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Northvale adopts overlay changes, raises inclusionary affordable housing minimum to 20%
Summary
The Northvale mayor and council approved amendments to its inclusionary overlay districts after a court-mediated settlement with Fair Share Housing, changing several zoning standards and increasing the minimum affordable-unit requirement from 15% to 20%; residents sought clarity about property values and incentives.
The Northvale mayor and council on an advertised public meeting approved amendments to the borough’s inclusionary-overlay zoning that raise the minimum percentage of required affordable units in multifamily projects from 15% to 20% and relax several dimensional rules in an industrial overlay district.
The changes, presented by borough staff as required by a state-involved settlement with Fair Share Housing, convert certain multifamily uses in the Paris Avenue overlay from conditional to permitted principal uses and alter standards in the industrial inclusionary overlay: the minimum lot area was reduced from 3 acres to 22,000 square feet, maximum density increased to 30 units…
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