U.F. to get a different dreamland BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD - Dreamland may no longer be a place of wide open space. In a 6-1 vote on Feb. 6, the township's Board of Health approved 22 of the 39 proposed lots for Dreamland Farm. Board member George King voted against the measure. Known as Dreamland Estates, the subdivision is located on Schoolhouse Road and backs onto Burlington Path Road. During the motion to approve the lots, each approved and unapproved lot number was specifically read into record. Freehold Area Board of Health Officer Margaret Jahn said the remaining 17 lots have artesian conditions and their approval lies outside the scope of the board's authority. She noted that the applicant has expressed interest in applying for a New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The applicant would have to try to prove that developing in the areas with artesian conditions would not affect surrounding area wells, which Jahn described as "quite an undertaking." The applicant presented a schematic test plan for the subdivision to the township's Planning Board in October 2005. At that time, David Molski, the owner of Dreamland Farm, said he had asked the state for $12,000 an acre to put his property into the Farmland Preservation Program, but the state was only willing to pay him $4,000 per acre. Under the township's current 3-acre zoning, the 108-acre property could yield 29 lots. The developer could also use the township's cluster provision, which allows a 35 percent bonus density if at least 50 percent of the tract is preserved. If the applicant uses the cluster provision, the development could consist of 39 lots and 54 acres of open space. King asked whether the applicant would have to reconfigure the site plans if approval was not received for the lots with artesian conditions. Chairman Dr. S. Perrine Dey said the unapproved lots would likely be incorporated into the others, creating larger acreage per lot than what the original schematic map of the subdivision showed. Molski, who was in the audience, agreed, saying that the unapproved lots "would become a huge lawn for someone." He said that instead of 1-acre lots, they could be 3-acre lots and that some may be farmettes. The lots would be combined rather than reconfigured, he said. With Board of Health approval for the 22 lots, the application can now go before the Planning Board, according to Jahn.