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Public hearing concerning a proposed amendment to the Land Use Plan Element of the Master Plan within the Central Business District
Special Planning Board Amendment to Meeting Schedule – April 1 Meeting
Special Public Meeting: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
In accordance with the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” please be advised that the Planning Board has scheduled a special public meeting and work session for TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2014, in the GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, 155 Washington Place, Ridgewood, NJ beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The Board may take official action during this Special Public Meeting. The agenda for the meeting includes the following:
1. Continued public hearing concerning a proposed amendment to the Land Use Plan Element of the Master Plan, which amendment would recommend creation of new zone districts and changes in zone district boundaries within the Central Business District and surrounding area including AH-2, B-3-R, C-R and C Zone Districts.
2. Other Planning Board business per the agenda.
The proposed master plan amendment and related exhibits are at the office of the Secretary of the Ridgewood Planning Board on the third floor of Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey and are available for public inspection Monday-Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The amendment and exhibits are also posted as a courtesy on the Village’s website at www.ridgewoodnj.net.
All meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work session meetings, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings which are always open to members of the general public.
Love the picture with this announcement….coming to a village near you….bring on the growth. If a little is good for the town, than even more is better and even more is great! When and where does it stop? The PB should only move forward if they can clearly define the boundaries of these zones. If they are unable to do this, we will be setting ourselves up for years of litigation from other property owners and developers who will argue for the same zoning benefits on their land.
You should use pictures of our empty lots
When there over developed lots we should take a picture of your full pockets. #2
All or nothing
I’m looking forward to building a replica of the Seagram’s Building on my 1/4 acre. From the roof I can wave at the Valley Hospital’s desired parking garage “lit up like a beacon 24/7,” as CRR’s attorney described.
#3, what are you talking about ? I am not a developer and I don’t own those lots. You like barren, empty lots in the CBD ? Do you ever go there ?
These lots will not remain empty and barren. They will be developed commercially if this zoning is not approved. Do not be fooled by this argument. It is too costly for land owners to sit on empty lots forever. They have only sat empty for this long because they are awaiting incredibly lucrative high density zoning changes.
No. 7 is right. The developers are hoping to maximize profits. It will come at a very high cost to Ridgewood despite their arguments to the contrary. Go visit Montclair or Englewood one weekend and see how it compares to Ridgewood. There should be no changes to the master plan to allow this kind of high density housing development. Poor Robinson Lane – can you imagine if that is to be the main road into Mr. Bolger’s latest folly?!?