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Belmar leaders tell program judge they oppose 4th and Ocean Avenue project as packed meeting presses for action
Summary
At a crowded Belmar council workshop, officials said they will tell the state program judge they will not support a developer’s revised proposal for 4th and Ocean Avenue and will press their vacant‑land adjustment and a 14‑unit realistic development potential at a program hearing scheduled the following day.
Belmar Mayor Campbell and municipal officials told a packed council workshop that the borough opposes a developer’s proposed multi‑story project for 4th and Ocean Avenue and will urge the program judge and special adjudicator to uphold Belmar’s vacant‑land adjustment.
The presentation and public discussion centered on the borough’s transition from a third‑round to the fourth‑round affordable housing process. Municipal officials said the Department of Community Affairs calculated a prospective need of 43 new‑construction units for Belmar, and the borough’s vacant‑land adjustment reduced the realistic development potential (RDP) to 14 units. Officials said most of the round‑4 obligation (10 of 14 units) will be satisfied by the 7th Avenue redevelopment project the borough has negotiated.
Why it matters: A developer challenge to Belmar’s housing element gives the challenger a place at mediation and a…
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