Monthly Archives: February 2015

Carteret will hear Mixed-Use Application Consisting of 261 Apartments and Retail

Posted in: Apartments, Area in Need Determination, Counties, Middlesex County NJ, Mixed-Use, Site Plan - Subdivision by | No Comments Friday, February 20, 2015

Public Notice:

BOROUGH OF CARTERET Public Notice Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Planning Board of the Borough of Carteret on Wednesday evening, February 25, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in the Carteret Police and Municipal Court Building, 230 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ, regarding the application of Meridia, Cosmopolitan, Carteret, LLC, as the Designated Redeveloper of the subject property, who has filed an application with the Planning Board of the Borough of Carteret seeking amended site plan approval and such additional waivers and deviations from The Cooke Avenue Mixed Use Redevelopment Plan, District I, as may be deemed necessary in order to allow the demolition of all existing improvements on the subject property and permit construction of a five story mixed use structure containing a restaurant and other commercial and retail uses on the ground floor and 261 apartments units on the first through fourth floors. The ground floor will include off street parking to accommodate 153 automobiles. When the number of off-street parking spaces is added to the other proposed on street parking spaces, the total will be 215 spaces. The rooftop will include a restaurant. The property that is the subject of this application encompasses all of the property bounded by Cooke Avenue, Washington Avenue, High Street and Irving Street, Carteret, also known as Lots 1 – 15 in Block 6502 on the Carteret Tax Map. Maps, plans and other related documents are on file in the office of the Department of Planning and Zoning and are available for inspection during normal business hours. Meridia, Cosmopolitan, Carteret, LLC, Applicant JOHN DeNOIA, Attorney for Applicant 843 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ ($29.40)
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No Hangover in Hackensack for Micro Brewery

Posted in: Bergen County NJ, Counties by | No Comments Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Public Notice:

 

CITY OF HACKENSACK ORDINANCE NO. 05-2015 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ordinance No. 05-2015 of the City of Hackensack, County of Bergen and State of New Jersey, entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 175 PERMITTING CERTAIN ALCOHOL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES “MICRO BREWERY” IN M-1, M-2 AND REHABILITATION AREA ZONE DISTRICTS was introduced and has passed its first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the City of Hackensack, in the County of Bergen, State of New Jersey, on February 12, 2015. It will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the City Council to be held at City Hall, Council Chambers, 65 Central Avenue, on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can reached. Deborah Karlsson, City Clerk CITY OF HACKENSACK ORDINANCE NO. 05-2015 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 175 PERMITTING CERTAIN ALCOHOL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES “MICRO BREWERY” IN M-1, M-2 AND REHABILITATION AREA ZONE DISTRICTS WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Hackensack finds that modifying Chapter 175 permitting a “Micro-Brewery” use in the following Zone Districts M-1, M-2 and the Rehabilitation Area is a viable and a valuable commercial enterprise that should be promoted within the City of Hackensack to stimulate rehabilitation, reuse and redevelopment; and WHEREAS, the City of Hackensack Mayor and Council finds that after reviewing the Zoning Ordinance, 2001 Master Plan and subsequent Master Plan Reexamination Reports last completed in 2009 by the City of Hackensack Planning Board that the following Zone Districts are suitable Zones to permit a “Micro-Brewery” use; WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Hackensack has referred this Ordinance to the City of Hackensack Planning Board as required under N.J.S.A 40:55Det. seq for their review and comment for consistency with the Master Plan; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by theMayor and Council of the City of Hackensack, County of Bergen, and the State of New Jersey as follows: Section 1: Ordinance Section 175-6.9, Prohibited Uses in all Zone Districts in the City of Hackensack, Table 1, Uses Specifically Prohibited, shall add language exempting micro-breweries after “Alcohol Manufacture” so it reads as follows: Alcohol Manufacture, but not including a Micro-Brewery as defined in Ordinance Section 175-2.2 Section 2: Ordinance Section 175-2.2 shall add: MICRO-BREWERY (Limited Production Brewery including a tasting room) A facility brewing any malt alcoholic beverages in a quantity consistent with a Limited Brewery License as authorized by N.J.S.A. 33:1-10(1b). Section 3: Article X – Ordinance Section 175-10.1b – Schedule of Off-Street Parking Regulations, Subsection B, “Parking Schedule” shall be modified to add Micro-Brewery under “Private Club, Lodgeand similar places of Assembly” so it reads “Private club, lodge, meeting hall, social hall, community center building, micro-brewery, and similar place of public assembly” Section 4: Schedule of Regulations shalladd “Micro-Brewery/Tasting Room” as Permitted Uses under M-1, M-2 and the Rehabilitation Area. Section 5. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by any Court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, such provision(s) shall be deemed severable and the remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Section 6.All ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. Section 7.The City Clerk is directed to give notice at least ten days prior to the hearing on the adoption of this ordinance to the County Planning Board and to all others entitled pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-15. Upon the adoption of this ordinance, after public hearing, the City Clerk is further directed to publish notice of the passage and to file a copy of this ordinance, as finally adopted, with the Bergen County Planning Board, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-16. Section 8.This ordinance shall take effect after publication and passage according to law. Introduced: February 12, 2015 Feb. 16, 2015-Fee:$124.74(132) 3823024
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Gloucester Township Amends Glen Oak Redevelopment Plan

