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Council told 1 Washington Ave. redevelopment study and housing element will be before planning board; June posting needed to keep immunity from builder's-remedy
Summary
Special counsel told the council the planning board will consider a redevelopment study for the 'pan chemical' site at 1 Washington Avenue and a housing element/fair-share plan to meet affordable-housing obligations; he cautioned that the council must post and act by June 30 or risk losing immunity from builder's-remedy lawsuits.
Special counsel told the Hawthorne Borough Council on May 21 that the planning board will next consider a redevelopment study for the pan-chemical site at 1 Washington Avenue and a housing element and fair-share plan that addresses the borough's Round 4 affordable-housing obligation.
"If the planning board concludes that this property does indeed meet the criteria, then it comes to this body to say, yes, indeed, it is an area in need of redevelopment," the attorney said. He added that the housing element and fair-share plan must be posted and acted on by the council by June 30 to retain the borough's immunity from builder's-remedy lawsuits.
The planner's report and required advertising were described as ready to be posted on the borough website by Friday; the attorney said that if the planning board approves the study and housing plan, the council will schedule consideration at an upcoming meeting (either the third or seventeenth of the month, depending on posting timing).
The statement at the meeting was a procedural update about planning and statutory timing; no redevelopment designation or council vote occurred at the May 21 meeting.
