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Council approves zoning amendment reducing market‑rate units and adding village‑center overlay; residents warn of traffic and gas‑station allowances
Summary
Ordinance 0112025‑027, which reduces required market‑rate units by 479, credits 65 affordable units toward the township’s fourth‑round obligation, and adds a village‑center overlay that allows limited commercial uses, was adopted Dec. 1 after extensive public comment and staff explanation.
Monroe Township — The Monroe Township Council on Dec. 1 adopted Ordinance 0112025‑027, a 26‑page amendment to the township zoning code that reduces the number of market‑rate units associated with the township’s third‑round affordable‑housing obligation and applies additional affordable‑housing credits to the township’s fourth round.
Planning staff and the council said the change implements a previously approved memorandum of understanding. The office explained the measure reduces the number of market‑rate units by 479 and provides for construction of 65 additional affordable units that would be credited to the fourth round. Staff also said the ordinance preserves…
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