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Ridgewood Planning Board hears proposal for 52-unit housing development
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
BY JOSEPH CRAMER
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Members of the Ridgewood Planning Board heard an application for another significant multi-family housing development near Ridgewood’s downtown area. This time, however, planning board members weren’t the only local officials interested in the proposal’s potential impact on the village.
Board of Education (BOE) President Michele Lenhard spoke at Tuesday’s meeting, asking the planning board to hire a third party to conduct an enrollment study and measure the potential impact that this proposed 52-unit apartment complex – called Chestnut Village – and a South Broad Street development proposed earlier in October would have on the school district.
“I think that it’s hard to understand changes in housing needs and who would be attracted to this property, and as our school buildings and budgets are very tight, it would really be helpful to the board, in terms of commenting further on this application, to have a real outside opinion on this,” Lenhard said during the public comment portion of the hearing.
