July 23,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Master Plan is set to get an update. In what seemed like news to many Ridgewood residents the Village Master Plan has not been updated in 30 years .
A master plan is a guiding document that sets zoning throughout a municipality, but also offers a vision and objectives for shaping the look and traffic circulation of a community.
master planner Robert Moses
The 1983 Master plan represented the vision of Ridgewood at that time . A lot has changed in the Village in 30 years and this may open the door for a major up date in all elements .
Yes a lot has changed ; like the Valley Hospital H-zone and of coarse the massive increase high density housing in the Central Business District all of which many residents thought happened because of changes in the Master plan.
Mayor Susan Knudsen called ,”this is the most exciting thing that we are ever going to do “.
The Master Plan document is divided by main topics, called “elements”. A Master Plan has three components for a master plan 1) the goals and objectives 2) land use element this is the element that most closely corresponds with your zoning map and zoning regulations and 3) the housing plan element .
On Tuesday night the Ridgewood Planning Board formed a four-member master plan subcommittee, assigned with spearheading efforts to revise the village’s comprehensive land-use document in its first complete overhaul since 1983.
$250,000 has been set a side in the Village budget to do a proper master plan and the entire process could take over one year .
Oh. Boy
Wasn’t the master plan changed recently (by last administration) – and isn’t that why we are in this mess regarding new construction and why “we cannot deny the applications of builders” ???
Look to the Pfund era for the most damaging changes.
This is the best news in a while out of the planning board.
1:15.
The process is more than that. Pieces have been changed. The old planning board changed the plans and the council adopted ordinances that allowed it. The checks and balances have been off for a while In this town. This allows them to restore order.
Our master plan is sapped together. This is great news.
This may be good news only if we have professionals who will deal with it and not politicians following certain agendas. I have no faith in this council or any council for that matter. Nowadays it is hard to find someone who has the best interests of residents in mind.
1:15 – the ordinance for new construction/update (Valley) has been rescinded by the current council. Any new requests can’t use that ordinance. Anyone who had a request in while that ordinance was in place is allowed to continue with their requests. At least that’s how I understand it.
$250,000?????? For who? A lawyer to rewrite some wording?
Bruce. The council is not doing it. The planning board is. It’s a sub committee and they’ll bring their recommendations to the board.