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Residents press council for design standards and question Willow Field spending; council says process ongoing
Summary
Public commenters urged the borough to adopt unified design standards and raised concerns that open-space-funded Willow Field improvements are proceeding without a full project vote by the council; officials said steps including bonding and bid awards will return for formal council approval.
Longtime redevelopment and planning volunteers told the Borough Council of Pompton Lakes on Jan. 27 that the borough should adopt formal design standards and a pattern book to guide future development and redevelopment.
Abby Novak, who identified herself as a longtime member of the redevelopment agency and planning board, urged the council to fund a design-standards effort and said the absence of consistent standards leaves the town's development to individual designers rather than a single community vision. Novak said prior planning documents recommended design guidelines (a pattern book) and asked the council to convene representatives from planning, zoning,…
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