July 26,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Glen Rock NJ, the Ridgewood Revolution is spreading . A group of Glen Rock residents has had enough and is petitioning Mayor Bruce Packer and the Borough Council not to approve an ordinance that would rezone Prospect Street.
Sound familiar , the ordinance would permit a developer to build 53 rentals unit housing complex on the street ie high density housing .
Prospect Neighbors started the online petition. The group claims the ordinance is “poor urban planning,” and sets a negative precedent for “high-density, multi-family rental development in all other residential areas of Glen Rock.”
People who commented on the petition homepage made statements we are all well to familiar with in Ridgewood starting with “its a small town and should stay that way we don’t need high density housing ” , others claim the project would increase traffic , ruin the single family charm and otherwise negatively impact the town.
Does this all sound familiar; “This type of housing doesn’t belong in this town. If Glen Rock has tough building regulations for homeowners wanting to expand their homes. Building this kind of apartments is hypocritical”
“This is just the thing that I expected to occur when Amy Martin was elected to council, followed by the election of Bruce Packer and democrat friends. The emphasis here should be on the rehabilitation of the Rock Road business district, not more rental housing down the street from the new Bottle King!”
