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Housing element posted; planning-board hearing scheduled as council reviews overlay options
Summary
The borough posted its housing element and associated materials online; the planning board will formally consider the plan June 11 and council will follow with endorsement and possible ordinance tweaks to implement an overlay for commercial zones such as Tri-State Plaza.
The borough's housing element and related materials have been posted on the Old Tappan website, and the planning board will officially consider the plan at a June 11 meeting. Council and planning staff described the proposal as a way to satisfy state housing obligations by allowing additional residential or mixed uses in targeted commercial areas, such as Tri-State Plaza, while avoiding impacts on residential backyards.
"The housing element has been posted on the Old Tappan website," the council president said, and staff noted the planner filed the package electronically with county and state offices. Council members discussed that an overlay zone can reauthorize uses on private property without immediately obligating owners to change current uses; local design standards and rezoning details will be part of subsequent hearings. The planning board's recommendation and the council's endorsement are the next formal steps before submission to the state DCA.
