Ridgewood resident proposes zone change from residential to commercial
AUGUST 12, 2014 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014, 9:36 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
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At a time when the Planning Board is faced with a controversial request to add a high-density residential use to the Central Business District, residents of Goffle Road have approached the Planning Board with an opposite request: a blanket rezone that would turn the remaining residential lots on their road to commercial lots.
The proposal would allow homeowners to sell their lots to developers, possibly The Valley Hospital, and increase their home values, according to Goffle Road resident Ed Boscarino, who made the request.
“We on Goffle Road believe it would be to our benefit,” Boscarino told The Ridgewood News. “Developers would come in and build whatever the community needs, office buildings, mixed-use … Any office type of things would be very good for the village.”
Boscarino, a realtor, spoke to the board on Tuesday night about his idea, noting that he has spoken to other neighbors who were in favor of the proposal. Board Chairman Charles Nalbantian noted that he would look over Boscarino’s request and put it on a future agenda.
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Boy, their all coming out of the woodwork. Why don’t we just rezone Ridgewood all commercial and be done with it. This way their will be very few residents and we can close some school. Ridgewood would be all commercial and parks. Are you happy now BIG AL THE DEVLOPERS FRIEND
Commercial Property ” Coming to a neighborhood near you”
Its all about the MONEY.
I wounder how much BIG AL’S house would be worth if they zone his area Commercial?
Two immediate concerns come to mind –
(1) Boscarino, a realtor is putting this forward and he is indicating neighbors have no compaints, I’d like to be very sure to get input from the neighbors and surrounding neighbors
(2) Boscarino stated in the linked article “Developers would come in and build whatever the community needs, office buildings, mixed-use …” I am concerned about that “mixed-use” development. Boscarino in full article is quoted as “The heavily traveled county road noise, freight train in the rear, [and] no sidewalks, contribute to low values,” Boscarino wrote. “It is not favorable for children. You cannot carry on a conversation in front of your home during peak travel periods. The Goffle Road thoroughfare is a major provider of services traveled by buses, all-sized trucks and vehicles of all kinds, and a massive amount of passenger vehicles at 40 [miles per hour].” Why develop NEW (partial residential) mixed-use properties if it is such a negative place to live, and you are making it even more commercial? I would be more favorably disposed to new commercial use as opposed to mixed-use zoning.
Its like blood in the water and the sharks are circling
If some of the people who commented on this would just look and see what Goffle Rd. looks like there will be no harm making it all commercial.
More commercial development possibility. This will not stop the other development it will only add to it.
Like it or not some form of new commercial is coming to Ridgewood. The only question is how big and where.
#9 sounds like a development lawyer…
Wishful thinking?