Sayreville planning board adopts fourth‑round housing plan, reduces realistic development obligation to 76 units

The Sayreville Planning Board on Wednesday voted to adopt its fourth‑round housing plan element and fair share plan, a document prepared by Acuity Consulting Services that sets the borough’s affordable housing obligations and identifies sites and ordinance changes to meet them.

The plan records a settled municipal obligation of 240 new construction units for the fourth round, but a vacant‑land adjustment and site screening produced a realistic development potential (RDP) of 76 affordable units that the borough would need to plan for site‑specifically. The board adopted the plan by roll call vote and will file the adoption with the court within 48 hours, a step required by state process before the borough council endorses the plan.

Peter, a planner with Acuity Consulting Services, told the board the firm began with the state’s assigned new‑construction obligation of 270 units, proposed a competing estimate of 210 and ultimately settled at 240 after negotiation. He said the borough’s vacant‑land screening eliminated parcels that did not meet criteria such as a minimum parcel size and environmental constraints, producing the RDP of 76 units. “We were able to demonstrate that there’s only enough property that’s vacant…