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Glen Ridge council introduces three affordable‑housing ordinances, refers them to planning board
Summary
Councilor Moody introduced three ordinances (18-31, 18-32, 18-33) to create an affordable‑housing overlay, adopt updated affordable‑housing standards, and set development fees; the measures were introduced for first reading and referred to the planning board for consistency review under the borough’s fair‑share plan and settlement.
Councilor Moody told the council the borough must adopt three ordinances quickly to meet the state deadline for the current round of affordable‑housing submissions.
"This amends ... to create an affordable housing overlay zone," Councilor Moody said when introducing ordinance 18‑31, which would amend the R‑5 zone to permit two‑family and multifamily homes in order to promote affordable housing consistent with the borough’s housing element and the settlement agreement the council passed last December.
Moody said the ordinances are required and on an accelerated timeline (a March 16 compliance date was cited). He thanked town planner Eric DeLine, planning consultant Grama Pedo and municipal attorney John Maliska (not present) and an ad hoc working group of the planning board for their work preparing the proposals.
The council introduced ordinance 18‑32 (a repeal and replacement of chapter 17.40 to create updated affordable‑housing standards consistent with the Fair Share Housing Center settlement) and ordinance 18‑33 (replacing chapter 16‑16‑040 to establish development fees for affordable housing). Each ordinance was introduced for first reading and the mayor referred the measures to the municipal clerk for statutory publication and posting.
The council then moved Resolution 53‑26 to refer ordinance 18‑31 to the planning board for a consistency review with the housing element and the borough’s fair‑share plan; council members voted aye and the resolution passed. The mayor said the planning board is expected to readopt the housing element at its February 18 meeting and return recommendations to council prior to the ordinance public hearing and final adoption.
What's next: all three ordinances were introduced on first reading and referred for planning‑board review; after the planning board issues its recommendations the council will schedule public hearings and consider final adoption.
