Pompton Lakes clerk circulates new rule asking applicants to include site photographs in planning packets

The Pompton Lakes municipal clerk circulated correspondence to the Redevelopment Agency recommending a new requirement that applicants include photographs of development sites in their application packets.

Agency members said the new photographic requirement — described in the clerk’s correspondence as part of packet completeness — is a useful addition. The clerk’s notice had been posted on the municipal bulletin board and filed as part of the agenda packet under open-meetings notice procedures.

One member said the rule “looks pretty good” during the meeting. The correspondence was discussed together with an unrelated note about an adjustment to Chapter 134; no details of the Chapter 134 change were provided in the session record beyond the clerk’s note that an adjustment had been proposed.

Agency members did not take a formal vote on the photographic requirement at the May 15 meeting; the item was noted in correspondence and will be available in the clerk’s records for future reference.

Because the clerk’s correspondence will form part of future application completeness checks, applicants should expect to include photographs when filing plans, the agency said in discussion.