lot size requirement: (two acres).