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Eatontown officials say housing plan element meets obligation, recommends adoption after public comment
Summary
Borough administrators told the mayor and council that a new housing plan element reduces Eatontown’s state-assigned affordable-housing obligation and would provide court protection if adopted; council agreed to wait for the public objection period before formally adopting a resolution.
Eatontown administrators told the mayor and council on June 11 that the borough’s updated housing plan element will satisfy its affordable-housing obligations through 2035 and that the governing body should adopt a resolution after the public comment and objection period has closed.
The borough’s administrator, Andy Beggar, said the state-assigned obligation of 186 units was reduced to 76 through a vacant-land adjustment and by counting existing and previously approved affordable units. Beggar said, “This plan for you guys to get compliance and immunity through 2035 requires no additional units that you already have and only a little couple of weeks to design, and that's it.”
The council was told the planning board approved the housing plan…
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