Council adopts 30-minute limit for West Prospect parking; introduces affordable-housing zoning changes

At the public hearing the clerk read Ordinance 2026-01, amending chapter 91 (vehicles and traffic) to change parking time limits on West Prospect Street. Council members said the recommendation came from the police chief to support turnover for nearby businesses; the council closed public comment and voted to pass the ordinance on second reading and authorized the clerk to advertise the adoption as required by law.

Shortly afterward the council opened first-reading consideration of Ordinance 2026-02 to amend chapter 97 (zoning) and the borough’s development-fee provisions to comply with a recently amended state fair-housing law. Council members explained the most significant local change raises the permitted density in the affordable-housing overlay zones (AHO1 and AHO2) from 10 units per acre to 15 units per acre to provide increased capacity for affordable housing. The council moved and seconded the ordinance on first reading and set a public hearing two weeks from the meeting.

During the consent agenda the council approved a package of routine items listed by resolution (202664–202669), including requests to use pavilions for events, authorization of a Treatment Works application for a Walwick LLC property at 6 Monroe, and appointments of a Clean Communities Coordinator and a Municipal Recycling Coordinator (Lindsey Ry and Lindsey Rley). Roll-call votes for the consent agenda and ordinance 2026-01 were recorded as affirmative in the transcript excerpt.

No additional details about development-fee formula changes were presented at the meeting; planning-board review and a scheduled public hearing will follow the ordinance’s required notice period. The council also noted a closed-session item under litigation on the agenda with no decision expected tonight.