Posted in: Area in Need of Redevelopment, Counties, Gloucester County NJ by | No Comments Friday, February 13, 2015

Public Notice:


TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER DECISION OF THE GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD Take notice, on the 25th day of November, 2014, the Township Planning Board adopted a Resolution memorializing approval for Amending Ordinance O-97-017 Commonly known as the Glen Oaks Redevelopment Plan to Establish the BP- Business Park Overlay Zone pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40 A:12 A -1 et Seq., & Recommending the Township Council Adopt Amendment No. 4. The property is located at Block: 2301, Lot:1, 2, a portion of 3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9. This Request has been memorialized by resolution of the Gloucester Township Planning Board on January 13, 2015. The resolution, application, and plans are on file with the Planning Board Secretary of the Township of Gloucester and may be reviewed during normal hours at the Gloucester Township Municipal Building, located 1261 Chews Landing Clementon Road, Laurel Springs, NJ . Kenneth D. Lechner, Planning Board Secretary ($17.10)
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Jersey City Grants One Year Extension to Newport Developers for 790 Units

Posted in: Apartments, Area in Need of Redevelopment, Counties, Hudson County NJ, Site Plan - Subdivision by | No Comments Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Public Notice:

NOTICE OF DECISION BY THE JERSEY CITY PLANNING BOARD On January 6, 2015, the Jersey City Planning Board adopted a Resolution on Case No. P10-070 granting Newport Associates Development Company for a 1 year extension of a Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the construction of a 790 unit apartment development with a 40 story east tower, a 31 story west tower and 5 levels of apartments in front of a 6 level 794 space parking garage, ground level retail or restaurant space, a portion of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, roadways, utilities, landscaping at 700 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey, a/k/a/ Block 7302, Lot 3.25 and 3.27 f/k/a Block 20, Lot 3.21 in the Newport Redevelopment Plan. This extension extends the vesting period of the approval through June 30, 2016. Any conditions in the approval which remain unsatisfied remain in full force and effect. A copy of the resolution is available for public inspection on any working day between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Jersey City Planning Office, 30 Montgomery Street, 14th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302. Connell Foley LLP James C. McCann, Esq. Attorney for Newport Associates Development Company 01/12/15 $121.46
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Galloway Township to Hold Public Hearing on Redevelopment

Posted in: Area in Need Determination, Atlantic County, Counties by | No Comments Monday, February 9, 2015

Public Notice:

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PLANNING BOARD
Township of Galloway,
Atlantic CountyTo Whom It May Concern:

Please take notice that the Planning Board of the Township of Galloway will hold a Public Hearing on February 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal building, 300 E Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway, NJ.

The public hearing is part of the investigation by the Planning Board as to whether the following properties as shown on the Municipal Tax Map qualify as an area in need of redevelopment under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq.

Block 1171, Lot 17

Upon completion of its investigation, the Planning Board will provide its recommendation to the Township Council.

