Recreation and Open Space Inventory (ROSI)

 

You are about to search the Recreation and Open Space Inventory (ROSI) database maintained by the Green Acres Program and the Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration.

This database includes municipal, county and nonprofit parkland encumbered by as a condition of Green Acres funding. It does not include State owned parkland or lands preserved through other sources of funding.

For information on State held parkland, please contact the Public Land Compliance Section staff person assigned to the county in which the property is located.

For information on preserved lands not encumbered with Green Acres restrictions, please contact the landowner.

WHAT IS A ROSI?

 

  • Each local unit (municipality or county) is required to prepare a ROSI as a condition of applying for and receiving Green Acres funding.

 

  • The ROSI lists all Green Acres-funded properties (“funded parkland”) as well as all other lands held for conservation and/or recreation purposes at the time the local unit last received funding from Green Acres (“unfunded parkland”).

 

  • Lands listed on a ROSI include those owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the local unit and may include land owned in fee, land leased by the local unit for recreation purposes, land owned by a private entity upon which the local unit holds a conservation easement, or any land in which the local unit holds a specific recreation and/or conservation interest.
DISCLAIMERS
  • Although the Department works with Local Units to reconcile ROSI information as part of the funding process, it relies in good faith on the accuracy of the information provided by the Local Unit(s) in maintaining the accuracy of our database.
  • Because Green Acres restrictions are contractual and statutory in nature, a property may be subject to Green Acres restrictions even if it is omitted from a ROSI.
  • The tax block and lot numbering of properties listed on the ROSI may have changed since the ROSI was submitted, and typographical errors or other errors may have occurred when the ROSI was submitted to the Department.  The information in this database should be confirmed with the property owner and the Department, and should not be relied upon to determine that the property is not encumbered with Green Acres restrictions.
  • If there is a question as to whether a parcel should or should not be included on the ROSI, please see the Green Acres Rules, specifically N.J.A.C. 7:36-25.3, for guidance and then contact the Local Unit.
  • All questions concerning proposed uses of Green Acres restricted lands should first be addressed first to the Local Unit and then the appropriate Public Land Compliance Section staff person assigned to the county in which the property is located.

Any discrepancies, whether in the form of an incorrect block/lot listing or parcels missing from the ROSI, should be brought to the attention of Nancy Lawrence.

Facility Name: If followed by - DIV = parcel was entirely diverted; if followed by - P/DIV = parcel was partially diverted; and if followed by - COMP = parcel was a compensation piece for previous diversion.

Interest: CR: Conservation Restriction; Fee: Fee Simple; Lease: Leased land

Type: M - Municipal; C - County; N - Non Profit