RPM Development receives approval to build affordable housing
RPM Development receives approval to build affordable housing
Eight meetings and seven months later, RPM Development LLC’s application for a 54-unit affordable housing development – next to the Lawrence Shopping Center – has gained the approval of the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment.
The zoning board approved RPM Development LLC’s request for a use variance at a special meeting on April 28, and also granted preliminary site plan approval. The applicant must return to the zoning board for final site plan approval at a later date.
The zoning board also granted preliminary and final major subdivision approval, which means RPM Development LLC can go ahead with its purchase of a 4.3-acre lot from the owners of the Lawrence Shopping Center. The lot will be subdivided from the shopping center.
Howell council will consider warehouse ordinance May 11
Howell council will consider warehouse ordinance May 11
HOWELL – An ordinance that will, if adopted, remove warehousing and distribution as a permitted use in Howell’s Special Economic Development (SED) zone is expected to be considered for passage during the May 11 meeting of the Township Council.
The ordinance was introduced on April 13. Mayor Theresa Berger, Deputy Mayor Thomas Russo, Councilman John Bonevich, Councilwoman Pamela Richmond and Councilwoman Evelyn O’Donnell voted “yes” on a motion to introduce the ordinance.
If the ordinance is adopted, permitted uses such as assembly and packaging, and/or the manufacturing of food, textile products, apparel, lumber and/or wood products, furniture, stone, glass and clay would still be permitted in the SED zone.
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Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, NJ.
Growing worries about warehouse sprawl in New Jersey have prompted a bill that would require municipalities planning new warehouse construction to inform adjoining towns, which could have their concerns heard by an intermunicipal board.
Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) is planning to introduce the bill on April 26 in response to a proliferation of warehouse projects around the state, and to mounting opposition from communities who say the buildings will choke local roads with trucks and cars and destroy remaining rural enclaves.
“New Jersey is proud to be known as the Garden State, but we are at risk of becoming the warehouse state,” Sweeney said in a statement. “The rapid increase in the construction and operation of retail warehouses poses a threat to the preservation of farmland and open space. The impact of these large-scale projects extends to neighboring communitie
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Murphy’s electric vehicle initiative is the right goal, but getting there might be harder than anticipated By: Alan P. Hilla Jr and Ryan Conklin April 5, 2021
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Gov. Phil Murphy and the state Legislature should be applauded for their efforts in facilitating the mass adoption of electric vehicles.
According to NJ Clean Energy, non-electric automobiles, mass transit and utility vehicles account for 46% of the State’s net greenhouse gas emissions. If New Jersey can reach its goal of 330,000 registered electric vehicles by 2025, then the state could make significant gains in accomplishing the Governor’s goal of 100% clean energy by 2050. As of now, however, there are roughly 34,000 electric vehicles registered in New Jersey, so there is a long way to go.