August 25, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 53 MR. HAIZEL: I guess this is my last question. In terms of, you know, you just, is there any aspect -- is there any provision in the MLUL, the Municipal Land Use Law, that basically gives, I'm just trying to figure out how best to word this. Basically gives any ability for someone to -- does the situation where our a proposed development that's in an area where it's zoned for, is there any mechanism, as far as you know in the, in the MLUL that allows that development not to be permitted based on not meeting any of the smart growth criteria even though it is permitted in that zone? THE WITNESS: That would take a pretty detailed analysis to begin to know how the zone is actually written. That is not something I've done. It's not something that I typically do. But I do believe that there are a lot of details that have to be done correctly for the, for an application to not have grounds to be denied. And so it is possible that there are grounds that could deny this application. That's not something that I have information on or that I have been able to research. MR. HAIZEL: But are there components in the MLUL, like whether an area has a sensitive waterway or something of that sort that does provide that