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Council warned of tight June deadline for housing element; administration budgeting legal reserves
Summary
Land use manager Sam Surtees and planners told councilors that West Windsor must adopt a housing-element/fair-share plan by June 30 under new state rules; staff recommended budgeting litigation reserves and preparatory rezoning drafts to meet the 2026 implementation deadline.
Sam Surtees, West Windsor's land use manager, told the council the township must adopt a housing element and fair-share plan for 2025'—2035 by June 30, 2025, under state rules that require towns to document projected housing obligations and the locations or rezoning needed to meet them.
Surtees said the housing element is the only master-plan element that the council must adopt, and that the planning board will adopt the draft before the council considers it. He noted the state requires draft ordinances for any properties the plan proposes…
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