Planning Board Resolution Chapter XXV Amendments & Supplements re: 25-19 IH-1 #20-03

WEST ORANGE TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 20-03 RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER XXV LAND USE REGULATIONS OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 25-19 [H-1 (INCLUSIONARY HOUSING) DISTRICT WHEREAS, the West Orange Township Council has introduced an Ordinance Amending and Supplementing Chapter XXV of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange entitled Land Use Regulations (hereinafter the “Ordinance”); and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Ordinance is to create an Inclusionary Housing (IH-1) zoning district (the “District”) to provide for inclusionary development that contributes to the region’s fair share of affordable housing and which is necessary in order to meet the constitutional obligation to provide for West Orange Township’s (the “Township”) fair share of the regional need for affordable housing; and WHEREAS, this District is also intended to implement the terms of a Settlement Agreement by and between, inter alia, the Township and Fair Share Housing Center dated April 6, 2020 and between the Township and West Essex Highlands Inc. dated April 23, 2020, which agreements were approved by the Court at a fairness hearing held on July 10, 2020, in the action captioned In the Matter of the Application of the Township of West Orange, Docket No. ESX-L- 4697-15 (Mt. Laurel); and WHEREAS, the further purpose of the Ordinance is to amend the Township’s zoning map so as to include Block 179, Lot 32 within the District (IH-1); and WHEREAS, the Township Council introduced the Ordinance at its meeting which took place on September 8, 2020; and WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-64 and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26a, the Township Council has referred the Ordinance to the West Orange Township Planning Board (the “Board”) to identify any provisions in the proposed amendment which are inconsistent with the Master Plan and make recommendations concerning the inconsistencies and any other matters as the Board deems appropriate; and WHEREAS, at the Board’s regular meeting on October 7, 2020, the Board reviewed the Ordinance as well as a consistency review of the Ordinance in a Memorandum dated September 23, 2020 prepared and presented by Paul Grygiel, AICP, PP/ Principal-Phillips Preiss Grygiel Leheny Hughes LLC; and WHEREAS, the Board, pursuant to

ew of the Ordinance in a Memorandum dated September 23, 2020 prepared and presented by Paul Grygiel, AICP, PP/ Principal-Phillips Preiss Grygiel Leheny Hughes LLC; and WHEREAS, the Board, pursuant to law, has made the following findings of fact and conclusions: 1. The Township’s 2019 Master Plan Update Report includes the following identified objective under the heading “Recommendations-Land Use”