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Eatontown creates mixed-use AH3 zone aimed at adding housing with 20% affordability set-aside
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 05-2026 creating an R-MFMU-AH-3 mixed-use multifamily zone (Block 601 Lots 1 & 2) to allow up to 160 residential units with a 20% affordable set-aside; the text sets bulk, design and site standards and is intended to implement a settlement point in the boroughs fourth-round housing plan.
The Eatontown Borough Council on March 11 adopted Ordinance 05-2026 to create a new R-MFMU-AH-3 Mixed Use Multifamily Affordable Housing zone that applies to specific tax parcels identified in the ordinance.
Attorney Andrew Bayer read the ordinance by title. The ordinance sets the zones purpose, permitted principal and accessory uses, detailed bulk and design standards, and authorizes mixed-use redevelopment on Block 601, Lots 1 and 2. The ordinance language describes the zone as part of the borough's strategy to meet its fourth-round affordable-housing obligations and notes the zoning is tied to a settlement/memorandum of agreement with a developer (Victoria Plaza at Eatontown, LLC) that contemplates a 160-unit inclusionary project with a 20% affordable set-aside (32 affordable units).
Council heard no public comment on the ordinance and adopted it by roll-call vote. The new zone includes standards for building height and massing, parking and site design, stormwater facilities, and accessibility requirements.
By creating a site-specific mixed-use zone with an explicit affordability percentage, the council formalized zoning needed to implement the borough's negotiated compliance path for the current round of fair-share obligations.