If the Township Council adopts a Resolution determining that the property is an area in need of redevelopment, such designation shall constitute a finding of public purpose which will authorize the Township to offer tax or other financial incentives to encourage the appropriate redevelopment of the area.
The redevelopment designation shall not authorize the municipality to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property in the delineated area.

The study area is located along Galloway Road in the Limited Industrial (LID) zoning district.
The study area is bounded on the west by block 1171, lots 4.01 and 6 both owned by NJDEP and by a portion of the residential development on Southport Court; on the east by block 1171 lots 18 & 24.01; on the north by the residential development on Quail Hill Boulevard; and on the south by block 1171, lot 4.14 owned by NDEP and block 1171, lot 25.
The site is partially bisected by Galloway Road.
Maps showing the extent of this area are on file with the Municipal Clerk and in the Planning/Zoning office of the Township of Galloway Municipal Building and are available for inspection Tuesday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Anyone who is interested in, or who would be affected by a determination that the area is in need of redevelopment as defined in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. and who favor or are against such a determination may be heard at the above stated time and place.

Heather Butler
Township of Galloway
Planning Board Secretary

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Perth Amboy puts Out RFP for Redeveloper

Posted in: Area in Need Determination, Counties, Middlesex County NJ, Redeveloper, RFP/RFQ by | No Comments Friday, February 6, 2015

Public Notice:


CITY OF PERTH AMBOY REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND PRESENTATION OF QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE AS DESIGNATED REDEVELOPER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposals will be received by the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency on behalf of the City of Perth Amboy, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey by May 5, 2015 at 4:00 pm prevailing time in the Office of Redevelopment, City Hall, 260 High Street, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, for: ePort Phase II Redevelopment Project Area Requests for Proposals may be obtained at the Redevelopment Office, 260 High Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 during regular business hours 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Requests for Proposals can also be downloaded from the City’s Web Site: www.ci.perthamboy.nj.us Proposals are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c.127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27 et seq. City of Perth Amboy Annie Hindenlang Executive Director ($18.04)
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Brick to Determine if Foodtown site Meets Redevelopment Qualifications

Posted in: Area in Need Determination, Counties, Ocean County NJ by | No Comments Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Public Notice:


TOWNSHIP OF BRICK ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BRICK AMENDING THE METEDECONK VILLAGE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, by Resolution dated May 1, 2007, the Township Council of the Township of Brick (the “Council”) directed the Brick Township Planning Board (the “Planning Board”) to undertake a preliminary investigation of an area designated as Block 702, Lots 30 & 31 on the Official Tax Map of the Township of Brick (the “Study Area “), which was formerly known as the Foodtown site, to determine if said area qualified as an “area in need of redevelopment” based on the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 of the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the “Redevelopment Law”); and WHEREAS, in accordance with procedures established in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6, the Planning Board held a public hearing on July 18, 2007 to discuss the findings of a preliminary investigation report concerning the Study Area and received public comment thereon, and by Resolution dated July 24, 2007, the Planning Board determined that the Study Area satisfied the statutory criteria and recommended that the Council designate the area as one in need of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, the Council accepted the Planning Board’s recommendation and, by Resolution dated August 7, 2007, designated the Study Area as one in need of redevelopment (hereinafter, the “Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area”); and WHEREAS, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7 the Council directed the Planning Board to prepare a redevelopment plan governing redevelopment of the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area, and on May 14, 2008, the Planning Board transmitted to the Council its proposed redevelopment plan for the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area, and WHEREAS, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7 on June 10, 2008, pursuant to Ordinance 27-08, the Council adopted the redevelopment plan for the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area being the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Plan (the “Redevelopment Plan”), and WHEREAS, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7 on May 3 2011, pursuant to Ordinance 14-11, the Council adopted an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area to revise certain Land Use Regulations and Building Requirements, and WHEREAS, the Council has determined to amend the Redevelopment Plan in order to encourage and facilitate the redevelopment of the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area by removing residential uses as a permitted use and attendant regulations from the Redevelopment Plan as set forth in the proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan as attached hereto as EXHIBIT A (the “Proposed Amendment”); and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Council of the Township of Brick as follows:

1. The Amendment to the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Plan, which shall be available for public examination in the Office of the Township Clerk during normal business hours, shall govern the redevelopment of the area designated as Block 702, Lots 30 and 31 on the Official Tax Map of the Township of Brick, also referred to as the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area, and is hereby adopted.

