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Planner urges clearer redevelopment rules as council weighs design controls for downtown
Summary
Planner Kristen Russell told the Pompton Lakes Borough Council that its DRA 1 and DRA 2 redevelopment text lacks standalone design standards and recommended directing the planning board to study targeted amendments, a design guide, and how the master plan should guide heights, open space and site-specific rules.
Kristen Russell, a planner with Colliers Engineering & Design, told the Pompton Lakes Borough Council during a workshop presentation that the borough's redevelopment rules need clearer goals and design controls to guide downtown change. "Redevelopment does the same thing as zoning but on a pumped-up version of that," Russell said, explaining the area-in-need study and redevelopment-plan process under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law.
Russell said DRA 1 and DRA 2 are currently folded into the zoning code rather than maintained as standalone redevelopment documents, a choice that has left…
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