Ridgewood at crucial point on housing
Monday, January 28, 2013 Last updated: Monday January 28, 2013, 11:40 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Aronsohn said he has spoken with a number of couples who raised families in town and now find themselves in big homes they can no longer maintain.
“We can do something to keep folks here in town, and that would serve a huge public good,” he said following testimony Wednesday about the project.
But one resident, Tom Kossoff, asked, “How can the master plan be changed in the public interest when everything about this development is in the developer’s interest?”
Kossoff said the four developments would add to the village’s traffic problems, putting pedestrians at risk.
Saraceno originally proposed converting the former Sealfons building at 253-257 E. Ridgewood Ave. into 1.37 acres of high-end housing units.
That proposal, made three years ago, has since been scaled back from 100 units to 52. They include 26 two-bedroom apartments, 15 one-bedroom units |and a single three-bedroom rental in a four-story building on the Sealfons site, plus new apartments in place of the adjacent building that houses Hallmark Flooring.
Five of the units, Saraceno’s planner Joseph Burgis said, would be designated for affordable housing.
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Why do people want to turn Ridgewood into a small city? It is the Village of Ridgewood — let’s keep it that way.
My house will be too big (and the taxes too high) in the next ten years. I would appreciate a tax break. I am not intested in the high density housing in town. Don’t build it for me, I am not going there.
Those units will ne expensive, have high taxes just like my house AND they will have maintenance fees. Where are my visitors going to park?? The four developments are going to put a squeeze on the proposed parking garage.
Mr mayor, come up with a realistic plan to keep people in town when they no longer need the schools. If I am moving to a condo then Imcan move to any town thay I want. There are many beautiful condo communities in the state with clubhouses and running paths. Why would I want to move to a condo in downtown Ridgewood?