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Sayreville council approves sale of undersized lot (Lock 371, Lot 2.03) to adjacent owner
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 13-25 on second and final reading to authorize sale of Lock 371, Lot 2.03 to an adjacent property owner after a public hearing in which a resident questioned the appraisal method and the attorney explained the sale process under local lands-and-buildings rules.
The Sayreville Mayor and Council on an April 2025 regular meeting adopted Ordinance 13-25 authorizing the sale of borough-owned real property identified as Lock 371, Lot 2.03 to an adjacent property owner.
The item, described by borough staff as an undersized parcel that must be offered to adjacent owners under the local lands-and-buildings law, prompted questions from Jim Robinson, a Parlin resident, about how the sale price was set. “When I read the resolution, it appears that there was not an appraiser and that we set this figure, $6,000 or $6,100, whatever it was,” Robinson said during the public hearing. He argued tax-assessor values are not the same as market appraisals and questioned whether the borough had obtained a formal independent appraisal.
The borough attorney clarified the process for the record, saying the parcel had been offered to all adjacent owners as required by local law, that the lot is undersized and will automatically merge with the purchaser’s adjacent property if sold, and that the price cited reflected the assessor-derived market rate after applying the state equalization ratio. The attorney said those calculations produce the $6,000 figure used in the sale paperwork.
Councilman Malcom moved adoption of the ordinance on second and final reading; the council conducted a roll-call vote and recorded unanimous approval. The meeting transcript records the parcel’s dimensions as roughly 12 feet by 150 feet (about 1,800 square feet).
Speakers at the hearing noted the parcel's proximity to a school and observed state law restricts liquor license operations near schools; a resident asked whether a future buyer could use the property for a bar, and the attorney and staff responded that licensing near a school would be constrained by state law.
The ordinance will transfer the borough parcel to the adjacent owner and merge the parcel into the purchaser’s lot per municipal practice for undersized remnant parcels. The council’s action concluded the public hearing and approved the sale under the procedures described by borough counsel.
