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Hawthorne council members and residents spar over a multi‑lot development, stormwater protections and federal legal challenge
Summary
Council members, the mayor and residents spent substantial time on a contested planned‑unit development on Gothal Hill Road, stormwater controls, and the borough’s participation in a federal challenge to state affordable‑housing rules; the borough emphasized engineer oversight, escrow protections and limits on local control of tenant selection.
Council members and residents devoted the bulk of their meeting to a pending multi‑lot development on Gothal Hill Road and the borough’s broader obligations under state affordable‑housing rules. Councilwoman Leosa, who said she had testified repeatedly before the zoning board as environmental‑commission chair, described negotiations that reduced unit counts and secured a sewer lateral to serve neighboring homes, and stressed that stormwater and buffer protections were part of the negotiated approvals.
"We really pushed very hard on that property," Councilwoman Leosa said, describing a settlement that she reported limited the affordable set‑aside to 17 units while reducing total unit counts from earlier proposals. She told colleagues the developer agreed to install a sewer line so nearby…
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