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Council agrees to prepare redevelopment-study resolution for prominent vacant property

6188797 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

Council members gave consensus to prepare a resolution referring a long-vacant commercial parcel to the planning board for a redevelopment study (non-condemnation); public commenters asked the borough to require screening and site cleanup as code enforcement measures.

At the Oct. 21 meeting, Fair Lawn council members agreed to prepare a resolution referring a vacant, commercially prominent parcel that houses the former Green Dragon/Zadie’s Roadhouse site for a planning-board redevelopment study.

Council discussion: A council member said the property—near the borough’s commercial corridor—has sat vacant for roughly a year and a half and that prior attempts to learn the owner’s redevelopment plans have been unsuccessful. The council member asked the borough attorney and borough manager to…

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