NOVEMBER 10, 2015 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015, 9:51 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Affordable housing obligations have been a hot topic in municipalities all over New Jersey in the wake of the state Supreme Court’s decision in March to return jurisdiction in cases on affordable housing to the courts.
photo by Boyd Loving
Like many other municipalities, Ridgewood is in the midst of litigation on the matter while attempting to clarify its exact affordable housing obligation.
The village is preparing a plan to submit to a judge by December on how it will meet its obligation.
photo by Boyd Loving
Jeffrey Surenian, an attorney whose practice focuses exclusively on representing municipalities in affordable housing matters, gave a presentation at last Wednesday night’s Village Council meeting in order to shed some light on the issue.
The council was expected to discuss the issue further as part of its work session later in the meeting, but postponed talks as a public hearing pushed the start of the regular agenda past midnight.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/coah-guidelines-detailed-in-ridgewood-1.1452217
The village is totally built out there is no where to go the, courts and builders should just f*** off.
They will use this to justify high density with affordable housing. That was the threat in the Ridgewood News from the Enclave – a threat not from a real person but from a building plan.
Sell Schedler to the Enclave. Kill two problems with one stone.
Keep Schlinder green. Sell Habernickle
Love the picture…let’s hope the new refugees like gyros.
A built-out village led by progressives is one that would willingly allow itself to be forced by the courts to “build up” in response to an allegations of a failure to meet affordable housing obligations. Normal towns would fight and win.
The town is far from built out. The car dealerships are empty, duh.
Car Dealerships are not zoned residential. duh.
Residential is currently allowed at the Brogan and Smith car dealership sites.
Oliver Train, expect that to change.
Affordable housing units invariably form only a small fraction of the total number of planned housing units making up a given builder’s housing project. So if towns like Ridgewood with almost no space to build are to be exposed to the full force of the judicially-created Mount Laurel affordable housing quota system, it will, by design, never get out from behind the 8-ball. It is this dynamic which renders these obligations illegitimate (i.e., because as the saying goes, the law is not an ass). Ridgewood needs to get a good attorney for a change and fight to get out from these obligations.
Residential it is fine. Build away at the current (already dense) density levels.