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Sayreville council declines to move forward with nonbinding referendum on Block 252, Lot 2
Summary
Sayreville's Borough Council voted not to advance a proposed nonbinding referendum asking residents whether Block 252, Lot 2 should be removed from the borough's Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, after the borough attorney and planning consultants warned the move could jeopardize ongoing court compliance.
Sayreville's Borough Council voted not to advance a proposed nonbinding referendum asking residents whether Block 252, Lot 2 should be removed from the borough's Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, after the borough attorney and the municipality's planning consultants warned the measure could threaten the town's pending court compliance in the fourth round of affordable-housing review.
The issue surfaced during a special meeting after the borough attorney told the council he had been directed to draft a resolution but had legal concerns about issuing a referendum while the municipality remains in litigation over affordable-housing compliance. "By putting out this referendum ... it could potentially undermine our case with the program, with any objectors" and could expose the borough to builders'remedy litigation, the attorney said.
The attorney and the…
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