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Princeton Planning Board finds multiple affordable‑housing ordinances substantially consistent with master plan
Summary
The Princeton Planning Board on Feb. 19 recommended Council approval for a package of rezonings and overlay districts tied to the town’s fourth‑round housing plan, endorsing standards that allow new multifamily development with at least 20% affordable units and ground‑floor commercial uses where specified.
The Princeton Planning Board unanimously found a series of affordable‑housing ordinances substantially consistent with Princeton’s master plan on Feb. 19 and recommended that Borough Council schedule hearings.
Planning staff summarized a set of rezonings and overlay districts produced to meet the municipality’s fourth‑round housing obligations. “Ordinance 20 26 01 establishes the affordable housing district 10, AH10, on 1 lot at 245–247 Nassau Street,” planning staff member Justin Lesko told the board, describing a mixed‑use proposal that would allow roughly 95 apartments over about 3,300 square feet of required ground‑floor commercial space and require at least 20% of units to be designated affordable, with a minimum of 18 affordable units.
Lesko told the board…
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