Housing proposal draws protest in Ho-Ho-Kus
JUNE 14, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
HO-HO-KUS — Residents opposed to a proposal to subdivide nearly four acres of mostly wooded land into 11 single-home plots questioned whether the project will cause flooding in their neighborhood.
The residents spoke at Thursday night’s Planning Board hearing on the planned project, known as the Hollows at Ho-Ho-Kus. Nine couples living around the proposed subdivision have hired Ho-Ho-Kus attorney Robert Inglima to represent them before the board.
The parcel — site of a large single-family house and a number of accessory structures — is located at West Saddle River Road and Hollywood Avenue, extending to Van Dyke Drive.
Those opposed to the project argue approving the subdivision would fundamentally change the character of the neighborhood.
They further predict the project will have a negative impact on natural drainage throughout the surrounding neighborhood.
Many of the residents, who directed questions at the developer’s engineer and planner, Mark Palus, were concerned about water runoff and groundwater recharge, and whether the 22 seepage pits called for in the plans will suffice.
Both Palus and Bruce Whitaker, an attorney representing the applicants, contend the project will improve drainage in the area, and not overburden the borough’s sewage and water systems.
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