Ridgewood’s planner recommends a new zone
Wednesday July 3, 2013, 2:24 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The proposed master plan amendment to allow high-density, multi-family housing in and around the Central Business District should call for the creation of one or more new zones, according to Ridgewood’s municipal planner.
Planner Blais Brancheau’s revelation this week answered the months-long question of how the Ridgewood Planning Board should proceed as it moves toward the public hearing for four developers’ request to change the village master plan.
Over the past two years, separate developers have applied for master plan amendments to allow multi-family housing at various locations in downtown Ridgewood. The Planning Board has since grouped the four concepts together and embarked on a large-scale study of the entire CBD to determine which properties, if any, are appropriate and suitable for high-density housing complexes
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I’m not sure I understand Mr Brancheau’s vision if he has one at all. It seems as though he is trying to accommodate as many applicants as possible with the least amount of work for him.
So the master plan to manage growth is being gutted so that we can encourage growth and development. What was the purpose of having a master plan in the first place?
It is not mr Branchesu’s job to have a vision for the town. It is our town and he is just an employee.
Why should Valley Hospital be the only one to get special treatment and personalized master plan changes?
Might as well let these 4 developers get special treatment as well…
Absolutely outrageous. Why?? No one has answered the question as to why this moron or the morons on the council feel compelled to bring in another 500 to 1000 families into town. Can someone answer that question?
MONEY