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Clark council adopts Westfield Avenue redevelopment plan for former AMP/Foodtown site
Summary
On Aug. 18 the Township Council adopted Ordinance 25-25, approving the amended Westfield Avenue redevelopment plan covering several Westfield Avenue parcels including the former AMP/Foodtown property. The plan allows a dense, mixed‑use redevelopment with a 15% affordable housing set‑aside and restrictions intended to limit curb cuts on Westfield.
The Township Council adopted Ordinance 25-25 on Aug. 18, 2025, approving an amended and restated Westfield Avenue redevelopment plan that covers multiple parcels including the former AMP/Foodtown site and nearby lots on Westfield Avenue and Broadway. The council voted to adopt the ordinance after a public hearing that yielded no speakers.
Business Administrator Jim explained the plan’s key provisions and said the zoning would allow denser, mixed‑use development at the site. “It would be a density of 63 units per acre with a maximum of a 140 dwelling units allowed. Is a minimum of 15% must be a set aside for affordable housing, and it's not age restricted,” Jim said, adding that the plan is intended to revitalize underused parcels in the corridor.
Under the adopted plan, nonresidential uses will require one parking space per 400 square feet and residential parking is expected to average about 1.7 spaces per unit. The plan also prohibits a curb cut on Westfield Avenue to limit additional direct vehicular access from that roadway, the business administrator said. The ordinance text identifies the covered parcels as Block 91, Lot 21 (81 Westfield Avenue); Block 105, Lot 1.01 (56 Westfield Avenue); Lot 2.01 (52 Westfield Avenue); and Lot 26.01 (near Broadway and Joseph Street) as shown on the official tax map.
Council members framed the adoption as a tool to meet the township’s affordable‑housing obligations under the Mount Laurel/COAH process and to give the municipality leverage if developers or owners require municipal action. A public hearing on the ordinance produced no comments, and the council proceeded to a roll‑call vote. The council recorded unanimous affirmative votes; the ordinance was adopted.
Because the redevelopment plan sets density, parking and affordable‑housing set‑aside requirements in a single implementing document, council members and staff said it should simplify subsequent planning and permitting for prospective developers. The business administrator said negotiations with prospective developers were ongoing and that the ordinance preserves municipal leverage should the township need to use condemnation powers.
The council set the official redevelopment plan in place at the brewer municipal building meeting on Aug. 18 and will proceed with any site‑specific approvals and permit reviews with the plan in effect.
