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Bayonne planning board approves multiple redevelopment plans and designates areas in need of study
Summary
At its Dec. 1 meeting the City of Bayonne Planning Board approved several redevelopment plans and non-condemnation 'areas in need' studies across the city, including proposals on Avenue A/West 22nd, Avenue E, Prospect Avenue and multiple Broadway and West 50th–55th sites; consultants cited smart-growth, transit proximity and environmental/assembly constraints as rationales.
The City of Bayonne Planning Board on Dec. 1 advanced a suite of redevelopment plans and area-in-need studies covering several neighborhoods across the city, reflecting a pattern of denser multifamily zoning near transit nodes and a push to assemble and remediate underutilized or contaminated parcels.
Consultant Lindsay Knight presented redevelopment plans for parcels at 508–514 Avenue A and 134–136 West 22nd Street, proposing a single multifamily structure up to 70 feet (six stories plus bulkhead), minimum lot-area increases, unit-size and mix requirements, and parking ratios of 1 space per studio/1BR and 1.25 per 2BR. "Redevelopment is a legal process...we are kind of at step 2 right now," Knight said, describing the three-step state process and stress on master-plan consistency.
Ronald Reinertsen (appearing as the consultant on multiple plans) presented several redevelopment plans and study-area updates across the city — including Avenue E, several West 22nd/West 55th Street parcels and Broadway sites — and discussed programmatic edits adopted during review. Reinertsen and other consultants noted…
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