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Northvale council adopts mediation agreement with Fair Share Housing, rebukes state zoning bill
Summary
The Borough of Northvale approved a mediation agreement with the Fair Share Housing Center to resolve affordable‑housing compliance by modestly increasing density in a local industrial overlay for 10 years. Councilors also voiced opposition to state bill S‑4736, which they said would curtail local zoning authority.
The Borough of Northvale council voted to adopt a mediation agreement with the Fair Share Housing Center intended to resolve the borough’s third‑ and fourth‑round affordable‑housing obligations.
At the meeting the council approved a package that preserves Northvale’s existing overlay zones while increasing permitted density in the industrial overlay to about 30 units per acre and up to four stories. Planner Lindsay, who helped negotiate the settlement, said the change was designed to…
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