2. The zoning district map of the Township’s Land Development Ordinance is hereby amended to reflect the applicability of the Amendment to the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Plan, to the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area.

3. The Amendment to the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Plan shall supercede the Township’s Land Development Ordinance as it affects the Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Area and shall supercede and replace the existing Metedeconk Village Redevelopment Plan as adopted by Ordinance 27-08 and as amended by Ordinance 14-11.

4. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.

5. This Ordinance shall take effect twenty (20) days following final passage and shall be published as required by law.

NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Brick held on the 20th day of January, 2015, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 3rd day of February, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., at the Municipal Building, located at 401 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard. LYNNETTE A. IANNARONE TOWNSHIP CLERK JOHN G. DUCEY MAYOR ($134.25)

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Woodbridge Council Sends Potential Redevelopment Area to Planning Board

Posted in: Area in Need of Redevelopment, Counties, Middlesex County NJ by | No Comments Monday, February 2, 2015

Public Notice:


TOWNSHIP OF WOODBRIDGE NOTICE is hereby given that at a Regular Meeting of the Municipal Council of the Township of Woodbridge held on January 20, 2015, the following Ordinance was introduced and read and passed on First Reading. AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ROUTE 1: AREA 17 – RONSON ROAD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township of Woodbridge (the “Council”) adopted a Resolution directing the Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if certain real property appearing on the official tax maps of the Township of Woodbridge (the “Township”), County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, as various properties along Route 1 in the Woodbridge section of the Township, commonly referred to as the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Area (the “Redevelopment Area”) as an area in need of redevelopment as defined in the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et seq. (the “LRHL”); and WHEREAS, the Township Planning Board (“Planning Board”) by resolution dated September 22, 1999, recommended that the Redevelopment Area be designated by the Township Council as an area in need of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, on November 3, 1999, pursuant to the recommendation of the Planning Board, the Township Council adopted an Ordinance designating the Redevelopment Area as an area in need of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the redevelopment of the Redevelopment Area, a redevelopment plan has been prepared by Marta Lefsky, A.I.C.P., P.P. Eric Griffith, A.I.C.P., P.P. and Chris Kesici, A.I.C.P., P.P. dated Jannuary 2015, for the Redevelopment Area (the “Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan”) which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and hereby made part of this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Township Council adopted a Resolution on January 20, 2015, referring the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan to the Planning Board for its review and recommendation; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board by Resolution on January 21, 2015 recommended that the Township Council adopt the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of Woodbridge, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, being the governing body thereof, that, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7, the Township Council: Section 1. Hereby adopts and approves the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan which attached hereto and hereby made a part of this Ordinance; and Section 2. Hereby directs the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan be filed with the Township Clerk. Section 3. Hereby directs the Woodbridge Redevelopment Agency of the Township of Woodbridge shall serve as the redevelopment entity responsible for implementing the Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan and carrying out the redevelopment projects in the Redevelopment Area. Section 4. The Route 1: Area 17 – Ronson Road Redevelopment Plan shall supersede the provisions of the Township’s Zoning Ordinance in the Redevelopment Area. Section 5. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-7(c), the Township’s Zoning Map is hereby amended to identify the Redevelopment Area in the manner depicted in the Redevelopment Plan. Section 6. If any provision of this Ordinance shall be held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the same shall not affect the other provisions of this ordinance, except so far as the provision so declared invalid shall be inseparable from the remainder of any portion thereof . Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect upon the final passage and publication pursuant to Law. Notice is further given that said Ordinance will be further considered for Final Passage by said Municipal Council at a Regular Meeting of the body, to be held at the Memorial Municipal Building, 1 Main Street, Woodbridge, N.J. on February 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the evening, at which time and place all persons interested therein will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the same. The plan will be on file at the Municipal Clerks Office and on line at www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us John M. Mitch, RMC, CMC, CMR Municipal Clerk ($85.36)

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