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Council gives planner go‑ahead to draft amendments for 60 Wanaque Ave. redevelopment plan after workshop
Summary
At a workshop, the council directed the borough planner to draft site‑specific amendments and forward them for planning board review to accommodate a proposed four‑story residential project at 60 Wanaque Ave.; council emphasized amendments would return for formal action and that a pilot agreement and variances remain separate approvals.
During a Jan. 8 workshop session, Pompton Lakes borough planner Kristen Russell and Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Glenn Dominic briefed the Mayor and Council on proposed amendments to the downtown redevelopment plan tied to a project at 60 Wanaque Avenue.
The developers and their attorney described a plan for a multiunit residential building that would need changes to the redevelopment plan to permit greater building height and a residential ground floor where the current downtown redevelopment zone requires ground‑floor commercial uses. According to testimony from the developers' attorney, the project also depends on several other reliefs and accommodations, including an arrangement with the county for eight parking spaces; if those county spots are secured, the developer's redevelopment agreement anticipates a higher unit count (discussed in the meeting as 23 units); without those spaces the density would drop (discussed as 17 units).
Planner Russell said the existing…
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