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North Haledon advances ordinances implementing court-ordered affordable-housing conditions
Summary
On first reading the council introduced ordinances to enact court-ordered conditions tied to the borough’s Final Judgment of Compliance and Repose, including amendments to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, MFTH zoning requirements, and revisions to the Belmont Avenue Redevelopment Plan.
The Borough Council on Nov. 17 introduced ordinances to implement conditions required by the court’s Final Judgment of Compliance and Repose in the Borough’s declaratory-judgment action addressing Mount Laurel obligations.
Ordinance #24-2021 would amend the code to create and govern an Affordable Housing Trust Fund (Chapter 182-9) to receive development fees and resale proceeds and to amend MFTH (Multifamily Townhouse) zone requirements, tying developments to the borough’s Affordable Housing and Marketing Regulations (Ordinance #16-2021) and the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC). The ordinance text and recitals reference the court’s compliance hearing and the court’s Final Judgment, which protects the borough from Mount Laurel litigation through July 1, 2025, subject to specified conditions.
The council also introduced Ordinance #25-2021 to authorize revisions to the Belmont Avenue Redevelopment Plan, which the record says are required by the court order. The planning board was directed to review the proposed amendments and return recommendations within 45 days; failure to report within 45 days relieves the council of that referral requirement. Exhibit A to the ordinance includes set-aside requirements (for example, a 15% set-aside for rental projects and a 20% set-aside for for-sale projects, with a 20% set-aside specified for Block 31, Lot 10.04).
Both ordinances were introduced on first reading and scheduled for final consideration on Dec. 8, 2021. No members of the public spoke during the openings of the public comment periods recorded in the minutes.
Council members framed these items as implementation of court-ordered conditions rather than new policy proposals; the ordinances reference state law and procedural requirements for affordable housing compliance.
