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Sayreville planning board adopts amended housing element, records objection from Rite Aid property owner
Summary
The Sayreville Planning Board voted March 4 to adopt an amended fourth-round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan that relies on redevelopment and a Transit Village strategy to meet a 240-unit obligation. The board recorded objections from the owner of 3553 Washington Road (former Rite Aid), who asked for that parcel to be excluded from housing yields.
The Sayreville Planning Board voted on March 4 to adopt an amended fourth-round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, approving a redevelopment-focused approach that planners say will allow the borough to meet a 240-unit affordable-housing obligation without a vacant-land adjustment.
Dan Levin, director of technical services for Acuity Consulting Services, told the board the borough "is now going to meet its entire 240 unit obligation, with new construction," after scrapping the prior vacant-land adjustment and substituting other compliance mechanisms including a Transit Village redevelopment designation.
Why it matters: The fourth-round plan affects how the borough counts sites and credits toward its State-mandated affordable-housing obligation. Levin said the plan folds several prior mechanisms into larger redevelopment strategies — including a Transit Village area, a Gillette Tower expansion carried forward as realistic development potential (RDP),…
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