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Council advances technical change to affordable‑housing calculation; attorney confirms planning‑board referral not required for first reading
Summary
An ordinance to amend the affordable‑housing mandatory set‑aside would change rounding so fractional units of 0.5 or higher round up; the attorney and staff told the council the edit is a one‑line technical change and, with referral language removed, first reading may proceed without a planning‑board consistency review.
The Passaic City Council introduced an amendment to chapter 3‑17‑30(b)(8) concerning the city's affordable‑housing mandatory set‑aside. The change clarifies rounding for fractional affordable‑housing units: "any fraction 0.5 or higher would round up," according to staff presenting the measure.…
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