Board hears state publication reform changes and GovPilot rollout, members report login issues

Board member Kelly told the Clark Board of Adjustment that a recently enacted Publication Reform Act will change how public notices are published in New Jersey and is likely to affect how planning and land-use hearings are noticed going forward. Kelly said the statute will permit municipalities to publish required notices on their websites and requires towns to maintain a public-notice page and link to a statewide database; the law will reduce or eliminate the requirement to place notices in print newspapers after the statute’s implementation.

Kelly explained that the change will not eliminate the 200-foot mailed-notice requirement for individual land-use applications, but it will alter the publication step applicants and boards use for public hearing notices. “The state is requiring every township to now have on their websites a specific place to place…