So what is ordinance 3066?
It was introduced by the Village Council under Mayor Pfund in 2007 (https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/minutes/07RPMJUN13.pdf ). Chapter § 190-143 of the amended Village Code is the kicker; it established procedures for interested persions (i.e. developers) to request amendments to the Village Master Plan or development regulations. Council members Mancuso, Ringler Shagin, Wiest, and Pfund all voted in favor of the ordinance. Chapter § 190-143 is here https://ecode360.com/6694062 and many residents argue that this should be repealed to ensure that we don’t see overdevelopment at Valley and in the CBD in terms of densities and building scale. It’s felt this will better protect our property values.
the text can be see at https://stopvalley.com/Minutes/2007-08-07%20Ordinance%203066.pdf if you cut and paste that into your browser you can see it all.
It is long, setting out the fees involved and procedures – the key part is
§ 190-143. Application to Village Council or Planning Board.
Any interested party may request that an amendment or amendments be made to the Village Master Plan or development regulations. The request(s) shall be made to the Village Council and/or the Village Planning Board
Thanks for the details, perhaps the Village manager could repeat the details for the attending citizens of the meeting?
An education tem for everyone will I’m sure, be appreciated.
You name four council members who voted for the ordinance, designed to help Valley through the Pfund family. Who voted “nay,” abstained, or was absent?
Harlow also voted “Aye”, so it was 5-0, see https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/minutes/07RPMJUN13.pdf
Perhaps DEPUTY MAYOR ALBERT can explain this to the public after all he knows everything because he has been a stellar member of the Planing Board for so many years. Perhaps you could ask the Viceroy, Dom. you know for us little people.